Guild Wars 2

Just curious, as it’s been a long while and I’m just now coming back to gw2. I’ve looked at older builds but I don’t know how relevant they happen to be, with incoming changes and all. So any recommended builds for PVE?

25/30/0/0/15, the other max damage build 25/30/10/0/5 for uncoordinated groups that take longer than 18 seconds to down a boss is getting bumped down a peg because 25/30/0/0/15 is getting better initiative regen while 25/30/10/0/5 only outperformed at the 18 second mark because of //15’s lack of initiative

Clumsy.6257:

25/30/0/0/15, the other max damage build 25/30/10/0/5 for uncoordinated groups that take longer than 18 seconds to down a boss is getting bumped down a peg because 25/30/0/0/15 is getting better initiative regen while 25/30/10/0/5 only outperformed at the 18 second mark because of //15’s lack of initiative

Thanks so much I’ll prolly go with the first one you recommended. Errr newb question though, what weapon sets does this take most advantage of.

d/d, s/p, s/d, SB (in dungeons for skips only)

Yea, 25/30/0/0/15 is still your go-to build for maximum dps. D/D is what you use on bosses, S/P is what you use on trash, short bow is what you use on large AoE, and P/P is what you use for ranged single-target fights. S/D is good for fights where enemies have a lot of boons (such as dredge fractal), but that’s about it.

There are plenty of other viable builds, but that’s the current meta for players experienced enough to survive without things like Feline’s Grace.

Dahkeus.8243:

Yea, 25/30/0/0/15 is still your go-to build for maximum dps. D/D is what you use on bosses, S/P is what you use on trash, short bow is what you use on large AoE, and P/P is what you use for ranged single-target fights. S/D is good for fights where enemies have a lot of boons (such as dredge fractal), but that’s about it.

There are plenty of other viable builds, but that’s the current meta for players experienced enough to survive without things like Feline’s Grace.

s/d is terrible for dredge fractal, you can only steal 1 mob’s boons per LS and it they get reapplied instantly

In my experience;
25/30/15/0/0 – D/x
25/30/0/15/0 – S/x
25/30/0/0/15 – P/P

But I think that most universal one, that is usable with any weapon set, is:
25/30/0/15/0

Clumsy.6257:

s/d is terrible for dredge fractal, you can only steal 1 mob’s boons per LS and it they get reapplied instantly

Not really, even if they do get reapplied, you still have the buff yourself, can be handy to be sitting there with over 2 minutes of protection and regeneration on you.

That, and you use CnD+Sword1 to daze the gong-players and they stop applying the buffs.

Clumsy.6257:

Dahkeus.8243:

Yea, 25/30/0/0/15 is still your go-to build for maximum dps. D/D is what you use on bosses, S/P is what you use on trash, short bow is what you use on large AoE, and P/P is what you use for ranged single-target fights. S/D is good for fights where enemies have a lot of boons (such as dredge fractal), but that’s about it.

There are plenty of other viable builds, but that’s the current meta for players experienced enough to survive without things like Feline’s Grace.

s/d is terrible for dredge fractal, you can only steal 1 mob’s boons per LS and it they get reapplied instantly

It’s not as good as it used to be, for sure, but between the regen/prot boons you steal and the evasion, it allows you to survive as melee in the huge mobs while dealing strong cleaving damage. The alternative is plinking away with your short bow.

I’m not saying it’s always the best weapon for Dredge, particularly if you’re at a really high level, but it’s the one place where it’s at least a decent option.

s/d might be decent for low level fractals but the higher you get, the weaker it becomes and why are you trying to daze the gong dredge? use s/p, much more spammable interrupt while evading at the same time
edit: and no amount of protection/regen is going to save you from the masses of dredge that can 1 shot you in as low as fotm 20

30/30/10/0/0 d/d if you have longer fights.

I expect it to stay the same 25-30-0-0-15
with S/P for trash and D/D for bosses.

SB for stacking might or running.