Guild Wars 2

So a couple of people have been asking me about Pre-Hot builds. I always tell them it is hard to run non HoT Builds, but I understand some people don’t have a choice. I was once there and I know the feeling. So today I took sometime and made a variation on how I used to run my Ranger before HoT released. Enjoy and I hope this works for you while you work on getting HoT.

~Balouga POD~

gavyne.6847:

I’ve always thought 5 player conquest to be inadequate and boring. In my opinion best gamemode for 5 players is deathmatch or capture the flag. Conquest just feels it’s best played with 10-15 players really.

It’s the same way in FPS games, in Battlefield, Conquest is more fun when the server is packed. The less people you have the more boring Conquest mode gets. While Deathmatch can be played with half the player cap and still be fun.

Looking at Spirit Watch I don’t feel Anet fully understands how to create a capture the flag game mode. You don’t force a 5v5 game to play both ctf & conquest at the same time. You make a proper ctf map, like warsong gulch, and let your players focus on the flag. In doing so, I can guarantee more build variety than what we see today. And the gameplay pace would be faster and much more exciting.

I just feel this fighting over lil circles conquest mode with 5v5 have grown stale. It limits build viability because you have to play conquest a certain way. It’s boring for viewers, it’s downright confusing for non-GW2 players to watch, and it’s hard for esports casters to call a game of conquest with things happening on 3 different spots.

WTB new game modes, and not PvE stronghold please, I hate anything involving trebs and doors.

Well said man…This is how i feel about it…Very stale when it comes to conquest

I personally think we really need to let more traits be used at the same time like the old system. I loved the old trait system because you had such build diversity

Ragion.2831:

Biklen.5490:

Shala.8352:

well 10 minutes to just say that capture node mode is killing build diversity, and that there’s just 1-2 build available for each class…
While i agree on this, 10 minutes are too much!! XD XD
Aniway, there’s also a third big problem in Gw2, as you mentioned it doesnt require a lot of skill. It wasnt like this before the condi patch hitting on june of one year ago, and it became even more evident after the HoT release… more and more autoprocs/CC/condi aoe, and less and less timing counterplay. If you don’t know what i mean, look at vanilla berserker warrior vs vanilla berserker warrior… now thats an example of skilled gameplay, look instead on druid/necro/condi shatter mesmer just to name some of the actual meta builds, and feel the difference.

There is always going to be a OP class….That is the part of MMO’s balance, re-balance, and OP re-balance,. Look at wow…They did that by design to make players have to play new classes every patch. Why? Because the more u lvl the less u think about quitin

Its pretty funny actually, they are too stupid to realize that people will automatically want to play a new class after a while if their current class stays the same OP or otherwise.

All that energy they spend on breaking classes they could spend it on promoting build diversity or a trait system that changes the playstyle of the class as opposed to picking which strengths and weaknesses you want so people don’t get bored with their class.

There’s never anything wrong with breaking balance after a patch, that will always happen but the only thing that makes it OK is how quickly it is corrected

The sad part of it is actually the bugs that have been with the classes for months. Revenant has so many of those and a trait in corruption that doesnt even do what is on the tooltip, the devs know this but they havent done anything to change it.

Personally i’m just waiting for Black Desert Online to get settled in then im done with Anet and their games (no pun intended lol) i sure as hell wont be recommending this to anyone, probably will tell people to stay far away from it.

Stay away from Black Desert. Promise you GW2 is 200x better than that game will ever be.

Shala.8352:

well 10 minutes to just say that capture node mode is killing build diversity, and that there’s just 1-2 build available for each class…
While i agree on this, 10 minutes are too much!! XD XD
Aniway, there’s also a third big problem in Gw2, as you mentioned it doesnt require a lot of skill. It wasnt like this before the condi patch hitting on june of one year ago, and it became even more evident after the HoT release… more and more autoprocs/CC/condi aoe, and less and less timing counterplay. If you don’t know what i mean, look at vanilla berserker warrior vs vanilla berserker warrior… now thats an example of skilled gameplay, look instead on druid/necro/condi shatter mesmer just to name some of the actual meta builds, and feel the difference.

