Guild Wars 2

I know the general opinion on this trait is that it sucks, but ive been playing with this trait just trying to make something fun, and I was wondering if anyone has a build that use this so I can keep trying new stuff.

ive been wanting to put this to use in wvw, but im only playing with it in spvp. im not worried about anything that’s super optimized and this is what im playing with atm.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fRAQNAndWjc0UbbvNm3webinhS6IIAa2p3gPIDo6HA-TJxHABIXGQgnAwZ7PAwpAAA

it turned out tankier than I thought, the only thing is theres not much condition removal so immobilize sucks, but as for the other conditions, it seems like I just outheal it or let my DS take the dmg.

yea like I said, just wanted to try out things other people have been trying with this

My biggest issue with the trait is that the best way to use it, a spectral build with a focus on staying in DS as much as possible, has also the worst synergy with healing power possible. The trait is, like so many others, a mechanic that ends up countering itself.

That said, I’d suggest you focusing on more of a spectral build if you want to build around it, with spectral traiting.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fRAQNBIhZakjmab7tx8G2bTcMUSHCRQ3GZAkAU+ETBA-TJxHwACOCAILDce/BAHCAA

On paper, this build works a bit better. Clerics gives you more durability, but also at least some ability to actually hurt things. Banshee’s Wail and Locust Swarm let you sit in death shroud much longer than normally possible and the shorter spectral cooldowns nets you a bit more Protection uptime from the Wall and Armor (and more frequent stunbreaks). Using Dagger/Warhorn gives more reliable life force generation as well as another skill to return health.

I haven’t tried it in practice, though.

Mah Blood Reaper build is very fun (at least for me) and has a slight synergy with blood magic and death shroud. The only real downside is the learning curve for me but once i played it a bunch it got pretty interesting. Timing the skills is pretty important and I also use SoV on top of it so its really a mostly for fun build though I have won plenty of tpvp games with it.

Stacking immobilize after DS5/exit and then D3 – moving into SoV/BiP and just auto attacking can really dish out some crazy damage while keeping your hp pretty stable.

Check out my other stuff and rate some of the vids nahmean. I do it for fun but still its nice to know what people think.
my build compilation