Guild Wars 2

Jinn Galen.2468:

How was Infuse Light back then? Wiki only shows a 4 to 3 second duration nerf.

Facet of light didn’t have cast time so you could use it mid stun for heal and as you say it lasted for 4 second so you turned around situations where they catch you between evades and blocks. It didn’t really have counterplay and you decimated even condie builds couse they were free heal.

OGDeadHead.8326:

Trevor Boyer.6524:

It needs to only proc immob.
It doesn’t need to proc binding roots.

Sounds legit for a GM trait…

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Momentary_Pacification

I don’t know, you tell me….

I get this idea yesterday, to make Jalis feel more tanky.

Rite of the Great Dwarf – Would be an upeep, now it only affects yourself. Energy cost would be same as impossible odds 10 for activation (possibly 15 or 20 if its too good) and – 10 upkeep.
Effect:
-Protection 1 sec
-Resistance 1 sec
-Interval 1 sec
-Movement speed – 50% (you are now living stone)
Now you can be in a team fight and hammer would be weapon of choice because you cant chase anything.

Vengeful Hammers – Change name to Hammer break or something similiar so icon can stay same
Energy cost 20
Effect:
-Break stun
Nothing else, maybe 5 sec cd

Now if you manage your energy well you can react to most situation in team fights.
Core revenant would be more playable and herald would get more variability in form of slow point holder.

Well to summ up the experience from this season,
- playing rev is unenjoyabable

You still can fight as in previous seasons but you are just weaker version of what you used to be. No more really high burst (its gone, you can still burst something but most of the time you need one more person to burst with you or they walk away and heal).

Now you have more counters, especially thieves.
If the thief isnt bad, he will kill you and he has everything he needs at his disposal.
-blind
-boon steal
-mobility
-unblockable
-and pulmonary impact as cherry on the top which they really like to abuse a lot
-you cant kill him back like you used to, so find nearest ele to get a break

Big bad conditions
-mesmers
-burn guards
-most of warriors
-necros

Slow on traps
-slow really breaks rev a lot so our favorite matchap against guard is now more 40:60 for DH

Shocking aura and magnetic aura
-sword #3 → stun
-you want to cleave → stun
-enchanted daggers → please why are you healing the enemy?

Precision strike
-I loved that skill, gave you the feeling like from action games or anime when you slash with your sword and hit targets far away from you. It didnt looked so good but it hit hard and gave really nice synergy with off-hand sword. Also thieves didnt like to eat it.
-Now? Most of the time uselles. And in most situation it hinders you. Engi, mesmer, warri, ele (whole team) can refleckt it back on you, guard can break it with bow 3, sword 3 and shield 5, thieves dont care about chill and dmg is almost worse than autoattack (which can cleave and can be used in team fights), necros can be hit but watch out for transfer of chill (which you probably already have on), druids also can be hit but if pet is close, damage is worthless or they have healling wall up …
-So basicly this skill is for hitting other revs

And so on … and on …

Dont get me wrong rev is still playable and can be good in team fights, but not so much as other classes.
You must watch really carefully what is happening, when can you strike, where are you standing, where is enemy thief, where is you ele, what auras are on and what conditions you have (confusion the biggest friend of every rev – right after that slow).
And if you can do all theese things, you should play thief this season.

ZoroDaOtter.3859:

Nath.3918:

Well SYG is needed as a stun break and as a source of stability in this CC is everywhere meta, you dont even know how and when you got CC and with SYG and F3 traited for stability your whole team will thank you.

As for condi cleansing CoP can be swapped whith Smite condition, you will lose some dmg output and trait in Valor isnt so good anymore but you gain one more stun break and you can laugh in Reaper face!

You’re just going to get feared again due to Corrupt Boon having a permanent home on the Reaper bar.

Your primary stun break against necro is your F3. They have only one unblockable corrupt and that is from staff 4, with shield of courage on, they cant corrupt with anything else.
You generate enough boons so chances are low they will corrupt stability. If you can pressure him with F3 on they have to use their utilities to break stun (only stability they have is in shroud and in shroud they cant corrupt boons /well maybe except the trait but its your problem if your health is under 50%). Also you have tons of condi cleanses so you should be fine.
SYG is used more against other enemies or after the reaper use his signets.

Saiyan.1704:

I got turned on to Sword/Shield a couple weeks ago actually. Shield is more than a defensive utility if used properly.

Shield#5 can be very rewarding when used in combination with ToF trap; its biggest potential.

F1 pull + ToF + Shield#5 makes for a strong and damaging cc. You can also make clutch plays like preventing a stomp or knockback neutralizing a point.

Exactly! The combo is there if you need some nice CC chain.

The whole build is made with idea of fighting new REAPER threat which is everywhere with their boon corrupt.

docMed.7692:

This would be a good build if the current meta involved a lot of ranged dps pressure (outside of simply fighting other DH’s). That being said, scrapper, druid, ele, rev, etc – all can stick to us in melee and thus all ranged projectile blocking this build has really isn’t worth it. The current meta S/F + LB is just a better take at the moment since it can deal with melee better and offer condi cleanse + defense + higher burst. Might be something worth taking in a WvW roaming in a group, but otherwise in straight up consequent it’s slightly kitten in the current meta.

