Guild Wars 2

Just finished getting all zerk exotic gear and unlocked 100% herald ES. The thing is I only know of the zerker dps variant herald build, are there other herald builds that you guys think will bring some usefulness in fractals and perhaps raids? I want to start working on getting used to different herald builds as I think this class offers a ton of versitility and does many different roles well

Givers increases boon duration, as do many rune sets and that is what Herald is about. They can also make use of healing and be support, so zealots/keepers is good… but you would only end up as backup to a druid in the long run.

Most run Glint/Shiro, some run Glint/Mallyx, but for support you can have Glint/Ventari. According to Roy, Ventari/Glint is more sustained healing and druid is burst… but I have seen posts that say differently.

Hmm so I’m pulling this out of nowhere and this will probably be terrible… but… but what do you guys think of…
- Giver’s armor running ventari/glint
- Superior rune of Durability, sigil of concentration and benevolence
- Staff main weapon, mace/shield off hand (mace for the fire fields over sword which wouldn’t offer much in team utility as a main hand)

Most of that gear is rarely used so I’m pretty sure I can get them all for (relatively) cheap!

Keep in mind you only need 35% to max boon duration with the herald. I’m pretty sure herald can have the best regen ticks in game if you stack all the healing % traits.

Zealot’s gear would be ideal, but it’s expensive.

If you grab a set of rune of the monk and a boon food you already have 100% and another 10% healing.

Does anyone know how + healing % effects work?

Outgoing healing increases your healing to anything you heal except yourself, it affects regen. Outgoing healing stacks additively therefore, like with power/ferocity, it might be more desirable to invest in Healing Power. I would also like to note that facet of nature is a outgoing boon duration.

PVT is actually not that bad. Might stacking and permanent fury are your best friend and those combined with the survivability that PVT herald offers and you are doing pretty well

I’m actually in the process of converting my berserker gear over to marauder (weapons converted to marauder, armor is half & half). Long term, I’d love to get the legendary armor and build up a second armor set with a more tanky setup and max regen stats, perhaps some combo of Minstrel and Crusader.

Marauder is great although it’s basically zerker with a bit of vit so it’s not very different. I’m currently working on a healing power offset, keeping it about half celestial (though ideally I would love to convert this to a 4-stat instead over time) and half cleric.

Am running:

Full Sentinel Exotic Armor w/ Vit rune that gives % Power, Healing, and Perc based on Vit.

Sent Ascended Weapons with Superior Force, second sigil is your pref.

And full Soldiers Ascended Trinkets.

Currently running about 2400 Power: (More than my Zerker Ranger and Thief) And rocking about 2500 Toughness with about 33K Health……all this with about a 60% chance to crit, (think it’s like 58%)

I can tank anything, and still hit like a truck. I actually hit harder than zerker classes non crit. Crits still hit for alot since I have access to a bit of AOE ferocity in my spec. But of course I lose some crit damage with the lack of Zerker Ferocity.

All in all though, I am loving this build. I generally kill stuff even faster than, or just as fast as my zerker characters. Am literally unsinkable, and have access to AOE buffs for my friends.

Note: Sentinels is NOT cheap armor. Costing close to 15G a piece. The runes I use in it are also about 13-15G a piece. Amounting to the armor set costing around 180G. The runes are the key though. Giving you around 200+ power for having tons of Vitality.

P.S. Hoping for a Dwarf King buff. Although Shiro is nice in PvP for Charge, Stun breaks, and Super Speed stomps….in PvE is kinda lack luster. I can see this build being even stronger with more tank capability if they would make Dwarf King worth running.

Luclinraider is talking about superior rune of exuberance for anyone that is interested. Wanderer stats would be nice for that setup too. Yeah, that would be pretty nifty for the setup I was thinking of, maybe with celestial trinkets…

^ That’s it.

I wasn’t in game and was too lazy to go look up it’s name lol :P

Thanks.

UnbentMars.9126:

PVT is actually not that bad. Might stacking and permanent fury are your best friend and those combined with the survivability that PVT herald offers and you are doing pretty well

Doing this and zerke acc and rings love the tankiness and stable dmg

Interesting topic
Luclinraider, could you tell us which weapon you’re using ? sword and axe or shield ? :p
And which spec ?

Also, has anyone been able to test a viable condi spec? I know that there are no ranged condi weapon which makes it hard to make a build that is decent enough but I’ve seen a lot of builds working with double sword and staff and it’s only melee stuff too…
Plus the 4 of the axe is a gap closer as well. And would it be that bad to be using a hammer when it’s really impossible to reach melee for a fight or two?

