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Chaith.8256:

Dirame.8521:

And for you to tell me that the status quo of the engie does not back up what I’m saying, is to forget your own thread that you created about improvements that need to be made for the Engie trait lines. Especially the explosives and Firearms. We all know that the engie is very stale right now and this sort of trait design isn’t helping matters.

No, it means that you saying the Holosmith will have one build and a boring theorycraft is not backed up.. you keep drawing similarities to Scrapper’s mono-build problem when there are multiple enticing Holosmith builds, roles, and playstyles. Yes obviously I haven’t forgotten about the Scrapper mono-build.

The Holosmith is lit, while you’re correct in that all Holosmiths will have no choice but to use the heat mechanic, I’ll just repeat myself and say: so what? You just keep repeating that it’s a problem so my responses are kinda pidgeonholed into the same.

I’m extremely pleased with the spec so far, it’s going to be a good theorycraft and finally a viable DPS role for the first time in 2 years. Boo hoo for your problems

I guess my problem is that after a month, we might be bored just playing with this one mechanic. But as always, we are each entitled to our opinion.

Chaith.8256:

That’s all, just recognize not every Elite spec will have or will need one trait that makes X so powerful you have to revisit every sigil/skill to cram more of X in your build like Bitter Chill. Despite lacking that the Holosmith can have build diversity and provide 3 distinct ways to deal with the heat mechanic.

3 Distinct ways to play with 1 mechanic? That is EXACTLY the problem. 3 Distinct ways to play with only 1 mechanic!

I’ll just bring up the mesmer instead of the Necro this time. The Chrono can play with Clone generation or it could play with it’s wells to be a tank, or it could play with it’s very new alacrity mechanic to speed up cooldowns. What’s that now? 3 distinct ways to play with 3 different mechanics. And you can mix them together for even more distinct ways to play.

And for you to tell me that the status quo of the engie does not back up what I’m saying, is to forget your own thread that you created about improvements that need to be made for the Engie trait lines. Especially the explosives and Firearms. We all know that the engie is very stale right now and this sort of trait design isn’t helping matters.

And the traits don’t need to be powerful, they just need to be smart!

Chaith.8256:

In PvP a good build will often need a strong defensive foundation like Alchemy, if that makes every build the same despite what utilities, weapons, and the various ways to rely on Photon Forge, then really your beef should be with Alchemy, Soul Reaping, Fast hands, Water, Trickery, every PoF PvP build will still use these specializations in PvP

I think you understand my point but this comment sounds like you don’t. Simply put, the new Specialization isn’t changing the way I see Grenades or use grenades, it isn’t changing the way I use my Pistol or my Rifle. And it only focuses on wielding the Holo-Forge. On the other hand, consider the Reaper again, or even the engie itself, Static Discharge completely changes the way I see the toolbelt skills, Bitter Chill, completely changes the way I look at the Necro’s skills but is there anything like static discharge and Bitter Chill on the Holosmith? Nope.

Haha, I forgot you are the guy who loves nades. Of course you’d use those explosive traits!

Chaith.8256:

Again you’re just very particular in that you expect Holo traits to bring some underpowered utilities to the top in a brand new combination or you’re unhappy.

What’s the point of a new specialization if it all it does is re-enforce the use of builds that are or were already popular?

I’m already unhappy. I’m hoping at least one of the new specializations gives me something to be excited about.

Chaith.8256:

Way too early to declare that it’s going the way of Scrapper (1 build)

I see many ways to potentially play Holosmith in PvP for example

Chaith.8256:

No mention about the synergy between Crystal Configuration: Storm, Prime Light Beam, Corona Burst, and Explosives traits?

Steel Packed Powder and Shaped Charge? Is that what you consider Synergy, Chaith? I mean come on! Just look at the Reaper! 1 single trait creates an entire build! Corona Burst and Light Beam don’t even come close to that.

Chaith.8256:

I think Holosmith totally fits into a P/P hybrid damage build as well. P/P, Firearms/Alchemy/Holosmith. Flamethrower, Elixir S, Spectrum Shield. Holosmith: 2-3-1 for heat venting dodge roll burns or Holosmith 3-3-3 for an overheat style build.

