Guild Wars 2

I have been running Rabid gear now (Precision, Toughness and Condition Damage, right?) and I feel way too squishy against some bosses and often get aggro, the one heal I have doesn’t feel like enough. I go with 30/30/0/0/10. I use scepter/dagger and axe/warhorn which is fun. I’d maybe like a build built around death shroud a bit more. Also, the Blood Magic tree looks fun (I’d love to be stealing life), but does it lack damage? And is a summoner based build still worthless in PvE?

Knaifhogg.5964:

I have been running Rabid gear now (Precision, Toughness and Condition Damage, right?) and I feel way too squishy against some bosses and often get aggro, the one heal I have doesn’t feel like enough. I go with 30/30/0/0/10. I use scepter/dagger and axe/warhorn which is fun. I’d maybe like a build built around death shroud a bit more. Also, the Blood Magic tree looks fun (I’d love to be stealing life), but does it lack damage? And is a summoner based build still worthless in PvE?

Taking survivability stats will get you aggro and more likely to be killed. Do more damage > kills mobs faster > less threat for whole team. Plus you dont keep aggro as much anymore. So take beserker or rampager gear. Beserker for a power build, rampager for a hybrid build.

The best defense is offense.

Everything works in open world, and the summoner shines here. Minions builds can solo champions at cursed shore without much trouble. Summoners are fine in most dungeons, but it is not the most useful and can run into troubles against bosses who spam AOE skills.

Your high toughness makes you a target over most of your teammates, so you end up taking more damage ironically. For a death shroud build, go ahead and get berserker gear, axe/focus + dagger/warhorn. Take 30/10/0/0/30. You want the life blast giving might, axe training, and +20% damage when half health in spite. You also want life blast puts vulnerability and pierces, and +50% crit chance in DS. The rest is up to you.