DH & Druids

DH & Druids

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Posted by: gavyne.6847

gavyne.6847

Has anyone found a reliable way to beat good DH & Druids post-Jan 26th patch? I’ve tried power & condi builds, having a very rough time with them. Oh and I’m mostly asking about WvW roaming, not sPvP. So keep in mind they still get to use the runes, sigils, and builds that were removed from sPvP.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

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Posted by: mazut.4296

mazut.4296

Problem with DH is that their traps are direct counter to Reaper melee. If you dont use reaper, but normal condi necro with ranged DS and you dodge the pull you can beat them easily.
Druids on the other hand are harder if they are good. Probably you should avoid 1v1.

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Posted by: nacario.9417

nacario.9417

Regarding the traditional DH, it has potentially alot of defensives that they can rotate which will in most cases outlast your life force and utilities. If your starting life force is at 0 it is an even more uphill battle, also if you dont have anything to line of sight. One way to outlast their rotations is to avoid their setups, such as the hook into traps, and for instance a timed reaper #2 into their LB #2, and pay attention to aegis so you dont burn a good ability. Personally I see signet corrupt reaper or curses reaper (the curses cloud utility for 8 sec ranged immunity) as viable options, but in all honesty it can go both ways. However, if we are strictly speaking about WvW then full Dire set should win you the match? At least combined with full life force.
As @mazut said, core necro can have it easier as you are not forced to facetank, though again this is my perspective in SPvP, and going core necro would in some other instances make it harder vs other builds.

As for droods, it depends on their weaponset and utilities. You need to ask yourself what abilities kills you. If it is the cc you need to find ways to avoid that. Druid also has the potential to outlast you, so be aggressive and stay Ahead, chain your fear into warhorn 5 while condis ticks n boons are corrupted. Once again, signet corrupt reaper is gold, and if you’re in full dire it should be easier. On my reaper in WvW i go with a mix of high condi, power, tough, vit, crit, where main dmg is from condi.

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