Sorry Chaith, I looked at those suggestions and all I could think was; “We’re still just playing the same old builds but slapping Holosmith on it.”

The ONLY redeeming quality for the Holosmith is the way it’s skills function. Like I said in the video, the Holosmith could bring the Bomb Kit back with it’s area control and Static Discharge back with multiple F1-F4 skills but boy do those traits do nothing to enhance the flavour of the skills. And when I make this statement, I’m not saying the traits don’t work or you can’t use them, what I’m actually saying is, the traits don’t give us any incentive to use other trait lines.

And you could once again bring up the Explosives line and I’ll tell you right now that you will only go into the explosives line to get Glass Cannon, Aim-assisted Rocket and Thermobaric Detonation and the traits that supposed to synergize with the Holosmith will be left behind.

Chaith.8256:

Bruiser might stacking build with Sword/Shield, Inventions/Alchemy/Holosmith. Elixir Gun, Spectrum Shield, Hard Light Arena. Focus on doing high Sword damage after leaving Photon Forge with high heat. Holosmith 2-2-2.

I assumed the Bruiser build would be 1-2-2 since damage reduction is in the Light Density Amplifier.

Chaith.8256:

DPSSS Holosmith with Sword/Shield, Explosives/Alchemy/Holosmith. Grenades, Elixir S, Spectrum Shield. Wreck face with ranged explosion Photon Forge autos and Grenades. Use Sword/Shield to leap away and quickness heal instead of offense. Holosmith 2-3-3.

Ranged explosion Photon Forge Autos, 2-3-3 won’t get you that. But I guess you meant Crystal Configuration: Storm. And even with that, it still doesn’t make the Spec any livelier than the Mirage or even the age old Reaper.

Chaith.8256:

Since you’re not excited to play these builds, I think you are just too narrow in what you can view as fun.. personally your suggestions are too focused on condition spamming for my liking

Narrow? Nah, I’ve just seen these same patterns before. It happened during the trait revamp, it happened during the Scrapper reveal and it’s happening again now. And I can bet with you now, the Holosmith is not going to be used because the traits are good, but because the skills are good.

And if you don’t like conditions, I was just thinking that with all this Holo-manipulation we’re doing, why aren’t we doing things like completely changing what the skills actually do; For instance, instead of Holo Leap being Holo Leap, it gets changed into Holo-chains that immobilize, or instead of Corona Burst we get Holo-Clones that copy our next attack or a Holo-Gatling Gun or a Holo Charrzooka! Why isn’t there more CRAZY?! Why are the traits so narrowly focused on Heat and turning on or off the Forge? Why doesn’t it also touch on the manipulation of light or the manipulation of blind or even the Holo projections themselves! Come on Chaith, you have to see it from my point of view as well.

Chaith.8256:

We don’t even know if using a kit will eject you from Photon Forge, there are playstyles totally hinging on that, wait and see.

As I said, I’ve seen these patterns before and they don’t bode well for the engie community. Not at all. The only thing that can save this is if that balance patch actually changes anything significant on the Engie, that I don’t know about.

VIDEO EDITION: https://youtu.be/Uo_GgxIXglE

As the title of this topic suggests, I think the Holosmith’s traits are a rethread of what has occurred and is still occurring with the current core engie and the Scrapper.

When the Scrapper was launched, how many new builds were created for the Engie? ….. It’s definitely not hard to count. It was literally just 1 build. The rest of the builds were either trash or not up to par with the main Hammer/Paladin Amulet Scrapper. And the traits that are being featured on the Holosmith right now are walking down that VERY. SAME. PATH.

If we were to compare the amount of builds made for the Reaper in just 1 year of HoT vs the same for the Scrapper, you’d see that the Scrapper just doesn’t stack up AT ALL.
The Reaper had a lot of possibilities but the scrapper which was attached to a class that is apparently all about versatility, literally only had 1 build that was good enough for PvP and absolutely NONE for PvE. Why is that? How can we let that be the status quo? And let it remain that way?

