Guild Wars 2

I’ve settled on Sword/Axe and Staff with Glint/Shiro and I’m loving it so far. I’ve seen a lot of confusion on Glint Abilities so here’s my usage of those abilities. Would love to hear if you’ve used them differently or if I’m using them wrong.

Facet of Light/Infuse Light
I almost always run with this ON, the -1 upkeep is more than manageable, and spreads regen to my party. When I’m being focused or there is a lot of damage being handed out then I Infuse Light, which more often than not gets me from almost dead back to full. This is a very powerful heal when used during enemy burst.

Facet of Darkness/Gaze of Darkness
I rarely run with this on, however when I encounter an enemy Mesmer/Thief this is Godly. Popping Gaze of Darkness breaking enemies out of stealth is invaluable in both 1v1 and team fights.

Facet of Elements/Elemental Blast
I run with Facet of Elements on OOC and then will dump Elemental Blast on enemies as an opener/damage add during the fight whenever I think it will hit. The burning/chill/weakness is very helpful.

Facet of Strength/Burst of Strength
The might stacking is nice, especially when paired with Facet of Nature pre-fight and the Burst of Strength really stacks the weakness up quickly when you’re ready to burst.

Facet of Chaos/Chaotic Release
I rarely have bothered using the Facet of Chaos, and almost always just double click it for the Chaotic Release .The upkeep is very expensive, so 1v1 I’d never do this as when you have this out you can do no other damage, but in group fights this is fantastic to run for the group. The Chaotic Release however is a great source of damage as well as a knockback.

These are the ways I’m using the Glint skills, do you do any thing different?

I use FoN over FoC and just double click. The skill on it is useless most of the time since the cast time too long.

I think that many people just don’t yet see the potential of Facet of Chaos upkeep and Facet of Nature and just flash these.

This beta I’ve been focusing mainly on support Revenant and I learned that both mentioned should’ve been bread and butter for every Glint Legend user in future once people get more familiar with stuff.

FoN is, hands down, amazing. You have to know when to let the passive go not to starve yourself on Energy, but wise usage of it gives glorious outcome. It’s interaction with Shield #4 and Shield GM trait, with all the Protection, Stability, Resistance, keeping permanent might/regen/fury/swiftness on everyone without camping Glint…
It’s crazy good when used right.

AoE pulsing Protection…I don’t have to explain a lot in here. Mad strong. Stacking it or using right before engagement cuts a lot of initial pressure your team would take. I had games when first teamfight was just ending before it started because enemy team couldn’t pierce through all Prot+Regen I prestacked + Rite of the Great Dwarf damage reduction. Thief + Mes opening for 3-4k total damage…after initial failure, people were just running away.

i insta active all the utilities and use all apart from the fury and the healing i pop it only wen im running away or need heal on place and elite i double tab most of the time