Hey !
I m coming here to share a build i created. Its really powerful in roaming and small group. You can use it in a FP too if enemy Zerg is not too huge. You’ll be even hard to down enough to hide in the frontline.
I think this build is a counter to any offensive build in WvW and a good alternative to D/P
Advantages :
Really impressive condition Burst
Frontline armor
Very good survival.
Drawbacks :
Short range
Hard to deal with heavy Resistance or condition clear builds.
Weapons are Dagger/Dagger. You’ll use often timed Death blossom and dancing dagger for more cripple.
Short bow for mobility.
For the utility skills you’ll need Withdraw, Shadowstep, Roll for initiative.
The last utility skill can be picked within these ::
- Impairing Daggers For a strong and hard to clean initial condition burst.
- Spider Venom For a more sustain poison condition.
- Infiltrator’s signet For another gap closer.
- Bandit’s defense For more survival.
Now Elite skill. It’s hard to not pick Basilisk venom to be sure your initial burst will not be blocked
However if i had to pick another i suggest Impact Strike for an easier finish on downed target.
About the build, theres really few tweaks available. In the DD tree you can pick Havoc Mastery if you dont have physical utility skills.
You can pick Bountyful Theft instead of Trickster but you’ll trade good survival for just a little more dodge and boon stealing.
In Deadly Arts you must pick Mug if you’re using Basilisk Venom, if not you can pick Dagger Training for a little more poison.
Common burst sequence is :
Basilisk Venom > Steal > Impairing Daggers > dodge roll > Death blossom x2
If your target has no condition cleaning or is slow to react, it may die in few sec. More over with this initial burst you apply so many differents conditions that’s hard to clean the damaging ones.
More Tricks :
- Play with a condition necromancer/reaper Epidemic on your main target may surprise some people.
- In a Focus Party Your burst may be able to force condition cleaning.
P.S. Forgive my english i m not native
Feel free to comment or give suggestions. I’m still improving the build !