In that video I played shield and sword, maintaining 3 iSwordies for max personal dps. I’m not quite sure wich is more beneficial for the team, more alacrity or 10k personal dps. Especially when alacrity gets tuned down from 40% to 25% cdr on 100% uptime.
But yea, the other option with wich I agree with you is full zerk and the alacrity focused build with 3x iAvengy:
Use Force and Accuracy for the dps focused build (3x iSwordy) or Force and Air for the alacrity focused build (3x iAvengy).
The reason why not to take Concentration is it’s lack of flexibility:
It also screws up when you do CS or when you stay a bit longer on a weapon set to do proper rotations -> keep ToT on cooldown for 4 of them per CS.
Concentration is only good if you play sword + nothing / nothing + shield and if you have to get boonduration due lacking revenant presence. If you are rich, keep one weapon with it in your inventory. It also requires Bountiful Sharpening Stones to be good.
I got a recommendation from a friend to use or test concentration and and I was happy getting me one and I also carry around weapons with it. But I use it under the mentioned circumstances, but outside of that, it’s just not good enough in my opinion.
Maybe its off topic, but how does Concentration work with Signet of Inspiration?
Right now I run my Chrono with Traveller runes, Rabid gear and Berserker trinkets. I am trying out different combination with sigils and traits which look like Bloodlust in some combination (on GS or Staff) with Fraility (stacking extra vuln. from hits) on GS and Blight (60% chance of poison) on Staff. On Sword it is Sigil of Fire and shield have Doom. My average stats are something around 1800 for Power, Toughness 1340, Precision around 50% and condition around 800. I Rare Veggie Pizza with 18% more condi duration (much cheaper then max 20%) and either Sharpening Stone or Tuning Crystal depending on what I feel will offer more effect during combat.
It looks like GS+Sw+shield with Sharpening Stone and Rare Veggie Pizza with Chrono buffed for alacrity on self from trait, re spawn of phantasm and super speed on illusions works well enough to solo a camp with those nasty Zealots and Cabalist with their annoying pulls, especially if they are two can be very hard to deal with for solo a camp. BD does wounder to keep those pulls down to a minimum. With Signet of Inspiration I also get some extra heal (regen), aegis, swiftness and might among other which help to keep me alive.
In a group I only need to change trait from Dueling and Domination to a more group support trait like Chaos and Inspiration, so Concentration might be useful on a combination with Chaotic Persistence from Chaos and Illusionary Inspiration from Inspiration.
Would Concentration be worth it for this kind of build in WvW and maybe HoT maps?
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