So once again, just as I did before the trait revamp where I said the Explosives Line for the Engie was atrocious and need to be changed, here I am again saying the same thing for the Holosmith’s trait line. If it ships like this, it will be disappointing for anyone who loves the engie, because after a week of playing around with the skills, people will realize just how shallow the traits really are.

Don’t worry, I’m not here to just rag on Anet, I love what they’ve done with Cauterize and the Leap skill that gives quickness and cripple. These are skills with drawbacks and that’s amazing! Anyone who watches my videos will know I’ve been asking for that for ages! But another I’ve been asking for (FOR AGES) is BETTER DESIGNED TRAITS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NOT JUST THE ELITE SPECIALIZATION BUT ALSO THE CORE PROFESSION. When building a new Specialization WE CANNOT IGNORE WHAT ALREADY EXISTS on the profession. It has to complement and enhance what is already there or else what’s the point?

My suggestions for traits will be in the attached images below because the post is already getting too long for people to read, but if you want to join in the discussion guys, please leave your thoughts and suggestions below and let me know if you agree that the new specialization’s traits is just not going to cut it.

Ithilwen.1529:

Comments from the last tournament. We were matched against a team that was vastly better.

There thief concluded the match by saying “you’ve been farmed.” He went on to say, “you are the cancer of pvp” and “go back to pve laddie.”

ANET has chosen to use a ladder that virtually guarantees low level teams will get smashed in the early rounds.

It is very clear that this is a closed game. It caters to the top level players. That, anet, is why it will fail.

What anet ought to do is eliminate teams of any kind in pvp and go with pure random queue for AT’s if they are to be continued at all.

Actually what Anet SHOULD do is have each tournament seeded with the player’s history in mind. That way, new teams face new teams or close to that and good teams face good teams. But then again, if you can’t figure out how to get better by watching your gameplay after recording and seeing where your flaws are, then the game can’t help you.

What you can also do is this;

- Stay at a vantage point and keep your distance while playing condi. This will pressure them to pop Berserker stance.

- When they pop zerker stance, start running away from the area to give yourself as much distance as possible.

- After about 5-8s turn around and get closer to them. Now’s when you’re going to need all your dodging ability. Make sure to dodge headbutts, Skullgrinder and make sure to corrupt stability. If you cant’ dodge the skull grinders, just rely on your trusty passive and active transfers. As long as you can prevent him from proccing his condi removal, you will beat the Warrior.

But then again, this is while playing my trusty Core Necro build which I think most people are too scared to play.

You guys who are complaining probably don’t know how much Mystic Coins and Unidentified dyes cost. If you did, you wouldn’t be complaining.

bluri.2653:

No, just no. Mesmer/ele beating necro/ele, mesmer/necro beating nec/ele? This is why I can’t stand forums because the level of discussion here is so low it’s unbearable.

You’re overacting just because of words on a page made of 1s and 0s that don’t outright agree with you. Calm down. I’m just going by what I’ve experienced and what I’ve seen.

I would love to see these Necro-Ele combos that can beat a similarly skilled Mesmer-Ele combo. Not that it’s impossible, just that i don’t think it’s as easy as just slapping a Necro and an Ele together and calling it a win.

TheDevice.2751:

Dirame.8521:

TheDevice.2751:

We haven’t even seen 2v2 duels in action yet. IDK why people keeps saying ele and necro are some godmode 2v2 when I’ve yet to see a real 2v2 tourney/match or whatever where the ele/necro combo was featured. Videos? Something?

2v2s? Puh-lease!! Helseth’s favourite shoutcaster can win 2v1!! Just check it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB7vqYHtyeQ

Wow that necro is OP.

Yes I agree he is OP and should be nerfed

If the above isn’t what you typed then I’m sorry. For some reason the website just changed it….. somehow.