Staff can be swapped for longbow, as it has better utility, can not be blocked by projectile hate and its better in melee. But question is if you can have enouch burst to take something down … (I would also swap sigils air and fire to sword and shield in case going with staff)

Arcaedus.7290:

This build isn’t bad, and I tend to use something similar for stronghold actually! So one thing i’d recommend is to take a meditation instead of SYG. DH makes for a much better downed cleaver than stomper (I usually leave this job to thief, mes, war, or ele) due to LB 5, LB 2, and traps. You get a bit more out of another medi than SYG shout imo. If you want a build that feels very similar, I recommend replacing SYG with Contemplation of purity. CoP gives superior survivability, and you can always save your f3 (or RF) for stomping/rezzing.

Good luck and have fun out there!

Well SYG is needed as a stun break and as a source of stability in this CC is everywhere meta, you dont even know how and when you got CC and with SYG and F3 traited for stability your whole team will thank you.

As for condi cleansing CoP can be swapped whith Smite condition, you will lose some dmg output and trait in Valor isnt so good anymore but you gain one more stun break and you can laugh in Reaper face!

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVAQNAseTnsABVditCBWDB8DhlGiKb+uv8Te4X+n/aYXgAA-TpBFABMcCAEvMQDPAABOEAyt/AAHBAA

Hello, well I’m terrible guardian but I try it and was a lot of fun in PVP. If somebody wants give it a try and write me a little feedback if its usebale

No no, i dont mean wards or walls. I mean for example guardian pull in mid dodge.

Why do theese skills even exist? What is the point of it?

You have this mechanic which should be counterplay to anything at the cost of endurance. Good players can and will time their dodges and evade crucial attacks. It is rewarding and entertaining mechanic, and base of GW2 PVP.

So once again WHY do you discard it and just make theese skills?

Well if Fast Hands is problem make Berserker more attractive. Change pulsing stability on ethernal champion tu pulsing resistance to fit the theme.

You are burning, bleeding and your blood is poisoned? You dont care you are a BERSERKER! This petty things cant stop your bloodlust! But nice smash to head can stun you or magician who rips your boons is dangerous enemy.

Now you dont always need defence and if you do you can pick other gm traits (bleed and taunt for example as you will be more tanky with defence traitline)

But we already have acess to light field in Ventari!

With hammer projectile finisher you can stand next to a tablet and already do everything I wrote. It is just worthless there because you have better option.

But in Jalis it makes sense. You are pinned to the field if you want to fight effectively witch on the other hand is really predictable and balances fights. If they break your 1 second long stability you cant remove conditions and they burst you, and other way around if you can play smart it rewards you witch condition cleasing.

Synonius: Can you please explain how light field doesnt work? I have positive experience on guardian with GS as nice condition cleansing mechanic in messy fights.

Make Inspiring Reinforcement Light combat field.

You will have to stand in it like proper dwarf and swing your hammer to clean conditions. Also blast finisher will procc retaliation witch is main theme of Jalis.

Even if you dont have hammer, many builds can take it for sword whirl finisher and adress the condition cleasing problem and Jalis usefullness at the same time!!!

Now Ventari also have light combat field but isnt so usefull on him because its a upkeep skill and isnt so handy, you already have another skill to clean conditions and heal.
But many would die for a water field! Now upkeep has sense because water in right hands is really really strong. Burst heal from Ventari rises and rivals druid, which many find as a replacement for Ventari.

I play something similiar to this but this is better against ele.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNAscTjMdQjHWGCWeAnIGmCq7ICgXXDiavGwH/rLAA-TpBFwACOBANOEAMOCAt2fAaZAAPAAA

Make sure to use your fire field to fullest whith leap combo for fire aura and sometimes for blast aura.

Watch your condies and swap weapons also for clearing fire stacks. Swap near ele for longow to burst with sigil and #2 for burning.

Dodge through ring of fire or just stay in it (it doesnt give fire stacks that way).

Also make sure to hit with sword #4 and to be close with #5 to make him pay with nice bleed.

Use stability when he is in AIR!

With sword trait + fury + signet training you are nearly at 100% crit,

You can also stack might 5 signet + 2 weapon swap(multiple times!!!)+ 3 fire combo+fire aura(1stack every second for a hit on you)+ 3 great justice = you are at 22 to 25 stacks as D/D ELE

Now you are on even ground, just learn how to hit with your chain(auto attack) on swords to stack adrenalin for lvl 3 burst on longow for biggest burn and longer time to make your fire field combos (also to clean condies)

Ele will eventually die from bleed/torment/burn/retaliation/CRIT DMG/sigils.

BTW most of the time you have quickness!!! because ELE drop under 50% of health pretty quickly he just heals back up…. So you can finish him with sword #3 if you find a window

If you are in trouble pop your healing signet for rezistance and laugh as he put 12 stacks of burn and chill on you but he still died!

It takes time to master the timings and position your AoEs to hit ELE and also get most of combos but they can be killed Offcourse you cant always win :P

EDIT: I forgot, sword #4 and longbow #4 and #5 are projectils use it to apply more burning!
If you need you can pop F1 on sword or on longbow even beffore full adrenaline for condie cleanse but I dont recommend it too much

Well with the new whirl finisher on sword with light field from Ventari is ulimited condi cleanse…