sb builds in wvw?
Reality is that staff does almost everything that SB can do only with better utility/range/pierce native and non projactile(so its not deflected).
Sure, you can make super hybrid build to get the max value out of SB but it will be mostly a dueling build.
The basic Idea, stack 25 might and overwhelm the opponent with a combo of power damge and condi damage. Kinda like the old D/D ele.
Been having a lot of fun roaming with this. It’s fantastic for 1v1’s and skirmishing in small groups.
Pretty much the only time I’ve died on this is when I have already committed to a fight and blown several cooldowns and then another group jumps me. Any other time it’s pretty easy to get away if you need to.
Thanks to ancient seeds and how fast the bleeds start to stack up, people end up blowing their condi cleanses pretty early. Once they do you bomb them with the mad king entangle and quickness shortbow to melt them.
The life steal from the food is actually a 66% chance so it ends up proccing a good bit and makes up for not having any ferocity while using the staff (which is great anytime you are fighting a reaper or someone with a lot of projectile hate).
I think the biggest advantage is no one ever expects a hybrid build in WvW so they have a hard time figuring out how to counter you.
Retal hurts like a sonofakitten though