Guild Wars 2

Hi Guys,

I’ve been having some fun/succes with this build recently. Thought I’d share.

First off, http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoYVn0MBVmiFOBmPBkmiFYCzLNcGaDzfwTYLULBEAyAA-TpBBABVcCAkvMAAPAAKOEAFt/wGHBAA

Nothing groundbreaking here I guess. It can be very effective in dealing out damage however. Something I’ve been struggling with since HoT.

What I (try to) do, is the following:

1. Steal and hereby dazing target (hoping to interrupt aswell)
2. Mash Fist Flurry. If they’ve all hit and the target was interrupted, 2 Pulmonary Impact strikes follow.
3. Death Blossom around them
4. Cloak and Dagger
5 Backstab.
6. Depending on how much health is left, Impact strike.

Lots of damage here, but more important, it’s all done in very quick succession. This combination mostly results in Panic Strike and Executioner kicking in.

As the Crit chance is fairly high, there’s a lot of weakness being spread, resulting in less damage for you, but also a couple of Might Stacks due to the sigil on Dagger. If things get messy I pop Blinding Powder and Dash out of there. So far this has proven sufficient in getting out.

Obvious weakness is Condi removal. Could swap Bountiful Theft to Trickster in order to receive a Condi removal on Withdraw.

I’d love to hear what u think, and most of all how to improve this. In no way am I an experienced theorycrafter, so I’m sure there’s lots to be gained here. For instance, I’ve been thinking about switching to S/D (for a Boon removal and extra Immobilize) or even Staff, as its Stealth skill has a 2 sec Knockdown.

Thanks for reading!

I think switching out the daggers for staff would be a good idea (also swapping out SoA for shadowstep as you have no stunbreak). Then I would go blinding powder > hookstrike > Fist Flurry > Palm Strike > Vault. A Sigil of Rage would probably compress that as well. Also consider trading the pulmonary impact trait for staff master for the uptick in damage and evasion.

Thanks for the response. I must admit no stunbreak is a glaring mistake, so I’ve recplaced Blinding Power with Shadowstep SoA is too precious. I don’t much like Staff. It does a fair bit of damage and has some nice features in its skills (weakness, blind and a soft cc roll), but the lack of easy stealth kills me. While the 2 sec KD would be nice, its really hard to reach it without a few Stealth utility skills, which I don’t have anymore.

Like the Signet of Rage suggestion, although the cooldown is a bit high. 30 sec on 3 sec Quickness:/ Furthermore the Quickness would be ideal upon entering combat, making Fist Flurry easier to land in its entirety. As this isn’t the case, I feel it would be a bit of a waste unfortunately.

I’ll try switching the traits! Thanks again.