Guild Wars 2

Anyone found a decent roaming build that is condi viable in wvw yet? If so please share.

The lack of a ranged condition option means you cant really pressure beyond melee range, and without Shiro to gap close quickly, sticking to an opponent might be problematic.

Kenshu.3825:

Anyone found a decent roaming build that is condi viable in wvw yet? If so please share.

Doesn’t exists. Before the October patch condi Rev was bad because lacked cleanses, had no ranged game and therefore was unable to pressure targets, everyone could poke you to death while running in circles.

After the October patch is way worse, because the stability reliability and the performance of the sustain perks fron Retribution traitline were butchered. You are as weak vs condions as ever, but now cc effects just demolishes you (specially chill, daze, cripple, etc.).

The new patch enhances your condition damage… which means nothing: you’re still unable to chase, to do damage at range or to survive to cc. You must wait to the next expansion and cross your fingers, so maybe the bow will provide condition damage decent enough to make roaming condi Rev a thing.

try that one, i kinda have success with that. you still die when you need to fight 3 or more people but hey, you can take one with you at least

you get near perma swiftness with the new trait that gives you swiftness when using energy, just use your mallyx leap every 5 sec to get swiftness.

In 1vs1 its pretty good.

switch up gear if you want more tanky or even more dmg. whatever fits your needs.

http://de.gw2skills.net/editor/?vlIQRApX8snfNuNSuJ7JRHlVlskyrS4SZWJorcskFNFpdRgIslT/OdToTA-TFDFQBK4BAAgDCg70DEn9HcoyD+pqCDVixgTAg/UrINaGIpSwqdEACAgAMzysNbzglrclrclrcG6Qv5QvZSBk5cL-w

ps: buildconstructor has not updated the traits yet, but those are the right ones

pps:
my standart burst combo i use with that build is as follows:
- start on sword/sword shiro and engage with the shiro port
- try to land the immob on sword #4 to get 3 seconds of immob
- use sword #5 if enemy has no stab to cc him, apply chill and pain
- when you pulled that off, swap to mace/axe and mallyx to proc the bleed and the other chill (with another pain stack because of trait again)
- use mace #2 followed by mace #3
- after that if the enemy is still around and has no stab use axe #5 followed by axe #4
- if the enemy has stab only use axe #4

bascically your mace/axe mallyx is your full offense setup and sword/sword shiro is for defence purposes or chasing/retreating.
you can apply pain stacks with sword/word as well with sword #2 (because of chill) and sword #5.
use sword #3 for the evade mainly, if you need time for cd or whatever.
try to time your block (sword #4) so you can go on the offense like i described above.
use your mallyx leap to chase the enemy around if they kite you. its cheaper then shiro but has shorter range.

Condi is is… Difficult. You’ll get kited VERY hard if not using shiro, and if you’re not using shiro then you’re probably already dead on sight unless your enemy has no concept of disengaging/blocking. In small group settings it’s great however!