Guild Wars 2

Hi, im going to do a 1v1 tournament with some friends, which build you advice me to use vs
Condi Reaper
D/P thief
Dragonhunter
Scapper
Druid

I usually use zerk Gs/axe shield

In the tournament all is legit, rampage too, should I use it in some matchup?
Thanks for who will help me

Run a high damage r/gs gunflame build thta includes Signet of Might and/or Signet Mastery for the DH and Scrapper fights, who’ll try to use blocks to foil you, and you’ll go right through them.

It still might be your best chance against the other three, but you can drop (or lessen) the unblockable stuff in favour of other tools in these fights.

You’ll have to get lucky with the thief, who’ll use a mixture of blinds, stealth, cc, and reflect to cause you grief, plus he’ll be able to hit you hard. The good news is, if you hit him with one gunflame (and don’t get it reflected on you), he’s dead. Your whirlwind attack on the gs will be tricky for him too. Another approach may be a Viper based cc build that incorporates Distracting Strikes in some way, I’m not sure.

Despite a lot of posts to the contrary, Berserker Stance will work spectacularly against the Reaper, and your HS active less so. If you Berserker Stance and then spam gunflame, he’ll be in real trouble. Or you could try to lock him down with a hammer, but gf is better, imo.

If you’re running this in a pvp arena, then you might stand a chance against the Druid. If it’s in a guild arena and the Druid’s is celestial and skilled, I have no idea how you’ll defeat him.

Rampage is an option, but I think Headbutt’s probably a better choice.

I would use something like this only with Mercenary instead. Warrior’s Sprint is also good but for 1v1s it seems less important.

It gives you defense and damage from military sources. Against Druids a direct power build will probably lose if they’re running defensively because they can just let the pet kill you.

You may have trouble vs the Reaper, but if you save your defenses for when they have stability then land all of your CC you can just walk all over them. A power rifle build will hard counter the DH and Scrapper at times but vs the others you’ll lose unless they’re bad. You may not have an easy time against any of them but you’ll have a chance to beat all of them.

You could swap Disipline with Strength and get Body Blow and Distracting Strikes but that means some major trade offs.

I would try something like this.

It’s what I use when I 1v1 with my friends and tend to have good success and they mostly play Necro/Reaper, Guardian/DH, and Thief/DD.

You could also try out Defiant Stance if you are comfortable with the match-up and can predict their burst. Not a lot of people seem to be aware of how to handle a well timed Defiant Stance in my experiences.

If you want to go for more of a condi build you could just swap the axe out for a mace and tailor the runes/sigils/amulet to that as well. Or you could swap out the greatsword for a hammer if you feel you could use more control.