Guild Wars 2

Here’s what I’m running, http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQRAnZ8ejcOxuBPGPMxBC0DskltcUMeloUYn6A-TwAg0CvIKSVkrITRyisFNsYZxGkJIA

I’m usually opening with Eviscerate (if at full adrenaline). If that drops them to half HP (or “near” 50%) I’ll swap to sword/shield and Shield Bash into a Final thrust for the kill. It can easily 2 shot light armored targets.

What I’m wondering is if there would be anyway to gain some more survivability out of this build without sacrificing too much damage for my Evis/Thrust combo.

I haven’t tried Melandru runes yet so those might be a good start.

Any suggestions will do.

How about using Dogged March instead of Reflective shield and swapping Bullscharge for Endure Pain or Beserker Stance?

Swap one of the OH sigil to energy?

plus you have fast hand and hydromancy have 9sec cd

Your traits need to be changed. You only need 20 in def. Pick up shield master and cleansing Ire. Believe it or not it helps you build adrenaline so fast it’s hilarious. Don’t carry 2 proc sigils. Proc sigils interfere with eachother’s cooldowns. Put intel sigil on your sword so fthrust always crits. just make sure you dodge count so they don’t get out of it. I’d go for a 0.10.20.20.20, if you’re trying to keep unsuspecting foe. Make sure you pick up empowered because you run lyssa and maybe burst mastery. You’ll want the extra 10% crit damage, it goes a long way with power builds. 2nd trait in tactics could be desperate power or empower allies for more power.

I never understood why people like using the sigil of superior fire…

I calculated the chances of it activating , and the chances are 14.4% only per hit without fury, and 20.4% with fury…
Basically, about every seven hit only without fury, and about five seconds with fury, so are you sure you want such a thing? it also has a five seconds cooldown…

And as someone pointed out, having two sigils of hydromancy with fast hand isn’t that good, due to the cooldown of swapping being 5, where the sigil’s cooldown is 10.

So… there are four sigils in my hand that could be useful in my opinion:
First the obvious one: the permanent 5%+ more critical chance or 5%+ more damage.

The two others are 60% on hit, making the average chance per hit, making the chances per hit without fury to be 28.8%, which means they are usually meant to work after 3-4 hits, and with fury: 40.8% chance per hit, about 2-3 hits.

Those are: Nullification – 60% on crit, remove a boon
Purity: 60% on crit, remove a condition.

The main problem with them, is that they have a 10 second cooldown, so it is up to you, and whether you count on random numbers or not

Matzepeng.1053:

How about using Dogged March instead of Reflective shield and swapping Bullscharge for Endure Pain or Berserker Stance?

Hmm, but wouldn’t Dogged March just be out shined by Mobile Strikes? The reason I have Reflective Shield is because ranged classes can really pick me off atm.

Callahan.3180:

Your traits need to be changed. You only need 20 in def. Pick up shield master and cleansing Ire. Believe it or not it helps you build adrenaline so fast it’s hilarious. Don’t carry 2 proc sigils. Proc sigils interfere with eachother’s cooldowns. Put intel sigil on your sword so fthrust always crits. just make sure you dodge count so they don’t get out of it. I’d go for a 0.10.20.20.20, if you’re trying to keep unsuspecting foe. Make sure you pick up empowered because you run lyssa and maybe burst mastery. You’ll want the extra 10% crit damage, it goes a long way with power builds. 2nd trait in tactics could be desperate power or empower allies for more power.

Currently I like where my traits are right now. 30 in Defense for Defy Pain helps out alot. I’ll try for a change in sigils on weapons, but I don’t think I’m going to use Sigil of Intelligence just because it’s for that one attack and I can’t always guarantee my target will be at 50% HP or less.

Rance Webster.2635:

I never understood why people like using the sigil of superior fire…

I calculated the chances of it activating , and the chances are 14.4% only per hit without fury, and 20.4% with fury…
Basically, about every seven hit only without fury, and about five seconds with fury, so are you sure you want such a thing? it also has a five seconds cooldown…

Well, the reason people take Sigil of Fire instead of Sigil of Air is because Fire offers AOE damage. Sigil of Fire is great for builds that are lacking in AOE. The procs also hit for 1k or more on multiple targets, which is a big increase to DPS.