Unhindered Combatant or Bounding Dodger
It depends on your build and playstyle, I prefer UC do to the ridiculous amounts of Soft cc flying around, if you are playing D/P I would say BD for more burst/stealth
PvP – Unhindered – anti-immob and dmg mitigation
PvE – Bound – AoE damage and damage boost
If you’re bold enough you can use Bound in PvP but that’s too risky. The anti-immob and damage mitigation from Dash is irreplaceable. Dash is good in PvE only if you’re going to go around exploring and skipping all the mobs.
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Full set of 5 unique skills for both dual-wield weapon sets: P/P and D/D – Make it happen
PvE – DD/CS/AC – If that didn’t work, roll a Reaper or Revenant.
Full set of 5 unique skills for both dual-wield weapon sets: P/P and D/D – Make it happen
PvE – DD/CS/AC – If that didn’t work, roll a Reaper or Revenant.
I’ve seen people in PvP/WvW using Bound, but it doesn’t fit my taste. I feel like we already have enough damage and lack on survival, which is where Unhindered comes in and saves the day (plus the swiftness which I like a lot).
I’d say for 1v1’s bound is better, but that’s not what this game consists of. You’ll often find yourself in bigger fights.
Yea after playing around some more, I found BD is really good with D/P while Dash is really good with Staff.
I take unhindered almost all the time in WvW. The key to my thief builds is mobility> I can not afford being imobbed or chilled. The build up of swiftness it offers is huge and it neuters to a great extent the Reapers great access to chill.
Added to that the universal refrain from so many players here in reaction to the patch is “we did nto need more damage we needed sustain”. Unhindered adds more sustain so I am not sure why any of those voices would take bound over it.
It all depends on what kind of role you want to lean towards, decapper or +1.
For the decapper, ofc Dash is the way to go, permaswiftness and a longer dodge animation let us rotate a lot faster.
For the +1, Bound increases the dmg output so less TTK opponents.
I like UC. The extra damage from BD is nice but I almost always prefer new functionality over more damage. I especially like the free Swiftness, since it means I can drop Signet of Shadows and still get that nifty map mobility.
That said, I prefer BD in dungeons and fractals where your time is mostly spent in boss fights rather than running around.
I main Ele and Necro, though I have an alt of each profession at level 80.
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Everything I say is only in reference to PvE and WvW.
How to Condi Reaper on a budget
Everything I say is only in reference to PvE and WvW.
Yea after playing around some more, I found BD is really good with D/P while Dash is really good with Staff.
Lol, imo you should totally switch these two
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Yea after playing around some more, I found BD is really good with D/P while Dash is really good with Staff.
Is it opposite day?
Yea after playing around some more, I found BD is really good with D/P while Dash is really good with Staff.
Is it opposite day?
Really? BD works so well with pistol off hand. You get easy access to stealth without wasting initiative. BD has insane burst with Dagger. Dodge > Steal > Heartseeker then auto. Idk man.
I’ve played with D/P and Dash since June2015, but moved over to bound. I come from the 66200 full zerker Scholar runes burst dagger/dagger days and I am reliving this again using d/p with bound and Scholar runes.
The +10% dmg from Scholar + 10% from Bound buff + Bound-Mug-Backstab burst combos give me satisfaction.
Personal taste, but I think bound is more fun, reminds me of doing cannonball dives in a swimming pool. Sometimes the swimming pool is a DH trap, but oh well.
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I’ve played with D/P and Dash since June2015, but moved over to bound. I come from the 66200 full zerker Scholar runes burst dagger/dagger days and I am reliving this again using d/p with bound and Scholar runes.
The +10% dmg from Scholar + 10% from Bound buff + Bound-Mug-Backstab burst combos give me satisfaction.
Personal taste, but I think bound is more fun, reminds me of doing cannonball dives in a swimming pool. Sometimes the swimming pool is a DH trap, but oh well.
Lmao. I’ve noticed the animation on BD too and it has your toon look like its about to dive off a cliff into the ocean. Good stuff man.
I use BD with D/P and Staff, UC with S/D.
I’ve played with D/P and Dash since June2015, but moved over to bound. I come from the 66200 full zerker Scholar runes burst dagger/dagger days and I am reliving this again using d/p with bound and Scholar runes.
Oh man. I miss those days. We were gods! Gonna try out d/p + bound soon too!
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