TheDevice.2751:

We haven’t even seen 2v2 duels in action yet. IDK why people keeps saying ele and necro are some godmode 2v2 when I’ve yet to see a real 2v2 tourney/match or whatever where the ele/necro combo was featured. Videos? Something?

2v2s? Puh-lease!! Helseth’s favourite shoutcaster can win 2v1!! Just check it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB7vqYHtyeQ

bluri.2653:

flow.6043:

bluri.2653:

lmao you seriously need to get better. Ele/Nec is prolly second strongest duo in spvp atm. As much as i think posi is mental check his youtube that guy plays vanilla nec SOLO and does wonders with it. When he duo with ele he easily reaches top20 in EU

Top 20 can be easily reached with any duo.
Also, as opposed to other classes, the necro elite spec is only an upgrade in PvE, but in PvP it’s really a sidegrade. So doing well with a core necro isn’t a big deal either.

Now here’s the irony in your post:
You’re basically saying the issue is l2p instead of with the class, and regarding almost every necro thread on this forum I would agree with you.
But the fact that you mention Posi as your benchmark for how well necro could be played does reflects the underdog-ness of the class.
I’m not saying Posi is bad, but think about how many more good players you could name that main other classes. And how many of those you’d consider to be a more valuable team asset.

Anyway, the good ol’ “ele – necro duo” argument is about as lame and ignorant as all the complaints about how weak necros are.

Ok, show me. Get top20 at end of season. Why does it reflect the underdog-ness of the class? Posi barely plays this game and hasn’t for months and streams some core necro and absolutely demolishes people because he actually can play. Also the reason I use him as benchmark is because he actually has footage of him playing which no other necro has.

How is this argument lame? That nec-ele duo is one of the best duos. And also the best 2v2 in the game?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj-XQizU4oBtCc4yBck5emA/videos
https://www.twitch.tv/posisn/videos/all

Hehe, Sind, I think you’ve already proven his point by Duoing with a mesmer to top 20. And I know a few others who have duoed to top 20 as well.

That said though, the effectiveness of Posi and his Ele friend(having fought both of them recently) speaks more to their knowledge of the game and how they coordinate themselves than it does the power of the necro/ele combo.

I can assure you that a good Warrior and Necro combo could win 2v2s against a Posi-level necro-ele synergy because I’ve seen it and executed it myself, same with a mesmer/necro or mesmer/Ele. We’re overvalueing the class in this case rather than the player.

Erzian.5218:

bluri.2653:

So necro can’t 1v1 ele/engi/druid then?

Druid? really?

Yes, Necros can beat druids. Mainly reaper but yes, they can beat Druids.

shane.3647:

saerni.2584:

Hi, welcome to the forum.

What build do you use? Glad to provide constructive feedback on how to fight this thief once I get some background info.

Thanks for offering some input. I run a vanilla ranger. I know vanilla builds are inferior and Anet wants everyone to run the same meta builds but I enjoy my build. I was just about to break through Gold when I encountered this cancerous thief.

I realize that CC is probably the answer but I couldn’t land a single CC on this guy. He just dodged and evaded and stacked more condis until eventually I was out of clears and just melted away.

Hmm, attacking from Range when you’re 1v1 is almost impossible unless you intentionally give them the point. And even then they could just keep dodging.

I think the best thing is to use Greatsword. The GS 5 when used at the appropriate time can knock a Thief out of his rotation. Also taking the Hyena pet, and the Smokescale. Why the Hyena? because it can summon a second hyena that also has a knockdown. The more chances you have for unexpected CC, the better you will be at beating the condi thieves and thieves in general really. I would also make sure to have “Protect Me” and the trait Beastly Warden in Beastmastery. It works incredibly well and from any range, it is also an unexpected CC that can change the tide of any fight.

Easy Necro deaths is what we get when Anet decides that we somehow need plaguelands instead of a survival button that was actually useful for us.

Yea, when they get to Legend then they’ll say; “it’s too hard to maintain my rank plox make it easier.” and then they’ll whine and whine.

Stop obliging the people who want PvP as easy as it comes Anet, because we’ll just be back to square one again.

