Guild Wars 2

Just trying to get a feel for some different specs. I’ve been playing with hammer/gsword but I’d really like to try something new. So I figured we could gather a few different builds and get an idea of what different people are using. Here’s my build I am now trying after the patch. What do you guys think? Go ahead and post your builds as well.

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=Vt;4NKFM0V4NL-60;9;5JT-J;156-189;127-n-kB;2udbTudbTBBlc0-35;3kVq0u1zY4_Aa61V-70HV8aNX8a;9;9;9;9;9;55k3w

77 views, no replies, I guess were being secretive about our builds or we don’t know what to run.

I’m running this in WvW at the moment but I am still in the process of tweaking it (it shows Melandru runes but I actually run Resistance), it’s just as Tanky as my old build (maybe even a little better) and ES hits just as hard with a 100% crit chance at 85% crit damage. I am happy with the traits and the gear, not sure about the runes and utilities, I normally don’t like running with so many signets.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNAS8ejkOtwBPGPMRCE0DNsK4CrgjCqQJ0HmDA-jUCBYfCyEEQ0yAEIwpPFRjtMqIasabYaXCyqYJFA-w

Didn’t change anything I was and still am more of a team support with DPS second. Not with flags but the mighty blowhorn and a sword with axe offhand as 2nd weapon. Focusing on toughness, and Health. Not great one vs one, but good for helping the team survive.

Here is what i use. Also furious is amazing. You can literally use your f1s off CD. Also since dual shot is 2 hits, if both of them crit your getting 6 strikes of adrenaline from one auto. My favorite part is the longbow auto hits twice, allowing twice the chance for on crit affects. I’ve gotten 10+ stacks of bleed and burn, all from just using LB.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNAscTjkOFvpQCPMxBEkCNsKOPSilg8UKmD7A-jECBYhCiUFRkkGITqIas1XFRjVzATliIq2hoIa1CBsYNA-w
Ill swap out zerker stance for endure pain based on whatever build ill be fighting
Runes are pretty important. We get 50% bleed duration from traits, 40% condi duration from food, and 10% condi duration from runes. In total, bleeds are 100% duration, and burns are 50% duration. Plus that fear from the x6 of nightmare always seems to off at the clutchest moments for me.
Many people think condi warr is somewhat odd, but they’ve never tried it. If your fear with conditions is that you won’t kill fast enough, or people will just shrug off your damage, let me throw you some of my experience roaming with conditions. When getting the jump on people, you can literally burst them down in seconds. Now you thought conditions were over time, not burst, how is this possible? Well with my setup, its extremely easy to get 3kdps from bleeds, and 1k burns, along with torment. That means most people will go down in 4-6 seconds. Combine that with the fact you have two immobilizes, tons of cripple, and people arent gonna be able to run away from you.
If things ever go wrong for you, for w/e reason(more enemies, you made a bad move) you have a very low cool down leap and block to get ooc with, as well as being able to immobilize them when they chase.
Camps will take ~15sec to down all the guards, and a fully upgraded camp will take ~30 sec. Thats also a huge thing for roamers, being able to solo camps.

Wow I’m really loving these responses and Im definitely checking out some of these builds! I have never tried a condi build but definitely something I’ve been interested in trying sometime. Anyone out there still rolling with hammer too? I’m trying to get a feel if people are going 0/0/30/10/30 now or if they are rolling into arms as well..hmm..so much different stuff to try! Thanks for the great responses guys lets keep em coming.

This build has a little bit of theory crafting involved, buts it’s very similar to my standard build. I run a roaming build that works well in groups of up to 10 people but is very selfish as far as team support goes.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIUQNBhYDbk0pFOGy4hJWggUohVhVwVgSBeUHJFiBbA-jEDBoeCyYLJjsQIjyAiKBOBqIastBFRjVtAT5SoWFLR2xER1eDYyAwsAA-w

The first step is getting the Applied Fortitude buff up as well as your precision stack up to 25. At that point you have about 25k hp and about 77% crit chance while fury is up and 85% crit damage. Feel free to use any food our nourishment you want depending on play style.

Here is a recent video of mine before the patch but I hope to create a new video after testing out the tweaks.

http://youtu.be/XBWUXegMn20

Still planning to run hammer, but Im also using Greatsword instead of of Axe/Shield. It’s not a sure thing yet, so we’ll see…

builds in sig, i run the celestial build. they are essentially teh same, but if you dont have celestial, run the knights one in teh link below.

my guardians die before i do and im the 1st one in and the last one to die. balls deep in the enemy zerg or go home!

ive been playing around with rampage actually as my elite since im becoming the focus target for everything and it is really messing up enemy zerg might stacks.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNBiYDbk0pFOGS2hJOggeohVBXoUMHbYShYwGA-jUCBYfCy0yAkFQ0HwJPFRjtNoIas6aYKXER1WzFRrWKgIWGB-w

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIQQJASTjkOBvFPqQ4wBEMDNsKMP+hjoI0HmDA-jEDBofAYLQEEAkFQJPKrJQCilRFRjVXDT5SISFL1WdAGxMa1SBwkyI-w

Switched from typical 0/10/30/0/30 (Hambow) to 30/0/20/0/20 for the last two weeks and now to 30/0/25/0/15. Without burst mastery I wasn’t sure if I would get enough adrenaline to burst effectively but in large scale it isn’t a problem with the many hits you take and Cleansing Ire. Short Temper also helps a lot.

The idea is to rather have up to +15% damage from Berserker’s Power that apply to all skills than +7% for your burst skills and situational +25% for your Hammer skills only. With the changes to Earthshaker, Staggering Blow and Combustive Shot I even more want Arcing Arrow, Fan of Fire and Hammer 1 chain to hit hard. Without Unsuspecting Foe I’m not critting as often so adding 300 Strength while losing +15% Crit damage sounds like a deal I can take. I now have 3,6k attack before bloodlust/might stacks, in fight it’s often way above 4k.

Last but not least the 3 minor traits in Strength have a nice synergy and are pretty useful in large scale fights.

I like the build so far but am open for improvement.