There is always going to be a OP class….That is the part of MMO’s balance, re-balance, and OP re-balance,. Look at wow…They did that by design to make players have to play new classes every patch. Why? Because the more u lvl the less u think about quitin

Shala.8352:

well 10 minutes to just say that capture node mode is killing build diversity, and that there’s just 1-2 build available for each class…
While i agree on this, 10 minutes are too much!! XD XD
Aniway, there’s also a third big problem in Gw2, as you mentioned it doesnt require a lot of skill. It wasnt like this before the condi patch hitting on june of one year ago, and it became even more evident after the HoT release… more and more autoprocs/CC/condi aoe, and less and less timing counterplay. If you don’t know what i mean, look at vanilla berserker warrior vs vanilla berserker warrior… now thats an example of skilled gameplay, look instead on druid/necro/condi shatter mesmer just to name some of the actual meta builds, and feel the difference.

100% agree. I did not mention this in the video because i feel a revamp of class traits will and maybe take care of this. There is noway they cannot see it and we players do. Unless they choose to make the game easier.

FrownyClown.8402:

Anet has been slowly improving other aspects of the game. I am sure pvp changes will come soon.

Changing the trait system is unnecessary at this point. They simply need to buff certain utilities and traits for classes. Almost all of the elite specilizations offer improved aspects to classes without really limiting other aspects and that is why they are so relevent today.

Making the game free to play and trying to sell Heart of Thorns with strong specilizations resulted in huge power creep.

They also should of separated skills and stats from wvw/pve and pvp if they were serious about creating a pvp game because it limits what they can change.

Basically they made a lot of irreversible decisions that ruined the games potential.

The rest of what I am about to say is purely my speculation and in no way reflects Colin Johanson and the ArenaNet staff’s continued dedication to the game..

Basically I think NCsoft pulled all the strings for the way the game started going after and during development of Heart of Thorns. Anet has to continue to make profit after all.

The way I see it Colin got frustrated with the direction of the game and resigned. I mean he quit at one of the worst possible moments for this game and not long after the expansion went live and the game went free to play.

If they allow the traits to remain the same than Druid>Ranger and so on to the other classes. Yes they can buff them all they want. But it will never be the same for the Ranger or any class that taps into another HoT ability. The Ranger for instance will always remain and wait on cooldowns while Druid can simply Tap into Druid and heal through burst.

Hey guys, so PvP currently has its ups and downs. But mainly we wanted to cover some things that Guild Wars as a franchise needs to return to. Hopefully you guys feel the same way we do. Enjoy

~BalougaPod

Starbreaker.6507:

Biklen.5490:

LughLongArm.5460:

Hi @Biklen.5490

I enjoyed your video so much that i after watched big chunk of your last stream.

1)I think you broke the “meta” as I mysteriously encounter lots of zerk LB rangers/druids for the first time this season.

2)You inspierd me to play un-meta build that I enjouy in PVP leagues. I enjoy pvp now much more and it hasn’t change my overall stats, so thank you.

3) Watching alot of your stream made me think that vampirism rune or scrapper rune would have helped you in alot of situations and wont effect your dps that much. Just a thought.

Comments like these really give me more energy to keep making and streaming . Thank you bro

I’m not ashamed to say I tried it out after watching your stuff and I was suprised on how well I did with it.

Right now I’m on a kick to try out as many different builds as I can, but this one ranks up there as one of my favorites.

It also made me realize that I was using my typical setup (menders, dolyak meta setup) with CAF as a sorta “crutch” too much. I’m learning through trial by fire how to get better positioning and agree 100% with what you said that position and CDs can overcome quite a bit.

Keep up the good work man!!!

Yea it deff works as long as you keep yourself in the right positions.

UnitedChaos.8364:

Nice. What’s your armor and dyes? Taste the rainbow.

Pyre, Blood,. and Blueberry

tier 1,2,3 mixed cultural

By any means do I take any credit for this been called skill play. I know my opponent isn’t a rank 1 Rev. But it is still a funny clip and new Ranger can learn some downstate cc that Rangers provide! Enjoy

~BalougaPod

Zerk LB/GS PvP/WvW

Crapgame.6519:

Hi Biklen – Thanks for taking the time to put together, comment, and share. I think you summed up one of the key factors in using a Long Bow with a Druid/Ranger. In most of the fights, I think all actually, you are out numbered and used stealth and CA well. Again, good job. Some feedback if you are interested.

1. Collect more footage and pick fights with better players. Yes, I am probably nit picking but some of the players I’d say are not on the same skill level has you It is WvW and I did point out you are showing out numbered fights so maybe it is a moot point.

2. P.E.T.A does not approve the selective targeting and assassination of near by ambient creatures to gain stealth or an advantage of your fight club! Just kidding. That is a pro tip and glad you highlighted it. I’m sure those who chased you probably put their hands / palms on their forehead and let out a heavy and deep sigh – lol. Rule #2 in WvW – don ’t chase!

