Guild Wars 2

Walorx.5129:

Don’t use elixers for a condition build. Ever.

Stick with grenade kit, tool kit, and elixer r.

oO why?

for a p/p + elixir build you an take a look at mine over here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/The-Spree-WvW-pistols-and-pots-movie/first#post1235768

C is not terrible if you are not running 409. It’s very good actually and saves you a trait choice for something else.

Tobkilla.4612:

Hi Maskaganda,

thanks for those great videos. You almost got me to switch back from the rifle to my pistoles

I got a question about tossing Elixir U: How do you know which field was created and how do you use the different fields?

There’s no way to know in advance which field you get.
I use them mostly when fighting another ranged character, in group fights or sometimes to try to escape a fight as well. It’s also good as a blast finisher. When fighting a projectile class like a ranger or an engie the reflect wall works wonders with quickness.
I don’t use U that much anymore though, I grew too fond of C.

I beg to differ. Our randomized boons are very good if you take in consideration their length and their sinergies. If they take away the random, you can bet you won’t have 15 second boons on a 20/30 cooldown anymore. Can’t have it both ways, and as I said before, it works very well, if you don’t dismiss stuff for being random.

Shadow.3475:

Changed some in your build to fit me:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcQQJAqal0pSXnvSgF1LJRYBgeo38yXRPeMkn8XBA
I use Medkits becase i have Sigil of battle on one Pistol = 3Might when you switch to Pistol and i have Superior Rune of the Centaur on the armour (or will have full set soon), when i have full set maybe i will go with U instead of B.

Why i added 5 points in Explosives is for dodge bomb and more power =)

I can’t say I like your changes much :p
With HGH, elixir H will give you two 25 second stacks of might (and a random defensive boon) already whenever you heal.
Elixir B is a must, it’s the base to the whole thing, I’d never replace it. I’d sooner (and often do) replace C for U.
The 5 points in explosives are pretty much useless, if you want those extra stats just change a couple of pieces of armor or use different food buffs. You are better of with 10 in any other trait line than 5 in those 2.
I get what you are trying to go for, but I don’t see it working; Let us know if it does.

Sure, if I had the same choices with same durations we have atm but on demand instead of random it would be much better. It would also be insanely op.
Take a look at toss elixir S, when traited it gives you 5 seconds of aoe stealth or 7 and a half seconds of stability, if I’m not mistaken. It may also cleanse conditions and/or give you might. Now compare it to Mesmer’s elite skill Mass Invisibility. 5 seconds, aoe, 90 second cooldown. To be fair it has a much larger radius and you can also trait it for 1 second longer duration and a random boon. I’m comparing both to demonstrate what we get to compensate for randomness, I mean… 15 seconds regeneration, retaliation, fury, 45 seconds might, you know it.
I’m sure that if the devs change the tosses somewhat to remove randomness, we can kiss the long duration stacks goodbye. Can’t have it both ways and it works fine right now, why change it !

Except the game is nothing like chess now is it? That’s the problem with analogies, you can adapt them to your rethoric without much effort. I’m sure if you needed to stomp pieces in chess stability or stealth would come very handy regardless of which one you got.

I’m not just saying elixirs work fine for me, I’m saying for the most part the randomness is ilusory.
this is the way I see it:
elixir H will give you a defensive boon, toss H will further extend this defensive capability. Toss elixir H will actually give you 2 random boons, one of very short duration, another one in the longer tooltip duration.
toss elixir B will always give you an offensive boon further extending elixr B’s capabilities.
toss U will always give you a combo field and will always be good in a ranged fight
toss S is always good for stomps and revives and somehwat good for escaping
toss C will further improve elixir C and give u an extra condition removal

if you combine tosses with the 20% increase in duration from potent elixirs, 30% boon duration from the trait tree, HGH/409, you’ll find that randomness just isn’t a problem. At least I don’t.

and I don’t see what prevents you from planning ahead either

I have never played a build just for elixir gun, but I do run with very similar utilities from time to time.

My advice for you (and again, I’m not the biggest expert) is to not focus on damage if you are running with just elixir gun because it really isn’t designed around doing damage. I’d drop deadly mixture in alchemy and save 10 points to get kit refinement which gives you an extra super elixir everytime you equip elixir gun.

