Guild Wars 2

I only play PVE and I’ve just started doing fractals as well as HOT and I wanted to work on agony resistance. And I was wondering if I should build Berserker or Viper ascended armor.

I’m mostly useing this build

But even a power buid MM is viable, thoughts? (I love MM builds but would like to try out others at some point)

(Also this is a long term goal, I’m not going to build a full set of ascended armor in a day)

I believe vipers is preferred for raids, but zerker is best for short encounters like fractals and dungeons. I might be rong though because I mainly pvp these days.

Bronze Knight.9231:

But even a power buid MM is viable, thoughts?

Nnnno… it is not. Altho you know what? The thing about GW2 is that you should play what you think is best for you. If you like playing with minions, you can. Just hold a full exotic gear for it and you will be fine. If you want to go to higher fractals or raids tho… it won’t cut it. Personally I went Berserker Reaper since it’s suited for both Fractals and Raids. Viper is somewhat better for raids but it’s garbage everywhere else since there is no way to keep your Jagged Horrors alive without healing. But it IS kind of a Minion build so you might like it.

From what I’ve seen as a newer player myself, whatever you find more fun. If you find Power builds fun, run Zerker. I find Condi builds fun so I went with Viper and Sinister!

And if you’re doing Fractals, it’s better not to run MM because of a variety of reasons that I’ve noticed.

I’m running ascended viper’s for zergs, I try to stay more to the back as it’s not all that tanky, (Lifeforce is good for a quick save)

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNAW7Ync0At0g10A+2A0biFcBD6qFAaBxXxu4YMarNBGBA-TlCEQBA4BAsFlgtRHgBuAAQRJmAV/ZPaGE2RBgJKPm3+DfDOA27vsrdBLu4iLu4it3e7d3dDQKAIWWB-w

It could probably be improved on some but I like it.

This might not be where your thinking is now but …

Ascended armor can be transferred so you might want to think about alts you might have that could benefit from whatever stat set you decide to make. Personally, I would go with zerkers because you just can’t go wrong with a zerk build on any profession.

Zerker for everything except raids

Wait until the next balance patch. Necros will be receiving a nerf (apparently) which could be anywhere between a minor nerf and rip condi warrior nerf.

Bronze Knight.9231:

I only play PVE and I’ve just started doing fractals as well as HOT and I wanted to work on agony resistance. And I was wondering if I should build Berserker or Viper ascended armor.

I’m mostly useing this build

But even a power buid MM is viable, thoughts? (I love MM builds but would like to try out others at some point)

(Also this is a long term goal, I’m not going to build a full set of ascended armor in a day)

For this specific build, regardless of where you use it, Berserker over Viper. You aren’t doing enough condi with this to make Viper worthwhile.

Obtena.7952:

This might not be where your thinking is now but …

Ascended armor can be transferred so you might want to think about alts you might have that could benefit from whatever stat set you decide to make. Personally, I would go with zerkers because you just can’t go wrong with a zerk build on any profession.

I generally agree with this, although I favor condi builds, so berserker isn’t necessarily the best. Depends on your playstyle. Need to know more about what gametypes you plan on playing in, and what you enjoy doing with the class.

It’s too bad that the game still centers around the zerker meta. Pretty much 95% of the game is “go zerker or go home”. HoT tried to fix this, but it doesn’t help that rest of the areas don’t have varying monster attributes that make other types of attacks viable. Most RPGs have “weak against X” where GW2 is just “weak against damage” imo.
Go for berserker’s stats.

You do not need ascended so feel free to experiment with many builds and armor. Black diamonds are still expensive for Viper’s but may be worth it just for raids… maybe. Necromancer is best at corruption while just fair condition damage compared to other professions. The 4-stat armor does trade some offense and forces a condition build, which is not that useful in PvE. Putting Viper’s on ascended equipment is definitely a commitment.

Zerker is best for most casual PvE but you can use other stats for specific tasks such as condition damage armor for specific mob types and bosses or healing armor for supporting groups in large events.

MM does well for exploring and mapping, though your minions may slow you if they draw aggro. You can wear pretty much anything with minions. They hold aggro a lot and are unaffected by the player’s equipment stats.