Anyway to survive/troll in wvw?

Anyway to survive/troll in wvw?

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Posted by: Milady.1593

Milady.1593

Got ganked to tier0 participant…

Any builds can be used to fight against gankers? (especially for thief and guardian)

I know PPF PVE sets = street meat!!!!!!

Anyway to survive/troll in wvw?

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Posted by: sneakytails.5629

sneakytails.5629

On TC I came across multiple troll builds being run by Thieves and Guardians the past two matchups.

Watched a condi ghost thief take a whole keep by himself against like 6 defenders. We had multiple people switching to reveal skills, laying stealth traps, using cc abilities and nothing worked. The thief would just spam his insane amount of dodges and get away with short bow bursts and stealth applications. we came close a few times to downing him, but he would just heal up and dodge spam/condi his way through. The amount of condi damage he was applying was insane and even two resistance skills and a 12 condition clear were not enough. Easily the dumbest thing I have seen in this game so far.

The problem with the troll builds is that they stack so much powerful greifing mechanics that it overwhelms any individual players ability to counter them.

Insane amounts of condi, stealth, mobility, dodges, blocks, invulnerability, pulls, cc effects, it does not really matter, it will overwhelm any single build you can come up with. They just overwhelm you, that’s the way these troll builds work.

The only thing I found to work reliably, was a unblock-able knock-back attack that causes the troll to die by falling damage. That is the one thing they are not built to handle.

Other than that massive numbers can do the job, really depends on the troll build, I have seen certain troll builds escape huge numbers of attackers. Even that can be hit or miss.

The best thing is to just go the other way and find another route, especially if you are by yourself.

Anyway to survive/troll in wvw?

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Posted by: GrackFields.7805

GrackFields.7805

The short answer is no, even more so to daredevil. They can power burst or condi burst you and then get away. You have ep and resistance to survive it once or twice but they just repeat and you are dead.

PPF gear isn’t even the problem, infact it would probably be preferred in smaller fights as it gives a chance to fight back (that or a condi build).

Anyway to survive/troll in wvw?

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Posted by: Turk.5460

Turk.5460

You can try to pull the ol’ nike Warrior routine. But unfortunately the glory days of that are far gone. Can still outrun a large portion of players and go from objective to objective and gain some participation if that’s your goal.

Otherwise, your best bet is probably the meta roaming x/shield/GS build. If you think a Guardian is power based, rather than burn based, try swapping your berserker stance for SoM instead. They usually don’t respond well when still getting pressured while their F3 is up.

For thieves, the best thing you can do is make them use skills and initiative to chase you, then turn and engage on them while they think you are still running. (and they are low on initiative/a skill or 2 on cooldown perhaps) If you think they are going to shadow shot to catch you, pop berserker stance to avoid the blind, and go for a headbutt or shield bash right after they shoot. Its usually downhill for the thief from there, especially if they already had to use shadowstep to chase you.

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