I’m getting a lot of high scores in hotjoins with the longbow rifle combination. The reason is because I tag everything tho, and people aren’t used to the playstyle. I run for great justice and fear me on reduced cooldowns, and I also have balanced stance for stomping and the break stun utility.
Here’s some screenies.
It’s not good for tPvP, I’ll be the first to admit, but it works for me in hotjoins =]. I just sit back and snipe/aoe people from afar for tons of damage. The weaknesses are definitely in close range combat and escape utility. I pretty much can’t do it without a greatsword.
In duels it’s…well it’s sub optimal. Against different classes:
vs other Warriors. If he closes the gap before I can root him, I die. Otherwise, endless kiting.
vs Guardian. I don’t even try despite having guardian as a main. There’s really nothing I can do against them lol (well, there’s the option of 2v1, but that’s hardly a duel).
vs Engineers. I do fairly well, the trick is to kite them with your superior range.
vs Thieves. I do alright. I have three disables and arcing shot will usually kill them if they refuge. Moreover I can usually set them up for a fear + killshot and if that doesn’t work volley follows them into stealth. Watch out for dstorm, the only skill that will work against them is longbow f1 and longbow 3. Rifle 5 doesn’t work cause of their stability.
vs Mesmers. Badly if they get into close range. Otherwise I do fairly well. You have plenty of AOE options for killing their clones. Keep kiting. Watch out for feedback.
vs Rangers. Lol. One thing about rangers is their lack of on demand condition cleanses and lack of a lot of stunbreakers. Take big advantage of that, because you have a lot of disables. You’re very susceptible to their conditions, however, so watch out.
vs Eles. Again, I don’t even try. OK, so I do try, but it doesn’t work out very well. I guess…you could immobilize them with LB 5 to force a cantrip and follow it up with some other attacks? They’re usually going to heal it back up. Armor of earth makes disabling them a pain, downright impossible at times. Rifle attacks almost never land cause of evade out of range and when they do land the ele is usually smashing my face in.
You have a lot of HP, but that just means you die slowly.
