Guild Wars 2

I know the general consensus is that power builds suck, but just try it out. I’m having a 70 – 80% win rate with this build, and it can totally carry teams. Been trying it out for about 25 games now. The sustain is great as is the damage.

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Primary damage set is A/F, D/Wh is just for swiftness and utility. I use NCSY to set up the elite. GS works in place of D/Wh but you lose the mobility from Wh #5. The build auto-generates Might and Vuln, usually sitting on 15-20 might and 25 vuln after RS rotation.

Burst builds can counter it, been having some trouble with good thieves as well as some warriors. And haven’t gone against any really good mesmers yet. I have yet to lose a duel against condi reapers or druids :P

If you’re going with Strength Runes and Sigils, why not use Blighter’s Boon? With your Spite traitline you’re going to get TONS of might procs, so why not give yourself more sustain with that? You should also consider staff. You can get more LF with the staff mark trait, and gain access to a ranged CC and poison access out of shroud, as well as a condi transfer.

I may actually try Blighter’s Boon, I think it could work here.

But as for the staff, I think it could actually harm the effectiveness of the build. A big part of why the build works really well is Unyielding Blast. Swapping that with Soul Marks may be a bad idea. And if you don’t have SM, you may as well use something else than staff.

Its weird, on oneside the axe is just terrible and focus too, and offhand dagger is also hard to fit in… but if the stars align its pretty normal.

Just has same problms as every other power build going against the powercreeped game.

In my guess its carried by amulet. You need the power runes too.

You won’t need Soul Marks if you have Blighter’s and Unholy Feast. Axe without dagger offhand is fine if you’re running Consume Conditions AND Plague Signet. You might also try Spiteful Spirit instead of Close to Death if you zone into a game with a thief.

How much have you tested the other shouts in place of NCSY?

Dead.5829:

You won’t need Soul Marks if you have Blighter’s and Unholy Feast. Axe without dagger offhand is fine if you’re running Consume Conditions AND Plague Signet. You might also try Spiteful Spirit instead of Close to Death if you zone into a game with a thief.

How much have you tested the other shouts in place of NCSY?

Looks as though he’s going for an unblockable build, changing soul marks and ncsy would get rid of all his unblockable attacks.

NCSY feels more valuable to me for this build than Suffer or YAAW. Suffer would be redundant since I already have enough condi clears and chills. YAAW actually interests me a bit but I kinda have enough might already, so the only additional advantage would be the weakness.

That +5s window from NCSY where all of my attacks are unblockable is just too good to pass up though. It totally destroys mesmers, guardians and revenants when you manage to keep the pressure up. Mesmer clones usually work for you since there are more targets for your shouts.

NeXeD.3042:

Dead.5829:

You won’t need Soul Marks if you have Blighter’s and Unholy Feast. Axe without dagger offhand is fine if you’re running Consume Conditions AND Plague Signet. You might also try Spiteful Spirit instead of Close to Death if you zone into a game with a thief.

How much have you tested the other shouts in place of NCSY?

Looks as though he’s going for an unblockable build, changing soul marks and ncsy would get rid of all his unblockable attacks.

Possibly! I’d still be interested in seeing the results of an “unblockable” build vs one with other shouts. How often does NCSY allow you to finish off someone? How often does it let you transfer conditions you might otherwise not have been able to? How often does it save your bacon? Do you notice the difference in damage with the vuln stacks? Do you wish you had even more condi transfer? Would you rather have another stun break, etc.

Yannir.4132:

NCSY feels more valuable to me for this build than Suffer or YAAW. Suffer would be redundant since I already have enough condi clears and chills. YAAW actually interests me a bit but I kinda have enough might already, so the only additional advantage would be the weakness.

That +5s window from NCSY where all of my attacks are unblockable is just too good to pass up though. It totally destroys mesmers, guardians and revenants when you manage to keep the pressure up. Mesmer clones usually work for you since there are more targets for your shouts.

Sounds good! I’ll give it a shot in some games. : D

Dead.5829:

NeXeD.3042:

Dead.5829:

You won’t need Soul Marks if you have Blighter’s and Unholy Feast. Axe without dagger offhand is fine if you’re running Consume Conditions AND Plague Signet. You might also try Spiteful Spirit instead of Close to Death if you zone into a game with a thief.

How much have you tested the other shouts in place of NCSY?

Looks as though he’s going for an unblockable build, changing soul marks and ncsy would get rid of all his unblockable attacks.

Possibly! I’d still be interested in seeing the results of an “unblockable” build vs one with other shouts. How often does NCSY allow you to finish off someone? How often does it let you transfer conditions you might otherwise not have been able to? How often does it save your bacon? Do you notice the difference in damage with the vuln stacks? Do you wish you had even more condi transfer? Would you rather have another stun break, etc.

yeah i understand it probably isnt the best setup, but if you wanted to make an unblockable build it would be with that shout. NCSY doesnt transfer conditions it just corrupts boons.

and with the right setup you can make vuln very valuable.

It actually isn’t just the vuln or just the might, it’s the combination of them that makes this build good. Just the other day I noticed myself sitting on 25 Might, and when the enemy is on 25 vuln, the power difference between the 2 of you is just massive.

Fighting another power reaper btw is a pain in the buttocks. May the last transfer win!