Guild Wars 2

Coloxeus.3480:

this is my favorite build not until april 30 RTL patch! i think this build aint good at all when mug can’t crit at all. so now im running 0/20/30/20/0 preparing for massive buffs and nerfs. im running d/p s/d the steal boon of s/d is gonna be fun and the steal w/ 2k+ heals.! very nice for 30toughness thieves D/P users.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQRAoa4IlYm6O3ei/cCZ7RFuTEF3DnyoaKtC0EA

Can i ask what gear/runes/sigils you use?

Kensei.1495:

So i play a thief and a mesmer.
Yesterday Ive been making an engi for fun, and actually tried a “HGH” build in pvp.

tl:dr OMMMGGG I LOVE ENGI

So, i was wondering if you guys could give me some advices for leveling up to 80.

thank you in advance

Im new to engineer, can someone please tell me what all this HGH build is that i keep on seeing?

I never played Engineer and am interested in trying one for sPvP. With that said, cn anyone tell me what’s a good build to start with? I’m not sure what’s going on with changes or with what has changed with the class so I’m in need of guidance. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Vet.3726:

well thats good to hear cuz i love my stats
3622 Armor
38% Crit Chance
63% Crit Damage
16407 HP
and i believe Attk is about 31##
with Shield and Mace

Can you share how your getting those numbers?

oucadoo.1890:

My stats (without nourishments):
Power: 18XX
Crit. chance: 36%
Toughness: 18XX (3XXX armor)
Vitality: 170X (18100 HP)
Crit. damage: 68%

Great for WvW (staff auto atack does 2000~ damage while criting with nourishments in huge fights) both roaming and for large scaled fight and great for PvE too.

Mind posting your build so I can check out your gear and trait selection?

These are my stats as of now but I need to get different ascended jewels other then the one I originally picked out. This build is centered around crits to survive, the more I crit the more might my allies receive and the more healing that’s done. Plus I gain 5 seconds of vigor (dodge) when I crit and that heals me as well with selfless daring.

Illumination,River and Celestrial

Im just curious on what you guys run on reset night with all the zerging out there? Looking for a nice survival build to jump into the pile for those push opportunities. Also what do you guys run for more during the week when its a little calmer out there and you in a 5 man roaming group, your input is much appreciated.

This sounds good but I’m wondering if my infused zerkers/valk fractal back and 2 rings pulse I have 2 zerkers/Valk acc. Would work with this?

All I know is mine is bigger then both if yours..

I’m looking for some help with a WvW build that’s uses Hammer/GS, I really like what Amins uses in his videos but I’m not quite sure on his build. Can anyone with experience in what I’m looking for give me some input on gear,runes,sigils and build?

Hey Amins can you please post a link to your current build so that i may check it out?

This is my Guardian P L E X S on SoS and this is my fractal build that I run. I use all berserkers except for body and legs which are soldiers and 5/6 fractal pieces. Third pic is with superior sharpening stones and a plate of truffle steak and the last pic is with chocolate omnomberry creams for 40% MF and extra 20% boon duration which put me at 70% boon duration. The runes I use are 2-superior rune of the water, 2- superior rune of the monk and 2- major rune of sanctuary

Stop trying to read into this like its a regular dungeon. It’s mad to be fun and a different element of the game. You can do it in a group or go in solo if you want… Simple! There’s no amazing rewards, just do it for something different.

Omg you beat the game /golfclap

Where’s the kitten hammer??

Amazing, keep up the good work!!

Make this permanent as I sit here in my feety pajamas!

Can I ask what utilities you use during the Lupicus fight, because I want to start doing Arah?

skinnyb.5920:

Fractal Daily chests are per tier, per character. So yes, you’d end up with two chests from each tier (tier 20, tier 30) totaling out to four chests.

For the daily chest are they only at levels 10,20,30 ect, or are they every even levels.

This has to be a troll!

Red Falcon.8257:

I wanted a build capable of high DPS but high support too for my 40+frac everyday runs.
Other high DPS builds I tried offered very little support and unpredictable DPS, while a full support dealt low DPS and grew boring to play, so I built both high DPS and high Support into one build.
Ran a 46, 44 and 42 all went smooth from both a damage and a team survival perspective (all 3 with not-so-pro PuGs instead of guildies, so I could test the failsafe limits).