Super elixir scales badly with healing power so I wouldn’t go for it either, if you want to play as support just focus on survivability stats mixed with a bit of power/cd/precision.

There are a number of sigils that would work well, I’d recommend on swap effects such as chill (hydromancer?) if you are going for support, bleed (geomancer?) if you are going for condition damage.

The Gates Assassin.9827:

It’s the annoyingness of it. If this skill ONLY gave stability, I’d be okay with the fact that it probably won’t get me out of battle. At least I know what it will do. That’s really it. Good skills are skills that have consistent and useful effects. The reason Toss Elixir S is passable is because it has the second part of that statement. It’s useful, not consistent.

Like I said, it is consistent for downing opponents and reviving friendlies. It’s also consistent when you fight heavy cc classes. You can also trait all tosses to give you might and cleanse conditions.
Then you have that other part when you blew all your cooldowns and just want to escape before dieing and use toss S as a last effort. That’s not the primary function of the skill, not the way I see it.

Elixir tosses work fine, especially in a full alchemy build, I think most of you complaining haven’t tried to play an alchemy build or are just theorycrafting and don’t get it how it actually works in the field. It doesn’t matter if it’s random as long as it stacks with stuff you already have and is traited for hgh/409.

The only problem I see with them is their small radius which makes very very hard to share boons with allies in any situation other than dungeon pve.

I’m not missing the point at all. I know what I use the tosses for and I have good results with them. You said it yourself, toss S is a good skill to stomp (and revive too) and an ok skill to escape. What more do you want? It’s not like toss S is an engies only tool to escape a fight.
Oh, and you can also trait it for non random effects on all tosses.

I’d hate for this and other tosses to get changed, it works very well for me atm.

I’m tossing elixir S and doing just fine with the results, maybe the problem is on your end?

I really hope they don’t change anything with the elixirs, except maybe for elixir X. I’m having alot of success with them, would hate for it to be changed just because it seems too random for some people who don’t even use them.

Since alot of people ask me, atm I have:
1538 power
1343 condition damage
39% crit chance
1259 toughness
21632 hp

no boons, foods or wvw buffs in those stats.

some of my armor and jewels have toughness and precision in them, it’s not all carrion. I can’t tell you their exact names since those are long gone :p
Follow Lanny’s post in this thread (I forgot to thank Lanny for that so.. thanks| :p) on sugestions about gear you can get to approximate the stats I use.

rogerwilko.6895:

the things I dislike alot about this builds are:
- hard to get cond duration, and the rare pizza is too expensive. No cond duration = weak pew pew
- random swiftness, too random.
- random cloak. when i get extra big in staid of invisible = extra bad.

clearly :p

-it’s not that hard or expensive to get condition duration if that’s something you want
-swiftness isn’t random, it’s 100% on elixir B use, it might not be permanent but if you check the vids you can see it’s there most of the time. you can also work around that by changing some traits or runes
-nothing wrong with getting stability, besides, if there’s something I’ve learned is that elixir S is the one thing that allows you to win against multiple opponents since it’s a sure stomp

that being said, this build works fine for me; it might not work fine for everyone, there are plenty of changes you can make to accommodate your playstyle or personal preferences. or just don’t use any of it at all

Hi

Your alchemy trait line is flawless, I run potent elixirs instead of cleansing formula, but thats more of a matter of personal preference thing.
I use cloaking device as well, its a life saver, so no argument from me there.
My issues with your build come with your firearms choice: knee shot is pretty useless since you are running pistols, you only have one immobilize with glue shot and it already cripples. You are better off choosing rifled barrels, napalm expert, infused precision or precise sights.

Regarding your utilities, I’m not sure if this is for pvp, wvw or pve but either way, I wouldn’t go anywhere without elixir S. I’d swap R for it.
You may also want to take a look at elixir C, it has great synergy with alchemy and is a solid condition removal tool, alowing you to ditch cleansing formula.

check out my wvw vids since I run a similar build, it might give you some more insight.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/The-Spree-WvW-pistols-and-pots-movie

it works fine for pve, u may swap rifled barrels and cloaking device for something else for regular pve. You can also trade elixir C/U for elixir gun or bomb kit.

