Guild Wars 2

Eponet.4829:

Presumably condi berserker builds got buffed because they want berserker to be the condi elite spec and spellbreaker to be the power one.

A similar thing happened last patch with power mesmers getting massive buffs and condition builds didn’t get anywhere near the same benefits, presumably due to an intent for condition builds to use Mirage.

I’m assuming that too, but boy Spellbreaker will have to be broken AF to get Power Warrior back into the meta regarding PvE

Hey guys
Guardian was my 1st main and I have allways played him. Allways loved the offencive style Guardian has. And this kinda concern me regarding Firebrand

From Warrior, Revenant and Guardian I have to say Firebrand is the only I’m least interested, and I think it’s mainly from lack of info. We get an Axe that is usually saw as an offencive weapon (loads of damage for example) but on other hand the class mechanics look like its going to be focused more on support..

Also what type of damage will the class be focused more? Condi? Or Power? I mean condi kinda would make sence since its the type of damage Guardian lacks the most atm, but on other hand I’m really tired of all the condi specs.. beside Guardian, what other spec can be used in Raids with a pure power build? I think I can count them with one hand..

Thanks for the input
I really dont know what to do regarthing this topic, maybe I should go the safest option and stick with Zerker.. Its meta for Guardian in raids so that content I guess I can do it with the Guardian and leave the rest for my Rev and Warrior

Crafting a new set now is out of the options.. even an exotic one.. exotic viper is really expencive already and I wasted the rest of my gold finished my Berserker AScended stuff before I left the game so now my saving are a bit low

Also, does any of you know if I save the trinkets I get from LS3 maps without chosing stats, will I be able to get PoF stats when PoF is realesed? (I’m assuming no, but one can hope)

Hi comunity
I’m a GW2 player since launch, but after HoT and when the content drough (I think that’s how you write it) came, I left the game.

Now I’m returning, looking to do all the content that i left to do and some more (when PoF comes out) but I have a problem right now.. my gear is out of meta.
I’ve mained Guardian and Warrior for the most part, but now I’m addicted to Revenant and I know that my ascended set isnt good for him neither for the Warrior atm because it’s Berserker (I had it done before for my War and Guard, now only works on Guard pretty much).

I’m currently farming for Ascended trinkets to get some Viper’s (kitten you berries!!) but I’m still not sure if I should swap my set to Viper’s or not.. I’m problably going to stay with Rev and Warrior when PoF comes (Firebrand doesn’t appeal to me) but what if then the meta changes to another stat.. with so little time left I’m going to feel like I wasted my time farming berries..

I’m having all this doubt because i really want to try raids before the exp pack comes, should I comit to the swap, or should I wait for the exp pack, and then swap?

Joxer.6024:

If you are in a guild that raids, then yea, you can. Otherwise the old power Rev for raids is dead, and condi Rev viable for one boss really, from a PUG perspective. That’s why on qT’s site they show the builds but when listing effectiveness it zero. Other classes have stepped up their game and bring more to the fight than Rev did, and our dps just isn’t on par with others as well.
But………..
There is light at the end!!! With Renegade it is looking more and more like we will get a nice condi boost to our builds and some support as well? So there is hope!!
But if you are keen to still raids a go then maybe try out the condi build as condi is the thing right now. Or as I mentioned if in a guild and teammates are cool then they will take you regardless or what you play…sometimes….lol.
Oh, and for future reference it seems qT has taken over the mantle of the go to peeps for builds and such. MetaBattle still posts but many feel they a tad outdated or out of touch whereas the qT guys are actively testing all the time. Or, just make your own and play what you have fun with…always a good option!!!

My main issues is that i never really liked to play Condition specs, and we are in a condition meta, basicly I dont like this meta xD
But I also dont like to not get to try certain content because i just dont like the meta..

Raids are fine with Exotic right? I might just do a full set of Exotics to try condi build and if i get to like it, then commit and change my ascended, but kitten Viper Ascended Trinkets seem such a pain to get..

But then I also have the issue of new stats coming with PoF, do you guys think that Viper will stay meta after that? To a certain extend I cant imagine a better combo, Viper isnt perfect just because its lack Ferocity.. I think

Hey guys
I’m a returning player after an year (a bit more now that i think about it) break from GW2 and I find myself a bit lost..
When I left the game, the meta for Revenant in raids was the Power Herald with Jalis(or Malis)/Glint and at the time, since I played mostly Rev and Guardian I decided to do an Ascended Set of Berserker Stats since it fitted both classes meta.