Silv.9207:

I’m trying different builds but still I can’t find one able to survive to a fight or be selfish enough to win a 1v1 (unless against an engi, the only class we actually counter).
can you help me find one?

This guy seems to know what he’s doing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94E_G8tXvT0

Here’s the guide as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKjLe2dukPE

:D

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Dirame.8521:

It makes sense to me. Especially if you assume that the reason the gods of tyria left is because the dragons were waking up. Then, having the dragons be the ones “dimming his light” is quite plausible.

There’s no point in assuming since we had direct confirmation that the gods left Tyria not because of the dragons, but because of Abaddon.

Besides, they left over a thousand years before the dragons even began to stir.

Even if they didn’t leave because of the dragons, we know that the Dragons feed on magic. What if they found a way to tap into Balthy’s realm and steal his magic?

That’s one theory.

RabbitUp.8294:

Dirame.8521:

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Valmir.4590:

Something tells me that Balthazar has been ousted by Menzies or another entity who defeated him and claimed the role of God of War, but in a not honourable way, hence precipitating him toward his current actions. At least, it would make sense of his behaviour.

This is my theory too. His line “They abated me, they dimmed might light… But now they will see me.” indicates a loss of godhood as well.

To me it sounded like he was talking about the Dragons. He was giving us a reason as to why he was acting the way he did towards the Dragons, but we can’t be sure about that.

“Now they will see me”

This doesn’t make sense if “they” are the dragons.

It makes sense to me. Especially if you assume that the reason the gods of tyria left is because the dragons were waking up. Then, having the dragons be the ones “dimming his light” is quite plausible.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Valmir.4590:

Something tells me that Balthazar has been ousted by Menzies or another entity who defeated him and claimed the role of God of War, but in a not honourable way, hence precipitating him toward his current actions. At least, it would make sense of his behaviour.

This is my theory too. His line “They abated me, they dimmed might light… But now they will see me.” indicates a loss of godhood as well.

To me it sounded like he was talking about the Dragons. He was giving us a reason as to why he was acting the way he did towards the Dragons, but we can’t be sure about that.

If I were a member of the team working to fix this item, I would suggest simply reducing its effectiveness rather than removing the functionality altogether. It’s best to encourage this sort of exploration rather than to discourage it.

Just so that this information doesn’t get lost in the shuffle and people don’t get the wrong idea when it comes to the ESL dropping GW2 from its listing on ESl Play. Here’s a video explaining it with spoken words:

And here’s a quote from Mr Oli Brix himself (ESL Admin):

Brix.8461:

Hey all,

Just to clarify a few misunderstandings around the GW2 section on ESL Play closing down:

" We are only talking about our #ESLPlay activities, which will end after today’s cup. "
" This does not exclude us to do any GW2 activities in the future as we had a great time with the game and the community in the past years. "

https://twitter.com/ESLGW2/status/849949931624443904
https://twitter.com/ESLGW2/status/849950170305277953

They don’t say anything because if they say anything and don’t do it then we will all eat them alive for not doing it. Either that or we keep asking for when it’s coming.

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Konig, I’d love to here your thoughts on my earlier comment (as seen below)

But before the attack on the Stronghold of the Faithful, Modremoth dieing kicked off something big for the White Mantle/Bandits in the area right?

Also, the death of Modremoth poured more magic into the Bloodstone right? And was that around the time when the White Mantle managed to crack it to take pieces? of it or was that earlier? I’m uninformed about how the timelines line up.

But if my suspicions are correct then there is more plausibility that an aspect of Modremoth is in Mr Mursaat.

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Legit Prep In.5893:

Tell me about it, idk what to do now either, tried tons of changes but nothing fits even remotely close to the flamethrower power build I ran for the whole last year.
There is NO sPvP Amulet with Condition, Toughness and Power. Instead, there are ONLY condition amulets which have PRECISION on it…. since when is precision needed for a condition build !? Anet, please open your brain!

Err…. Incendiary Powder activates off of critical hits dude.

