Guild Wars 2

Builds in my sig

I dont know how many of you watch yishis, but in his most recent video (holiday one) the second to last fight he faced a Sw/F GS phantasm mesmer. Im trying to find the build because i really liked that fight, mostly because of the mesmer.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgEQNAR8dlwzKqHUTmGbNJxZGQf5oUgdvTqgqLfA3A-j0BBYfCyUEwUIBKzsIastBFRjVbDTFjIqWGA9FA-w

This is my closest shot

Engis have bottom tier condi removal (unless HGH, which they can’t because you said kits). Also lol at condi dmg eles

Only thing i got from this was that character has a man face, and Axe + LB could be a fun set

1. You have the crit banner out.

2. You have fury.

3. Im guessing your hidden utilities are signets. Maybe even had someone else throw more banners down.

4. You’re probably using maintenance oil/accuracy sigil to boost your crit chance even further.

In reality you have 25-30% crit chance. But nice try :P

Celestina.2894:

Any other opinions? ;o Not that I don’t appreciate or respect the two above, but more thoughts are always welcome.

Offhand axe and rifle are the absolute worst weapons a warrior can use

rabidsmiles.5926:

Happy with is so subjective and I am such an altoholic!

Both have good points though. I have a hard time figuring out if in the end, the tiny weapons or the ‘meh’ gear will leave me not enjoying the mesmer vs the various, beautiful outfits that the humans have. I think half the fun of the class is how outlandish you can make them and have it not really be abnormal.

Anyone with an Asura mesmer that can give some perspective? Do you regret or love it? Do you find that the armors and weapons size aren’t that big of a deal?

Maybe I should spend some time in the mists trying the outfits out…and make two mesmers

Be a hipster like me. Make a charr mesmer

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/external?l=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FVAUbZ62CC4M

This video was just to show off legendaries, but this guy uses pretty much the same armor and color scheme as i do.

ASVP.9752:

I’m just stuck between Ranger and Engi now..

I just want good damage and easy leveling/fun for PvE then decent at PvP endgame.

You basically described engi

You can buy from the TP. The lion symbol on the top right.

Bomb/TK/rocket boots is better imo. The blast on rocket boots combined with HT or smokebomb are great

I need to do this

20/20/30/0/0 should be easy to figure out. Anything that boosts phantasms and PU

I like meta only builds in my party

Mjolnir is the coolest weapon in the game. Im like halfway done, but dem lodestones :/

It seems like Axe/Sh is what all the hipster warriors are using now. Pretty soon itll become mainstream. Just like hammer.

Sylvari or female asura. Asura t3 OP

Thats what i use on my mesmer. Power PU for solo WvW

Max.1968:

As far as I remember there is no “GvG”-mode in this game? We only see zerg vs zerg and we honestly have no idea why people meet in the arena to fight a zerg with their zerg.

As hilarious as this was, i think its still rude to do just because you can :/

phaeris.7604:

So were going off class descriptions now are we…..

Btw, ive just been watching a group of 3 rifle warriors, 1 guardian and 1 ele tear it up in wvw. It’s all you can do to avoid being hit by 14k killshots, and considering my toughness is 2800, and I have a meaty 15khps, yet my combos do 1/5 of their bar at a time, it is pretty ridiculous.

Even thief backstabs don’t hit me for that much.

Warriors can spec full berzerk, still have 22khps and 3k armour and lose nothing. This is the problem.

Killshot is just crazy in wvw at the moment, it’s a 1500 range death sentence in a zerg. Nothing at that range should hit for that much, especialy from a heavy armour class.

Im sorry you can’t 1v5 :/

And no, a warrior cant spec full berserker and still get those stats.

Thats what the imp looks like lol. You can tell by the wings on the first pic

You can always buy or orrian lockboxes

babazhook.6805:

>>I think this build is stronger because it has good vigor uptime, better sustain through reduced CD on mug and scavenger runes, and uncatchable. Im getting 2050 condi dmg before might or corruption stacks

I did have that exact build for some time and in fact linked to one like it. Scavenger are very good but to your points.

>Vigor uptime. I do not think over your build has more vigor. They come out equal in most respects. On a 21 second steal cycle your build has vigor uptime of 30 sseconds per minute thereabouts whereas my own has 26 seconds if I heal the 4 times. Added to that 15 is added to endurance to each dodge each time I use it. (If I am in battle and have no need to heal then there usually not a lot of need to dodge)

>Damage overall I see this as a wash as with your build my might stacks never got as high as with mighty noble. You are getting a little over 410 total damage over my own from the trickery line + number 6 bonus. This is a wash in battle as my might stacks are generally 10+ higher then your own (350 damage). Might also affects power so my regular attacks without very little work will hit for around 15 percent damage.

Stacks of might are way easier to build via dodges then hides in my experience and I low balled my own estimate as far as might stack advantages go.

