Guild Wars 2

5 signet greatsword pretty much owns.

Edit: Strictly for PVE levelling – When you want to hit dungeons or WvW you’ll want to change it up or things will get pretty frustrating.

I really like it. Using sword/board and longbow. It gives a ton of utility, survivability and stacks tons of bleeds. Also the ability to generate my own fire combos or leave fire fields in WvW is a huge plus.

The downside of this build is a lack of adrenaline, so berserker stance becomes your best friend.

GW2 dungeons definitely have a different set of skills needed than dungeons in other games. I think it may be compounded because the PVE gameplay outside of dungeons seems pretty familiar to people – hard hitting weapons and quick kills are the way to go in the world.

It’s best to think of the dungeons like you would for a pvp build. Focus on survivability and utility. Work as a team and use your tools to get combos, control and stun your enemies, use environment features to block Line- of- Sight, and don’t assume that anyone can tank it for you. Kiting will almost always work better.

Slows and swiftness are extremely valuable as well… using them, you can control who the boss or trash is chasing or attacking to make sure that no one person is taking all the heat.

It is hard at the beginning… but it’s not a design problem as much as it is just a different game than you were playing before. (assuming you were used to WoW, SWTOR, or any of the other heads to that hydra)