Guild Wars 2

I’m relatively new to PvP, coming from a lot of WvW.

I’d like to look around each map, learn routes, names, attack points. Is there a way to do this outside the free play before a match?

I’m a power/regen LB/staff druid. I exclusively solo roam in WvW. Love it.

1. Is it ever appropriate to use Staff 2?

2. Sometimes I can’t shake Warriors, they just keep closing gap, lock me down, burst me. What gives?

3. I dueled a smart condi druid 5 times last night. I lost every time. I couldn’t create distance, I ran out of cleanse. He predicted and stealthed during bursts. He was just better. How should a power ranger approach?

4. When 1v2+, do you have a rubric for who to target first?

5. When 1v2+, what’s best approach to stomps? I’m relatively glassy and stomps are dangerous. I stealth, but that’s no guarantee.

Aye, to add to what GUFF said, Wilderness Knowledge gives you 2 condi removal per WS skill. I run it with Troll Urgent, QZ, Entangle for 6 condi removal plus DC for another 13 on my hybrid shout/zerk solo build.

OP, your build lacks condi cleanse, another reason to try DC at least.

I think I have “Protect Me!” for stun break, is this sufficient or should I grab something else too?

I would have at least 2 stun breaks. I recommend playing with Quickening Zephyr over SoS if you don’t want to give up Cultivated Synergy. With your regen, heals, damage reduction, SOS doesn’t seem needed. QZ can be used defensively and offensively, I love it.

This build looks great for small-scale support.

If you haven’t already, work on getting unlocking Provisions Master and try Rune of Durability. Better stats, protection/regen/resistance proc, and +15% boon duration. Add Druidic Clarity to replace the condi cleanse and add a stun break.

Do a more offensive build for zerg surfing. Don’t even squad up. Just pick off the edges and reset. Then solo roam the rest of the time.