3. Pet management – couple times it looked like you didn’t trigger your pet to attack. I don’t think it mattered but a few times they could have finished the player off and let you swap targets.

Needless to say it was enjoyable and I think highlighted the style of play someone new to the game or trying a new trait/build could learn something from. So kudo’s to you.

Lol this is a very funny reply. Ty for the reply

This footage shows the strengths of the Zerk Ranger and its mobility out in WvW! Enjoy!

Abracadabra.3296:

@ Biklen.5490

I just ran into your YouTube channel today by accident, watched your vids, then saw the thread here. Destiny perhaps?

Anyways, loved the guide you made and how you explained your build and play style. I quite playing my ranger alt long time ago as the hate is strong in PvP against them. Perhaps this will change things again!

Just wondering on your thoughts – for ascended items, will it make a significant problem for me if 2 of my armor pieces are valkyire instead of zerker? If so, should I just get some exotic zerker items for now?

Zerker is the best imo. But valkyire will work also since you will have more room to make mistakes. Yes it will work bro. Do it!

LughLongArm.5460:

Hi @Biklen.5490

I enjoyed your video so much that i after watched big chunk of your last stream.

1)I think you broke the “meta” as I mysteriously encounter lots of zerk LB rangers/druids for the first time this season.

2)You inspierd me to play un-meta build that I enjouy in PVP leagues. I enjoy pvp now much more and it hasn’t change my overall stats, so thank you.

3) Watching alot of your stream made me think that vampirism rune or scrapper rune would have helped you in alot of situations and wont effect your dps that much. Just a thought.

Comments like these really give me more energy to keep making and streaming . Thank you bro

appreciate all the feedback guys

Starbreaker.6507:

That was some kitten fine play and great synergy.

Definitely going to watch some more of your stuff!

See you there thanx

Crapgame.6519:

Biklen.5490:

Hey guys some Ranked PvP with Zerk Ranger. In this video I am doing duo ques with Ariel on her Trap Guardian. This is the same build I ran to Legendary in season 1. It is a nice change of for those who are tired of running Staff Druids. Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCx8DC1BX4E

~BalougaPOD

You make any ad-hoc changes due to maps or team composition? I love running full Zerk ranger but found only a few maps worked with “MY” skill level. Comfort may be a better word I guess because I feel I play well.

Figured I would ask.

Hey man i play this build in every aspect of the game especially in pvp. It doesnt matter the maps or the players im fighting i always find a way around it through cool downs.

Furajir.3815:

Thought you guys quit. Welcome back.

thank you bro

Hey guys some Ranked PvP with Zerk Ranger. In this video I am doing duo ques with Ariel on her Trap Guardian. This is the same build I ran to Legendary in season 1. It is a nice change of for those who are tired of running Staff Druids. Enjoy

~BalougaPOD

Ansau.7326:

Funny you say this build is for those who want to go away from shatters, and yet you need to spam them to make the MoP casting more safe and make the build work…

Sorry, but this build doesn’t work outside beginners in unranked, no matter what you think or what you’ve tested. You’re free meal for thieves, reapers and scrappers. It doesn’t matter how much can you heal, 3-4 hits and you’re dead.

This means nothing to me coming from a player who is theory battling in his head and not in the game.

If you have tryed the build that is one thing..;But being a warrior in your mind is another thing.

Everybody always wants to compare pro players on every build…But last season i used a zerker ranger to get to legendary…

It killed all the pro builds that the pros put out…

How is that possible?…Hmm…Maybe Guild Wars 2 has other working builds other than META?….NOOOOO WAY.

Trigr.6481:

This thread is entertaining to say the least.

- Op’s posts a Mesmer build.

- Responses are mixed, some like it, the majority of the thread addresses concerns.

- Op claims the old bunker builds did no damage or healing, Op must not have heard of the amulet called “celestial”. It’s a good read, look it up sometime.

- More criticism towards Op’s build.

- Op calls said person “bad at pvp”.

- Op also claims he “pvp’s all day”. Last time I checked, time invested doesn’t equate to being good at your craft. Nor does it equate to you being knowledgeable about said topic.

- Even more criticism about Op’s build.

- Op’s claims he now doesn’t care about the concerns towards his build since the majority of them are opinions that are different than his. However types multiple paragraphs defending it.

-Op insults someone for their spelling and math abilities, but yet has multiple spelling errors on almost every post in this thread.

- Op’s calls himself crap at mesmer, but yet defends a terrible league system in which he clearly uses as a benchmark for player skill. I’m almost inclined to believe you have some sort of multiple personality disorder based off this contradiction.

