Guild Wars 2

I haven’t played in quite a while so I’m not up to date on these things.

The wiki states the latest buff increased it’s dps by 13-16%, I’m assuming that makes up for the old 15% damage nerf it got? Meaning it should do 8-10% more dps than auto-chain?

PW? What’s that?

Nephrite.6954:

PW? What’s that?

Pistol Whip

Oh. It’s okay I guess the only problem about s/p is that it takes up a load of initiative to be successful and you don’t get to surprise them with stealth. Other then that it still does brings the pain to every fight is played well. I see it flow well with sleight of hand though.

Do you use only a skill with the highest dps in a weapon set?

Jayden Ennok.3687:

Do you use only a skill with the highest dps in a weapon set?

I’m not sure what this has to do with anything?

I asked cos the dmg difference between sword aa/pw is somewhat irrelevant when the skills are compared with all aspects not just dmg. PW has stun/evade and it’s initiative hungry so I wouldn’t use it just for the dmg alone.

Also depending on the build (I am thinking x/6/x/x/6 here), you can get up to 25% dmg increase if you don’t dump all ini into pw (first strikes/lead attacks). So imo, it’s still better to use aa when possible and PW only if I want to evade/stun. Don’t take me wrong, PW hits like truck (yolo builds can down squishies with single PW) but if you use all ini on spamming PW, you are dead.

Jayden Ennok.3687:

I asked cos the dmg difference between sword aa/pw is somewhat irrelevant when the skills are compared with all aspects not just dmg. PW has stun/evade and it’s initiative hungry so I wouldn’t use it just for the dmg alone.

Also depending on the build (I am thinking x/6/x/x/6 here), you can get up to 25% dmg increase if you don’t dump all ini into pw (first strikes/lead attacks). So imo, it’s still better to use aa when possible and PW only if I want to evade/stun. Don’t take me wrong, PW hits like truck (yolo builds can down squishies with single PW) but if you use all ini on spamming PW, you are dead.

I guess I’m mostly referring to the standard 66xxx pve speed builds. I should have specified PVE

For a scenario when you are just sitting there smacking something (ex: world bosses) and initiative is not of concern, would it be a dps increase to use PW over auto chain? (obviously assuming you aren’t going below 6 for First Strikes)