Guild Wars 2

I run a 10/0/30/0/30 Hammer build in WvW, and the new traits give the opportunity to get both Destruction of the Empowered (Master) and Burst Mastery (Grandmaster) or Heightened Focus.

However, that would require forgoing Mobile Strikes (Master), which I’m not sure I want to do. So if I have to choose, anyone figured out yet which trait is more optimal, DoE or BM (or HF)?

Burst mastery is a flat 10% increase. But if you are taking cleansing ire, burst mastery works against this trait by causing you to only spend 2 bars of adrenaline therefore only two conditions removed.

Thx, been looking at that issue too. I think 2x conditions every 10s, combined with Melandru Runes, Dogged March, Lemongrass Poultry soup, is probably enough condition removal, but we’ll see.

Think I’ve got defenses covered, but doing enough dmg is an issue now with the loss of Berserker’s Power.

Melandru Runes + Dogged March + Lemongrass Poultry soup

How is that not enough cond removal as is?

deathTouch.9706:

Melandru Runes + Dogged March + Lemongrass Poultry soup

How is that not enough cond removal as is?

Not everyone runs food, and there are sPvP Warriors.

deathTouch.9706:

Melandru Runes + Dogged March + Lemongrass Poultry soup

How is that not enough cond removal as is?

You’ll die vs a condition user using +condition duration

But I was feeling the same issue as the OP. Discipline Master traits are bloated. I can’t even bother with Sweet Revenge anymore, it’s only a choice between Burst Mastery, and Mobile Strikes. In the adept, Vigorous Focus looks good now too as does Warrior’s Sprint!

BlueprintLFE.2358:

Burst mastery is a flat 10% increase. But if you are taking cleansing ire, burst mastery works against this trait by causing you to only spend 2 bars of adrenaline therefore only two conditions removed.

No it doesn’t. Test it before you make an assumption. It still removes 3.

Wreckdum.8367:

BlueprintLFE.2358:

Burst mastery is a flat 10% increase. But if you are taking cleansing ire, burst mastery works against this trait by causing you to only spend 2 bars of adrenaline therefore only two conditions removed.

No it doesn’t. Test it before you make an assumption. It still removes 3.

I did test this in WvW it was only removing 2 conditions for me.

Wreckdum.8367:

BlueprintLFE.2358:

Burst mastery is a flat 10% increase. But if you are taking cleansing ire, burst mastery works against this trait by causing you to only spend 2 bars of adrenaline therefore only two conditions removed.

No it doesn’t. Test it before you make an assumption. It still removes 3.

I had a feeling it did. It makes sense too: the amount of condies removed depends on how much a landed burst skill is boosted (x1, x2 or x3) not how much adrenaline drops after.

removes 3 tested plenty stop assuming.

deathTouch.9706:

Melandru Runes + Dogged March + Lemongrass Poultry soup

How is that not enough cond removal as is?

I run this and it’s good enough most of the time, but sometimes you’ll get focus-conditioned, esp in big zerg battles, with 10+ stacks of Vuln, Bleeding, etc, and even with shortened durations they can hurt. Nice having one more option to clear them without having to waste a utility skill or run traited horn.