Conclusion – Obviously any community would appreciate your effort when it comes to sharing a build. However that’s where it ends with this I’m afraid. We understand it’s a mesmer build, but any word resembling “good” or “viable” are just words until you can prove it against decent opponents. Have a good one.

Countless

lmao…You guys have no idea…How many times have i streamed fighting multiple Abjured members?.

The reason I dont care about the opinion of players that havent tryed this build out is because I stream 7-8 hours a day….And my other half runs this build. We que against known players every single match and we win most of them

If u where to know any of this information you wouldnt even bothering replying with such a stupid response.

Also saying i make errors on spelling is a low attempt at trying to win a convo. This is not english class.

Listen, the forums is filled with warriors. We really don’t care what you or the rest of the forums has to say. We knew when we where posting this build we where gonna get a lot of hate. We knew when we where testing the build it was different than what the traditional Mesmer has been. Thais the idea…

We have tested this build for a long time to know its strength and weakness. You on the other hand remain a forums warrior and bash anything meta battle does not promoted.

That is the difference between you and I. You are a brain dead follower and I am not.

We released this build as a different way to play Mesmer. This build is not ment to take over the meta but it is here to give a fellow Mesmer another way to support his team other than regular shatter.

For all the people that have tried this INCLUDING myself approve of this build. I am a kitten Mesmer with only 70 games under my belt but i was able to jump on it for my first time and stay alive….Yes it was a 1vs1 and we wanted to let her make the video but unfortunately her pc cant record at my quality. If any good Mesmer sees how bad i screwed up my combos he/she would know they would have probably never went below 50%

You try to sit there and call us BAD because our 1vs1s looked bad. Yea i already said that in the video. I’m a crap Mesmer and for me to be able to jump on it and eat everything a DH put on me is great….If i where to practice that build for a week i could take it a lot further. Like Ariel has and will continue too.

It doesnt matter if everybody in the world bashes the build. This build will help out Mesmer that want to get away form shatter. This is the reason this was posted here.

You can continue to spam how bad Mantra is…Go ahead…Ive already stated how to use it without it being bad…You dont seem to understand math or English so you will continue to cry…

Like i said stay Amber…I proved myself last season and will continue to be a better player than somebody who lives on meta battle.

This is my last response to you…

1) Fact: MoP isn’t “spammable”

Like i said having a conversation with you is impossible. Stay Amber stay shatter free kills for us…

Your a baddy…You cant hit Mantra and f1 at the same time…That requires skill….That is the effect of a player with only 6% brain power…

Get on my 11% lvl bro…And i will pump my chest all day…Those wings give me 1 more leg to stand on than somebody whos only output too gw2 is copy and paste meta builds…

Same thing happen with the ranger builds I put out…People like you said the same thing…Guess what homie?…Those wings where earned on builds people said dont work…Same build that people dint try.,..Same builds that META builds dint have on their website…

GW2= Build Wars…This game is played on multi lvls and varieties….Hence why Menders is in the game…

Also we dint put this build out for you to say it doesnt work…It does work…This is why it is posted…The people that said doesnt work are the same people that dint try it…

We pvp all day…We see the people that use it…Those people have 2 words to say to us…“Thank you”

Levetty.1279:

Can confirm, I had more fun doing Maths homework when I was at school then I do trying to play against thieves and necros since the last patch.

Necro is tough thief can’t kill you on this build.

Windwalker.7421:

“The Mantra is not a waste in any shape way or form…It gives endless team and self healing with no cooldown.”

Just to take issue with that statement, as it’s simply incorrect. There is a 1s CD between MoPain attacks, and of course the 2.75 second channeling time, which in realistic terms adds up to about a 5 second CD.

I also have not been able to find a reason to use Menders over Paladin, and even the video clearly shows that any more than 1 attacker would be very hard to survive. (Which basically means it ain’t bunker by any measure of the term.)

Sadly Condition Shatter Mesmer don’t work for this concept simply because it requires Illusions line to be remotely dangerous, which would mean giving up one of the other 3 lines, each of which means breaking the build for different reasons.

You are clearly just really bad at pvp.. I really do understand now half the people that post on these forums have no idea what half the skills on any class do…Yo sir are one of them. Clearly having a conversation with you is the same as talking to a wall. Continue enjoying the Amber ranks.

rchu.8945:

Biklen.5490:

We have too choose now guys….and healing is now an option

Choose? You mean Mesmers have multiple competitive viable builds… lol.

