Guild Wars 2

Play rifle and longbow just to see the difference, you will never go back to rifle..ever again.

Rifle is a silly gimmick that has no place other than glass cannon 1 trick pony.

anet made a mess by forcing the meta into spirit…now they have egg on there face :/

Kodiak.3281 why sceptre over dagger in the main hand?

Was just surprised being double daggers I imagined bursty kind of game play but I actually take less damage and amazing mobility….

First time lee here but have all the rest at 80 -except warrior- been testing all the weapon sets and D/D is by far the best weapon set in terms of kill and mitigation….I don’t get it?

Kodiak.3281 thanks for replying to the post and never mind the haters…You went out and did something EVERYONE said can not be done, is it perfect? No idea but it works and I bet many players like myself are glad you took those first steps towards a condiele.

I stated levelling an ele because of your video and have no idea how it will play out but since its my last level 80 I hope it works out!

PS Signet of Fire does crazyyyyyy dmg, thoughts?

Has any been playing it in WvW or PvE with Staff or S/D?

Kodiak.3281:

Cempa.5619:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQFAWhEmkbxR3gjDIhCGw4hG4BdY5xMsD2AA-j0xAINAaBQOsIasl2ioxqZw0oER1ekioVLEwi1A-w

Thoughts?

My thought is you should nut up and go full on Conditimentalist

Works with staff as well. Lead with Signet of Water Chill to get them to blow Condition removal. Follow up with Signet of Earth Immobilize -> Eruption -> Shockwave -> Fire -> Lava Font -> Flame Burst.

lol some guy on the WvW forum told me about your build and I made a new post here about it before seeing your post

PS that link is broken on youtube and here.

I found some vid by Kodiak.3281 :

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQJArYhEmebux2wjDAkCmEeQADJMeohHkA-ToAgyCuIKS9l7LTRyvsfNMYCC

http://youtu.be/4eNyM-OdKVc

What do you guys think? WvW?

I tried to gear for WvW and PvE:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQJArYhEmebux2wjDAkCmEeQADJMeohHkA-jUyA4sASgAJDApwioxWEnGbVMIaGMVKRUtHpIa1CBMZNA-w

PS Kodiak.3281 would be great if you can share some insight on how this build handles in duels and skirmishes?

I found Kodiak:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQJArYhEmebux2wjDAkCmEeQADJMeohHkA-ToAgyCuIKS9l7LTRyvsfNMYCC

http://youtu.be/4eNyM-OdKVc

Has any of you ever come across a condition ele in WvW? I’ve never, is that because they suck or people just rather play power?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQFAWhEmkbxR3gjDIhCGw4hG4BdY5xMsD2AA-j0xAINAaBQOsIasl2ioxqZw0oER1ekioVLEwi1A-w

Thoughts?

I bet Anet will make it so fear breaks on damage -as in regardless of duration it breaks after 1 tick.

Work in progress:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQFAUlspSXnvSyF17ISIFS49BSRe5Xie8YU2kB-jEyAoNAiAQCsIas1tioxqXwUnLqWpC4xLiWtMAmjB-w

Can Staff be built for high regen/vigour while maintaing high pressure and can down any one 1v1 with either condi or power?

Its no use naming a class and then saying you beat it, name the other guys build then we have something to talk about,,,,

How do you gear for WvW?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNAT8ejcOtw5OCPMxBEkiroKOPSipg8UKmjNE-jEyAINBZCCMZJQ5wioxWGLiGreBTjSEV7QKiWtMAMrB-w

Staff ele, walk away, why?

Jax.5261:

Just so you know I was joking, I’d rather eat a cactus than be in a guild with you.

Everything you said in the OP was bs.

Eat a cactus…that’s a new one lol

I like the fighter attitude and will play both thanks, I get the D/P play but how’s S/P, how do you gear and play it for WvW?

Prysin.8542:

a large health pool with heavy healing = almost unstoppable

if you can get a build, with 500+ healing, 2700+ armor and 20k HP, you are pretty much set. Only downside is, you wont kill anyone anytime soon

I’m at those stats with a power build and can bring down players just fine, bunkers take long and just zzzz but they die. My build is in this thread above…it’s not perfectly optimized as I don’t play that much. Once you get the hang of double bow you can take huge chunks of HP off your foe in seconds….