Well since I returned and I have never done Raids before I want to try them out but I cant seem to find a viable source of info about the current Revenant meta for Raids.
Some players have told me that Power Rev is not meta for a long time..
Metabattle still has Power Rev has the highest classification for Raids regardind Revenant
qT has Power Rev has one of the 3 meta builds but when you check tips its says is not effective in any encounter..

So who the hell is right after all? Can I still try raids with my Power Rev or do I need to change? Right now Rev is the class Im having most fun playing and really want to keep playing it, but changing my entire set to another stat before and expantion comes out seem like wasting gold because a new stat combos will come out and I have to do it all over again

Anyone else using Axe off-hand for Power Rev? Really enjoying the playstyle, leave me more squishy but the damage is great

Kayberz.5346:

Im sticking with shield for now, but even if i wasnt i still prefer axe as an offhand, does decent damage, has a gap closer, and an aoe pull/knockdown.
Its a more aggressive playstyle but having the extra gap closer lets you save energy to use for more shiro evades instead of phase traversals, so its more like a thief play style then a bruiser

Yeah, been trying Axe and it’s pretty nice. I just need to get used to a more squishy playstyle so I don’t go Kamikaze all the time.
I got bored of Shield.. and can’t find many skins that I like for it, and the ones I like are expencive…

Hey guys
I love playing Power Rev in PvP, but I’m getting tired of Shield for Off-Hand.. I see that is the one that offers the most for you and your team, but what would be in your opinion guys, the second best off-hand? Sword because of the block? Sword block would actually be superior to Shield on IMO if it was 3 seconds, because I really don’t like blocks that root you.

Hey guys
What builds have you been using on Ele in PvP?
I wanted to try Staff damage, but don’t know how to fit that on Tempest, and I don’t play Ele for so long that beside that I don’t have ideas…

Maybe something like this for damage Tempest?
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQFAWn0XCdOg9MA+NAcYiFCALoAEAWAup2XbttYNkGKDA-TJBFABiXGggLAQJ7PAwDAAA

Okay, goodbye
Hope you fill the space with better class that suits you

Shovel Face.4512:

Beacause broken classes got repaired. It’s hilarious.

That’s usually what happens when OP specs stop being OP

Hey guys
Just did couple of game, and didn’t feel intirely useless. Maybe the Amulet changes and the changes to other classes makes us having more space and don’t be so useless?

Personally I still think we will not make it to meta next season, but at least we aren’t so useless/bad now compared to other, I think. Maybe I can clim in the next season with Warrior

What do you guys think? Still a bit early to say what the metas will become, but ppl are already getting and trying ideas

Tomiyou.3790:

Well, in all honesty, the patch is in 2 days, so you should stick around before quitting. Marauder staff and fresh air tempest have good potential. Cele enabled classes to be tanky while having damage, which hurt the more glassy playstyles and since cele amulet is getting removed from PvP, maybe marauder staff will become a thing (it was sometimes used pre-HoT even in pro league and additional tankiness from tempest sure helps).

That’s the spec I’m actually excited to try. Because my fav weapon on Ele is staff, and with the Cele temoving my thought was that Staff is getting back to being unviable. That was one of the things that made me quit Ele in the first place, at that time Staff was garbage for PvP and no one used it.

Dahkeus.8243:

And a lot of the people who reached diamond/legendary decided to be happy with that achievement, quit PvP for the season, and moved on to other aspects of the game.

I dropped when I got to Ruby. The system is too messed up for me to care to grind more
Till next Balance Patch my life will be B&S

BlackBeard.2873:

Ele is, for some reason, being buffed for the PvE dps role if you like to play Dagger/X because Fresh Air is being buffed (it is already an amazing trait, making this change even more confusing). For pvp, the removal of celestial and lack of a +vit, +tough, +healing pow amulet IS HUGE and will make ele unviable. Since none of the PvE amulets are being changes, ele will continue to offer great support and/or great damage.

So Ele will most likely get kicked of PvP meta?
Kitten…

Hey guys
Elementalist was my first character to be at lvl 80, but short after I made a Guardian and stoped playing it.
Recently with the release of B&S, I made a Force Master there and the feel of playing casters and the fun of it kicked in again, so I’m thinking of getting back on Ele.

What worries me is the new balance patch… When I play a character I like to feel that I can use it in all areas, and with the removal of Celestial from PvP I fear Ele future days..

Beside the PvP changes, do you think Ele role in PvE will change much? As I don’t play Ele in a very long time I’m not really up to date with the changes they announced for the class, neither if they are good or bad..

BURNING GUARDIAN

Guardian out of the meta? NO MORE SON!! After the 26th of January Guardian will be so meta, that you might not even need anything else!