We always have a choice…Just not always the best option

People that say Toughness is needed and Mender’s is useless please watch the following. I understand this is a diff class but this is almost the same idea behind the build. The GW2 mentality is so warped now because everybody is so focused on just sitting AFK on a point…There is a reason for Mender’s …. That reason is too heal and take high blows with high hitpoints… This is why we have 21000HP…We are suppose to get hit hard and than heal it back up…

Also one more thing…Currently we have high amounts of condi…All the toughness in the world will not help you vs it…Healing on the other hand will…Keep that in mind.

We have too choose now guys….and healing is now an option

skcamow.3527:

This idea has been heavily tested since the patch with the new amulets with some results posted in various threads over the past couple weeks.

Mender’s will get you killed in any coordinated team fight, you’ll rarely if every 1v2 against decent players. One good burst and you’re gone.

I’ve found paladin to be much more successful. The reason for this is that although well of eternity and now restorative mantras scale decently with healing power, the base heals from both (with no healing power) is still very good, not even close to being worth enough to give up the toughness from paladin. Also, restorative illusions does not scale well with healing power, so the extra healing power from mender’s is not really useful there.

Finally – more of a team gripe here – having to take mantra of pain means you waste a precious utility slot that really needs to be there for portal (for any serious team spec), especially considering class stacking will be disallowed at least in pro league. For soloq of course you can get by without portal.

My 2 cents FWIW

The old GW2 is gone. There is a new game in town. There is new amulets and new ways to play Mesmer.

The Mantra is not a waste in any shape way or form…It gives endless team and self healing with no cooldown. F1-F5 is always going to be used and with the Mantra. It gives u +2800 more heals on each f1 skill used.

This is a team healer build. The old bunker meta sit on point and do no damage or heals are gone. They are making us choose and I believe Menders works very well in Team PVP.

My Druid also used Menders with 0 toughness I sit on point with very little damage takin and in each match i push over 500-800 healing.

I understand Mesmer and Druid are 2 diff classes, but the Mesmer in this build has more ways to evade damage than my druid does.

messiah.1908:

i am wondering is your only support is mantra healing spamming ?
i would drop feedback and take signet and drop elite well and take time warp
as with time warp you can hold point better in outnumbered situation
signet proc more boons on you and you can share them
feedback not so much usable as utility (only versus guard mainly but they just step out of it easily

You should go to your Mesmer and see how the new feedback works…You no longer have to be inside of it for it to work buddy…This is why we played this build over and over to test all aspects of it before we posted it.

Feedback stops all projectiles….That means Druid PET, Guardian, Thief, Engi etc.

Support:

Mantra = Heals + small damage boost
FeedBack / Nullfield = Resistance / Super-speed / Damage stopper / Condi remover
Wells = Alacrity + 5100+ heal + Light Aura + Condi Remover + CC

messiah.1908:

Ballouga.9158:

messiah.1908:

i really dont think the healing gives much
most of the time you gonna have 0 clone as you shatter constantly to cleanse or for stability so the healing difference between 1000 healing power to 0 is 300healing from shatter and 200 healing from mantra

thus i think toughness will yield more dmg negate about 3%

With menders u do 1000 heal per shatter. That’s 4000 min heal if u spam all shatters with no clones. and the mantra in combination with that shatter will give u a 3800 heal. begin cast of mantra and shatter for stability and quickness. and that not including if u have a clone up.

Paladins is a good alternative tho if you don’t like the menders.

i ask about comparison as without healing power 4 shatter is 3300 so 700 difference and mantra is 200 difference so total 900 difference while you loss some toughness
i would also try the power/condi set as the longer the fight goes condi are better than power

your thoughts?

Menders/Paladins is the best 2 amulets that we worked on. The condi ones did not work properly the Mesmer died too fast.

The thing about PVP right now its heavy in condi damage and physical damage can be mitigated easily…Healing will help you push out the survivability while the condition clears are on CD. The numbers below will really show the diff from heals to no heals.

Mantra = +200
F1 = +200
Regen = +100
Main heal = + 1575
———————————————
Total = 2,075Hp

Just in one cycle of heals you talk about 2,075Hp heals. But that is one cycle…If you multiply that 3x or 4x it will make a very huge difference

Ariel and I tested these numbers over 200x matches in the last 3 weeks…We cannot surpass the success we have head with Menders. Paladins will work but wont help out your teammates as much!

fost.9167:

Nice!

wvw alternatives

thanx!

Fay.2357:

Your build link is just a bit lacking, might want to update it.

thank you we updated it…Must have bugged out thanx!