>Mug versus assassins reward. A wash again. I can as easily slot mug in but while your heal from mug is on a 21 second cooldown, assassins reward is healing everytime I use initiative when I have that slotted.

This not to critique your own build. IT a very good one and a lot of fun as well. I jsut see this one has having more sustain without giving up a lot in the way of an ability to inflict damage.

I do thank you for your reply.

Its not like my build can’t still get might from the same sources you do. They just won’t last as long. Plus you forgot the extra sustain i have from scavenger, and the unstabiltyable instant interrupt.

Yeah they did that in dragon bash.

Great stats for zerging, absolutely horrible for roaming

Throwing every interrupt possible into a build isnt hard. Have him try it.

GS + axe/Ma

30/25/0/0/15

When youre not using 100b stack vuln with axe 2 and mace 4 and use axe auto.

How is this compared to the power PU build that is becoming very popular?

You could have killed him if you weren’t staff autoing with AH :/

CMstorm.8679:

i never really bothered with guardian runes much. i’ve used them like a couple times, but never noticed much burn. does it have an icd? Runes like that are a bit wonky, ya know? Like rune of the Baelfire, rune of balthazar, rune of the fire, rune of the earth maybe rune of svanir, rune of the afflicted, rune of the air…i’ve experimented with pretty much all those kind of runes and some of them are decent with the right build, but it’s kinda…meh… ya know?

It doesn’t have an ICD, and the burn is applied each time the message “blocked” pops up on your screen. If you time it right you can get a TON of AoE burn

CMstorm.8679:

mkay. how bout for Pvp then

There are interesting condi builds with Ma/Sw and Sw/Sh that use guardian runes to still keep the burn you miss not having LB. you also have a kitten ton of blocks.

Completely unviable because condition dmg.

I think this build is stronger because it has good vigor uptime, better sustain through reduced CD on mug and scavenger runes, and uncatchable. Im getting 2050 condi dmg before might or corruption stacks.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQRAoY6YlYmiOHfy0E/5EB3DnaUo694rj1saFoJA-j0CB4iDimWAkkOQkIwZqERjZSo1gFRjVJjIqWpEzcbIamcpWIgFrBA-w

Condition builds need to utilize all conditions, otherwise a single cleanse and all your stacks are gone. Therefore a just bleed build or a just poison build isnt viable.

The thing is, most boss attacks in this game are one, long, hard hitting attack, instead of multiple fast attacks. That means even with full PTV, bosses will still 3 or 4 shot you. So you might as well do as much dmg as possible.

ALL damage in PVE can be avoided by blocks, reflects, blinds, dodges, weapon evades, and invulnerability. This is a skill thing, and those zerkers you see who are constantly going down are not skilled. Watch a dungeon speed clear video to get a better understanding of how to zerker.

Good build, but i still think 10/0/30/0/30 with perplex and tow line is the top thief condi build

Totalkill.8014:

Thanks for the quick replies but I am a dd/sp player that is hit and run burst.

I have a very good hammer/GS build. It has that same hit and run play style as youre probably used to

Kaustus.8532:

great! but shouldnt I have some points in power? or is it a waste?

Nope, you don’t need it. Try it out and see for yourself.

lvis.3824:

I am NOT talking about “balance” in WvW !
It was stated to be unbalanced by design, and alone the Foodboofs are obviously unbalanced !!!

The funny thing is, and you all deny that, an warrior is just redicilously easy to play .
Even the greatest loser can spec for a “meta” build and wreck havoc !

This is the big problem.
Even if you are so terrible and click all your skills – you could still succeed in tPvP as warrior.

And i was referring to ele ( and i mean D/D ele ) because someone here mentioned Warrior would be Pure melee … which is not the case !
99% of warriors run Bow in tPvp, and they do it for a reason.

And onther thing, and this is maybe the reason y so many warriors think they are “fine” – is what has become of the game.

You think because of all this senseless AOE condi spam you are fine when having cleansing ire on longbow F1 , and your double immunity abilities.

Its not fine, and its not good !
One should have to think when to go defensive and when to go in an burst.

Using all immunity skills and running in there while beeing able to dish out dmg other professions have to specc full glass for, and then backing of and still maintain pressure with Longbow.

Condicleanse on demand … i mean, this is way to much !

I know one should not compare class abilities, but its really really more then annyoing at the moment .

That last sentence lol. Condi cleanse on demand to OP!

Darek.1836:

Carpboy.7145:

Zero Day.2594:

sminkiottone.6972:

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This is WvW discussion not pvp, calm down.