Hi,

Since level 1 all I have known of this profession is a dagger in the offhand, as you can imagine it gets stale very quickly, as for WvW what do others think of builds that do not use a dagger in the off hand? (so no CnD).

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fMQQJAVTjAV91JWCWs2Bili9Eo2DN1fMxUwfGVwjE-jUyAotARfCU2LqJwhMW3KiGreBTXuoalKgLpIa1yAYOGA-w

Try to bring this bad boy down, I dare ya!

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fMQQJAVTjAV91JWCWs2Bili9Eo2DN1fMxUwfGVwjE-jUyAotARfCU2LqJwhMW3KiGreBTXuoalKgLpIa1yAYOGA-w

This is my build which revolves around regen and vigour, my +healing sweet spot is +5xx with Dwayna Runes. I used to run BM with regen trait but since the pet nurd changed things up a bit.

Ranger just plays so much better in PvP when you try to build around evasion and regeneration.

matthen.5024:

Cempa.5619:

was the build in the video?

Also, could you tell me what you think of my P/D build (any one):

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQRAqY4YlUmKN3ay5E/5EB3Dnm0mqp4m2sTBWlPA-jkyA4sBRTLCN9JQpwioxWwiWNLIlvwqZw0oER1ekioVLEwi1A-w

Thx

All builds have their strengths and weaknesses. The two things that stand out to me:

1. No stunbreak. If you are fighting other players, it’s hard to get by without a stunbreak. This is especially true with a condition build that kills slowly. SoS can be activated while stunned, but it’s not the same.

2. Centaur runes + Signet of Shadows. The main reason to run centaur runes is to keep fast movement without having to dedicate a movement slot to SoS.

Personally, I’d either run SoS and switch to runes with condition duration, or keep centaur runes and swap in shadow step (great utility + stun break). However, it all depends on your play style. You need to get into some fights to get a feel for how it meshes with your playstyle.

Good luck.

Thanks, I struggled deeply with not having a stun breaker, every other profession I play has a stun breaker as a permanent fixture. TBH I never even considered Centaur Runes as a way to compensate for SoS which I deemed mandatory for CnD to work -at least for me, I have little chance of landing it without movement speed enhancement up.

So how exactly would Centaur Runes compensate for SoS? Via dodge/evade?

was the build in the video?

Also, could you tell me what you think of my P/D build (any one):

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQRAqY4YlUmKN3ay5E/5EB3Dnm0mqp4m2sTBWlPA-jkyA4sBRTLCN9JQpwioxWwiWNLIlvwqZw0oER1ekioVLEwi1A-w

Thx

Varconi.1804:

I got tired of facerolling phantasm builds so I decided to try out the 2 least used weapons scepter and torch. Playing with scepter and torch is so much more rewarding than phantasms I will never go back to them.

The build is pretty basic on traits there are a few variations that can be made but I have found this to be the most effective.

20 – V, IX
0
30 – V, X, XII
20 – II, VII
0

For heal and utilities I run Ether Feast, Veil, Decoy, Blink, and Mass Invisibility

I run full apothecary gear since I made this build for 1vx fights.
For runes I always run Melandru on every set on every character they are too good not to use for any spec.

Consumables are Pizza and Tuning Crystals

Sigils are crucial to this build.

Staff – Superior sigil of Geomancy
Scepter/Torch – Superior sigil of Doom and Superior sigil of Corruption

The key to maximizing this build is setting up torch burst combos. I open fights with scepter 3 then try and land a block with 2 followed by 4, then closing in on the target and casting 5 to gain the Retaliation. If you can’t run up to your target use Blink to get on top of them to land Prestige’s burning as this goes off you swap to staff which applies 3 bleeds and drop Chaos Storm which stacks a lot of invuln from the minor traits in Domination and adds more conditions to cover the burning and bleeds. Phase Retreat out. Swap back to Scepter and reapply confusion with 3 which also applies Poison because of Doom sigil.

This combo does a lot of damage and stacks so many conditions instantly that people often panic.

The main strength of this build is having access to every damaging condition in game. Along with constant stealthing and near 100% uptime of regeneration and protection.

The only weakness I have found was against really well played phantasm mesmers can be hard fight because of the phantasms never dropping target when you stealth and not being able to land Illusionary Counter on the mesmer because of all the clones and phantasms hitting you.

