Guild Wars 2

Hi, I’ve decided to do up my list of viable builds which I run in TPvP and SPvP.

Each build has its Pro’s and Con’s, its up to you as a player to understand the Traits, Sigils, Runes, Weapon Sets and Combo Chains.

Most of my builds use drake’s or birds, I’ll explain why.

Drakes: The reason I use drakes with most of my builds they offer AoE Weakness, Blast Finisher, AoE F2 and they have a large vita pool which in team fights will help, your pet won’t die and you won’t lose your condition removal. Drakes seem to be the only pet that won’t die in team fights with the current state of meta.

Birds: Most builds where I’ve invested into the Beastmastery trait line, I will aim to use Bird’s, I will trait to get the bonuses which they offer, Vigor Regen, Blind F2, AoE Swiftness and there damage is rather high when you correctly spike.

Correctly Spike: With some of the builds I highly recommend using your Signet of the Hunt to spike with your birds F2 and your hardest hitting skill. This is also why I use birds for the Swiftness buff while my Signet of the Hunt is on CD. You won’t need Signet of the Hunt while your in combat between weapon swap if traited and your pets swiftness buff your going to be moving rather fast.

CarrionTrapper Build – http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBlYDbEoKuuuyvC1OQ0ekJJhJ2DD5oH5K4/MO6jXRA-TsAgyCpI2RtjbHzOyds7MqY9xeBA

Rabid Trapper Build – http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBlYDbEoKuuuyvC1OQ0ewJJhJ2DD5oH5K4/MWphXRA-TsAAzCpIaS1krJTTymsNNqY9xeBA

Bunker Trapper Build – http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQRAnY8fjEVx11VKWg2Bi2DOZeMxewfH9IXB/nxRf8KC-TwAg2CpIuRdj7GzNybs3M8Y5xeh5CA

Beastmaster Bunker – http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQRAnY8fjAVB29VKWs2Bk2DNx8wk3j0j9ERXB/rgJLA-TwAg2CrIuRdj7GzNybs3MCZFyeh5CA

Beastmaster Bleed Bunker – http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNAV8fjAVZ2BWKWsWCiVBB1eoJJhpniYxeXB/XwkF-TsAg2CrIuRdj7GzNybs3M8Y5xeBA

Spirit Master Conditions – http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBlYDbEoqsuqyrC0OAsKIY7hmSip7RpkeaGH9xrI-TsAgyCuIATBmDMDYSwsgNEY9xeBA

Spirit Master Power – http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBlYDbEoqsuqyrC0OQ0eoJJhJWB+7eUKSdqUuUUeKC-TsAA2CnIoSRljKDVSqsUNoY9xGCA

Spirit Master Melee – http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBhYDbEoqqurysC1OA0ekpkYyKoo7RpkeaBkittensAA1CnIoSRljKDVSqsUNoY9xGCA

Melee Burst Master – http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNAR8YjAVF2BW+Vs2Bi1DC5nBxZkoD9Pk+CukA-TsAA2CnIqRVjrGTNyas1M+Y9xGCA

So I hope this helps any questions please feel free to ask I will try my best to explain.

No QQ please everyone has there own style and idea’s for builds which they run, so if these builds aren’t to your liking, just keep it to yourself and go make your own topic on viable builds.

Hi there, in your opinion what are between your builds those which you consider part of the actual metagame and thus more viable in tPvp?

Hi, the 3 builds I listed below would fit into current meta rather well atm, until the heavy condition teams die down again your going to need that large health pool.

CarrionTrapper Build
Beastmaster Bunker
Spirit Master Conditions

Great, really thanks for sharing your experience and being so clear, it’s a priceless thing in this period

Added to the compilation thread!

nice builds thanks for sharing played many similar types. Interesting with carrion trapper condi build, have a few questions as I have not tested dps, runes, and ‘time to kill’ on the dummies:

1. wouldnt it make more sense to use rabid/XX for amulet giving you higher crit chance to stack bleeds more frequently?

2. why do you like earth runes more than forge runes? Is magnetic aura viable?

3. does the higher health pool, higher power make up for the (apx) 500 or less points in armor and 200 less points in condi damage you would get from the traditional rabid amulet trap build? I can see that today since toughness does nothing for condi damage just wondering if you’ve tested it out?

4. I find that the canines synergize very well with traps considering the cc’s to keep players in the traps as long as possible. How are the drakes better in your opinion for trap builds?

Thanks again look fwd to your answers and testing alot of this on my own!

How do drakes provide weakness and birds regen? At least, not the birds you use, I can’t remember if there’s a bird that provides regen.

Paprikaspice.8462:

How do drakes provide weakness and birds regen? At least, not the birds you use, I can’t remember if there’s a bird that provides regen.

Tail Swipe gives 5 seconds of Weakness to everything it hits. I don’t know of any birds that provide regen either.

“Vigor Regen” not healing regeneration.

@Fade.9124

1. Currently the meta is heavy you can go with Rabid but I recommend the Carrion setup your going to need that large HP pool.

2. Mainly for the magnetic aura, + Forge doesn’t really give you best bonuses which you will require the % to fire duration is only 1/4 which is worthless, the % to protection + your 10% already will give you extra 1.25 on traited protection skill + your going to have good amount of protection between the your traited/dodge/rune. Other builds I use Forge but that due to fact I can full use from my runes.

3. Well I like having a large health pool, helps you control them condition bombs and you have protection to help counter them sudden burst spikes + hard dodge. The power is fairly good your still going to be critting allot, your fury upkeep is rather large also there is good chance your team will have staff guardian and he can might stack you which is extremely handy for the carrion build. Not only do you have almost 1900 condition damage but you also have well over 2200 power. There won’t be 100% uptime on your crit’s but it will balance itself over time.

4. Canines do synergize better, but problem is they will die to easy in team fights the meta is just hitting to hard atm. Also drakes bring allot to the table with there AoE F2, Blast Finisher and AoE weakness, with the recent weakness buff its a very viable skill to combo with your traps. Also I find having that extra burst from the F2 can be really handy in team fights.

I hope this helps.

I have got one question

1.What is the role of a Spiritmaster Condition Ranger in TPvP?

I have tweaked your BM build a bit.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQRBHfxG2IRVidflnFodgo9QTSCTvHtiWt3VAUHM5zD-TkAg2CrIuRdj7GzNybs3sCB