Guild Wars 2

ESL Funday Monday

On August 31st, we’re summoning all Necromancers from the dark depths of the Underworld to battle each other for the top spot in our Funday Monday cup!
This is the 5th class specific cup so keep your eyes peeled for your favourite class, because we do these quite often or take advantage of the opportunity to really test yourself at the Necromancer!
The top two players of each class will go into our grand final, where they will compete for ultimate victory. Who will prove themselves master?

If you have any ideas that you would like to see in a cup, you can contact us on Twitter, Facebook or the forums!

Region: EU
Date: August 31st
Time: 2PM EDT // 11AM PDT // 20 CEST
Prizes: 2000 gems first place, 800 gems second place. Only if we have more than 16 participants
Spots left: 32
Info/Signups

The rules specific to this cup are:
- Banned Amulets: Celestial, Soldier, Crusader, Cavalier, Knight, Settler, Barbarian, Sentinel, Cleric and Magi

- Necromancers are not allowed to have more than 20% life force at start

- No elites over 120 seconds

- No Dwayna runes

- Map: Forest of Niflhel – Beach area

- RO32 and RO16 are Bo1, Quarters and Semi-Finals are Bo3, Grand-Finals are Bo5

If you have any feedback or questions, be sure to leave a comment!
Hope to see you there!

Dirame.8521:

ESL Funday Monday

On August 31st, we’re summoning all Necromancers from the dark depths of the Underworld to battle each other for the top spot in our Funday Monday cup!
This is the 5th class specific cup so keep your eyes peeled for your favourite class, because we do these quite often or take advantage of the opportunity to really test yourself at the Necromancer!
The top two players of each class will go into our grand final, where they will compete for ultimate victory. Who will prove themselves master?

If you have any ideas that you would like to see in a cup, you can contact us on Twitter, Facebook or the forums!

Region: EU
Date: The 8th of June
Time: 2PM EDT // 11AM PDT // 20 CEST
Prizes: 2000 gems first place, 800 gems second place. Only if we have more than 16 participants
Spots left: 32
Info/Signups

The rules specific to this cup are:
- Banned Amulets: Soldiers, Settlers, Clerics, Magi, Celestial

- No elites over 120 seconds

- No Dwayna runes

- Map: Forest of Niflhel – Beach area

- RO32 and RO16 are Bo1, Quarters and Semi-Finals are Bo3, Grand-Finals are Bo5

If you have any feedback or questions, be sure to leave a comment!
Hope to see you there!

June’s either in the past or way too in the future to remember this lol

I don’t really see why any of those amulets are banned. Soldier and Celestial are used often by necros and are part of our strongest builds. Seems a bit silly

Edit: And Cleric’s as well. So you rule out Power, Signet, and Minion Necro builds… Why not just let necros be necros?

Zalavaaris.5329:

June’s either in the past or way too in the future to remember this lol

Thanks for that.

Vydahr.4285:

I don’t really see why any of those amulets are banned. Soldier and Celestial are used often by necros and are part of our strongest builds. Seems a bit silly

Edit: And Cleric’s as well. So you rule out Power, Signet, and Minion Necro builds… Why not just let necros be necros?

Sounds like he wants the fights to end quickly.

Is traited plague (120 1/2 seconds) allowed ?

Vydahr.4285:

I don’t really see why any of those amulets are banned. Soldier and Celestial are used often by necros and are part of our strongest builds. Seems a bit silly

Edit: And Cleric’s as well. So you rule out Power, Signet, and Minion Necro builds… Why not just let necros be necros?

To prevent matches from going too long. MM vs MM would take around 5 minutes, easy, with Cleric.

Dirame.8521:

The rules specific to this cup are:
- Banned Amulets: Celestial, Soldier, Crusader, Cavalier, Knight, Settler, Barbarian, Sentinel, Cleric and Magi

- Necromancers are not allowed to have more than 20% life force at start

- No elites over 120 seconds

- No Dwayna runes

- Map: Forest of Niflhel – Beach area

- RO32 and RO16 are Bo1, Quarters and Semi-Finals are Bo3, Grand-Finals are Bo5

If you have any feedback or questions, be sure to leave a comment!
Hope to see you there!

So, 10 out of the 17 amulets are banned? And only Flesh Golem allowed as an elite?

Can you just post a list of specifically permitted builds so we don’t have to worry about banning everything?

And why ban Dwayna runes? Did they get OP recently and I didn’t hear about it?

Still I find it incredibly restrictive to limit builds to basically condi or zerker power necro. I understand the need for strict regulation in duels, but this is a little bit much.

I’ve already signed up couple hours ago, but I have couple questions:

• 1. Are we locked into one build for the entire event?

• 2. Does everyone participating spectate the fights?

• 3. Should we confirm our builds before the tournament so there’s no counter-building? Necro vs. Necro is really vulnerable to counter-building.

• 4. Why don’t you ban Rampager’s Amulet? I’m afraid of Helseth on his Necro.

Tip for the future: Instead of listing banned amulets, it’s easier to just say “Zerk/Marauder/Carrion/Rabid allowed”. Less typing.

P.S. Think of using mid on Courtyard as the Arena for future tournies if it’s not Thief one. It has much more fair size, proper LoS and doesn’t mean that if you’re not ranged or Thief, ur kittened.

So it come down to “Pick one of these 2 builds and see how is the best!”

