Guild Wars 2

Now you too can actually use Deathshroud to pwn all of pve like me!

OTT title? check!
Bandwagon jumping? check!
Claims of awesomeness? check!

Traits

30/10/0/0/30

Spite 30
VI Reapers Might
VIII Axe Training
XII Close to Death

Curses
V Reapers Precision

Soul Reaping
II Vital Persistence
VI Unyielding Blast
XII Deathly Perception

Utility Skills

Consume Conditions
Blood is Power
Signet of Spite
Spectral Walk

Elite Skill

Flesh Golem

Armour

Full berserkers

Runes

6x Scholars

Weapons

Main set – Axe/Warhorn – Berserkers

2nd set – Dagger/Warhorn – Berserkers

Sigils

Axe – Force
Warhorn – Strength

Dagger – Bloodlust
Optional 2nd warhorn – 2nd copy of Bloodlust

Stuff that might matter if it works:

1. Axe training damage buff should effect the damage from skills in Deathshroud as well as Close to Death

2. Life force gain from crits: have no idea if this works with life transfer or other skills while in Deathshroud, but I seem to able to spend an awful long time in DS, and the lifeforce bar actually refills rather than sustains.

Conclusion with claims of 1337 damage

I wakittenting nearly 8k with no bloodlust stacks, sigil of strength or scholar runes (used ruby orbs until today)

I’m going to finish changing stuff and see if I can get over 10k piecing hits from DS skill 1.

You can 3 shot mobs in Orr with DS skill 1 without the 3 modifications, I aim to 2 shot them in the future.

This build and DS in general is now lots of fun trying to line up the mobs to be scythed by your Life Blast

Remember: it doesn’t drop damage now when the lifeforce bar drops, so use it at any stage for pwnage, and spamming it grants more might and vulerability.

Interesting, I do have a few questions though.

EDIT: Nevermind, those are sigils.

Have you tried it in PVP? I know this is written entirely for PVE and that’s understandable. It might make a good glass cannon build for PVP though.

Sigil of bloodlust, sigil of force.

LezardValeth.9453:

Interesting, I do have a few questions though.

EDIT: Nevermind, those are sigils.

Have you tried it in PVP? I know this is written entirely for PVE and that’s understandable. It might make a good glass cannon build for PVP though.

No idea I don’t like GW2 PvP compared to GW1 PvP

ZvZ? sure why not? It’s all about the tagging and burst for jollies.

Chullster.3608:

Now you too can actually use Deathshroud to pwn all of pve like me!

OTT title? check!
Bandwagon jumping? check!
Claims of awesomeness? check!

Traits

30/10/0/0/30

Spite 30
VI Reapers Might
VIII Axe Training
XII Close to Death

Curses
V Reapers Precision

Soul Reaping
II Vital Persistence
VI Unyielding Blast
XII Deathly Perception

Utility Skills

Consume Conditions
Blood is Power
Signet of Spite
Spectral Walk

Elite Skill

Flesh Golem

Armour

Full berserkers

Runes

6x Scholars

Weapons

Main set – Axe/Warhorn – Berserkers

2nd set – Dagger/Warhorn – Berserkers

Sigils

Axe – Force
Warhorn – Strength

Dagger – Bloodlust
Optional 2nd warhorn – 2nd copy of Bloodlust

Stuff that might matter if it works:

1. Axe training damage buff should effect the damage from skills in Deathshroud as well as Close to Death

2. Life force gain from crits: have no idea if this works with life transfer or other skills while in Deathshroud, but I seem to able to spend an awful long time in DS, and the lifeforce bar actually refills rather than sustains.

Conclusion with claims of 1337 damage

I wakittenting nearly 8k with no bloodlust stacks, sigil of strength or scholar runes (used ruby orbs until today)

I’m going to finish changing stuff and see if I can get over 10k piecing hits from DS skill 1.

You can 3 shot mobs in Orr with DS skill 1 without the 3 modifications, I aim to 2 shot them in the future.

This build and DS in general is now lots of fun trying to line up the mobs to be scythed by your Life Blast

Remember: it doesn’t drop damage now when the lifeforce bar drops, so use it at any stage for pwnage, and spamming it grants more might and vulerability.

rather than 2 bloodlust sigils why not use an on crit or weapon swap sigil. its really a waste of a sigil slot l

Greenfish.1270:

Chullster.3608:

Dagger – Bloodlust
Optional 2nd warhorn – 2nd copy of Bloodlust

rather than 2 bloodlust sigils why not use an on crit or weapon swap sigil. its really a waste of a sigil slot l

^ You can improve damage by replacing that

For sPvP take Reduced cd on spectrals as an adept in shroud tree and Unyielding/DS cd reduction as master. Axe with Fire Sigil, Focus OH with Bloodlust/Hydromancy/Force sigil. As secondary I take Staff, even without Mark trait, Putrid Mark grown so important in era of necros. As utilities, I bring Spectral Walk(always), S. Armor(nice vs. Bursters personal preference) and as 3rd SoU/WoS/WoP, Plague Signet. Golem elite. Works pretty cool, 95% of players don’t expect that much damage from your blasts, Shackles, Axe, you generate really a lot of LF, enough to sustain. You basiclly two-shot glass thieves. Blast damage is from 2k(tanks) up to 5k(normal targets below 50% with some vun, not much), not counting other skills. Have tested it in tPvP, absolute nemesis If peeled,)otherwisequickly focused. Enjoy

ghost.3208:

Greenfish.1270:

Chullster.3608:

Dagger – Bloodlust
Optional 2nd warhorn – 2nd copy of Bloodlust

rather than 2 bloodlust sigils why not use an on crit or weapon swap sigil. its really a waste of a sigil slot l

^ You can improve damage by replacing that

the reason for the two bloodlust sigils is so that it will stack twice when you kill something. I doubt he swaps weapons in combat.

Use valkyrie with scholar runes and sharpening stone to get even more damage. Axe mastery does boost lifeblast damage when holding axe. So just take one mainhand axe and have 2 offhands (focus and warhorn). Reapers precision works inside DS, but its far too weak to make much of a difference, helps with life transfer atleast.

Is valkyrie or berserker better?

Kojiden.8405:

Is valkyrie or berserker better?

Valkyrie + Sharpening Stones will give you more power and therefore more damage because you dont need the crit chance when using Deathly perception. The problem is you might lose a bit of dps while outside DS.

Berserker is better for a standard pve dps build though. I need to fully test Valkyrie before I can be sure, but from what ive seen so far it doesnt seem to out dps dagger warhorn on a 30/30 zerker build.