Guild Wars 2

Friend wants a pure condi/semi tanky set to roam wvw with and I don’t know how to build a condi class. Is dire ok? Or will he need precision as well?

Full Dire is a DPS loss, and also a generally suboptimal use of stat allotment. I would recommend Rabid and Dire statbalancing, using Rabid until roughly 33% Crit Chance, and then loading on Dire. Another option is to use Trailblazer’s instead of Dire if you’ve got the money for it.

ok great thanks

Are there ascended options for Trailblazer, dire, and rabid in the way of accessories? armor?

full dire is still a good way to go. the precision is not a huge loss for the amount of survivability you get out of it when the majority of your damage is condi based. the precision can also come from the curses traitline (2% per condi on target) if you choose to run it or decimate defenses from the reaper traitline along with bitter chill from the spite traitline. shroud scales along with Vit. Boons like fury and might also exist.

i run trailblazers armor/weapons and either sinister trinkets or dire/rabid (the ascended dire with some precision on it) when roaming around running condi.

ascended options exist for dire and rabid (the dire one has a little precision on it) . i believe there is only an ascended trailblazers neck available that you get from finishing the HoT personal story achievements but i could be wrong.

edit: accessories

Run Trailblazer armor and weapons with rabid/dire accessories as you see fit or depending on the pick between curses and spite.

you will need to make your own balance between condi dmg and duration as well

here this is an example of something you could run

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNArYWnc0AlbidbCe2A0biljBjaJ8EmVx3wfYRMqnttCAA-TRyCQBT4EAkFlf7Z/h6pPgBPAgEpEsgq/AgDBQFOCAkCAi1AA-e

You could ask your friend to try the build as below. Works well with Dire too. Sounds like your friend might be new to reaper roaming. Dire is less punishing and will allow for more mistakes.
The build is ‘noob’ friendly too. Easy to play. Given the way chill works now, no crit chance needed for this build.
Oh and it is cheap to build.

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Reaper_-_Shout_Signet_Chiller

Can you buy trailblazer in tp?

as much as it hurts you have to pve for the recipe

Im assuming i cannot craft it and give it to my friend?

No you cannot…

Your friend has to farm TD map for 500 tokens in order to purchase the exotic recipes for both insignia and inscription and then craft the weapons of choice and armor sets.

The Material needed for trailblazer is also more expensive than viper

I advice you suggest that he goes with a temporary cheap dire gear until he could obtain trailbalzers

Akashi.3245:

full dire is still a good way to go. the precision is not a huge loss for the amount of survivability you get out of it when the majority of your damage is condi based. the precision can also come from the curses traitline (2% per condi on target) if you choose to run it or decimate defenses from the reaper traitline along with bitter chill from the spite traitline. shroud scales along with Vit. Boons like fury and might also exist.

This isn’t correct. The scaling from Target the Weak only comes from your actual Precision stat, not from crit chance modifiers.

I use a mix of Dire and Rabid armor with the Dire/Rabid trinks, also a mixture of Dire and Sinister weapons. Usually the only Rabid armor piece will be my coat. The toughness and vitality tends to be around 2700 and 2600 with crit chance 30-49% depending on weapons used, and condi damage 2000 to 2300. The boost in shroud time is a deal breaker most times along with crit triggered sigils. Krait runes are my favorite for the amount of extra condis they bring to the fight.

Zero Solstice.9754:

Akashi.3245:

full dire is still a good way to go. the precision is not a huge loss for the amount of survivability you get out of it when the majority of your damage is condi based. the precision can also come from the curses traitline (2% per condi on target) if you choose to run it or decimate defenses from the reaper traitline along with bitter chill from the spite traitline. shroud scales along with Vit. Boons like fury and might also exist.

This isn’t correct. The scaling from Target the Weak only comes from your actual Precision stat, not from crit chance modifiers.

^ correct. was referring to the crit chance not the damage modifier. i should have said that instead of precision

edit: was not referring to decimate defenses either

Akashi.3245:

Zero Solstice.9754:

Akashi.3245:

full dire is still a good way to go. the precision is not a huge loss for the amount of survivability you get out of it when the majority of your damage is condi based. the precision can also come from the curses traitline (2% per condi on target) if you choose to run it or decimate defenses from the reaper traitline along with bitter chill from the spite traitline. shroud scales along with Vit. Boons like fury and might also exist.

This isn’t correct. The scaling from Target the Weak only comes from your actual Precision stat, not from crit chance modifiers.

^ correct. was referring to the crit chance not the damage modifier. i should have said that instead of precision

edit: was not referring to decimate defenses either

All good bruv, :+1:

I’m just confused now lol

You should probably be aware that taking full dire gear is kind of looked down upon by alot of the roaming community. There’s a very good reason no dire amulet was ever released for PvP. Not a big deal, but be ready for some rude whispers.

I also run perplex

dubstax.9102:

Linnael.1069:

You should probably be aware that taking full dire gear is kind of looked down upon by alot of the roaming community. There’s a very good reason no dire amulet was ever released for PvP. Not a big deal, but be ready for some rude whispers.

Really? Why should anyone care? You know… because roamers always build with the utmost honor and skill in mind. (chuckle)

Unless World vs. World ever goes the structured route like sPvP build what you want. There is so much cheese absurdity all over World vs. World that there isn’t any point in caring what XYX player thinks about your build or gear choice.

This, I run the cheesiest solo roaming warrior build possible, I get hate tells and accused of hacks, that’s the fun part.