We present you the Mercenary’s Amulet:

1050 Power
1050 Condition
560 Toughness
560 Vitality

Remember the Cancer Dire used to be in Roaming? Well kitten that kitten! It is useless now. Let give a more OP option for you to make you viable.
Thought Carrion was good enough? That trash? You are out of your mind!

Remove the dust of your Guardians FOR FREE!
Don’t forget! 26th of January

Let the noobs rage begin! We really don’t care anyway…

We all know the cancer Dire is on WvW.. so let’s make a amulet that is just Dire but give it Power too so it’s more cancer…

Celestial come back! You are forgiven..
Just now, that I was thinking of maining my Ele again, he will go away from the meta

But I guess Burning Guardian is going to be a thing again.. Even more Strong now

With the possiblity of glinding coming to core Tyria, will we finally see Orr get cleance? I mean not getting rid of all event and enemies on those maps but map some change on the landscape, so reduction to the enemies, and maybe even some setlement being created.

Personally I would love to see a future city rise there. Or maybe some more elaborated forts. Now that HoT is on for a couple of mouths, I think the future Living Story could bring some cleansing to these maps.

Maybe even make karkas migrate to there since they are not that far xD

Well not needing Fast Hands would be great, but I still think making it baseline would fir the class much better, and would reduce a lot of the work, because let be real. most players only use Discipline because of it (and Warrior’s Sprint)

And seeing that they are looking into Rifle makes me think that even without Fast Hands, if the Rifle becomes good a lot of people will still play that line because Right with the traits is just in a “allright” spot, without it it’s unplayable.

They could change the trait (maintain the CD reduction, and add some bonus to rifle skills) and make Rifle pierce on it’s own, this would be great too

What the plan for ANet with Dungeons, and why were the rewards nerfed in the first place?
F2P accounts only have those and Fractals to do as end game content in PvE if I’m not wrong, but even that doesn’t seem enough because since HoT the population of Dungeons droped drasticly. If I want plarty nowadays it’s takes at least 5 min to get one, it used to take far less in the popular ones like AC, CoF, SE, CoE, Arah, and TA. Even CM and HotW that were less popular you could get party pretty fast.

Now if I want to play dgn late at night it’s pretty much gg…

Will the rewards of gold come back? What is your plan with PvE conten ANet?

@obal.3218 I remembered other food that is good to have that has the same effect that Experimental Remnant has but it stays for 30 mins. It’s Bowl of Asparagus and Sage Salad. It’s pretty cheap (almost 9 silver on tp) and it’s less annoying since it stays for 30 mins

Another question. I already have Scholar Runes, but most of the times I run in pug groups. Should I use Strength instead?

Indure.5410:

^ Yes usually picking the strongest most OP class is the best way to advance.

Power Rev is strong but I don’t think it’s OP. Mallyx is different, and even that is almost taken care of. Any Condi build can rekt Rev after Glint heal is gone.. This is fact

But sure vs Power build Rev has a lot more defences than any other Power build beside Scrapper

Medi Guard after virtues are used and heal is on CD is kinda kitten

Seems like you guys play DH better than me.. Maybe I’ve lose so much because my love for GS doesn’t let me play S/F LBow. I actually prefer GS over S/F but I know why S/F is better.

Yet Power Rev has gotten me better results and so I’m not going to drop it for PvP until I get the title for it, and it´s going pretty smooth so far

Seeing this ppl on Legendary makes me believe that even a scrub like me can get it

In terms of Division climbing, how far have you guys gotten with DH?
Personally I went till t5 of Sapphire, but after fulling and losing all the pips in that tier 3 times, I tried Revenant and got to Ruby 1st try. Have been playing Revenant in PvP since then, but I might be playing DH a bit more now, kinda miss him xD

PvE?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVAQNApdRlsAhChYzQwXIQQEHxDldDy3UInivYMWDgGoeB-ThRBAB4pPAgnAwV7PK/MTJ4DnCAKV/RMA6B-e

This is not the top DPS meta, but is still part of the old meta, and it is what I used to use. It has both, really good DPS, and really good utility survivability.
Swap utilities according to situation. Swap Signet only if you really need it

Gaaroth.2567:

yeah, i use the staff 5 too, since, even if i like the range of the hammer, feel more competitive on node with my staff

well i guess i can try to use the hammer sometimes, i often have some good laugh with #2 and #4 :P

For me kinda depends on the map. For instance, I don’t like to run Hammer on Legacy, because it’s kinda useless on teh central node. To big, and our most hard hitting skill on Hammer (#2) is tricky to hit with on that node. But I really like it on the other maps, but I do sometimes feel like playing Staff. Usually I can stand londe with Staff than with Hammer, but Hammer can do a bit more damage

