Guild Wars 2

Title pretty much says it all I am looking for a balanced pve build, for soloing and dungeons. I do not want a glass cannon build nor a build focused solely on surviving looking for something in the middle i’ve tried about 5-6 different builds since ive started playing and i haven’t quite found one i like. So please post your balanced PvE builds

p.s. i prefer melee, though I like rifle/bow as a weapon swap just not my main weapon

I run 20/0/20/30/0 with Power/Toughness/Vitality Armor(Soldier Runes), Cleric accessories and greatsword(Sigil of battle) Axe(Sigil of Force)+Shield(Sigil of Energy/Battle) on switch. You can maintain 15stacks of might using Signet of Rage and For Great Justice while switching weapons in combat. I also substitute Mace when I need control or Longbow when I need to attack from range.
Utilities = Shake it off, For Great justice, Balanced stance/Fear me/On the Mark
Strength = V, IX
Defense = II, IX
Tactics = VI, IX(If using warhorn) or VII VIII, XII

I went with a tankier build when I made the warrior alt since I already had the thief for high risk/high reward high burst damage gameplay. GS/Rifle upgraded with blood and air (though you could go fire either way works). Knight Armor – full divinity runes. Zerker accessories. 0/20/30/20/0. Taking either vulnerability or swiftness depending on the situation and greatsword trait for reduced cooldown and might. Improved Stance Last Stand and Defy Pain. Empower Allies (or leg specialist when I wvw) Shrug it off.

Mend – Endure Pain – FGJ – Dolyak (or balanced stance works though I don’t really pop stability for every fight so I get great use out of the Dolyak passive). Signet of Rage.

Raidium that build sounds pretty solid though I am yet to find any power/toughness/vitality gear where can this be obtained?

I play 10/20/0/30/10, Greatsword/Longbow. I use a mixed combination of armor and accessories (a mixture of Knight, Berserker, and Valkyrie) which balance survival with high overall damage. My runes are 2 Water, 2 Monk, and 2 Hoelbrak for epic boon duration; the longer and larger the battle, the more Might I have, seeing the peak 25 very often.

I run “Shake It Off!”, Endure Pain, “For Great Justice!”, and Signet of Rage most of the time, as the shouts offer great utility and also are traited to heal me and anyone near me. With the boon duration, this gives me permanent and constantly increasing Fury, at least 11 stacks of Might before even engaging an enemy, and constant Swiftness. For my recovery I prefer Healing Signet, but it’s up to you.

I find this build also rather effective at WvW – about the only thing I will sometimes swap is the Longbow for a Rifle, and occasionally throw Frenzy in for utility if I need to take out a troublesome ballista or some such. Swapping the first trait of Tactics to Leg Specialist is also rather handy for WvW at times to really ensure you are difficult to escape.

rpwolverin.2563:

Raidium that build sounds pretty solid though I am yet to find any power/toughness/vitality gear where can this be obtained?

WvW vendors requires badges of honors, Ascalonian catacombs, Honor of The Waves dungeon, probably some other dungeons.

I am the same build as Sil above, works great in dungeons, I prefer to go Hammer as my main weapon though for the Kd’s and stuns in dungeons, with soldiers runes (shouts remove conditions), using full clerics gear and some utility stats in the rings etc.
For general PvE often use MF gear, but the stats i got for are power, cond damage, and healing. I prefer the sword main hand and axe/warhorn depending on where I am in offhand.

PvE is about killing fast and getting gear fast most of the time. But if you must have fun then.. maybe your own build would be the most fun lol.

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mcRzVo9cMThnmMThnma0fxfVoVsqV

go for berserker for extremely high dps, with enough healing to survive, or go for vit/tuff/pow for a lower damage with more breathing room build.

warhorn is clinch for condition removal, weakness, and vigor, all which will keep you alive.

Learn to dodge.

rpwolverin.2563:

Raidium that build sounds pretty solid though I am yet to find any power/toughness/vitality gear where can this be obtained?

Dungeons, WvW and some karma vendors.

There’s a handful of Karma vendors that sell pieces of Power/Toughness/Vitality armor. The only piece that they do not sell is a helmet. Sadly, each karma vendor that does sell that stuff is at a Temple in Orr, so you have to do those event chains and none of them sell more than 2 pieces of the gear, so you have to visit multiple vendors.

Also, each of the sets have a different Rune in them. They all share the same skin though. And the cost. 42,000 karma per piece.

Olba.5376:

rpwolverin.2563:

Raidium that build sounds pretty solid though I am yet to find any power/toughness/vitality gear where can this be obtained?

Dungeons, WvW and some karma vendors.

There’s a handful of Karma vendors that sell pieces of Power/Toughness/Vitality armor. The only piece that they do not sell is a helmet. Sadly, each karma vendor that does sell that stuff is at a Temple in Orr, so you have to do those event chains and none of them sell more than 2 pieces of the gear, so you have to visit multiple vendors.

Also, each of the sets have a different Rune in them. They all share the same skin though. And the cost. 42,000 karma per piece.

ok thx for the info and thats fine i have about 100k karma and already own 2 almost 3 pieces of the AC gear for when i hit 80…glad i bought the helm first hehe i picked up knight gear and cleric accessories working great so far

radium do you think dual axes would work instead of the greatsword?