In this video we are tackling an issue that has the GW2 Mesmer community on the edge! We believe this build after weeks and weeks of game-play will fulfill the loose of the support Mesmer we once knew! This build is very good because it has AMAZING healing and really stays alive vs all the condi pressure it once died too! As long as you evade and don’t expect to face tank everything you will be able to really take on a lot of players! Also the healing will make it so you no longer just sit there stay alive solo. You will be able to stay alive while healing your team for huge amounts! Check out the video and make sure you give it a try! It will change your mind on the Mesmer for this season!

~BalougaPod

Uncle Dalty.8327:

Anyone else feel like all these buffs to auto attacks, the multiple skills that hit for +10k by themselves, and the ease of spamming conditions for MASSIVE damage is just promoting lazy and boring gameplay?

In my opinion:
~Auto attacks should not be a main attack… no skill required
~Skills that deal +8k on there own should not exist… a +8k combo sure… more skill required
~These spamwich builds need to be removed somehow… low risk high reward makes no sense… these include dh trapper and heavy condition builds. I remember gw1 had a cap as to how fast conditions could kill you. Up to a point more conditions would hurt more and after that point extra conditions did nothing. Implement this so condition spammers actually have to think a little instead of literally spamming their skills for insta kills. Cause lets be serious, condition spammers can apply conditions (no skill required) faster than any class can remove them unless said classes are running full anti-condition/bunker builds; which they won’t be cause bunker is mostly gone.

SPAMWICH BABY!

skillze.7689:

the problem i see with this isnt the condi its the evade frames ontop of condition spam if you cannot cc the thief due to its massive evade uptimes then what can you do to counter its condition application

LoL people really dont get the reason we posted this on the forum….

Fat Disgrace.4275:

Keeps saying vid not available.

in some counties it is blocked because of the music

messiah.1908:

you need to learn how to play against him . rushing far 1v1 standing on point while see him ready his 2 venoms and not dodge it common….
just 2 dodes and he lost 8 ini or 2 dodges and his burst. so seeing after you scream while you had only 2 stacks of poison….

i had very old condi build which put down in 2-3 sec enemies. but i had no break stun… get the idea….

It was not 1vs1?…

Fat Disgrace.4275:

You upload a video and then delete it? I don’t get it.

the video is still up..?

Supreme.3164:

What can I say?….Anet loves passive gameplay

At least we can laugh at it when we look back at these moments…The moments Anet has made epic for us.

We uploaded this video for all the viewers who feel the same way about condi. Sometimes you just wanna scream and tell the world how you feel? Here we did it for you!

Also 550 conditions where cleared in this match

~BalougaPod

runeblade.7514:

Why should I test the build when you don’t have the decency to post it?

That response was so ignorant i am not even going to bother…Move on bro…Move on…

Geron.8573:

I’m pretty sure the OP doesn’t give a kitten if you look at it or not. If you’re going to be rude like that just ignore the post and move on if you don’t want to test it. Holy Moly…Thanks for posting OP.

Who is OP?

Hey guys a lot of people where wondering how this build does in PVP. I know a lot of people had issues with this build not working because it has no toughness. But i was stressing to everybody how well it works because of the HIGH burst healing we have. As long as you move guys you will be ok with this build. Check out the video and make your own decision after watching it! Look in the description for the Build Video!

The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AePZuaiIJI

~BalougaPod

mickey.2816:

Biklen.5490:

mickey.2816:

Biklen.5490:

mickey.2816:

Biklen.5490:

mickey.2816:

Trust me, this guy is absolutely ridiculous. I had tried to be serious but I stopped after watching for 2 minutes and here are why:
- He said he spent 2-3 years for “research”. Oh boy if only I can chat with him about that term to see how did he come up with a “research”.
- “My brain and my actual mouse are one” – In a way he is moving the mouse with his hand that touch the forehead skin. Thus definitely not a telepathic or biological connection that is being talked about. It does not make the action faster :/
- What he said are bland and outrageous claim. He has absolutely no validity in his so-called “research” since it is one-sided with a tiny sample size of button-spamming match.

All and all his point is that he can spam skill faster with his forehead skin. Save yourself 19 minutes of your life and move along this topic!

Listen bro, I went to college for 22 years and when I tell you I did research just go for it.

In the lab we used this same method on kangaroos and it worked. If you know nothing about kangaroos than you should know they have very fast reflexes. We tested a kangaroo playing a necro vs a human and the human with the forehead won. If you want to sit there and tell me that you know better than HA! I am a proud DOCTOR with a PHD in key binding science that will not ALLOW you to destroy my name. ALSO I served in the military 26 years as navy seal so you should know i know the art of combat when i talk about it.

