Guild Wars 2

Premise
Who is the best ranger dueler while still being a kitten and running double bears? Because this is for fun and you can run anything.

With HoT and trait changes right around the corner, I think we need a second round, where those that succeeded before will rue the day they ever stepped into this forum because new blood rises to the wheat through a camel’s needles and winter is coming and etc.

Timeline
If there is interest, I suggest roughly 2 weeks after the trait changes go live.

History
Here were the previous rules, let me know if you think some changes are needed with the trait changes or just because of bad design.

I’m going to list them slightly edited so they’re easier to read for people who didn’t participate in the first one.

Premise:

• Anyone may participate at any time by finding the most recent post labeled either NA King (or Queen) of the Hill or EU King (or Queen) of the Hill and challenging that player to Mortal Kombat 1 vs 1 combat.

• This is a for fun, on-going challenge for any rangers. Weird or experimental builds are welcome, and the idea is not necessarily to hog the hill for the rest of GW2s life.

• The duels are the best 2 out of 3, and there are no immediate rematches.

• Each round is only over when one player is defeated, not downed. Self-rezzing is acceptable if you can pull it off, including via Spirit of Nature.

• There are no build limits. Nothing is cheesey or bad manners. Use any build or equipment allowed by game in sPvP. However you must (hopefully obviously) be using a ranger, and you must use the same build for all 3 duels.

Rules

• Duels will take place as soon as you contact the current King/Queen in game and they agree you have called next in line and now is a good time.

• Challenges are accepted in this thread first, in-game second. So if someone challenges you for tomorrow in this thread, and someone challenges you in-game today, you can’t accept the in-game challenge yet. If the challenge in this thread is an unreasonable amount of time (example, 4 days) you may reject it for in-game challenges first.

• Duels will take place in sPvP on either 1) public duel servers or 2) a custom arena if one of the contestants has access. The exact location is up to the contestants, but it is recommended to be a large open area where Line-of-Sight can’t be used extremely extensively. Some good examples would be in front of the bases on Legacy of the Foefire or on the beach between bases on Forest of Niflhel. An example of a bad location is the Henge on Forest of Niflhel. (Be sure both participants are clear about potential “out of bounds”.)

• Rounds will start after both opponents bow.

• Upon the results of the duel, the winner will make a new King/Queen post marking the score and result of the duel as a win OR the new King/Queen will make a post marking themselves as the new King/Queen and posting their build. The thread will self govern in this manner. Follow the established format of bolding the title and adding some dots above and below the text, so it is easier to find among the other posts.

• If you hold the hill for 8 opponents, after the eight opponent and every opponent after, you must select one of the following to handicap yourself with.
  - No Armor
  - No Sigils
  - One Weaponset
  - Subtract 2 Trait points – this can be chosen multiple times
  - Subtract 1 Utility – this can be chosen multiple times
  - No Elite

• The current King/Queen will have a post listing their build in this thread. This build cannot be changed until defeating someone, upon which they may pick 2 points from the below list to alter:
  - change 2 sigil’s worth of weapons
  - reallocate 2 trait points
  - change 2 major traits
  - change 2 utilities
  - change 1 pet
  Each victory will allow the above choice again. You are not required to change your build.