Egrimm Van Horstmann.7921:

I’m thoroughly frustrated with the engineer. Heal nerf before the start of the year completely screwed over my Juggernaut build. The flamethrower has never been super strong, but is consistent in fighting groups. Now I’m running into the flamethrower randomly stowing during fights. The freeze in Bitterfrost from elementals I have to reequip the flamethrower even though stability knocks off the freeze. Also when certain buffs tick off, the flamethrower will unequip at weird intervals.

Is it definitely weird intervals? Because I noticed that if you hold the button for your kit for too long or even mildly brush past it, it will swap to that weapon or drop the kit. So it may just be that.

Amaimon.7823:

Glint is a dragon.
A dead dragon.
On what basis do you make the claim that the spirit of Glint lives on?, even in this fantasy world nothing just continues existing as a ghost without a catalyst? And do you even know what a Seer is? it’s a race, not a class, Glint is not a Seer, Glint is a dragon. If she survived (which is like the opposite of a propability) she wouldn’t be hiding out as a mursaat. thats not her MO.
ergo, Glint is less than a possible option.

In the entire franchise of Guild Wars, nothing is truly dead until the mists has erased them. Is it not Rytlock that ushered in a new profession which can channel the powers of long dead champions?

The Ghostly Hero is a dead Turai Ossa is he not? And yet he was in the Tyrian plain of existence to help us complete Ascension in GW1. The entire cascade of spirits that we’ve encountered in the entire game, quite a few of which you can see in the Raid, are they not sitting on this plane of existence rather than in the mists?

So there is plausibility for it to be Glint. That said though, on WP’s video, a commenter mentioned that it could be Glint’s scion, the baby dragon we defend in the challenge mission in GW1 and I think that suggestion is even more plausible than Glint.

Amaimon.7823:

Does Glint look this? I need to update my glasses, it’s been 2 years, but I don’t think my eyesight is that off

Glint is a seer with a small ‘s’ not a ’S’eer with a big ‘S’. She can perceive future events. What would you call a person who can predict the future? Are they not called seers? or prophets?

Konig Des Todes.2086:

I don’t see it being Glint (who was both female and not humanoid at all, unlike Lazarus). Why would she hide her identity from the PC? Lazarus came by himself, so if the figure isn’t really Lazarus, he’d have reason to hide his identity from the PC.

It being Mordremoth is an interesting idea, truth be told, and fully plausible since we know he planted a seed in Trahearne’s mind – he could easily have done such to another minion. The main problem is appearance, but if he knows some mesmer illusion-making, that’d be solved. On an side: Mordremoth died about a year before the attack on Stronghold of the Faithful.

Well if your spirit is reborn in a new body, your voice isn’t going to stay the same, is it? And as Glint is a seer, it’s quite possible that she would hide her identity for #Reasons.

But before the attack on the Stronghold of the Faithful, Modremoth dieing kicked off something big for the White Mantle/Bandits in the area right?

My thoughts on this:

- Kormir was blessed by the the 5/6 gods before she went on to absorb a godly essence so, if Lazarus is weak and Abaddon is weaker (as Konig said) then they may not be able pull off the same feat that Kormir did.

About who Lazzy really is:

- I think it’s Modremoth. He’s able to implant his mind into things, if the timelines line up, he died during the ritual, he knew about the baby dragon from the very beginning. When the baby was attacked by green/molten dragon minions, he appeared. Knowing that we are the ones that finished him off, he intends to use us to take down the other Dragons so he can get more powerful and then turn his attention to us.

- Or it’s Glint. Because again, the Mursaat knew where the baby Dragon was, it knows the commander, and it has bigger plans than taking over Kryta.

- Or finally, it’s the Colossus from the fractal. As soon as we set him free he was transported into Lazzy’s body. 10/10 for story telling Anet!

I know I know, today you want to worry about duo-qing to the top of Legendary but man… you can do that at any time! You only get to play in the ESL once a week! And Ceimash only gets to cast like a crazy person, once a week! So please do both of us a favour and join the bloody tournament!

