Guild Wars 2

After agonizing for the last few days on which character I was going to keep as my main (80 Mesmer, 80 Ele or the Teef), I chose to stick with what I enjoy most for roaming. Still, I leveled this character playing as mostly D/D or D/P and so I have really no experience with these sword builds that I’ve heard are so outstanding. Do any of you all by chance have a link to a solid sword build for WvW and/or a guide on how they work? Even better, is there a thief video you all know of that shows it in action?

Oh, I’m not sure if this matters but my character has 2 zerker armor items, zerker rings, accessories, etc, and the rest is all valkyrie with you’re typical orbs.

S/D and D/D (sometimes use SB and P/P depending on situation)
0/30/30/10/0 CS(I or III, VI, XI or XII) SA(IV, VI,XI) A(I or II)

P/T/V armor Ruby Orbs
Zerker everything else

Sigils – Fire, Accuracy, Battle

Jakkson.4076:

S/D and D/D (sometimes use SB and P/P depending on situation)
0/30/30/10/0 CS(I or III, VI, XI or XII) SA(IV, VI,XI) A(I or II)

P/T/V armor Ruby Orbs
Zerker everything else

Sigils – Fire, Accuracy, Battle

Thanks! I saw another build that was the following:

10 (III)/ 30 (I, VI, XI)/ 30 (V, IV, XI).

This build was using SW/D + Shortbow and used the same gear you described.

My duo roam WvW build

S/P – SB very occasionally
10/30/0/0/30 DA(III) CS(I,X,XI) Trickery(VI,VII,XII)
Zerker everything + Scholar runes – 11.3khp
Fire + Paralyze sigils.

It’s a dangerous but rewarding build IMO. I’ve never heard of anyone else running it but it works out quite well for me. Basically, just make use of all of your control abilities to keep them locked down and use PW whenever you can and couple it with Haste whenever it’s off CD (48sec traited). Always have a shadow return ready to go and when you get caught, SR>switch to SB>5>5>5>gone. Also, make use of steal a lot (it will be on a 31.5cd) as a gap closer/clutch heal and for dem mesmer boons.

I wouldn’t recommend it for a solo roamer unless you have a lot of experience with it, but if you roam with a group of friends they’ll definitely love you for your CC and damage. Also, this build has no access to stealth (besides Hide in Shadows if you take it) so if stealth is important to you I do not recommend this lol. I was tired of using stealth so I made this one myself.

Anyways, enjoy.