Screw the 5 Signet build. Its worthless above 50. In the 50+ zones you get more packs, bigger aggro radii, more knockdowns, cripples, stuns, etc. that the 5 Signet build isn’t equipped to deal with. You get interrupted or your HB or you overpull and you’re going to take a beating.
My build at 55:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fIQQNAnXTlcOah2cT5GT0ACWgRxPMEHFUBAC
I can easily deal with 5 mobs with a Dual Axe build that chooses utility over damage. Granted, I rely pretty heavily on my Asura racial abilities. Pain Inverter is fantastic and Radiation Field makes you an AoE monster, provided you don’t get killed in the first 3 seconds (but that’s what Endure Pain is for).
The healing Signet is officially worthless. Regeneration is a nice passive if you’re level 20, but when things start to matter, that tiny little heal won’t help you. Healing Surge is infinitely better. You’re never going to need to heal so early in a fight that you won’t have a decent amount of Adrenaline build up and once you learn the timing, you’ll know when to burn Adrenaline and when to save it for a big deal (and since Eviscerate isn’t all that great, you’ll more often than not being saving it).
Signet or Rage is your best Elite skill for PvE leveling if only for the run speed boost. The only other Signet really worth thinking about is Stamina because it cures all conditions. It sucks when you’ve just finished killed a bunch of mobs, your heal is on cooldown, and you slowly bleed to death. But if you play it right and maybe where a piece or two of Vitality gear, you shouldn’t end up that close to death that often.
And if you want to solo Veterans all day long, switch to Rifle, swap in Throw Bolas and Fear Me and you’re good to go.
