Guild Wars 2

It’s been many months and I’ve had a surge of interest in this game again after the expansion details & rumours (OMG rifle thief…dream come true).

The thing is… last time I checked back in to try my hand at LS, I got stuck at The Dragon’s Reach: Part 2, “Recalibrating the Waypoints”, and the horrid Mordrem leyleecher boss.

I’m running full zerker build with 2/6/2/4/0 and finding it really, really hard to solo this boss. Now, I am not sure as to how to proceed and would deeply appreciate some advice!

- Should I switch from power/precision type builds to condition damage instead, and trait heavily into Shadow Arts for condition removal as well as full Dire (or Carrion) gear?
- Or should I stick with power/precision and just increase vitality or toughness (Knight/Valkyrie) and/or trait into Shadow Arts for condition removal?
- Do a mix thereof or something else?

Basically, I’m not sure if I need to change up my playstyle considerably – especially to avoid the mordrem tentacles and whatnot, so that would seem to encourage SB or D/D condi damage and constant moving (no more S/P brute force that’s for sure).

Or can I stick with power/precision based builds (my preference…I’m not a fan of condi) and compensate in some other way? Toughness/vit/removal etc?

In general, I feel pretty lost with the new meta and all the changes that have happened. It seems like the same game as before … but is also vastly different in subtle ways.

Thank you in advance!

I’ve done the entire living story, and all of its achievements (except for 1 or 2) on a full zerker d/d thief with 5/6/0/0/3. Honestly, it would probably be easier having some defensive traits (such as blind on stealth), but you can do it with any build.

Looking at your current build, you seem to already have a lot of defensive options. You should be able to complete the story fairly easily. Just keep at it. If you’re dying, then it’s because you’re not avoiding the attacks more than anything else.

Recalibrating the Waypoints.
Far too late for the OP but I thought I’d add this for anyone who comes looking after. It might help them.

I was about to give up at this point. I’d lost all my armour and barely made an impression on the boss. I quit out and watched some videos of the fight where I realised that the posters were just shrugging off the attacks that downed me in one shot. I went back and stocked up on all the vitality I could – made all the difference. The fight that had been impossible now became easy.
Also, let Taimi handle the device. She’s much better at it than you would be.