Gaaroth.2567:

mPascoal.4258:

I prefer Power Rev. Either Sw/S & Staff or Sw/S & Hammer work. Having more fun with Hammer actually, being able to attack from a distance is really nice

Scared of those pesky DH traps? :P jk

They are actually pretty useless vs me, since Hammer 3 actives and evades them all

I prefer Power Rev. Either Sw/S & Staff or Sw/S & Hammer work. Having more fun with Hammer actually, being able to attack from a distance is really nice

Warrior is in such great condition that we don’t even make up to the great builds section in Metabattle anymore

I ran this is some ranked while I was on Emerald and Sapphire

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNAneRnMdA1dgVhAehAElilqATpH04yBvn2U7sFpA0ACAA-TpBFwANOBALOEAAOCA12fgxDAoaZAA

Now I just play Rev in Ranked. I’m at Ruby, but thinking of trying more classes

You guys are all asking for GS, I think it will come no matter what just for the fact that since we are a Heavy Armor class, the weapon fits too well. Just like all Scholars can use Staff

Nice
Aren’t Marauder more expensive to make than Zerker?
And the food? Is it expensive to make?

Okay so since I’m still new to the class, and didn’t play much else with it other than PvP (Starting my PvE journey, but I feel to lazy to do story and map all again, for the 4th time), and since GW2Skills is back, I decided to think of something and I got this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQNAsemnvN2gS6JvQRVlbosryPUYW5IKYs8ElFNFSdG74H2FMhPsdABoBA-TlCFABYpEkgjAAAPAgM0HIwJAQJlBIp0bhDBA77Pgi6PkBQfMA-w

I really don’t know how is the Rev in terms of survivability with full zerker in WvW, so this made my Rune choice a bit dificult. I end up going for Durability as I do in PvP with some Soldiers in the mix. The Rune works really well with the class because of the Herald and Glint legend so for first time might as well go for a safer route.

Food and Potions is pretty basic choise, at the ended I looked for the stats that could use some boost, and Power and Precision were the obvious choice, because of the lack of power on the runes, and overall they are good in pretty much every ocation.

Now one question for the roamers already out there. Could Sword off-hand be an option too?

Chaith.8256:

If you ever queue with somebody without equal or greater pips, Ithilwen will know, and there’ll be hell to pay.

Best coment on this forum post.
Well done Chaith, because being capitain of the top1 team in GW2 wasn’t enough, you also have to rekt ppl on foruns xD

Ovalkvadratcylinder.9365:

mPascoal.4258:

Ovalkvadratcylinder.9365:

I’m by no means an expert on warrior. Tbh I havent rly played it before. However, I duelled a warrior using hammer/GS the other week on my scrapper and it was rly hard to get a grip of the fight against him.
From a scrapper point of view it seems like a rly hard build to play against.

:D

Either the Warrior was really really good or you just don’t play Scrapper that well, because no Scrapper build should have a problem vs Warrior in this current meta

I’m not a wonder at scrapper either so it’s prob a bit of both ;P This was in wvw so I’m not sure what gear the warrior used. But it looked fun!

Most likely full Berserker with Strength runes
Warrior for WvW raoming is on a point that is either you kill fast or die fast (no matter what) so ppl tend to run super squishy specs that do kitten loads of damage

Ovalkvadratcylinder.9365:

I’m by no means an expert on warrior. Tbh I havent rly played it before. However, I duelled a warrior using hammer/GS the other week on my scrapper and it was rly hard to get a grip of the fight against him.
From a scrapper point of view it seems like a rly hard build to play against.

:D

Either the Warrior was really really good or you just don’t play Scrapper that well, because no Scrapper build should have a problem vs Warrior in this current meta

Drizzy.1268:

Im running power shiro/glint, maraudeur/zerker mix with durability runes and the new 15% boonduration/10% dmg reduction food.
The food is kinda op.

I’ve seen some of your videos. Didn’t check the build yet because Gw2skills is still down (they need to hurry, I NEED THIS WEBSITE!!)

EdwinLi.1284:

Hakuryuu.8634:

It must sucks playing Revenant knowing that you’ll NEVER get to use Twilight c:

Twohanded sword is far too overhyped anyways.

If two-handed sword elite spec ever get released you can bet majority of Revy players would only use two-handed sword and that one elite spec for the rest of their GW2 character life and never bother touching any of the future or current elite specs. :p

On topic:
I wonder if they would release a Melee Sceptor Elite Spec for Revy.

