Guild Wars 2

I’ve found the best weapon set for me is the Mace/Focus and GS. Pretty much the only reason why I went with a GS is because of the instant symbol (#4 skill) which allows me to either chain my symbols for max duration or to apply both symbol at once and thus doubling my Vulnerability stacks and damage while getting even more healing. With the right traits I can almost have a permanent symbol around me. I still have to verify if the healing from the Mace symbol and the trait “All symbols heal allies” does stack or not. I can manage against almost any group of mobs or champions which are sometime 3-4 levels higher than me and the longer the fight lasts, the more I gain the upper hand.

I had some success in WvWvW with this, but not as a raider. I mainly act as a bodyguard to anybody that is at the gate using the ram, giving a constant supply of heals, condition removals and damage (although minimal on the gate but every damage counts anyway).

I actually use Mace/Focus as my main and GS as secondary. My build revolves around Symbols, Blinds and Vulnerability so this weapon set makes most sense, for me anyway. I’ve never really used the Scepter since I never felt like I needed range (in PvE anyway), but I still carry one around just in case.

I soloed my way to 65 so far without doing any dungeons so I doubt my build is viable for runs and what not, but in general PvE I can pretty much rally any group of mobs and take them down pretty easily even if they are a few levels higher than me. It makes completing Hearts and Events so much easier. I’m aiming towards an 25/15/0/30/0 build, grabbing all the symbols major and minor traits. The synergy with Writ of Persistence and Symbolic Exposure is excellent, just with the Mace I can stack up Vulnerability on multiple mobs at once while maintaining an almost constant Symbol around me. And if I ever start to get overwhelmed, I switch to my GS to immediately apply a second symbol over the first one which pretty much doubles my Vuln. stacks, healing and damage done. It gets a bit tricky with Champion mobs as they have to stick to the symbol as long as possible for the maximum effect, but it can be done a bit more easily if your alone since you won’t lose the aggro and can simply circle around it while dodging/mitigating.