Guild Wars 2

Just crafted THE PREDATOR legendary rifle. Want to get my gunflame on. Looking for 2 types of builds i guess. First is a pure burst type, that maximizes damage with just enough sustain/survivability too get the jobs done. Second is a utility burst type, that still does a ton of damage but has enough utility and defense to survive various situations. Make both of them solo roam capable though, they need to be self-sufficient.

So for both types it seems berserker spec on bottom. Then defense spec also seems like its needed. But the final trait…..it doesn’t seem so straightforward which one to choose?

Discipline or strength or arms?

Strength: will maximize gs dmg, give me 20% extra dmg after a burst.

Discipline: will let me swap weapons every 5 sec. Gives burst mastery = more adrenal/burst moves = more hp = 10% dmg from scholar more often.
The best defensive pick out of the 3.

Arms: signet mastery….allows for large crit chances throughout (i can have 500 extra precision in a fight from start to finish if i auto toggle healing signet while ooc. Allows reuse of signets more often and their passives to be up faster (better condi resistance if only using healing signet). Allows me more fury and swiftness uptime……these things are lacking elsewise. Allows for crits on every burst move…and we have alot. Allows me to swap some precision in the build out for a defensive stat.

Here’s an incomplete template of a build, most of the stuff there i think is a good idea so far. The utilities though i have no idea….same with the healing skill, depends which trait is chosen prolly.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQJARUnckCdhg9dA2dAciAFUG4NMSIA-TFCEABtpLgp9HlfudIAA4CAE+RAYLlgJq+DEPAgAAIA38mZzbG48m38m38mnrbzbezbezSBMwEM-w

Also i dont like sigil of force, even tho my predator alrdy has it as a base sigil….prolly just gonna delete and put a new one on it.

If you are seriously taking Blood Reckoning as a heal, I don’t see why you are so enamored of the defense traitline. BR is so bad for survivability you might as well go arms/strength for maximum glass cannon.

Crinn.7864:

If you are seriously taking Blood Reckoning as a heal, I don’t see why you are so enamored of the defense traitline. BR is so bad for survivability you might as well go arms/strength for maximum glass cannon.

err….read the entire post again especially the last few lines. Nothing was set in stone to begin with.

Consider:
Crusader Funflame or Cele Ruptflame because different is fun.

Ghotistyx.6942:

Consider:
Crusader Funflame or Cele Ruptflame because different is fun.

Welp I considered them for 20 seconds, because winning is fun.

Thinking outside the box though, I like that.

Ghotistyx.6942:

Consider:
Crusader Funflame or Cele Ruptflame because different is fun.

“Ruptflame” is the best thing I’ve heard for a while. Very fun to play, especially when rifle has never been my thing. I’m trying it with more physicals skills. 9,5 sec cd kick means business. Hammer seems to work fine too, if I’m too tired of mace/shield.

Aight, took some of the thoughts from the thread and crafted a build ingame that surprised me how effective and powerful it was. I mean its not even complete yet…im not really sure what to make the sigils on the rifle. getting a night and day rifle is prolly something i will do eventuallly, not playing with my predator for some of the time is kinda gonna annoy me tho (2 with the same skin won’t tell me if its night/day…idk).

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJQQJARUjMdQXI23B2dAnIWgCMlx2lbIc0ECAps3W7sN3C-TFTBABUq+zCHggHeAAErhRjDEgZKBva/R5X+HAByPgAbcBAwTXAAHBg1BHAjNWiNWgJkQCJkQCGQs3GbsxKFQgLjA-w
If anyone wants to help fill in the gaps, that would be welcomed.

For this build my rifle is actually my main weapon, and the gs is my offhand.
Healing signet is proc’d on auto usage, to maintain my +500 precision/60seconds. I’ll proc all my signets ‘every’ once in a while to get it to full, usually right when i get into a map or when im roaming around and nobody to fight nearby, and i pretty much always got all 5 stacks going when I engage.

That seaweed food is probably better (or is it…..)? And obviously the +200 power writ. I’m poor atm tho so ill get to those eventually. If anyone has any cheaper alternatives that would work well….plz educate me.

Anyways I solo roamed with it and fought in zergs with it as well. my crit rate is 100% basically (saw it at 103%….im sure it goes higher with wvsw claim bonuses)…which is ridiculous i kno but if everything is criting it really compliments the other abilities i got running that take crits (plus blood reaction turns the precision to ferocity). Plus my bursts are basically 100% crits all the time as well…which is the key really. So it frees up sigil space on ‘both’ weapons….don’t have to use intelligence sigils. I’m actually rather liking “furious” in the arms tree…..its really helping me build the adrenaline for gunflame shots, while in zerker mode, easily with the rifle when im using it with crackshot. My gunflame is always up when its ready basically. And I can stay in rifle without having to worry about building up adrenaline for berserker mode.

I mean its not tanky in the least bit, its kind of a 1 trick pony. I’ve fought daredevils with it….they win sometimes but its really just a case of me being a scrub, the tools are there to kill them and when I use them I win. immobilizes are kind of an issue when its that sylvari/ranger vine thing…..it completely freezes up my controls and everything pretty badly. Havne’t died much to it yet though so, i seem to be managing enough to stay with crackshot.

Anyways im enjoying this alot. Especially executing people with killshot…..point blank in their faces when they are in downed state….with my predator…and watching their lifeless corpses burn before my eyes. I’ve never had such satisfying kills…..gonna have to change my signature since i won’t be sparing people anymore when its this fun to kill.

thinking
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJQQJAURjMdQXI23B2dAnIWgCMlx2lbIc0ECAps3W7sN3C-TFTBAB5fAEA4BAc1+jyPi1wQ+BEwMlgUq+De6CW4IEsxhAQjDEQeXAgAAIA38mZzbG48m38m38mnrbzbezbezSBE4KM-w
atm, not sure what the day version of the rifle will be tho

Just make shore you dont accidentally run into condimancer.
If you fail at 1 shotting him/her, you might get hurt…