Added a link to video its poor quality because my comp lags hard when recording, I also uploaded without any music because only thing I had access to on this comp is not age appropriate for a lot of people who may watch. This shows off a typical fight as condition mesmer 1vx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzD-1-THDhA

Thanks! Could share your phantasm build and compare and contrast both builds? So, if you played against your self 1v1 with this build and phantasm, who would win and why?

Or build go it? Cleric+Banners?

This is my last attempt, what do you guys think of this WvW build..be honest don’t hold back

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYEQNAV6alcmiP3ey5E95Ex2DgmTeyzooHt/wVB-jEyAoLBZqCMRIQZvioxWBLiGreBTVSEV7NKiWtMAMjB-w

Osicat.4139:

I tested 20-20-30-0-0, think Pyro use this aswell.

Enjoy my ressults, wery fun and good survival:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8qRXiBOF8g

/Osicat

Could you share thoughts on this build ?

Can thief main SB? If so power or condi?

ok I wont tell Anet loool

Any one to build P/P that has enough dmg to down players and enough mitigation?

1v1 build:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMQQJAVTjAV91JWCWs2Bili9Eo2DN1fMxUwfGVwjE-jUyAotARfCU2LqJwhMW3KiGreBTXuoalKgLpIa1yAYOGA-w

Yet to lose 1v1 pre patch to today.

Have we not learned anything from history about making ‘roaming’ videos?

At least for me it’s time for new professions and level cap increase.

Haley.2390:

SimVanLee.3421:

I have a general question to this topic… (for a roaming Necro) Should i go for a power, hybrid or codition dmg build ?

I’ve roamed with all three and I prefer Rampager Hybrid. I can take down 2 or 3 people solo sometimes real quick before they react without worrying too much about positioning them.

I can’t tell if you are making fun of OP or you are serious? Rampager so no Toughness and then you take out 2 to 3 players when I assure you no necro could take on, say a regen ranger 1v1 in WvW.

But to OP they all work especially if you are with some friends necro becomes amazing!

Hi,

I am experiencing something strange and not sure why, my gaming experience is actually declining when I start a new toon or pick up an old one that does not have these tools, strange right?

I can’t buy all 3 for all toons at once, so I do over time but then its too late!

They don’t affect my toon strength in any way of form, I get that, so why do I get this negative let down feeling when I log a toon that dose not have them?

Naouvi.2081:

Thank you once again for the feedback guys, one think I don’t agree and maybe you hating saying Mesmer is overpowered bla bla anyone can play bla bla.
I see many Mesmer in wvw diferent styles of play. Mesmer can be a strong class I agree but if not well played your kittened its very useless easy to play a Mesmer you say once again I totally disagree every class needs to be master.
Cempa.5619 if you do like my video and my type of play that makes me happy in the future videos I will be showing my gear and my status.
Thank you guys for your opinions and have a nice one.

Great! Looking forward.

Any know what build/gear he is running?

Hi,

Really liked your video, fun to watch and liked the music and especially enjoyed your written on screen comments.

Could you link you setup using a builder?

Thanks

I must have not understood the in-game LA chatter that we will be getting new Celestial Armour -I assumed a new level of gear, I still don’t know what Celestil Armour is?

Hi,

Assuming continued increase in stats on gear that require time to get, at what point will a fresh 80 get overwhelmed in all aspects of the game against a 80 with best-in-slot?

Thoughts?

Staff / Sceptre+Focus Rabid+Carrion build

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAW7dlwzKqHUzhGb9IhJF9G5nUA9lj6B2z+3B-jEyA4MBZqSgoPw5wioxWNLiGrmBTlSEV7RKiWtQAPWDA-w

Anything significant changed for this build?

Go to 26:15 for build

were is the condition staff/sceptre/torch build?

Since I wanted to play ranged caster in WvW and just about every post I go over was not that friendly to GS roamer I took a look at condi mesmer, would be great to get feed back or links to builds:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAW7flwzKqHUzgGb9IhpHBH5A/Uhoj6x2z+3B-jEyA4MBZqSgoPw5wioxWNLiGrmBTlSEV7RKiWtQATWDA-w

Hi,

Im looking to try mesmer out again if I can play ranged caster, with focus on WvW small groups and solo play and the inevitable zerg!

My attempt at the build:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAR7dlwzipXTzhGa9ICqHan39dkU0apWJF22FC-j0xAYMAiAQCsIasVyioxqWwUmER1e8ioVLFQEjBA-w

Wow, that is some strange feedback, everything is garbage unless its the build you recommend lol