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Legit Prep In.5893:

Why would this change be great ? What kit harmonized that good with the scrapper hammer if not FT ? Juggernaught, 2 traits that give extra crit when closer than 240units, perma stability & 25 might due to many (smaller) crits…and a lot of other things…

Makes no sense to use scrapper when you are forced to stack condition on your char, does it ?

You’re being short-sighted. Don’t you know that might-stacking increases both power AND condition damage? So even if you were to use the FT with Hammer and if you were to take Juggernaut, you would find that, you’re still doing good damage. And the damage might also be better damage because the burning from Flamethrower will keep ticking even when your target is dodging or you’re too busy healing to hit your target. This allows you to keep sustained pressure on them.

Now compare that to when you don’t have that sustained pressure with burning. When your target dodges, you won’t be dealing damage. When they block, you won’t be dealing damage. When you yourself are busy scratching your botox, you won’t be dealing damage.

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Silv.9207:

I seen them, and you’re already fighting bad players, probably in unranked. The guardian, the best fight you show in your video, is not a bad fight but he is really bad. Wasted his breakstun just to come to you, while a sword 2 was better, didn’t use his pull proprerly, no activation of schield or LB to push you out of the trap to push-n-pull, and more.
The warrior was so bad that he is for shure a daily player in unranked, he don’t even tried seriously to kill you.
The mesmer was just there to get killed, all the time long under your pressure without any good movement, any good counter, any burst, wasting the moa and more.

But for shure you used they bad play to kill them easy with an old build no one use anymore.
You’re a good player and that’s all that grant you to kill these players.
I can’t say that your build is good, just because is totally countered by an insane amount of classes (if played by a good player), but for shure you’re good to use it.

Hope to find you in some matches and have some fun togheter (fighting as ally or enemy).

It was in Ranked but it’s fine if you think they are bad players. It’s not like you’ll be fighting Sindrener or Misha in every match in Ranked. Most players are on the level of the people I fought so… whatever you choose to think is up to you.

Silv.9207:

Looking at this match, I see only a good but not shining build winning a lot of 2v1.
Nothing extraordinary, but you’re a good player and can make your build work enough to make it viable.
Not a 1v1 to show how you can kill someone, but fight against classes with low access to stability and with breakstuns in cooldown is for shure a good way to win.
The best thing i see in this video is that you found really good allies, able to join you every single time you find someone in your way, killing your enemy. more or less every time you fought an enemy in this match you was near to lose then come an ally to kill your enemy (or ress you). Basicly you don’t kill anyone in this video…

But it’s good to see that there’s still good necros hanging around

Haha, thanks for the compliments dude. You should watch the guide, the tips & tricks section shows me in 1v1s.

What do you do…. when pvp has nothing for you?

YOU FORM A TEAM AND JOIN THE TWO v TWO!

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Flumek.9043:

Crin, usually ceimash builds are… a bit “ceimashy”

But in this one,
the sigils really help. It frees you up from the usual need to setup poc+swap combos.

Its a glass build yea, and base necro lacks cleave…… but man, ive never oneshot a warrior so hard like when i tried this today

Haha! “A bit ceimashy” and awesome user testimony as well! Woop! Woop!

Crinn.7864:

Dirame.8521:

Experience has proven my choices right so, it’s not even a question.

That’s a cop out answer.

How? I’ve tested playing with it, I’ve tested playing without it, and I know it works from comparing the matches. It’s really that simple.

Crinn.7864:

Rage is uncontrollable, if it was deterministic it would be good, but it’s not.

Deterministic. If only it was. Fact remains though, when it procs, it does it’s job. That’s what matters to me.

Crinn.7864:

Dirame.8521:

…. TERRORMANCER!

Yea, it works. And I got to Legend with it.

Core Necro might need a buff… who knows. But what I do know is, I can still kick kitten with it and so can you, if you play smart and know your limits.
In any case, the guide is in the link below and the build as well. I go through, the skills, traits, and fights with 3 prominent classes in the solo q meta. Dragonhunter, Mesmer and Warrior.

