Guild Wars 2

First of all hello guild wars 2 forum community! This is my first post on these forums even though I’ve been trolling around here for over a year lol. I love this game and I think Anet has been doing a great job of continuing to make it better.

My ranger is the third toon that I’ve taken to level 80 and I am loving this class. For the record I don’t believe in broken classes just ineffective play styles and builds. Hopefully won’t get too much hate for that!

I was wondering about some of my fellow rangers’ experience with using GS’s maul in combination with moment of clarity the +150% dmg on the next attack after an opponent is interrupted. I’ve noticed this is easy to achieve by opening with hilt bash before maul. Without actually trying to maximize the effectiveness of this combo I’m seeing it hit for 6-8k damage so I’m guessing 10k+ from a single maul is easily possible.

I’m not trying to argue the effectiveness of any particular skill or build or how much you would kitten your character trying to achieve the highest mauls possible. I simply see the potential to put up pretty awesome single hit numbers using this combo. So please share if you have played around with this and seen some high numbers!

Thank you for any feedback!

Have I got the thread for you!

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/23k-Maul-and-more-WvW-Max-Dmg-Ranger-Video/first

MoC is difficult to stack with the build in the thread because so many of the damage modifiers are first-hit or next-hit. The same reason that Path of Scars (axe 4) does less damage than Maul. In theory PoS should do more because it hits twice with a 1.2 multiplier vs Maul’s single hit for 1.5. But because several damage mods only work on the first hit, Maul ends up being better (or at least more reliable).

Also, the tooltip for MoC is written poorly. It’s +50% damage, or 150% of original damage.

Thanks for the response! That video got me excited about the possibilities out there!

I hit a rabbit once for 750k Maul + Signet of the Hunt active (150% damage on next attack)

Sad day for the rabbit yes but who doesn’t love big numbers?!?!

For my GC ranger, my biggest hit record vs lv80 is 19.5k on a GC thief.
A typical burst for my ranger is swoop (10-11k on medium/low armor, 7-8k on heavy) + stun+Maul (15-20k on medium/low armor, 10-12k on heavy), usually I pared with QZ to ensure all these lands in 2 seconds. If both hits land 90% of targets will die instantly.
However, there are a lot of counters(especially passive trait effects) vs this combo such as dodge/block/invul etc. If you miss one of these 2 big hits, you will be in danger. It’s very breath-holding play style and fun to play.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQJARTjEVB2JWSWo2Bg1j98bQ2jDVcRXBUPZJFTC-jkCBYfBigAiKAI5pIasFXFRjVtATVKpKXCyWzAeDKrSBExyI-w

current status, could hit harder with more ascended gears, but right now damage is already enough. The key part is how to secure the 2 hits to land. So I use QZ + Entangle. It’s a you die or I die game.