My method is here to stay weather you like it or not. So bro, please back up. Back up bro.

~BalougaPod

ps. Bro back up

ps2. PHD Bik #Science rules!

I had to stop drinking anything for half an hour because your disillusioned reply made me laugh so hard. Seriously, have a life! I do not know whether you are trolling here or having some aftershock after testing the forehead. If you are a doctor and possess a PhD, your writing does not signify any of those. A kangaroo in a lab playing Gw2? Seriously mate?

Can you upload a picture of such kangaroo or name and abstract of your “research”? Where did you get your PhD? What is your PhD thesis? Where is it on which scientific journal?

Oh and Navy seal! That is a big deal. But it has nothing to do with kangaroo or forehead skin. Show-off at the bar instead.

Listen here buddy! I cannot upload any pictures of the kangaroo since it is 100% classified from the U.S military. I would recommend stop talking about this on this forums while things are still calm. If Obama finds out that you know about the Kangaroo and my past life well he might not be happy with it. Let’s just drop this subject while you are ahead before things get technical. Also have you seen the new Go PRO?….Because i went PRO with my new SpamWich Build.

Nah nah you do not get away that easy. I am asking for your PhD proof, namely which University, what is the name and where is it on which scientific journal. Else you are admitting to be disillusioned with a huge ego and zero tolerant to criticism. If you are too scare to be caught red-handed by the military and you know what they are capable of, you would have stopped before. Your bait-and-run talk is not going to save your track. Normally I would move along since this is the internet but your reaction was beyond my comprehension.

I recommend you to take a realistic look at any academic claim. It is hard earned not through false exaggeration.

OK MAN I AM TALKING IN CAPS NOW BECAUSE I AM FED UP WITH YOU!!!! HERE IS MY PROOF OF MY PHD….I MIGHT LOOK LIKE COLONEL SANDERS BUT I WILL STILL KICK YOUR KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN BUTT ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.

First of all, your attachment is not a PhD diploma. Second, you avoid my questions to the end. Third, International Caplocks Day is far from now. Finally, may I restore the name and dignity of Mr Sanders?

Your reaction makes absolutely no sense to me! However, it is understandable if you are in entertainment business. Truth to be told, I find you hilarious XD

LoL you actually got me!!! HHAHAHAHAHA

mickey.2816:

Biklen.5490:

mickey.2816:

Biklen.5490:

mickey.2816:

Trust me, this guy is absolutely ridiculous. I had tried to be serious but I stopped after watching for 2 minutes and here are why:
- He said he spent 2-3 years for “research”. Oh boy if only I can chat with him about that term to see how did he come up with a “research”.
- “My brain and my actual mouse are one” – In a way he is moving the mouse with his hand that touch the forehead skin. Thus definitely not a telepathic or biological connection that is being talked about. It does not make the action faster :/
- What he said are bland and outrageous claim. He has absolutely no validity in his so-called “research” since it is one-sided with a tiny sample size of button-spamming match.

All and all his point is that he can spam skill faster with his forehead skin. Save yourself 19 minutes of your life and move along this topic!

Listen bro, I went to college for 22 years and when I tell you I did research just go for it.

In the lab we used this same method on kangaroos and it worked. If you know nothing about kangaroos than you should know they have very fast reflexes. We tested a kangaroo playing a necro vs a human and the human with the forehead won. If you want to sit there and tell me that you know better than HA! I am a proud DOCTOR with a PHD in key binding science that will not ALLOW you to destroy my name. ALSO I served in the military 26 years as navy seal so you should know i know the art of combat when i talk about it.

My method is here to stay weather you like it or not. So bro, please back up. Back up bro.

~BalougaPod

ps. Bro back up

ps2. PHD Bik #Science rules!

I had to stop drinking anything for half an hour because your disillusioned reply made me laugh so hard. Seriously, have a life! I do not know whether you are trolling here or having some aftershock after testing the forehead. If you are a doctor and possess a PhD, your writing does not signify any of those. A kangaroo in a lab playing Gw2? Seriously mate?

Can you upload a picture of such kangaroo or name and abstract of your “research”? Where did you get your PhD? What is your PhD thesis? Where is it on which scientific journal?

Oh and Navy seal! That is a big deal. But it has nothing to do with kangaroo or forehead skin. Show-off at the bar instead.

