Guild Wars 2

PvE Only.

Hey guys, so I’ve gathered, edited, and made guides on the Rifle, the LongBow, and Axe/Shield. They’re not perfect; rather, just some guides that I think are optimal for each weapon set. I’m in the process of making one for GS and it would be great if you guys could show me what builds you use. I wanted to see the spectrum of GS builds out there and see if I could incorporate any aspects.

That being said, is it viable, for the average player, to gear full berserk and survive with a great sword? My friend does so, but he’s not the average player.. he’s one of those ridiculous people that make any class look OP.

So, if you guys could post any GS builds you use and optimal armor sets / runes, it would be of great help. I’ll post up my complete guide when it’s finished!

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQJARUjkOZvJP6OMxBAjiiA6ogKmUPazu7A;T4Ag0ynEOJdS9kyJqaM1IqxWjrGZNLLGWA

20 V, IX
20 V, X
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0
30 V, VI, VII

GS/Rifle Fire/Fire
Zerker Orbs + Zerker gear is my current build. If things get a bit tough I’ll consider swapping out to some Valkyrie stuff for some extra toughness.

My current build is about maximizing crit damage (Otherwise I’d probably put some points from Discipline into Defence for more survivability)

Taril.8619:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQJARUjkOZvJP6OMxBAjiiA6ogKmUPazu7A;T4Ag0ynEOJdS9kyJqaM1IqxWjrGZNLLGWA

20 V, IX
20 V, X
0
0
30 V, VI, VII

GS/Rifle Fire/Fire
Zerker Orbs + Zerker gear is my current build. If things get a bit tough I’ll consider swapping out to some Valkyrie stuff for some extra toughness.

My current build is about maximizing crit damage (Otherwise I’d probably put some points from Discipline into Defence for more survivability)

Cool, looks like the melee counterpart to my critical based range build haha
Out of curiosity, how do you do in end-game content?
Fractal, overall dungeon, etc.
Can you use HB effectively? The few times I role GS, I find that rooting myself that long is suicide.

Thank you so much for the build though!
Will add it in and incorporate with what I have!

Not bad but I’d go with 10 tactics.
Empowered is +6% to all damage in the worst situation (i.e. only SoR buffs), up to +18%.
Sweet revenge is pretty shallow in comparison, only useful in bad PuGs that don’t rez their downeds.
Or you could get Attack of Opportunity which is +10% dmg and Crack shot as T3, still higher damage plus the piercing/CD reduction when you use rifle.