How would this build fare in WvW zergs?

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Posted by: TwiceDead.1963

TwiceDead.1963

Updated:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQJASmnXN2gSqJvQR/kbosgyPU4Q5IKYr8ElFNFidMrpNtFIANwegLshA-TRTBQBGUVlIcBAQhOgIq0hCHCgHqMCAPBgAqWBe0E8NzImRJI4Mdsv9HAA-e

Tried making a build myself, it’s not particularly focused but it does a little bit of everything, I guess… Some added Boon Duration while having a mix of damage and defense.

I am also unsure what sigils to grab for my weapons… I’d appreciate any helpful pointers of how I can potentially improve this without altering it too much.

Is Boon Duration even worth it on Revs considering they have the Facet? I kinda liked the idea of a heavy-armor boon-trooper though…

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Posted by: Dagger.2035

Dagger.2035

I believe your build should work great as a mid-line damage dealer.

Damage Sigils
My favorite sigils to use on damage builds are usually Sigils of Air, Fire, and Accuracy. But since you have so many damage modifiers Sigil of Force may be the best option:

1.07 (Ferocious Aggression) x 1.07 (Target Destruction) x 1.20 (Swift Termination) x 1.06 (Elder’s Force with 3 boons = 1.456
1.456 × 0.05 (Sigil of Force) = 0.0728 or a 7.28% damage increase

Since you also want to have a decent amount of boon duration Sigil of Strength may be another good option. I’m currently using this on my Celestial boon duration Revenant.

Utility Sigils
Your base boon duration is 49.6% and Facet of Nature gives you 33%.

I usually run Chocolate Omnomberry Cream as a cheap option to add 20% boon duration on my Revenant and this will put you at 102.6% boon duration. This wastes 2.6% boon duration since boon duration doesn’t go over 100%.

You could also use Sigil of Bounty to add 15% boon duration and this would put you at 97.6% boon duration. Make sure you put this sigil on an underwater weapon too if you go this route.

Human Thief [DOA]
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Posted by: TwiceDead.1963

TwiceDead.1963

That’s a lot of good info! Thanks a bunch.

I tweaked it a little bit and replaced an earring another Marauder Earring, pushing the boon-duration down to 46.6% according to the builder, which should leave me at 99.6% with the food you suggested.

I think I am going to run with Strength sigils, along with force, I like the idea of Strength because it retains the theme I was going, just a boon-trooper… But maybe I’ll just use a Sigil of Fire instead, at least for ranged combat.

Why the underwater weapon as well though…?

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Posted by: Justine.6351

Justine.6351

I run a build that I call Backbreaker

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQJASmnvN2gS6JvQRVlbosryPUYW5IKYs8ElFNFqtABoB2DMhNkNMnpNA-TlSBABA8gAe+QAMomAa2fg8jAwVK/oU9H80RswFEwMlgBAQAu5Nzm3MbezcezbezbezzNv5Nv5NvZpACcYE-w

It is similar to yours in concept but it would need to be marauders to be reasonable for dwarf (or mallyx) instead of shiro in zerging. If I was to remake it for purely zerging it would look like this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQJASmnXN2gSqJvQR/kbosgyPU4Q5IKYr8ElFNFqtABoBsh5MtxegJshA-T1SBQBk7IAYsLAAAegAJU9HOcgAMpSwndIAox+DZU5He0RMINBBAQAu5Nzm3MbezcezbezbezzNv5Nv5NvZpACcZE-w

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Posted by: Caffeine.6724

Caffeine.6724

The builds posted above not work for anyone else?? You had me at the name of the build “Back breaker” sounds glorious!

Frocusd 80 Engineer

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Posted by: Dagger.2035

Dagger.2035

I guess I should mention that the best food is Plate of Mussels Gnashblade. It provides 15% boon duration and 10% damage reduction. I quit running it due to the cost and since it is account bound you have to keep crafting it.

I just wanted to make sure you had a stacking sigil (Sigil of Bounty) on you underwater weapon so you didn’t loose stacks when going underwater.

Human Thief [DOA]
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Posted by: TwiceDead.1963

TwiceDead.1963

Ah I see. Didn’t know you lost the stacks… Never used stacking stat sigils much.

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Posted by: Justine.6351

Justine.6351

Ah I see. Didn’t know you lost the stacks… Never used stacking stat sigils much.

I stopped using stacking sigil on my hammer rev because I got so worried about gaining and then protecting them. Also you really don’t benefit from a stacking sigil on hammer/staff in zerging. The two weapons do 2 different roles so the stacking sigil doesn’t benefit both sets.

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Posted by: Schnas.5416

Schnas.5416

You should definitely look at swapping mallyx for either glint or dwarf , condis are gonna be a big problem for you in most Zerg fights and the resistance helps not only u but ur party. If u use Mallyx Dwarf u can roll front line easily cuz u have Rite of the great dwarf which is one of the best Buffs u can have in zergs and is great support for your party but costs a lot of energy so u need to have good energy management to still output good damage , Glint Mallyx is more of a offensive midline dps with the fury uptime and more energy to use on skills in glint. Sigil of Absorbtion and Draining are optimal on staff because staff 5 is a great cc, on hammer sigil of fire is good and maybe energy as a little defensive or force for straight up more damage. Your armor is a little low for full frontline try and bump it up to at least 2700 to start and if ur finding it easy to survive drop off armor for more marauders. Trait wise u wanna pick up retribution instead of invocation and run middle top middle or middle middle middle. Then it’s up to you if u wanna run Invocation or Devastation tho recently Devastation is more used for the middle grandmaster Fismantle Fortifications because of hammer CC and Staff CC can be devastating but if u want straight up more damage can still run swift termination

WvW zergbusting and GvG enthusiast

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