Funny you mentioned that…
The skill level, or the ability to PvP (as player versus player combat in general) of players in sPvP and WvW are on two different worlds… Yet both are PvP…
Sometimes I wonder if people playing WvW ever tried to sPvP…

Lol so much this. I was fairly decent at pvp, but then I took a break from WvW and for like a month all i did was constant duel servers and tpvp. After that i came back to WvW and feel like ive put on some god mode hack lol. I’ve died like 10 times in the past 2 months, 6 of which i got zerged down. (Roaming 4+ hours a day)

you run a cheese bunker build. Enough said.
anyway tpvp is full of condi spam and cc spam which I hate, while I hate the bunker condi perp builds in WvW, it’s not nearly as bad as the point aoe spam.

Funny based purely on my signature you think thats the only class or build ive ever used. I havent played that build since November.

You play guardian main. Im sure you have some other classes you play from time to time. And while my engi build may be a kitteneesy on that you literally never die, good luck killing people with it. I’ve moved on to glassier builds

Yasha.5963:

Carpboy.7145:

Its not like hes doing anything to you anyway. Just leave.

In spvp you have to take nodes. If he is standing on the node and I can’t kill him relatively quickly then its an issue for me.

Against guardian bunkers there is room to interrupt key abilities and apply extreme pressure, but I can’t see any obvious way to outplay a build that can just stand there doing nothing and be barely affected by attacks that would have killed most other builds three times over if the player had just stood still doing nothing in my blind field.

That’s why I asked about it.

To be honest I am dubious about shortbow being effective, because I used that strategy with d/d thief against non-tank warriors and it didn’t work. My auto attack has poison on the third strike for free and hits faster and pretty much as hard as shortbow, plus I basically can’t be hit when using d/p (because of blind). It seems illogical to swap to shortbow but I’ll still give it a try since it was suggested.

You only need 2 points….

If hes on mid you have at least 3 other teammates with you, so call target on him and try to burst down his friends while they run back. If hes on far…who cares :/ go get home back

Its like when people would complain about perma stealth. Are they doing anything to you while theyre stealthed? Well then who gives a kitten

lvis.3824:

To all Warrios’s in here who actually think they are “balanced” – please for the sake of god play a D/D elementalist.

A profession that cannot switch to a different weaponset , this is pure melee.
And then, fight agains any class in the game – then come back and tell us again that you are “balanced” .

Balanced around what ? You really think you are such good players that you win every 1v1 out there ?

Even when missing 50% of you “obvious telegraphed” skills ?

Please try ele and then review your statements…

Yeah, because ele is so balanced right now and clearly the role model for all the other professions. And clearly, by nerfing warrior, all of Eles problems will vanish. I mean come on, it just makes sense.

Instead of asking to nerf warrior, why not ask for buffs to your class?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/Having-Trouble-Sticking-with-a-Class

BondageBill.4021:

Carpboy.7145:

Engis fo sho. They’re bomb/toolkit/rocket boots condi build with perplex is VERY effective roaming 1vX

Here’s a video. I think this guy also has some more roaming videos with this build, and he streams regularly.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/external?l=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DfUoHcJLWjoc

Thanks for the link; I’ll have to check it out. Not super thrilled about perplexity runes ATM though, as I assume they will be getting the beef hammer in the next balance patch.

On an unrelated note, my phone just autocorrected nerf hammer into beef hammer. I think I’ll leave it like that.

Beef hammer made me lol. They already nerfed perplexity runes awhile ago with an ICD of 8sec. I dont think they have any more intentions to change them. And perplexity is just the most god mode rune for that build. But in the video he explains how undead/scavenging/tormenting are all just as good

Honestly nerf healing signet into the ground if you have to. Id like a still decent passive with an active worth using, but if completely destroying it is what it takes to shut up all the whiners then be my guest. Then every warrior would just use Surge instead.

The only thing hes missing is x1 rune and a small amount of armor from the chestpiece

Good players will still wreck bads left and right. Quit whining

Your rangers getting 20k with rapid fire? There are screens of a warrior getting 93k with 100b

And here’s the proof. My bad 91k

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/warrior/Post-your-highest-Hundred-Blades

Engis fo sho. They’re bomb/toolkit/rocket boots condi build with perplex is VERY effective roaming 1vX

Here’s a video. I think this guy also has some more roaming videos with this build, and he streams regularly.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/external?l=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DfUoHcJLWjoc

Zero Day.2594:

sminkiottone.6972:

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This is WvW discussion not pvp, calm down.

Funny you mentioned that…
The skill level, or the ability to PvP (as player versus player combat in general) of players in sPvP and WvW are on two different worlds… Yet both are PvP…
Sometimes I wonder if people playing WvW ever tried to sPvP…

Lol so much this. I was fairly decent at pvp, but then I took a break from WvW and for like a month all i did was constant duel servers and tpvp. After that i came back to WvW and feel like ive put on some god mode hack lol. I’ve died like 10 times in the past 2 months, 6 of which i got zerged down. (Roaming 4+ hours a day)

Its not like hes doing anything to you anyway. Just leave.