Guild Wars 2

Noble.3647:

I see you keep going back to Plague – while ignoring the concept of PRACTICAL Stability; Plague does NOT allow you to Use Skills (Destroys All Minions) & does NOT allow you to HEAL. So, no, the elite is not wasted so much as the STABILITY is WASTED.

I keep going back to it because it’s such an awesome skill :P. Practical stability is your definition. Stability is stability, no matter what we call it. And it serves one purpose and one purpose only – to avoid crowd control. This is for either offense or defense purposes. In this case, I’m assuming we’re talking about defense, as is the most common case. Does plague do this? It does MORE than this. A LOT more. While it is true that you cannot perform any other actions, it really doesn’t matter because in terms of defense, Plague is god. THAT’s why I keep coming back to it.

“you probably won’t die any time soon as Plague” – well this proves that you don’t WvW (& likely don’t PvP) much. Plague (without Heal or Cleanse) is a bit like Death Shroud … meaning a Death Trap, but not as much of one as Lich (due to the Easy Target factor).

If you allow yourself to die while in Plague, you are not doing it right.

My build was designed for WvW, the one I showed you, as it relies on food for extra dodge and might, as well as certain boon duration runes which are only obtainable through dungeons (although the last 2 runes could be replaced with might duration runes or runes of altruism while in PvP).

On a more positive and friendly note, I`d love to duel you and experiment with different builds, if you wish.