Highlights:

• High DPS (4600 ePower).
• 71% base crit chance, up to 100% with Fury/Perception stacks.
• 15k health 2700 armor.
• Great support; mostly from high team-wide protection uptime and wide access to projectile blockers.
• +50% boon duration.

How to use
Before a fight unload Empower from staff, shout Retreat then switch to Sword/Shield.
The trick is applying 21s of protection to your team right before the first clash through VoC, SoJ, HtL, then apply another 13.5 when it’s almost over (SoJ followed by HtL once it loads), and continue to apply both plus VoC when it’s off CD.
Versus projectiles we apply WoR, when it’s over we pop SoA, then go next the ranged dealer and ZD for a total of 21s of projectile protection – 10s later you’ll be able to restart this cycle again.
During the above just continue DPSing with your sword and spamming VoJ; there is nothing to stop your reliable crits from happening while you support as the majority of your support doesn’t require stopping your DPS.

Learning Version
If you are new to Guardian/Fractals or just not used to this setup, I suggest you start with an AH version which has a less support (you lose protection from VoC and WoR CD/duration) but makes you basically immortal just like any other AH build out there.
Even though it isn’t as much supportive, it still offers the same high DPS and offering good support.
Once you get to the point where you skill surpasses the need for AH heals, start with the former build.

Results
Most groups will notice the easy rolling through dungeons and will thank you/friendlist you, and wonder if you’re support even though you’re technically a DPS character.
Everyone will feel like Warriors due to the sturdiness and might you give them all the times so any class will be useful and give its best.

Hope you have fun with this

I’m new to guardian and want to run FoTM and Arah and want to try your build. Only thing is I don’t have and of tge P/T/V pieces or any of the accended acc yet. What can I use as an alternative (meaning crafted or bought off the TP?) Your help will be greatly appreciated!

I’m new to guardian and will start doing fractals tonight, I’m looking for a nice AH build with a mix of dps and support and also like GS and Hammer. I’m just can’t seem to find a nice layed out build so I can get my feet wet, I’m talking about what traits to pick and what gear works best also what runes/sigils. If someone can get me started with a good AH fractal build it would be appreciated.

Btw ATM I have full clerics set and 3 pieces of zerkers armor. I have no problem getting other armor but I just need to know what works best with AH builds.

Well I’m wondering mostly because I want to start grinding out arah runs and idk if zerkers gear is best for groups or will clerics provide enough extra dps for smoother runs.

Christos de Soufre.3802:

Lunatic.9314:

So for fractals you use all zerker gear (just gear or weapons and trinkets also?) if only zerkers gear then what runes do you use with them?

Zerker armor, earrings, amulet, and weapons. My soldier’s rings and back item stay on. The armor is 6/6 Superior Rune of the Wurm because I can’t afford Scholar right now.

Great man thank you for the quick response. I just have another quick question, would a hammer setup also work with this build (I’m very new to guardian?)

Christos de Soufre.3802:

xSnowy.1365:

Does this build work well in regular dungeons and fractals ? :o

It does, but I usually throw zerker gear on on top of the Healway trait setup. Just speeds it up considering it’s easy enough to dodge bad stuff in PvE.

Update on my personal setup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8zwI47aESU

So for fractals you use all zerker gear (just gear or weapons and trinkets also?) if only zerkers gear then what runes do you use with them?

Epidemic is BEAST MODE, beside all of the above lol.

The crossing is awesome, with it little green light just hanging there…. Creepy!

I have been using this for months and its awesome!
http://youtu.be/4OCcT7iJUrA

Wow that’s just horrible lol, IMO the best scythe is The Crossing. I love it because it has that creepy green lantern that glows right above you shoulder, it just fits the Necro.

There’s a huge difference between hard and challenging. I don’t think there hard at all, as a matter of fact there quite easy. If your a bad player at judging mechanics and figuring out the pattern of the mob/boss then that make it hard for YOU and everyone else in your group… Plain and simple.

What kind of gear/food are you using with this build?