Listen here buddy! I cannot upload any pictures of the kangaroo since it is 100% classified from the U.S military. I would recommend stop talking about this on this forums while things are still calm. If Obama finds out that you know about the Kangaroo and my past life well he might not be happy with it. Let’s just drop this subject while you are ahead before things get technical. Also have you seen the new Go PRO?….Because i went PRO with my new SpamWich Build.

Nah nah you do not get away that easy. I am asking for your PhD proof, namely which University, what is the name and where is it on which scientific journal. Else you are admitting to be disillusioned with a huge ego and zero tolerant to criticism. If you are too scare to be caught red-handed by the military and you know what they are capable of, you would have stopped before. Your bait-and-run talk is not going to save your track. Normally I would move along since this is the internet but your reaction was beyond my comprehension.

I recommend you to take a realistic look at any academic claim. It is hard earned not through false exaggeration.

OK MAN I AM TALKING IN CAPS NOW BECAUSE I AM FED UP WITH YOU!!!! HERE IS MY PROOF OF MY PHD….I MIGHT LOOK LIKE COLONEL SANDERS BUT I WILL STILL KICK YOUR KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN BUTT ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.

UmbraNoctis.1907:

If you have time to spam GS autoattack, you are not pressured. Sure it is nice to avoid some random aoe dmg, but i’m talking about defense against focus from multiple players. They won’t wait till you have completed the first two parts of the autoattack chain before they burst you. All you can do in such a situation is to try to get away with GS or Staff 3. And hope it is not a thief or rev who’s chasing you. Good luck kiting those …

Btw, 50 games say nothing. I have hundreds of games with suboptimal ranger/druid builds and some of them worked quite well too. Doesn’t change the fact, that those builds were not optimal and worked mainly because my opponents were not the best, uncoordinated or simply didn’t know about the weaknesses of my builds.

Almost all my games I play look like Ranked Legendary ques….Look at the past broadcast and see for yourself. Also 50 games played to test a build out is plenty when all your opponents are also in the same bracket. The players I play against and have test this build for me are all known in the community. I wouldnt have posted this build unless i knew it was going to help the community out. It does as it say..It heals, and bursts. Anything that does a 1vs5 would be considered OP and get the nerf stick like the mesmer did. Also as u will see for yourself., once you try it. 1vs2 / 3 you can easily stay alive on point before having to look for a way out.

UmbraNoctis.1907:

You coun’t evade on GS autoattack as viable defensive option in PvP? Really? Hilt Bash hasn’t much defensive value and the block has it’s downsides too, especially against multiple targets.
Staff 3+5 are nice and help with survability, sure, but that’s pretty much it. Of course Staff/GS druid is great at kiting/running as long you can avoid getting locked down by cc/immob, but while you are doing so, you aren’t helping your team much. Your main healing/support skills – glyphes and CA skills – work better with a more stationary gameplay. The enemy team has to let you heal your allies and if they are good, they won’t.

Of course it is too early to tell, how the meta will evolve and maybe i’m wrong. But since druid hasn’t changed much, i doubt it’s role as a dueler/side point fighter will change.

I play my Druid to its full potential…Yes my auto attack is used as my evade and it works very very well especially on multiple targets. I main and only play druid/ranger….Why would they put auto attack 3 evade for it not to be used?…>DRUID=Evade Healer….If it is used right on team fights and or solo play it will work…I have done over 50 games with it and i have the same result…

UmbraNoctis.1907:

If you have to evade/kite – you can’t heal (your allies). If you get cc’ed – you can’t heal. It is too easy to stop/prevent a druid’s healing by focusing him. And even prepatch a druid wasn’t that great against focus from multiple players. Less defensive stats from amulet and dmg buffs (mainly to thieves) will make it even harder to survive in teamfights. You need defensive stats/traits/skills as a healer, because healing alone doesn’t save you from burst. As a bunker/bruiser druid might work well, but not as a pure healer.
“Old bunkers” (chrono, tempest, guard) had less healing than druid, true, but they had great team support through boons, aoe condi removal (better than those tiny fields with delayed cleanse from druid), better dmg mitigation/avoidance, and more instant abilities (shatter, auras, shouts, …), so they could deal better with focus fire and keep up their role as healer/supporter.

Have you played druid? The entire class is mobility and evasion.

GS=2 evades 1 block 1 Stun
Staff= 1 Projectile stopper + heal 1 Evade + 2Heal + 1Root + / with auto attack dps + Heal

The Mender’s Amulet is everything the druid is about…>MOVE heal evade move heal DPS…And do it again.