Guild Wars 2

Hey guys,

Been away for a while and just come back to discover the changes they’ve made to the trait system, now I need some help deciding where to go from here.

I played a Ham/GS Knight build prior to the changes, and it was my understanding most players roamed/zerged in full Toughness builds while in WvW, now I see a lot of players showing off their full Zerk builds and it’s got me thinking.

I’m pretty bored with Ham builds, I kind of want to switch to using my axe in WvW, found it really fun when I tried it a while ago, now I need opinions on this build I recently concocted.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJQQNAneRjMd0FahHOewJagfgycAUANg60I37iUHBA-TFiFABGcCAgZ/hqUCakyPAeCAMcIAOTfwhq/QGAmFA-w

Some quick explanation to my build, shield for shield bash (for lining up evis) and greatsword for some added mobility. By using Knights i’m trading 300 power, 15% crit damage and Might duration (strength sig) for 500 toughness and 65% cond/stun reduction.

Bottom line, is having Knights armor and Melandru runes a good idea when playing an Evis build? and what changes would you guys make to the build. Is there a current Meta for Evis builds?

Thanks for any input guys

i dont think running with 0 points in Defense a good idea, you will miss cleansing ire/adrenal health and a boost to your HS.

you might consider Runes of Hoelbrak more power/might with -20% condi , if you do switch to hoelbrak you might also consider “Forceful GS” trait, synergies better with hoelbrak.

also sigil of air is way better than fire now.

dual wielding with shield? :P and don’t listen to juba

Penguin.7906:

dual wielding with shield? :P and don’t listen to juba

Fixed, and why not?

dual wielding only provides you additional damage while you are wielding an axe, mace or sword in your OFF hand. it’s not working with shield.

i would change some more things as well. take signet mastery. you want to use three plus HS. its worth it. reduce the amount of precion. 30% feels good for me. add fury from rage signet and you are over 50% crit chance which is fine. on top you have sigill of intelligence for guaranteed crit on evis. i would enhance your adrenaline reg since you want to use your evis at full adren. and finally i dont know if you even want to switch your GS for sword/horn as you will have issues with movement impairing conditions with your build all the time I guess. horn #4 may be handy.

maybe like this:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJQQRBHdxG2ITHdhW4hjHciG4HoMHAFQgr+N+iyI1RA-TlSBABXcCAMTJ4VK/8UtiOOIA4pfATVVW4IAwz+DA8AAIFATKjA-w