(edited by FLiP.7680)
Minionmancer
Don’t use double dagger, you’re just asking to be kited like that, especially in WvW. You want dagger/warhorn axe/focus (or if you need removal, use dagger OH instead). Also SWalk shouldn’t be used, you absolutely need bone minions otherwise your kill pressure is very weak. Fetid Consumption is also sub-par, all it really does is make your minions even weaker and dead faster.
This is what I’d use without changing your build too much. Leeching sigils are basically required for MM PvP. Then you can either use Energy sigils, or since you have crit Air sigils are also fine. Death Nova is required for MM builds, it gives too much to leave out. Consume Conditions > Blood Fiend in 99.99% of situations, Bone Minions are needed for kill pressure plus with Death Nova they give insane synergy. Transfusion is going to suite you better than VP, although you could also pick up Mark of Evasion if you prefer.
Other than the few changes I made, your build overall seems okay. I’m not sure if it will work, but it seems solid. Only issue I see is possibly having too low HP for a build with no healing power.
I really don’t like Axe, should I switch to staff then? But focus is so good. =/
Also, Sigil of Blood can be a good replacement for Leeching? I’m not a fan of on-swap sigils in any class other than warr, ele and engy.
I really don’t like Axe, should I switch to staff then? But focus is so good. =/
Also, Sigil of Blood can be a good replacement for Leeching? I’m not a fan of on-swap sigils in any class other than warr, ele and engy.
Staff is awful, you really just need to get used to Axe. If you use dagger you will be kited, its just inevitable. And if you use staff you end up losing far too much offensive pressure.
Also you need to get used to on-swap for MM. You can’t sit in one weapon set, you have to swap back and forth anyway, and they have built in ICDs so you don’t get any more use out of them on ele than you do on any other profession, so long as you swap every 10s. That said, Blood is potentially good because of your crit chance, go look up the values and check the math.
Blood is kinda half of Leeching.
And I do swap weapon sets, what I hate about on-swap sigils is that you need 1 of them on each weapon set to have the same efficiency as you have with Warr (3pts in Discipline), Ele and Engy (at least one kit) using only one of it. Therefore, I usually opt for permanent, on kill and on crit sigils.
Warrior doesn’t get extra efficiency at all, there is an ICD. Only thing Engi/Ele gets is the ability to have 4 sigils for the price of 2 if you would have used the same set twice. You can swap 18 times in 1 second and an on-swap sigil will still only proc once per 9 seconds.
The thing is I can swap from GS to Axe/Mace, get the Battle effect, go to GS and when I’m back to A/M, the sigil procs again.
As necro, Dagger/WH to Axe/Focus procs the Sigil of Battle, 10s later I swap to Dagger/WH, and while I’m using this weapon set, the Sigil of Battle is ready, but not being used.
You cannot proc on-swap sigils more than once every nine seconds, unless there is some bug right now. There is absolutely no benefit to swapping faster when considering on-swap effects.
English isn’t my main language, so i’m not sure if I can explain it better.
Warrior: Sw/Sw – Axe/Wh(this weapon has on swap sigil)
Necro: D/Wh – Axe/Focus(this weapon has on swap sigil)
Warrior: Sw/Sw -> Axe/Wh(sigil procs) 5s later -> Sw/Sw (sigil cd is at 5s) 5s later -> Axe/Wh(sigil procs again)
Necro: D/Wh -> Axe/Focus(sigil procs) 10s later -> D/Wh (sigil is ready) 10s later -> Axe/Focus (sigil procs again)
That’s what I meant.
That only happens for Warrior, then (I had misunderstood what you were meaning), so I was incorrect, Warrior has a potentially slight advantage. But all you have to do is put the sigils on each weapon set, and there is no problem, which is what you generally want for MM anyway.