Grackleflint.4956:

Hi Mask,

Thanks for taking the time to make and share your video. I have only one question at the moment: How do you feel about Power Shoes? It seems to me that your style would be served well by it. You would have to lose either Coated Bullets or HGH to get it. Does HGH really give you that big of a damage boost?

cheers,
G

It might work, it seems like something worth trying. Coated bullets is great in some situations but useless in others and I’ve thought about replacing it. my problem is losing that extra precision/cd from the firrearms trait line; as for HGH, well the damage increase is noticeable, doing 160+ bleed ticks is quite insane.

incendiary powder is ok, I know alot of engies use it but I dunno, I think the chance is too low for something worth 10 points.

I haven’t been playing much wvw on my engie since I made this last movie, but I’ll probably be around your own borderland this week. (going there in a bit :p)

Siofra Crumble.2098:

I see elixir C is working out for you, although I can see why you would miss the fields from time to time.
Especially the part with the 2 upscaled engi’s and the pistol/dagger thief would probably have gone smoother with the fields.

That said, elixir C is very potent condition remover and it proves it’s use multiple times in the vid.
Have you tried out swapping B for U once?
Seems like a hard bargain, but you still have hidden flask to compensate for the loss.
It’ll strip you from your swiftness tho, so it would be a hefty price to pay.

Elixir C just makes more sense tbh. It fits better with the whole lets stack boons thing I have going. 18 stacks of might and 162 dmg bleeds seem better for dmg than a few seconds of quickness. I lose a bit of shock and awe power and the fields, but I gain more sustained damage and survivability.
And I can’t lose B or S, those need to stay on my skillbar no matter what :<

Lanny.6987:

Please keep the videos coming and I still want to see you put out a guide on Engi tactics.

I’m unsure what you guys are looking for in a guide, besides the usual questions about gear and such, I may do one just so I don’t have to answer the same things to different people so often :p

~

Your armor choice is Carrion (Vitality/Condition/Power) why take that over a set on Trading Post with (Toughness/Condition/Precision)?

I use both actualy..

iSperg.7602:

After wvwing with the new build/gear a bunch tonight I noticed a couple things… one is that I seem to have a harder time chasing down runners now without the perma swiftness of my old build. Any tips on catching people who head for the hills? The other thing is that I don’t have any extra condition duration in my build/on my gear… how would you go about working that into your setup if you wanted it?

PS I love your taste in music on the videos, very different from the usual… bonus points for some Jefferson Airplane in there :P

Regarding runners, there’s always some that get away, I have nearly permanent swiftness when running away thanks to hidden flask, but not when chasing.

I do not use any +condition duration in my build atm. +50% duration is easily obtainable with rare vegge pizzas and 10 points in explosives, I have used it and it works fine, my problem with it is that I find those first 10 points in explosives to be utterly useless compared to the other trait lines.

As for the music, well, at least there’s a reason to play the movies even if the footage sucks —-———— and One pill makes you larger, another one makes you small? I’m sure jefferson airplane accurately predicted elixir S.

nice fights last week, here’s a vid of some of the fun ones I had:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK35ZDjmE9A&feature=youtu.be

Hi again
I have a new vid, this time focusing on 1v2 (or more) or some short sprees. Always at least one level 80 against me, but usualy more. There’s no pure 1v1s or duels this time. All footage was shot since january 1st.
I’m really happy with this one, I hope you enjoy it.

my previous vids:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Maskaganda-s-Second-WvW-vid

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Video-WvW-roaming-engineer

build: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fcQQJAqalspSXnvSeF17IRoC4H0D9mX+K6xjh8kB

(elixir U was traded for C this vid)

27th january edit: 4th movie, I wanted to get rid of old footage before the new patch and whatever it brings us. I’ve been lazy and not recording fights very often, also struggling with an aging pc and its hamster powered cpu and hdds. this one has more emphasis on fun(ny) fights and not so much on sprees/personal skill, etc. dont expect anything impressing, ut hopefully good enough to be enjoyable.

what you may see: killing a naked cat, escaping at 700 hp twice, the hardest mesmer fight I’ve had in months, a good 1v1 against a necro, a guardian that gets destroyed in 5 seconds and some other stuff.

it was clearly more than enough!

it has been a productive week so I’m probably going to make a new vid sometime this weekend, maybe even tonight if I’m happy with the stuff I have recorded. this time i’ll try to make it all 1vs2+ level 80s and leave the 1v1s out, I think I’ve shown enough thieves dieing in 3 seconds :p

nice job, nice vids, insane damage.