Any new updates to this build being that I saw some buffs to the necro?

Im wondering if any server has the Temple Of Grenth “UNcontested” ATM, Im looking for the karma vendor there. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Silver Brown Redmoon.4368:

hi. I have done AC dungeon for a while. have full power/toughness/vitality gear + staff with the same stats.

I am working on dagger/focus.
Which rings etc do you use + rune?

It’s all in the video he posted, try watching it.

Yeah I did submit a ticket and the GM told me that they are not able to replace items but maybe a Developer can help me. The simple fact is from the link up top for the Triforged pendant you can see mid way down the page it tells you what’s needed to make it into the ascended version. There needs to be a warning message when your about to craft a soul bind “ON ACQUIRE” message because many people have crafting alts and besides my particular at had a lot of skill points to use also, idk I just hope they can do something.

Let me start by saying FML!
Ok now.. I wanted to craft the Triforged Pendant for my Necro but all my craft leveling was done on my Guardian. So I get all the mats needed (a month of farming) and put it into the bank. Then I logged into my Guardian and began crafting items needed for the forge. Once finished with the crafting I head to the mystic forge and make the 3 pendants, then combined them to make the Triforged Pendant (yay)! All the while I have the wiki page opened to http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Triforge_Pendant. So as I look down on the wiki page I see all I need is 1 mystic coin, 1 glob of ecto and 1 fractal relic. I’m thinking, great I have those items so why not….

Sorry for the pause I was crying!

So I combined the Trigorge with the ecto,mystic coin and fractal relic and out comes the ascended Triforged pendant (yay)! I go to put it in the bank and log into my necro to get his newly awaited pendant, and FML it’s soulbound to another character!! After thoughts of suicide I decide to quickly contact a GM through support. They tell me there’s nothing they can do and that I should try to contact a Dev here.

Now… Yes I’m a moron and should have looked at the ascended version to see if it would be bound BUT from the link I showed above it doesn’t say anything on that page and its very misleading to put another recipe there so people can just look at the ingredients and not have to click on the item to see the actual specs. There should also be a WARNING message at the mystic forge when creating something that will be soul bound on acquire, after all we have crafting alts.

So I’m begging PLEASE PLEASE wipe out the ascended tri forged pendant I made yesterday and just replace it with the regular tri forged pendant (idc about the Matt’s for the ascended version) this way I can get it on my necro and turn it into the ascended version. Please tell me that you can do this, it took a lot of time and gold. It would be totally unjust if it were all to go to waste.

Ok so if I can’t yet get the karma rings or the fractal rings then clerics would be next best thing?

Nemesis.8593:

This build is one of the most expensive and demanding builds, in terms of gear, that i have ever done… therefor i added quick and cheap alternatives to some of the items required to make it happen. Without further ado…. here it is

Guild Wars 2 – The Abomination [necromancer tank-build tutorial – Sheobix inspired]

Like the title of the video suggests, this build has been inspired by Sheobix’s juggermancer build. More then a month ago i’ve received word that… someone… was highlighting some of my builds on his blog, so… since i am a curious individual i went to check that someone out. Turns out it was a player named Sheobix, which i have also seen on the forums, and on my topics quite a few times…
To make a long story short, one of his builds caught my interest, so i’ve made a variation of my own of that build.

I also want to take this opportunity to acknowledge Sheobix’s contribution to the necromancer community…. cheers

This video goes through everything… from the mindset required for tanking right down to each items, weapons, utilities, traits… all of these explained in detail with the reasoning behind each decision.

Last but not least… we take this build on a field test against something… frosty…

FINAL STATS:

Over 3514 Attack (over if best in slot items are provided)
“???” Condition damage – irrelevant
15% Condition duration
0% Critical Strike Chance
0% Critical Strike Damage
Over 2770 Armor (over if best in slot items are provided)
Over ~ 30,992 Health (over if best in slot items are provided)
—
+ the ability to heal ~ 30000 HP over 25 seconds of combat
+ the ability to repeat this great HP recovery every 25 seconds of combat
+ the ability to support in fights
+ the ability to stay in a plague form which heals every second, has stability… high toughness and 50000 HP

If i missed anything or if you have any questions feel free to comment here, on in the comment section on youtube.

