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Is this Rifle build viable?
My 2ยข into Rifle viability would be yes as part of a weapon set but no as a main weapon that is used most of the time.
What that means is Rifle is situational and should be used as such. Before a boss pull consider the fight and adjust the already invested trait point, utilities and such but do not and you should not use the mentality that ‘Rifle’ is a main weapon.
Honestly the war rifle does do a lot of dmg and can be used as a primary weapon if your stubborn about it.
Since your going ranged you honestly do not need knights gear to survive and can run full berserkers (i run full berserk in melee using omnomberry ghosts to heal with no survability difficulties) For your offhand id recommend anything but sword as all it provides is a few bleed stacks at range from 4. The mace is good for the big aoe stun and the axe spin will let you stack up lots of bleeds from your on crit bleed talent.
For talent build id say something like
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNAU8XncOk8YzDSBxEhAxUoIOKSiAUVoNSPKD0INA
If you are going rifle you need the pierce from arms VII and I include in the tactics line shout (or banner if you so desire) heals to support yourself and team mates while you bash with rifle. Finally since this build has no extra adrenalin procs and big buffs if your full adrenalin id recommend not using your F1 skills unless specifically needed.
Thx for the advice, one more thing, would that make this guide not viable:
http://www.gw2builds.org/view/390033/warrior_rifle_bleed
Regards
Quad
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