Guild Wars 2

Purpose: This is a roaming dps pvp phantasm spec using sword/sword and greatsword. It does not excel at any one particular thing but is versatile and gives you good consistent offense along with good passive/active defense, particularly for a zerker build. I find it ideal for small engagements of 1 to 3 enemies.

Build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAscRlknpRtlpxGNcrRSqhYuYn7JJHEokfOB-TJRHwAp3fQwpAAwTAgZZAA

Full sPVP match: http://youtu.be/xqha7DASQwE

Weapon Set: Sword/Sword + Greatsword
Sigils: Doom/Energy on both weapons
Rune: Traveler
Amulet: Berserker
Traits:
DOMINATION (4) – Empowered Illusions, Greatsword Training
DUELING (4) – Phantasmal Fury, Blade Training
CHAOS (3) – Debilitating Dissipation
INSPIRATION (3) – Mender’s Purity
Utilities: Ether Feast, Blink, Decoy, Mantra of Distraction, Mass Invisibility

How this build differs from other phantasm builds: This build trades some phantasm offense for more passive defense.

Other popular phantasm builds go deep into Inspiration for Phantasmal Strength or into Illusions for Illusionists Celerity and Phantasmal Haste. While these builds offer arguably better offense, you also end up getting a lot of semi-useless/sub-optimal traits. Not to mention, good thieves will eat you up.

Going three points into both Chaos and Inspiration gives you Illusionary Membrane and Phantasmal Healing which provides a nice increase in sustainability due to near perma-regen and roughly 25% uptime on protection. Having protection and regen at the start of a fight allows you to have an easier time withstanding a thief’s initial burst and then to outlast them should the fight drag on.

Playstyle/tips: Avoid using auto attacks unless you’re in range with GS. Switch between weapon sets on cooldown against ranged enemies. Stay in sword/sword against melee opponents, only switching to greatsword when the opportunity calls for it. Melee will have little opportunity to hit you if you rotate through your s/s weapon skills and dodge rolls optimally. Try to save utility abilities for when you really need them. Save shatters for crucial moments such as stomps and finishing off opponents.

I’ve played a similar build in PvE.
I do, however, LOVE the synergy between Illusionary Membrane and Phantasmal Healing.
You sure have 4 swap runes is on purpose? lol

DocZed.6973:

You sure have 4 swap runes is on purpose?

There was a patch a while back that removed a lot of the restrictions on sigils so yes, you can use 4 on-swap sigils if you wanted to.

Added an example video. First time recording gameplay so nothing special about the match. (Just recorded the first full match I played to test out the software.)

Will try to post another video once I have better video captures.

Edit: I just noticed that the youtube video doesn’t show any preview screen. Will try to fix on next video.

That spvp chat is just lovely. It’s what Blizzard did right with Heroes of the Storm by only allowing intra-party chat.

That engineer calling mesmers a kitten class when his broken kitten class was tanking 3 people for extended periods of time while also being a top 1v1 contender was such a laugh.