This is a build idea for those that want to show off their “The Flameseeker Prophecies” (or if you’d just like a pistol/shield build). I designed it for PVE and don’t know how well it will work in PVP or WvW. It is about eeking out as much damage from the Pistol as I can manage.
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Weapons: Berserker’s Pistol/Shield – The reason this build exists. Don’t knock pistols for zerker builds until you try them out. Get a sigil of force and sigil of battle for increased damage and might respectively.
Pistol 1: Will crit for over 1k in level 80 zones, while stacking bleeds and doing lots of AOE damage. Coated Bullets is taken for piercing shots. The bullets will also often explode for 1k+ crits. I would argue that I can do more AOE damage with a pistol than with ‘nades. Nades will still have the advantage against a single target if you can get all 3 to land.
Pistol 2: When all the shots are taken, I’ve seen my total crit damage total over 5k. Also stacks poison.
Pistol 3: I use this every cooldown. This will also crit for 1k+. The confusion damage is just a bonus and will crit for about the same, maybe 950ish. It bounces 4 times, so if you have 4 mobs, that is four 1k crits and 8 stacks of confusion total.
Shield 4: Defensive skill. I don’t use it a lot against normal mobs (they die too quickly), but It shines during fights against ranged vets, champs, or bosses. It is also great if multiple mobs get too close and gives you a good knock-back.
Shield 5: Oh how I love this skill. Thrown shields will hit each mob in a line twice, once on the way out and once on the way back for about 1.2k crit damage.
Utilities: Elixir H, Elixir U, Elixir B, Elixir Gun, Elixir X
Elixer H – Heals, builds Might with HGH, and grants Protection, Regen, or Swiftness. 20 second recharge with Fast-Acting Elixirs. Gives you a throwable Elixir on your toolbelt which will build Might with HGH and randomly grant Protection, Regen, or Vigor.
Elixir U – Builds Might with HGH, grants Quickness and another random utility skill. (btw…did you know quickness affects gathering speed?). Gives you a throwable Elixir on your toolbelt which will build Might with HGH and create a random spell.
Elixer B – Builds Might with HGH, grants Fury, Might, Retaliation, and Swiftness. Gives you a throwable Elixir on your toolbelt which will build Might with HGH and randomly grant Fury, Might, Retaliation, or Swiftness.
Elixir Gun – I use this mainly underwater and to grant perma-Swiftness with the Speedy Kits trait. It also gives you Regen and a Stun-Breaker on your toolbelt. Elixirs on the Elixir gun will unfortunately NOT grant Might with HGH.
Elixir X – Because it’s fun. Use Supply Crate or whatever you want. It will build Might with HGH.
Traits: 0/30/0/30/10 (feel free to move things around if you don’t like my choices, they work for me so that’s why I’m recommending them). Thank you DesertRose for the Modified Ammunition suggestion.
Firearms – V. Precise Sights – 50% chance to cause Vulnerability on crit. A little extra damage will get through. VII. Coated Bullets – Love me some piercing bullets. Helps when fighting multiple mobs. XI. Modified Ammunition – More damage per condition type on a mob.
Alchemy – II. Fast-Acting Elixirs – 20% faster Elixir recharge lets you use your Elixirs more often. X. Cleansing Formula 409 – Say what you want, but conditions in PvE are still annoying, especially snares. XI. HGH – The backbone Might builder of the build. You’ll be stacking about 12-15 stacks for yourself. This is a good number because if you are running in a group, it’s likely you will also gain Might from other sources as well and Might beyond 25 stacks is just wasted.
Armor: Berserker’s with Ruby Orbs. Feel free to use Might runes if you would prefer.
Get yourself some Crit food and get out there and start chugging some Elixirs! Please feel free to critique and offer up some variations if you think there is a better way to run this build!
-K
. If you want skimpy, roll a light toon. Want long-coats and pants? roll medium. If you want to hide every inch of skin on your body, roll heavy. You get a few nice ones for medium, I.e. Strider’s, assassin’s, or sneakthief. I used to take issue with this, but how else are you supposed to visually represent “medium” armor?