I’m wondering what rings can I use until I get the fractal rings?

Absolutely awesome!

Lonewolf Kai.3682:

Still, human T3 heavy looks very similar to it. There’s a few obvious differences, but if I was a betting Guardian, I’d say that’s your match.

I have T3 and it defiantly T3 cultural armor. It’s more of a concept drawing and I’m guessing not exactly how it was created.

lukemorley.8602:

Here is mine in a few of my sets

http://tinypic.com/r/5oaqx/6

http://tinypic.com/r/1zbxbpl/6

http://tinypic.com/r/28gqjp4/6

In your links, what weapons are those?

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Sera.6539:

Don’t get too hung up on this 2 hour thing. It shouldn’t be the case any longer. But you would never get another full 60 in non diminished return rewards.

The full 60 comes from the 20 for completion + 40 extra for the first daily completion. Any subsequent non DR’d runs would only net you 20. Daily completion is per character. So you can get 60 from character A, 60 from character B. But any repeat run after that would get you 20 on that character.

So if I have 5 characters then I should be able to net the full 60 on each of them, correct?

Sera.6539:

The 5 runs/2 hours thing was an estimate/speculation of how many dungeons you could run before getting punished with diminished return. Because if you were running that many dungeon runs in that time limit, you may or may not have been speed clearing or using exploits. However, I believe they changed the formula, so that this is no longer the case.

DR shouldn’t be account wide anymore, if I recall. And according to what JJBigs said. I would test it myself, but I’m lagging hard right now.

So you should be able to do (no time limit between each):
CoF Path 1 on Character A = 60 tokens
CoF Path 1 on Character B = 60 tokens

However (I believe this is how it would work):
CoF Path 1 on Character A = 60 tokens
CoF Path 1 on Character A = DR

Hmm ok ill have to try it out tonight, I’m at work and was just wondering about this. Thank you guys for you help, I appreciate it.

JJBigs.8456:

I didnt have to wait 2 hours today, but in the past I did.

So today you didn’t wait 2 hours and you still received 60 tokens? Also in the past when you “Did wait” 2 hours, did you again receive 60 tokens?

Soo if I wait 2 hours I can do the same path but with an alt and there’s “NO” DR?

If I run a dungeon on one character can I log into a different character and do the same dungeon again, if so is there an account cool down before doing it with another character?

Wayfarer.2051:

Yes, It’s another one of those Threads.
But please remove Deathshroud!
It locks us out of our Utilities, it stops us from using anything in synergy, it is primarely only for Power-Builds, it has poor synergy with all other builds, it is tedious to go into DS and then try to make the most out of it and most importantly: it is the ONLY static Class mechanic.

I’d even be happy with a 3-ability, weapon based Death Shroud tht further intesifies the gameplay styles of the Necro Weapons.

General “Dream-Mechanic” thread I guess.
I am still in favour of 4 F-Skills that consume Lifeforce: Empowered Attack, Flash/Fear, Shield and generic Minion that can later be Shaped into a specialist with Minion Skills

Its simple… Don’t use it.
There, it’s removed…

Nemesis.8593:

Took me a while do get all the gear for this build… but i’ve done it. I also want to thank you guys for your continuous support and appreciation. Without further ado…. here it is

Guild Wars 2 – The definition of glass cannon (necromancer bursting tutorial)

This video includes building up the glass cannon necromancer burster – weapons, stats, items, skills, utilities, traits and the most important part of them all… “Defining your auto-attack”… i think you guys will be in for a surprise.

As always… all of these explained in detail with the reasoning behind each decision.

FINAL STATS:

3355 Power
~ 54-58% Critical Chance
~ 110-120% Critical Damage
1836 Armor (+ protection on ~ 40% of the time)
~ 19372 Health
————
+ the ability to maintain 15-25 stacks of vulnerability on the target
+ more % damage increases (explained in the video)
+ massive auto-attack damage “???”, you’ll see…

If i missed anything or if you have any questions feel free to comment here, on in the comment section on youtube.

Enjoy

I have the Berserker’s Acolyte set and would like to know what runes i should use for the glass cannon spec?