I was thinking of something like this but I’m still not sure if it’s worth the investment…
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQNApXinfN2gSuJvQRHlboskyPU4S5IKor8ElFUlhNpniKNgBSwO92jH-TByCABAcCAsU9nT2fwZlfH/AAyTPhcaCGTJIA-e

I have been playing jalis / glint with soldier Armour and zerk amulet it is really fun i never die and damage is surprisingly decent , if they decrease some of the energy costs on Jalis look out….

Shield and sword is my favorite character archetype and i had been forcing my guard to run with that but it never played how i wanted it too and just made me irritated so i am really enjoying being able to wade through battle with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other the taunt really adds to the fantasy for me as well .

Zerikin.1593:

Keep in mind you only need 35% to max boon duration with the herald.

I’m confused, is boon duration really important? Our F2 skill gives us a 50% increase in boon duration. :o

Ramhu.4651:

Interesting topic
Luclinraider, could you tell us which weapon you’re using ? sword and axe or shield ? :p
And which spec ?

I actually main it with Hammer. It, imo, is the best weapon for Rev. Everyone is all raving about Sword/shield….but the way I see it….at least in PvP (I mainly PvP). Good players know that UA is coming when they see your quills from Shiro. They will usually just block, or dodge that combo. This leaves Sword/Shield with literally NOTHING worth running. I really do feel that sword/x is only worth running for 3…which is easily countered.

Hammer on the other hand has 1200 range, making it a massive range weapon that can hit 5 targets. Not only that but it brings an evade attack into the fight, and an AOE control. Finish that off with a wall that blocks projectiles/gives your attacks life steal…and you’ve got a weapon that imo trumps all the others on Rev….

Even in PvE I hit WAY harder with my hammer than with Sword/x

As for spec I currently run: Herald, Devastation, Invocation .

Although I will likely swap one of the later 2 out for Retribution if they make Dwarf King worth running, and run him over Shiro.

Luclinraider.2317:

Ramhu.4651:

Interesting topic
Luclinraider, could you tell us which weapon you’re using ? sword and axe or shield ? :p
And which spec ?

I actually main it with Hammer. It, imo, is the best weapon for Rev. Everyone is all raving about Sword/shield….but the way I see it….at least in PvP (I mainly PvP). Good players know that UA is coming when they see your quills from Shiro. They will usually just block, or dodge that combo. This leaves Sword/Shield with literally NOTHING worth running. I really do feel that sword/x is only worth running for 3…which is easily countered.

Hammer on the other hand has 1200 range, making it a massive range weapon that can hit 5 targets. Not only that but it brings an evade attack into the fight, and an AOE control. Finish that off with a wall that blocks projectiles/gives your attacks life steal…and you’ve got a weapon that imo trumps all the others on Rev….

Even in PvE I hit WAY harder with my hammer than with Sword/x

As for spec I currently run: Herald, Devastation, Invocation .

Although I will likely swap one of the later 2 out for Retribution if they make Dwarf King worth running, and run him over Shiro.

I have full ascended marauder and wondering if to reroll for the exub soldier.
Would that be viable in raiding thats comming right now

Luclinraider.2317:

Ramhu.4651:

Interesting topic
Luclinraider, could you tell us which weapon you’re using ? sword and axe or shield ? :p
And which spec ?

I actually main it with Hammer. It, imo, is the best weapon for Rev. Everyone is all raving about Sword/shield….but the way I see it….at least in PvP (I mainly PvP). Good players know that UA is coming when they see your quills from Shiro. They will usually just block, or dodge that combo. This leaves Sword/Shield with literally NOTHING worth running. I really do feel that sword/x is only worth running for 3…which is easily countered.

Hammer on the other hand has 1200 range, making it a massive range weapon that can hit 5 targets. Not only that but it brings an evade attack into the fight, and an AOE control. Finish that off with a wall that blocks projectiles/gives your attacks life steal…and you’ve got a weapon that imo trumps all the others on Rev….

Even in PvE I hit WAY harder with my hammer than with Sword/x

As for spec I currently run: Herald, Devastation, Invocation .

Although I will likely swap one of the later 2 out for Retribution if they make Dwarf King worth running, and run him over Shiro.

Sword auto attack with Impossible Odds puts out huge DPS and lots of vuln stacks, I wouldn’t say it has nothing going for it. Sure the hammer hits harder per skill, but sword is a huge damage and since it always applies vulnerability it will trigger focused siphoning.