Guild Wars 2

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQNAsemnnN2gSyJvQRNlbosoyPU4U5IKIs8EllZlRNgCawO6q/e9iQKB-TJxHAB1eCAQqMQ47PAwDAAA

Im not really good at writing guides so i will just write few words. Its quite hard to play build but close to unkillable if there inst any necro/condi rev around. Not something that will become a meta due to lack of damage but its really fun watching people struggling to get you down. 1v1 untouchable.

Tips;

1.In 1vX situation its safer to not use UA as some smart kitten might get you out of point while his buddy decap it

2. Its better to cleanse conditions with Ventari while keeping staff cleanse for Glint stance unless you need to heal/use extra condi removal.

3. Decapping is fun with energy expulsion. Remember that you knockback people in the direction you face them, tablet position doesnt matter.

4. Staff orbs are you friend. Abuse them as much as you can to not waste energy on skills in Ventari stance which you or your ally will need. Using ventari will is also a good option if orbs cant keep up.

6. Natural harmony is worthless unless you need extra hp burst and you have no time to heal with other sources. Trying to heal with harmony will result in being out of energy quickly.

7. Focusing on ally hp bars may get you killed. Instead trying to focus on healing them its better to annoy enemies with cc. Healing will come in natural way if you stick close to them with ventari will and fragments.

8. Save infuse light for as long as possible. Its a great reset button under focus when your hp is low and shield skills are on cd.

9. Time your block/dodges on cc/heavy focus. Anything else shouldnt be an issue give the fact that this build can facetank a lot of stuff with 3,3k armor+perma protection and heals.

10. Rotate. While your build is a bunker/support you will do a far better job decapping enemy points under druid/ele/scrapper control. They have no chance to stop you from decapping or even capping (if you have enough time.) under their nose due to lack of stab.

11. Try to camp Ventari for as long its possible.

12. Cleanse poison. Obvious thing tho

13. Counters; heavy boon corruption (stab to fear), heavy condition pressure, high uptime poison

Not sure what else i am supposed to add other than this funny pic with 2 ventari revs.

I cant access gw2skill from work but even tho I really like the concept of this build, my greatest fear is the CC weakness…how you fare with this? still feels “stable” enough?

Gaaroth.2567:

I cant access gw2skill from work but even tho I really like the concept of this build, my greatest fear is the CC weakness…how you fare with this? still feels “stable” enough?

From what I’ve seen, it runs Retribution with Enhanced Bulwark. No Shiro, but Energy sigil. Shouldn’t be that bad.

Now, I had very similar build in the past and the CC is indeed quite amazing (I believe there’s still a clip of me defending Hero channel on Stronghold 1v3 for a minute or sth), but there’s are two problems with it:

1. It does absolutely no damage and isn’t that great bunker.

2. 9/10 times there will be a Condi Rev or Reaper on the other team. And they will obliterate you.

I will say though, I wouldn’t completely diss Ventari or decap builds. It has some potential.

Theoretically the build should be good, but the greater issue is that its weakness is a very painfully large weakness. The condi pressure is top of meta right now, not just from reapers. I can see good scrappers and tempests besting this build as well as condi revs.

ArenaNet has stated before that they think the nature of conditions is inherently too strong in the PvP environment. They’ve done a couple things such as introduce ICDs to both the hydro/earth sigils and added resistance to the game. I don’t think they have completely finished their movement to round out and balance condition damage, but its a slippery slope because one change can completely eradicate many currently viable builds from the meta.

I like seeing something (like this) a little different from the usual shiro/glint or mallyx rev Ctrl+V builds out there.

I think if they re-tweak resistance to instead be a short immunity to be more of a long-duration condition duration reduction boon, we would start seeing better active mitigation of both condition damage and their cc effects in the PvP meta without making them useless, which would probably bring this sort of build up to par in the competitive levels.

That’s pretty much my build.

2. 9/10 times there will be a Condi Rev or Reaper on the other team. And they will obliterate you.

I’ll add to that reapers are a hard counter You can stale for some time in 1v1 and you’ll get killed fast if there are multiple of them. Condi revs in 1v1 can be handled with smart cleansing.

1. It does absolutely no damage and isn’t that great bunker.

Indeed you are unlikely to be able to kill anything you can finish off others of though.
This build can also reliaby stomp/ress.

Gaaroth.2567:

I cant access gw2skill from work but even tho I really like the concept of this build, my greatest fear is the CC weakness…how you fare with this? still feels “stable” enough?

If you dont stand in gravity well/trapped by dh you should be fine xD

Sadly there is no reason to take this build..cus its balanced unlike druids/temp/chrono that also can deal some serious damage. Real bunkers shouldnt be able to kill anyone 1v1. But as a decapper and annoy kitten it works great! As i said its not easy to play tho due to Ventari tablet nature+low heals on yourself. I feel like this legend could be awesome without the tablet (wont happen) stunbreak and no cd’s on skills.