Guild Wars 2

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An okayish support spirit build^ I use it for small roaming groups in WvW. I haven’t spent too much time playing this yet. So far it works okay.

CCs
Frost spirit (active – aoe chill)
Stone spirit (active – aoe immobilize)
Winter’s bite (chill)
Path of scars (pull)
2 Spiders (3 stuns – duration +50%)
Hilt bash (daze & stun)

Defensive stuff
Plenty of endurance (leads to more dodge protection)
Lots of protection (stone spirit and dodge rolls)
Regeneration (healing spring, NM5, WS VIII, Elite spirit, dwayna rune)
Condition removal (WS XI)

The idea is to provide protection and regen for your group with elite spirit and stone spirit. They also gain the 10% dmg buff and swiftness (meh) from the spirits.

Offensive tactic
1. Greatsword swoop into the opponent
2. Bombard your CCs (activate stone + frost spirit) to trap them
2.1 Activate storm spirit (now does around 3000 aoe damage)
3. Let your group finish off the CCed opponents
4. Single target CCs (spiders, winters bite, hilt bash)
5. Wipe opponents

Defensive tactic
0. Pop elite spirit (depends on situation)
1. Path of scars to pull opponent (I know its still a little gimmicky)
2. Bombard your CCs (activate stone + frost spirit) to trap them
2.1 Activate Storm spirit (now does around 3000 aoe damage)
3. Healing spring + Whirling defense
4. Single target CCs (spiders, winters bite, hilt bash)
5. Wipe opponents/activate elite spirit/run (depends on situation)

Problems
-Path of scar is weird and unreliable sometimes. Lining them up is a problem, but pulling single targets should be okay too since you’ll be using this defensively.
-Spirits take wayyyy to long to summon/activate.
- I don’t like the storm spirit swiftness buff, I only keep it coz of the 3000dmg aoe.
- You might have problems trying to kill people while solo-roaming. Intended for group roaming.
-Spirits hp still too low when traited (but thats okayish since you’ll be traiting NM VII – activates when dead)
Spirits active cooldown is a little longer than I’d like

Notes
I have tried settlers/apothecary gear with this and replacing frost spirit with sun spirit. It works, but its not as nice and burn damage can be capped unnecessarily in group fights.

I’ve actually been having a little success with a similar build, but more power based. The axe hook into storm spirit detonate and hilt bash maul is actually a really nice burst combo. The only thing I would like is a stun breaker added to a spirit or all of them.

I run a very similar build since the patch, a few major traits changed and sword/dagger weapons. But my main concern is about the elite spirit… before the patch, when i summoned it, i could see the green numbers fly everywhere in big groups (e.g. at claw of jormag) but since the patch, i don’t see the numbers. I tried to keep track of other people’s health bar but i haven’t seen their health regenerating at all. Has anyone else noticed this? Is the spirit bugged or am i missing something?

shinreigari.7318:

I run a very similar build since the patch, a few major traits changed and sword/dagger weapons. But my main concern is about the elite spirit… before the patch, when i summoned it, i could see the green numbers fly everywhere in big groups (e.g. at claw of jormag) but since the patch, i don’t see the numbers. I tried to keep track of other people’s health bar but i haven’t seen their health regenerating at all. Has anyone else noticed this? Is the spirit bugged or am i missing something?

Well i’ve noticed I don’t see the damage from conditions applied by my pets anymore.

No mobility would make it tough to solo roam. Interesting though. I haven’t tested all the spirits yet. Look forward to the update.