Guild Wars 2

For all you WvW’ers, i recently found a (cost effective) way to perma swiftness as a necro (for anyone who didn’t know already).

Requirements:
1. Runes of the Centaur (~3 sil each)
2. Spectral Walk (pretty standard for roaming I would say)
3. heal skill (I’m 99% positive we all got this)
4. Another armor set (quick and easy from TP)

Spectral Walk would be 39 sec (60 sec CD)
Heal Skill would be 13 sec (25-40 sec CD)

Just pop SW/heal on CD when roaming to stack swiftness, and switch out to your main gear when you notice any possible enemies.

Unless you actually want your runes on your armor set to be the Centaur runes, just buy a different set from the TP real quick (I chose rare so I’m not completely UP when ambushed. One time I took out a double incinerator ele with this) but you can do whatever you want.

Yes equipping and unequipping is annoying but it saves time in the long run.

Xtra tip for you really really lazy people out there:
Keep your inventory with your other armor set minimized somewhere on the screen so you don’t even have to keep opening your inventory.

i’m not so sure if this is the smartest way to do it. by always having SW on cd you’re basically wasting a utility slot (and a stunbreak). also i wouldn’t want to get jumped on while my heal skill is on cd. you could use Signet of the Locust for a perma speed boost without the need for a 2nd armor set and only investing one utility slot (thus leaving your heal available)

another way would be to have a Warhorn in your inventory, equip it for locust swarm and immediatly reequip your real offhand.

Or you could get a weapon with a superior sigil of speed. Use it when you’re killing npcs and stack up to 3 min swiftness without any additional boon duration.

All good alternativo’s but:

33% is netter than 25% which will eventually save you time.
Locust swarm is only 10 or 15 seconds
3 minutes is not enough if you are planning to do lots of roaming

And if you watch out you shouldn’t be able to be jumped, unless stealth was involved.

Holl.3109:

3 minutes is not enough if you are planning to do lots of roaming

3 min is what you get if the sigil gives 20 sec per kill because swiftness can only be stacked up to 9 times. But once one stack expires you can get more.
Basically, this way allows you to have perma swiftness by just switching 1 weapon instead of an entire armor set. The only drawback being that you have to kill something every once in a while.

Or you could just toss on locust signet and pull it back off when you see people. Takes way less time and management.

Roe.3679:

Or you could just toss on locust signet and pull it back off when you see people. Takes way less time and management.

Nope, it will take more time. Getting somewhere 12% slower will have a great effect if you’re running around a lot. Yes it takes more manegement but it will save you time in the long run.

Holl.3109:

Locust swarm is only 10 or 15 seconds

so it’s roughly the same as the swiftness on your heal skill, but it leaves your heal ready in case you get jumped. to me that makes it the better alternative.

but if you wanna risk being jumped on while having heal and a stunbreak on CD, feel free to continue using your build.

Holl.3109:

Roe.3679:

Or you could just toss on locust signet and pull it back off when you see people. Takes way less time and management.

Nope, it will take more time. Getting somewhere 12% slower will have a great effect if you’re running around a lot. Yes it takes more manegement but it will save you time in the long run.

Anything that takes more management increases the chances of my getting caught with my pants down, so to speak, and dying in WvW takes a lot more time to recover from than the difference between locust signet – that takes about 1 second to change – and swiftness that requires cooldowns and armor swaps.

Plus it’s 8%, not sure where 12% came from.

125% movement speed is just 6% slower than 133%.

Yeah… kitten changing my entire armor set, rather just change a wep or a util….

Hey guys just a tip, Im not forcing anyone to use it. If it doesn’t work for you don’t chance it. But, id rather have my healskill on CD (id probably not use it right at the start of the fight and I have DS) than a useless utility on my skill bar.
To me perma swiftness is better than anything else and you very rarely get jumped.

NeXeD.3042:

Yeah… kitten changing my entire armor set, rather just change a wep or a util….

If you don’t want to do it that’s fine.

Roe.3679:

Holl.3109:

Roe.3679:

Or you could just toss on locust signet and pull it back off when you see people. Takes way less time and management.

Nope, it will take more time. Getting somewhere 12% slower will have a great effect if you’re running around a lot. Yes it takes more manegement but it will save you time in the long run.

Anything that takes more management increases the chances of my getting caught with my pants down, so to speak, and dying in WvW takes a lot more time to recover from than the difference between locust signet – that takes about 1 second to change – and swiftness that requires cooldowns and armor swaps.

Plus it’s 8%, not sure where 12% came from.

Yea my bad… It was late.

Holl.3109:

But, id rather have my healskill on CD (id probably not use it right at the start of the fight and I have DS) than a useless utility on my skill bar.

how does having SW permanently on CD doesn’t make it’s slot useless? oO

heh Perma swiftnes for WvW power necro is easy
1. Superior Rune of the Pack – set
2. Death Magic – 6pts
3. Soul Reaping – 2pts (Spectral Mastery)

and you have 48sec swiftnes from Spectral Walk with 48sec CD

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fRQQBJUcTC4BQaQVA-TVQSAAw+DAA-w