Guild Wars 2

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Apparently I haven’t seen any dual sword builds with full zerk so I decided to try one myself. So far I think it’s quite effective in short range battles. This build can chase up enemy very quickly and it does a lot of stuns as well. So basically rather then doing instant burst with the gs (cuz sometimes i miss the target), i use the ss to chase up my enemy and stun them, and then i just go normal hits. It gives me much quicker hits with burst + bleed + immobilized.

So far I did killed most of my enemies in PVP, apart from some sick long range rangers. Please give me some comments about this build! Thanks!

I’d honestly just go hard with the Conditions on Dual Swords and grab a Longbow or a Hammer to lineback with.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNAscSjEd05ZVHuhwJagkgC5HkBnDgKY4VWFdBA-TpRAwAHOCAYeAAAOBAjOEAlLD0b/BA

s/s is a condi weapon set. for a power build axe/maxe, sword/mace, sword/shield, and axe/shield are all much better choices. the block on the offhand sword is nice, but skill 4 scales only with condi so the offhand is only suited to condi and hybrid builds. mace offhand gives you great offense, and the shield gives you great defense. both work excellently with either axe or sword.

choovanski.5462:

s/s is a condi weapon set. for a power build axe/maxe, sword/mace, sword/shield, and axe/shield are all much better choices. the block on the offhand sword is nice, but skill 4 scales only with condi so the offhand is only suited to condi and hybrid builds. mace offhand gives you great offense, and the shield gives you great defense. both work excellently with either axe or sword.

That’s actually not true.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Rip

I also agree sword offhand to be perfectly suitable for power builds.

• The block skill is very potent, as it blocks all attacks for the duration of the skill until you block an attack that is in melee range of the follow up skill Riposte (130 range)
• This allows you to for instance block an Earthshaker if you stand outside of the 130 range (but inside the AoE of Earthshaker), without dropping the block
• When traited for Reflecting, this block becomes even stronger, as it is on such a short cooldown
• Sword #4’s torment is very useful, especially in 1v1/1v2 situations
• It acts similar to poison in that it does so much damage even if you don’t spec for it that it ‘negates’ healing over time
• Your target should always be moving, thus the Torment gets full damage
• To illustrate, at 200 condi damage (from Arms for example), the 5 stacks apply enough pressure to negate a warriors Healing Signet completely
• The stacks are not applied immediately, yet 1 stack is added every second until the 5 stacks are applied. This makes it harder for your opponent to cleanse them all (choose between cleansing a few stacks right away or all stacks after they are applied, thus taking full damage until that moment)
• If you need immediate extra damage, you can follow up with Rip, which is about 20% stronger then a Final Thrust on a >50% target

All in all, offhand sword is very strong on a power spec.