Guild Wars 2

I was missing around with a 0/0/10/30/30 build last night in pve.

adventurer runes with vigor on heal means I have almost constant uptime on dodges and the initiative regen signet with the 2 initiative every 10s and initiative on heal and weapon swap (dual daggers in both sets with hydromancy sigils on both sets) means I can death blossom and dodge (caltrops on dodge) until I make myself dizzee watching.

its extremely gimmicky but great fun, using utilities caltrops and roll for initiative your initiative is always available. (tricks recharge faster traited)

any one else playing with some silly gimmicky builds? not because theyre effective but because theyre fun?

though some would argue almost constant evading and bleed application (up to 25 stacks) is effective to a degree.

I run a 0/0/30/20/20 with something similar and it is no gimmick <_<

the build im using feels a bit gimmicky as I can spam death blossom and dodge almost constantly. I have no doubt that a more refined build based around the same idea is very effective, bu the initiative regen and dodge/evades are a bit too much in the build outlineed above.

I use 0/0/30/20/20 on my p/d thief. great fun and awesome in most situations.

Using a similar build 20/0/0/20/30 but playing around with a lot of traits and utilities. Only constants being spider venom, caltrops 30 in trickery and 20 acrobatics.

Tried so many builds but love this the most. Good survivability with the almost constant dodges and decent health and good damage from the bleed stacking thanks to caltrops and pistol sneak attack. My second weapon set is mostly for the endurance regen but the blind is very useful.

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the one above is very nice. i can kill any build with it minus eles bc of their aoe/condi skills that u just cant dodge….so what i did to make it more viable is run condi removal on stealth with the skills blinding powder…..withdraw….roll for init….sig of agili (more engery and c ondi removal if timed right) ….. i even made it work with balthazar runes….. but always use thieves guild with this build as some of the ele/thief troll builds will give u trouble when they are ready to heal u need to drop TG and finish them off.

side note…. u guys may notice if u use the build d/d evade condi that it tricks mesmer clones into retaliating/attackign slowly….. for some reason the evades mess up the clones and the build just absolutely tears thru any mesmer build ive foughten with it. dont know why but it does.

tip: might need to trade in infil signet for blinding powder if not going against condi builds…..also use CnD if u need it as it will drop 2 condis if u r patient.

I’m using a 25/30/0/15/0 d/d 3 signet build, the most gimmicky build ever seen in Tyria. It can more or less instantly down someone, but has absolutely no defense other than those 15 acrobatics points and clever use of short bow. If someone gets caught by your combo, they die, but if someone sneezes at you it’s your turn to take a dirt nap.

I love it