Guild Wars 2

Hey Denizens of the underworld.

I wanna share a hybrid roaming build I’ve been using the past weeks, very similar to what I had used before the major updates.
I think its now known as the signet build that many necros are running too, except most other necros I see running this is probably speced into full condi builds which I think is great, more survivability but will not be able to handle anti-condi builds like diamond skin eles, signet of renewal + wilderness survival rangers etc.

So I’m proposing this hybrid build that allows you to have a decent chance against most variations of builds out there.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNArYWjc0QtN2ZDO2A/NOwFKYbGALQcrngPgmGtxXA-T1CFABNq+jc7P87JAAgnAgAHCAkUKkm2AmUWAlSs40BolSwAAIAzsMLzZG4oH9oH9oHtdOzjuzje0SBAzyK-w

I’ll now share what I feel are the pros and cons of this build.

Advantage of this build:
-Huge advantage against any condi builds with 4 condi transfers (dagger4, staff 4, Plague Sending, Plague Signet)
-Advantage against block-heavy builds like Guardians, Engineers, Shield Warriors, PU-Aegis Mesmers, GS Rangers (unblockable staff marks trait)

Decent of this build:
-Decent against boon-heavy builds like Steal-traited Thieves, D/D Elementalists (Signet of Suffering trait)
-Decent against stun-heavy builds like Rampage Hammer or Mace/shield Warriors, Interrupt Mesmers, Wolf/Dog LB Rangers with 3 stun breaks, 1 stability and Plague elite (spectral armor, plague signet, traited shroud stun-break and stability)
-Enough HP and Lifeforce to survive burst builds like Shatter Mesmers, DD backstab Thieves, Full glass any builds (plus weakening shroud trait)

Weak of this build:
-Weak against Quickdraw Wolf/Dog LB rangers (really I don’t know how to fight them. 4 disables on their pets alone, Longbow4 knockback, quickdraw gives them a 2-3 second double 900+ range leap =/ insane kiting and when swapping back to LB, another double knockback or double rapid fire = doom) in open field without LOS, I can’t just turn around and run either unlike against a mesmer that blinks away to kite, because now ranger LB got a baseline of 1500 range. Not impossible though, the odds are just stacked against you. Made better with our 3 stun breaks and 1 stability, but not by much when they got a double leap on a 3 second cooldown to keep their distance from you. This is pretty much the only enemy right now that I feel I have to play a perfect game to have a semi decent chance of winning.
-Weak against ShadowArts Thieves (the ones that heal and remove condis while invis) Not impossible to win against, need to time your fear+burst well, preferably after they use a stunbreak, much like against any other thieves, just harder I feel.
-Weak against Diamondskin Elementalists (but not impossible to win, we got enough power, but need to chain your shroud4 and staff mark spams to force him below 90% HP since they have insane protection and regen uptime and healing)

Concept:

Essentially the concept behind this build is: A mixture of power and condi damage so that you are not crippled against a foe that happens to build against power or condi, very strong condi tranfers to deal with condi heavy specs, and just enough HP+Lifeforce to handle full-glass power builds. So you cover every aspect of the fight, (with decent mitigation against both condi and power) without actually having an overwhelming advantage in a particular area, but at the same time, you don’t have an overwhelming disadvantage that cannot be surmounted either.

Any thoughts to improve this build are welcome.