Guild Wars 2

So I was thinking of creating a more unorthodox hybrid d/p build that relies on the new runes of perplexity and backstabs. I was thinking rampager’s gear and hidden killer for the backstabs while the rest of the traits are not yet decided.

My question is, would this be viable to even think about?

The theory behind the build sounds rather fun by being able to do the usual d/p routine, but with added condition damage from confusion for extra stress.

For now its use is for wvw roaming.

I hope I don’t get let down by the comments.

Rafahil.2857:

So I was thinking of creating a more unorthodox hybrid d/p build that relies on the new runes of perplexity and backstabs. I was thinking rampager’s gear and hidden killer for the backstabs while the rest of the traits are not yet decided.

My question is, would this be viable to even think about?

The theory behind the build sounds rather fun by being able to do the usual d/p routine, but with added condition damage from confusion for extra stress.

For now its use is for wvw roaming.

I hope I don’t get let down by the comments.

I’ve considered doing a rampager zerker mix for sword/pistol, but im not really sure how viable it would be. I think if i ever have some leftover gold ill give it a try though

D/P as a set mostly benefits from Power, Crit Damage, Precision, and slightly on Condition Duration and very minimal on Condition Damage.

Allthough it might seem brilliant to stack up some stacks of confusion to damage the opponent who is trying to hit you, that’s pretty much all you will get, the dps from other sources will be horrible, you wont be able to take benefit from the other utilities from the D/P set if you are going to use #4 a lot, which will cripple your ability to stay in melee range, and with crippled ability to stay in melee range it says itself that you will need to do high dmg while there to make it useful. Hidden killer would be useless since rampager already mains Precision for high crit chance, so your best bet would bet would be the Deadly Arts line.

For optimal use of Perplexity in a hybrid build I’d pick P/P, which benefits from all stats and can keep up constant damage without relying on staying in melee range

For hybrid builds overall I’d choose some Celestial gear over Rampager.