GUIDE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKjLe2dukPE

I ran a nearly identical during offseason. Was definitely fun.

I disagree with your rune choice. The only advantage sunless has over nightmare is the 6pc. But with 180sec elite that isn’t much of a trade. The transfer on Nightmare has good synergy with plague’s self-bleed, and is even better if you have other condi on you.
Outside of elite usage nightmare is just plain better.

I think you are overvaluing sigil of rage too.

Experience has proven my choices right so, it’s not even a question. Rage sure has a 30s cooldown but when it procs….. it’s definitely worth it #L’oreal.

Yea, it works. And I got to Legend with it.

Core Necro might need a buff… who knows. But what I do know is, I can still kick kitten with it and so can you, if you play smart and know your limits.
In any case, the guide is in the link below and the build as well. I go through, the skills, traits, and fights with 3 prominent classes in the solo q meta. Dragonhunter, Mesmer and Warrior.

GUIDE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKjLe2dukPE

Build: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBmWDbkjGqpxybwzG4vxBuQF36J4DopRZ8FwrOAWAA-TZxHAB+u/wvPAguLDQwRAAgLCAA

Hey Fellow PvPers,

Today, I’d like to discuss a really annoying topic that gets the throbbing vein in my brain really fired up! The topic is with regards to giving up when you see names of popular players on the opposite team.

See, I’m by no means a top tier Peeveepeer (Ahem got to Legendary with just Core Necro though Ahem) but there’s one thing I always welcome when it stands in front of me; a challenge. And when a challenge like a stacked team is in front of me, my blood runs hot with anticipation….. only to be completely crushed by the words “Stacked team, going afk” …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………I MEAN FOR GOODNESS SAKE! Do you have ANY desire to be good at PvP? Even if you don’t, beating them would earn you a ton of rating! I mean COME ON!! Even if you lose, make them earn that win! Seriously! What do you earn from just giving up and rolling over? I’m really asking, what do you earn? Just don’t queue ranked if all you’re looking for is an easy match. Just go unranked or Hot-join! Actually maybe Hot-join is too hard for you, how about Dragon Arena instead? Actually that might also be too hard, maybe Keg Brawl, yea definitely Keg Brawl, go play that.

So many times I’ve had Helseth or Rom or Drazeh on my team and I’ve lost because the other team didn’t just bend over and fall because “Oh look it’s that popular streamer! Better go bow to him and give him burnt offerings because he’s Jesus.” I mean seriously guys! COME ON!

Sick and tired of the wannabe PvKittens who just crumble and fall at the sight of any popular player. It’s sad, it’s dumb and it needs to stop.

Not-so-kind Regards,
Ceimash.

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Seriously, the Scrapper should’ve been all about Chainsaws and Buzzsaws and blades left right and centre. This idea would fit perfectly with the name “Scrapper”

Sarrs.4831:

I think Superspeed is a bit much.

If I were to add anything to Spectral Walk, I would probably give it “while under the effects of Spectral Walk, ignore Crippled, Chilled and Immobilized”.

This AND Superspeed.

Aeniklast.9283:

Haven’t played sPvP since preHOT.

Terrormancer still a thing? Or anything comparable ?

OOoh it’s still a thing. I’m no longer Legendary because I got some decay and also lost my rotation game but I got to Legendary playing Terrormancer. NEW BUILD INCOMING!!! WOOP WOOP!!!

messiah.1908:

Sigmoid.7082:

messiah.1908:

change the rune to nightmare anf get 100% fear duration which double your dmg

Fear does partial ticks, no need for the extra duration as it wont “doube” the damage. With his build he has 87.33% fear duration so fear will do 1 tick then a second tick for 87.33% the first ones damage.

nightmare gives 100% fear duration and +15% to other conditions as well
sunless 87%

nightmare gives 50% chance for fear 2 sec cd 60 sec – this is the main reason to take this amulet
sunless when using plague which is on 180 sec cd for 1.87 sec so only 0.6 sec

They removed the fear from nightmare runes.