see no evil ,until i stab you
(edited by foste.3098)
If you are bored of the boring meta staff build try this one, it is fun and effective:
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There are a few ways to set it up but i prefer this, you could use marauder for more hp (this is recommended if there are lots of condi builds on the other team) and you could change the rune to trooper for more condi removal or any power rune (pact and hoelbrak work best).
The reason for dolyak is because it, the double regen from shouts and sotw (on you and your pet) gives you 5 individual ticks of regeneration which means that you charge cele form in 13.5 seconds. This is shorter than the cd of cele avatar but you have to keep in mind that you are not always going to have regen up on your pet or sotw off cd, it just makes thing smoother.
The most burst you can pull of is swap to tiger (in combat) hilt bast (does not have to hit) to give your pet 50% dmg f2 maul. Maul hits from 4k to 5k and furious pounce from 6k to 9k and is unblockable. You can also use sotw for more dmg but generally save it for when your target is below 50% and has used some defensive cd’s to finish them, or for when you need more stability.
Another consideration is to rake brutish seals over moment of clarity for shorter cd on signets, which is a totally valid option but moc has good synergy with other things and has lots of way to proc for more dmg. Besides the 2 signet are not there to be used all the time since their passives are good (especially sotw since it enables the op druid traits more frequently), and you should not be reliant on stone if you use great sword and cele avatar well since they give lots of defensive potential.
Some neat combos you can pull off is lunar impact or swoop in to smokescale f2 for stealth
pet swap (in combat) while channeling rejuvenating tides to self blast it with clarion bond
jumping while channeling counter attack to continue to block (because skills cannot activate in mid air so if you block a melee attack while in mid air because you are jumping the counter attack does not happen and you just block for up to 3 sec if you time it right)
and intentionally swinging at nothing with the last skill of the gsword aa chain to get a 2 sec evade (because when you use auto attack skills and they do not hit you can use the same aa chain skill again in a short interval so this means you can use 2 power stabs back to back for evading).
The biggest weakness of the build are condi builds that put out bursts in short intervals, so something like the mesmer condi build (you have to abuse range and pet pressure to win this match up) or a d/d condi thief, oddly not so much necro because you have range and good cc.
Like i said swap to marauder if there are more than 2 condi builds, though i generally prefer demolisher.
Happy mauling
(edited by foste.3098)
That’s a solid build
I like to run full shouts with trooper runes seekers amulet, and nm instead d, you do some amazing damage, the down side is you have to becarful of Condi bombs and are reliant on protection to mitigate damage
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