Guild Wars 2

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The Sniper

I proc all the signets in my downtime to start the 5 stacks of precision buff. Then I’ll set healing signet to auto use on my gs while i roam and get to my enemy. This will allow me to maintain the stacks so I have +500 precision when i finally get to my enemy and start attacking without having the signets on cd.

Basically: Find enemy. Proc healing signet or save it depending, get incombat then activate signet of fury and initiate berserker and gunflame asap. Even if the gunflame misses its still better to do it this way (in general), against competent enemies who u know will dodge u initiate with volley first and then gunflame after they dodge. Regardless though they will have wasted 1-2 dodges. Use volley next while moving backwards/forwards. Always keep ur distance from the enemy unless they are low. Rifle does all the damage so never switch to gs unless u have to. To Proc incombat consider keeping a pve creature alive near u and get it incombat…just kite it while waiting. If no other way generally initating with rifle 4 is a good idea since it will proc incombat and give u distance+vulnerability+cc on ur target to allow u to burst without getting shot at generally. Kill with the gs if its safe and u need the killstacks.

Try to keep above 18k hp (ill have just over 20k hp with the other wvsw buffs even tho it says 19k in the build editor) to keep ur +10% damage active.

If the enemy is a thief or some kind of melee user and they get ontop of you….switch to gs at the right time and gs3+hydromacy immediately or gs2+hydromacy if u have endure pain available. The burst from this will generally be enough to down many enemies that, upon closing the gap and negating ur rifle, will be surprised and dead within seconds.

Weakness:
-condi
-heavy cc
-rangers in particular are hard since pets block gunflame shots and they have 6 second invulnerability ANd TAUNTS GALORE…..taunts will single handedly get u killed many times if not careful. Plant bind also is a killer.
-condi chrono also difficult if u can’t keep ur distance or control the flow of the battle
-cannot flag plant
-no sustain, u must tank any dmg u dont dodge

Strengths:
-kills in shortest possible time (short fights one way or the other)
-1 shot kills even without being incombat upon start (a lvl 2 killshot will take down many enemies).
-ability to actually kill people in a zerg when ur running solo, still hard but u can do it with this much dmg.
-100% crit rate pretty much, easy to build adrenaline on the rifle
-ur gunflame does a fair amount of condi damage at times (good for anyone who barely survives a burst and ports/stealths away with low hp…they will BURNNNNNN)

Usage:
-Backline
-Solo roam

Use the predator skin if u have it since it will make reading ur gunflame, and even ur berserker mode if done right, hard to read.

Alternative foods: seaweed (lvl 80 variant but expensive), or golden dumplings if running in a group since boons are lifeblood in many situations.

Alternative sigils: make a night rifle…put sigil of night on it instead of sigil of force. Honestly i hate sigil of force but there aren’t many other options for direct damage/burst….so i use it anyways on my day rifle. +5% damage = basically 150 power, with this build anyways.