Guild Wars 2

No idea if anyone’s posted something similar, apologies if so.

This is a very simple build and there’s LOTS you can tweak on this. I’ve only been playing it for a few pvp matches so far but with 26k health and 3.1k armour you’re gonna be the mother of all tanks, you’ll have great condi removal, good personal and even allied healing, not-bad power damage output, and great cc.

- Longbow is your primary damage weapon
- Flick to staff for your heals/projectile defense/mobility
- Glyphs provide good CC, condi removal and heals for both yourself and allies
- CAF for your panic heals/ally support

Incredibly simple build to play, great if you’re just getting used to Druid too.

I put this together in like 2 minutes so it’s not going to be perfect – there’s lots of room to play around with traits, pets and weapon sigils depending on your playstyle.

If you have them unlocked, you can try Runes of the Druid instead of dolyak runes to make better use of the power from the Instinctive Reaction trait in Nature Magic while still maintaining high HP.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQJATWn0rCFsiVsCmsCctgFMBDOn2TLqOJuFwjrZZNACAlsi0A-TZRBABPfJAKrMgGHBAAeAAxs/AA

Haven’t tried it so I cant say for sure. but from the looks of it, this build is weaker compared to other druid builds which are posted on this forum.

Why did you take soldier over cleric /crusader/celec?
With almost no offensive stats and BM trait line, how do u push for damage?
Your build offers no speed bonus.
Instinctive Reaction over allies aid ?

LughLongArm.5460:

Haven’t tried it so I cant say for sure. but from the looks of it, this build is weaker compared to other druid builds which are posted on this forum.

Why did you take soldier over cleric /crusader/celec?
With almost no offensive stats and BM trait line, how do u push for damage?
Your build offers no speed bonus.
Instinctive Reaction over allies aid ?

I never claimed it was the strongest build. You should really try this build out before posing these questions. But I’ll answer them.

I stated that there is a lot of room for tweaking, so in answer to your last 2 questions: feel free to swap out to Allies Aid and Natural Stride. If you swap to Natural Stride you’re going to cancel out the healing benefit of the glyphs, though if you’re roaming in WvW then you can flick between the two.

Cleric is much more team-heal focused. Cleric offers far less toughness and vitality. You’re less tanky and you have much less HP with a cleric build. A significant draw-back for Druids (less experienced ones in particular) who use full Clerics is that you’re incredibly susceptible to burst damage. Coupled with the long-ish cast-times of CAF skills, it’s going to be much harder to play, hence the ‘easy’ in my title. I should mention however that if your purpose in WvW is to support your zerg/group, then you are indeed better off with Clerics.

Soldier’s primary stat is power. Therefore you’re not only tanky with high HP and good healing/condi-removal sustain, but you do enough damage to pressure your enemies without feeling like you’re there trying not do die whilst healing the crap out of yourself and everyone around you. Smokescale does sufficient damage to add pressure without the BM line. Taking the BM line (which you’re perfectly entitled to do to suit your playstyle) would cancel out the self-sustain aspects of either Nature Magic or Wilderness Survival, whichever of those you choose to replace. In my opinion the BM line is subpar compared to NM and WS.