Sorry if I’m late, but I have to agree with this. It’s 100% true. I know it because I love GS so much, that I would problably do this… Yet not using it on Rev is giving me a feel of freshness! Something new

Kraljevo.2801:

You can do just fine with the pvp meta builds. It’s not like you run into any skilled players at the moment so whatever.

Okay
So Shiro/Glint for Power Rev..
What about runes? Durability doesn’t seem to have much use for solo roaming, which is about the most I will do. Strength are to expensive for my taste.. Could Vampirism work? Our heals have both 30 secs couldown sure but we got 2 so the healing proc is not a problem and the 6th proc could hurt much IMO

For Zerker was what I was thinking for gear anyway, but I will still throw some Soldier in there problably for some survivability

obal.3218:

All the cheaper food has precision unfortunately. I’d just go with this since it’s really cheap and good. It is annoying to have to reapply it so often but should be enough to last a dungeon/fractal/raid boss attempt at least so you will know to reapply it right after.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Experimental_Remnant

Well it’s something, but yeah, it will be annoying having to apply it everytime. But still, since I’m not using Strength Runes (If I had an ascended set I would, because I could use it on Rev and War) I don’t see much use of the fried goldem dumplings and I don’t feel like spending 1g for each piece of the recomended. I literally can’t afford that yet

Hey guys
Any of you tried it already? What builds did you use?

NikeEU.7690:

Excellent guide as always from Obal. Mods, can we get a sticky?

Guys why isn’y this a Sticky yet!?
I’m moving from Guard to Rev too today, enjoying the class a lot in PvP, wanted to try it out in PvE too

Also I noticed that the food is pretty expensive! I’m not raiding anytime soon yet, so is there cheaper alternatives? (I run with Scholar runes)

Well my 2 main professions are Guard/DH and Warrior/Berserker
I guess I’m kitten!

I guess I’ll make a Rev

Feedback from the build I posted
Well it works well, I think at the end is a matter of persoanl preference, it’s either you want to go Rifle or Axe/Shield. I must say with Rifle my 1v1 capability vs DH is much bigger since I don’t have to tap on their traps. Also with rifle Signet of Fury might be better than Signet of Might, this way you can enter Berserker mode without having to wait for Adrenaline to be full or wait to use Headbutt since that will put you in range, but then you lose the unblockable attacks, which can end Revs and DH.

It’s tough with so many options and which one being good for a certain situation, I can’t we have them all like other classes?

Hey Vaanss
Do you think this could work isntead of what you run?
I go Defence instead of Strength. More newbie friendly I guess, problably better for me since I’m not used to Rifle on Warrior, more Axe/Shield or Hammer

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQJAURnMdA1dgdhAWhAElilqATJr14yBILuGQA490mantA-TlSBwAbOEAXeAAmVCeVpXXlB3U/h4+D41Fo5IAA4CAEAAB4m3MbezAIFgeatA-w

Fat Disgrace.4275:

Same as me playing thief, I am far more useful and a much greater threat in stronghold compared to conquest, and it’s a lot more fun too, fighting at mist champion spawns and supply fights are much better.

True
Overall I think this mode is much superior and it will alow for a lot more builds than Conquest. Conquest builds are all around capping the points, holding, etc so AoE skills are great there, and bunkering too.
So far I’ve not seen a bunker builds being that useful on Stronghold. There is nothing to hold, and NPC’s are squishy (Door Breakers are the most important and they die in a couple of hits). Support yes, definitly has a place

I gotta say this build saved my live. My love for Warrior in PvP is back on tracks

Did some personal changes to the “original” but it’s only on Sigils, Amulet and Runes (Running with Berserker Amulet combined with Pack Runes. Sigils are Air/Energy on GS and Hydro/Leeching on Axe/Shield)
Build is really fun, but I have to admit I strugle a bit with some classes. Mainly DH, since their Bow hit’s really hard and they either kite me, or put their lovely traps on their feet so that when I get close they are “save”. They know I have to get close, I play one myself to I know how a DH thinks, but even then is a bit hard. Also Rev’s. Signet of Might is great for this class, but their condi pressure is too big for me to deal with. After Berserker Stance is gone, either I’m in Berserker and able to hit Arc Divider or it’s gg (even using Healing Signet to get the Resistance doesn’t help if they know how to play, because they will just steal it)

I’m thinking of trying this variation when I get heavy range teams. Only change is rifle instead of Axe/Shield.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQJAURnMdA1dgVhAehAElilqATJr14yBILuGQA490mantA-TpBFwANOCAEuAA12fYxhAoaZAAPAAA

Once I try this I will give feedback. I’m not sure how much I will miss the shield.

Also, this build works wonders in Stronghold. Even better than in Conquest IMO