Wouldn’t it be better if you just put a rule “You can NOT using more than 2 skills of same type in your Utility bar?”
For example you can not have more than 2 Signets or 2 Wells or 2 Minion on your bar. This way people have more option to create variety builds and in turn creating more new exciting match up.

Calm down, guys.

Any of the tanky amulets are used in builds that can be played the very same way with a zerker, valk or marauder amulet. So not being able to use soldier/sentinel/… really isn’t limiting any builds.

As for cele signets, perhaps they can make an exception for this one since a cele necro just isn’t as tanky as some other classes with a cele amulet, especially in a necro vs necro duel.

Also, Flesh Golem is easily the best 1v1 elite regardless of build.

Question: Is the winner of each match-up decided from one round?

These rules are completly off. It narrowed the build variety to the point that some classes will be nearly unplayable.
Necromancers will have to pick Golem as elite….Golem…
No celestial will take one of the best necro builds for Spvp out.

I pass on that. :/

Lynnie.7213:

These rules are completly off. It narrowed the build variety to the point that some classes will be nearly unplayable.
Necromancers will have to pick Golem as elite….Golem…
No celestial will take one of the best necro builds for Spvp out.

I pass on that. :/

Then you are obviously not a great Necro….. :P

Dirame.8521:

Lynnie.7213:

These rules are completly off. It narrowed the build variety to the point that some classes will be nearly unplayable.
Necromancers will have to pick Golem as elite….Golem…
No celestial will take one of the best necro builds for Spvp out.

I pass on that. :/

Then you are obviously not a great Necro….. :P

Of course i am not a great necro, otherwise i wouldn’t be QQing here on forum.
These rules put a lot of classes in disadvantage. Specially the 120 seconds elite rule, that is silly.
But have fun y’all.

Lynnie.7213:

These rules are completly off. It narrowed the build variety to the point that some classes will be nearly unplayable.
Necromancers will have to pick Golem as elite….Golem…
No celestial will take one of the best necro builds for Spvp out.

I pass on that. :/

To be honest…what else would you pick instead of Golem with now fixed targeting? Plague for 1v1 against a profession that deals mostly ranged or semi-ranged damage + conditions?

As for Celestial Amulet – keep it banned, I’d like to see something unique instead of copy-pasting one build. If anything, allow more niche amulets like Crusader’s.

Dirame.8521:

Only if we have more than 16 participants

are there even that many necros who regularly read the forums and play pvp?

Goldenrevolver.4371:

Dirame.8521:

Only if we have more than 16 participants

are there even that many necros who regularly read the forums and play pvp?

Yes. You just don’t know them yet.

Banning the tanky amulets is standard practice in 1v1 tournaments, it’s not just cause necros. Otherwise fights can go on literally forever: you can end up in a situation where neither player can put out enough damage to kill the other unless one falls asleep on their keyboard.
And seriously, why would you want any elite OTHER than Golem for 1v1?

Congrats to Axelwarrior for winning.

GG.

Hail Minions!

Here’s the VoD from the finals for folks interested. It’s muted tho :P Should get more than 360p over time.

https://youtu.be/GHOeLISnltg

Bhawb, I guess you like it

Aww :< I didn’t know about this. It would have been fun to test my build here x)

Rym.1469:

GG.

Hail Minions!

Here’s the VoD from the finals for folks interested. It’s muted tho :P Should get more than 360p over time.

https://youtu.be/GHOeLISnltg

Bhawb, I guess you like it

Bhawb liking my MM gameplay would be like a dream coming true :P
Thanks a bunch for uploading it, a guildmate wanted to see this~

Would be nice to have this kind of thing on NA servers. My latency on EU goes craaaazy.

Urukami.4796:

Aww :< I didn’t know about this. It would have been fun to test my build here x)

Minion Force! You know what i meann …

Axelwarrior.9084:

Rym.1469:

GG.

Hail Minions!

Here’s the VoD from the finals for folks interested. It’s muted tho :P Should get more than 360p over time.

https://youtu.be/GHOeLISnltg

Bhawb, I guess you like it

Bhawb liking my MM gameplay would be like a dream coming true :P
Thanks a bunch for uploading it, a guildmate wanted to see this~

No problem! GG WP, nice MMancer experience and skills

I loaded up the video and I was like “oh man this guy has great taste in music” and realized I had my own pandora on in the background. Also the use of Blood Fiend made me die a little inside, but I imagine with the huge restrictions you guys had, plus the knowledge you were against a Necro (who can’t dodge any of the attacks) it was actually a solid choice.

Great job though, I’d be interested to know what build you guys ran.

Great job axel!

Also if your expecting your heal to be interrupted (especially in necro v necro) blood fiend has no cool down on the actual heal skill, it lets you bait interupts.

Bhawb.7408:

I loaded up the video and I was like “oh man this guy has great taste in music” and realized I had my own pandora on in the background. Also the use of Blood Fiend made me die a little inside, but I imagine with the huge restrictions you guys had, plus the knowledge you were against a Necro (who can’t dodge any of the attacks) it was actually a solid choice.

Great job though, I’d be interested to know what build you guys ran.

I muted it on purpose, that certainly wasn’t an accident.

As for builds – Wells. Or Minions. Basically :P.

Congratz Axelwarrior, was fun, hope to have more events like this, just missed some other necro names. Next time i will be prepared for minion onslaught.