Guild Wars 2

just curious, what builds have you guys got in mind?

this change will make my celestial bunker stronger. the heal will synergize nicely with s/t + a/d and we should be able to grab 25 stacks of might from our pet. I cant really think of any other viable ways of using this change.

axe/warhorn is sort of interesting with tankier builds. but I’m still feeling kinda unsure about incorporating MH axe into a viable power build. sword is a weak weapon for a power build, as it’s purely defensive. but going without it or GS would be rough on our survivability. so the only combination is can think of is a/wh/gs, which heavily depends on pet damage and doesn’t really give us much utility. is there any way of working MH axe into a power build?

Maybe some close to perma Quickness shenanigans if the duration transfer is long enough.

It’ll probably be my main go-to heal from this point on. I’ve been struggling to find my ideal heal ever since they changed Healing Spring to a trap.

I already run a Beastmaster build with a focus on buffing my pet. Using WHAO to give some of those buffs back to myself will be great, even if it uses standardized durations like Fortifying Bond does (which I expect it will).

I do wonder how it’ll behave with my Runes of Altruism. I expect the transfer will happen before the runes kick in, but it’d be nice if the Runes would kick in first and give both myself and my pet boosted durations via the double-transfer.

Honestly won’t use it, with the main builds I use, I have little to no buffs as is, so it won’t be worth slotting.

I will play a crusader remorseless build (the same I’ve been running for months), but take WHaO and Guard!, and rune of the trooper. If the protection duration I get is good, I’ll have good sustain with all this healing power, regen and swiftness from Resounding Timbre and protection, good AoE condi removal, and I could drop the WS line to get my fury in the Skirmishing line. Hopes up!

i’ll use it like I use it today and like I use it since they changed healing spring to this trap thing.

I need Troll Unguent for condition removal. But it’s very temping.

First I’ll try Resounding Timbre + Guard + We Heal as One and see how much uptime of protection, regeneration and swiftness I get. If it’s great I might switch to Trooper/Soldier runes.

I dispise using Guard though, so I don’t see me using it. I’ll just stick with Signet of the Hunt and Troll Unguent and be less distracted with actively buffing. I already have a good amount of protection without Guard. Permanent Regeneration and 8% extra movement speed are hardly worth the amount of effort this would require. I also rather not trait into Beastmastery. It’s already going to be a struggle to fit Druid in my build.

So oddly enough, not likely.

Cele survival with a/d s/t. I think that will be very very strong. Axe should be autoattacking for like 1400 per bounce or something crazy?

1400 crits yeah. bird f2’s crit heavy armor for 7k on 25 stacks. tested it last night. this setup is probably the only viable one I can think of right now. bird cele ranger is going places. just wish I could make axe work on a power build. too bad we’re so reliant on sword or GS.

I just hope they make us see pets’ buffs. Otherwise it’s kinda a lottery.

I wonder if Heal As One + Fortifying Bond will cause a loop where the boons will keep stacking higher and higher.

i’m planning on running the same build i’m running now because as is, it’s already all about buffing my pet for high damage (4k crits? yes please) so being able to transfer those buffs to me will be really nice

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I wonder if Heal As One + Fortifying Bond will cause a loop where the boons will keep stacking higher and higher.

WHaO is on a 16 second CD, and the transfer probably gives a set amount of boon duration like FB does (maybe like 6 seconds?)