My only complaint is that some of the fights are against lowbie enemies but I guess thats ok since you are mainly trying to show off the crazy high numbers.

keep them coming

inb4 3 pages of rifle warrior does it better

Rewian.9174:

If you see an engineer, simply kite him while autoattacking him, and he will die in the next 6 seconds while doing no damage to you cause LOL NERFS.

maybe you don’t do damage and get kited around, I know I don’t

121 to 160 bleed ticks. twice that for poison. 800+ burns. Depends on how many stacks of corruption and might I’m running with.

Disastro.4086:

I’d say vs. heavy condition builds its very risky business unless he swaps out HGH for Cleaning Formula 409 or replace U w/Elixir gun or Elixir C/R definitely major trade-offs to be had. Alternatively you can try and ride out the duration of some of the heavier hitting conditions with S.

I personally use Elixir Gun in place of U a lot of the time Acid Bomb makes a good escape mechanic, gives you a condition removal, low cooldown cripple for kiting and weakness helps keep heavy hitting range on the low when necessary. Pairs well with Sigil of Geomancy small aoe bleed 5stacks 7 seconds + small direct damage when it’s applied since kit swaps count as weapon swaps.

I do the same. Elixir U is the skill I remove most times for either elixir gun/C/flamethrower (flamethrower in the jade maw fractal beacause of the projectile reflection).
Lately I haven’t been using elixir U at all when solo because I noticed from watching the recorded footage it’s the utility skill I use the least, even though I use the toss often. I have used elixir C instead, it contributes more to the boon stacking thing I’m looking for. When grouped I still use U tho.
Condition removal depends alot on the situation. in a 1v1 situation it won’t make a difference except vs plague signet necromancers (if I don’t use elixir C they auto-win) or vs some confusion stacking mesmers, everything else I can just outlast. Problem comes when its 1v2 or more.

Siofra Crumble.2098:

Well, our duel lasts pretty long, that’s something I guess.

But it’s interesting seeing how things played out from your side.
I made some mistakes, but it couldn’t have ended any other way then with my face in the dirt.
Your pistol damage greatly outmatches mine and since you completely neutralized my bombkit on multiple occasions, there wasn’t much I could have done different.

I did put in some decent reflects here and there, but the return was fairly minimal since you we’re quick enough to cancel your shots.

Nice vid, but I’ll take the remaining pride that I have and call our duel the highlight of the vid.

Our fight was really fun and without a doubt the best duel I had vs a fellow engie, that’s why I included it.

thanks all

Hello guys
I made a new vid with some fresh kills.

I’m solo in all but one fight, I tried to compile some different style fights I had, a 1 vs many, some fun 1v1s vs good players and a few 1v2s. The last fight is a 3 sided fight which we win as the smaller side -a duo-, I don’t do anything particularly outstanding in that one (all credit go to Doppleganger Sup, the mesmer) but we do leave a nice corpse trail which should be fun to watch.
If I do a new vid it’s probably going to be something more in line with this last fight, not exactly a solo engie, but a small group guild thing.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy it, feel free to comment.

for those who missed it, here’s the link to the first one: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Video-WvW-roaming-engineer

build: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fcQQJAqalspSXnvSeF17IRoC4H0D9mX+K6xjh8kB

happy new year^^

Isslair.4908:

Please describe how to reliably get stability\protection. Just because you have a chance to get them doesn’t mean you will get them. Such a self-delusion.

I never said “reliably” regarding those boons. And the biggest problem for me is NOT their randomness, it’s their duration and source. 7 seconds on protection, 6 on stability, fully traited, which makes having a high uptime on them by stacking time with other sources impossible.
However, in most situations where I desperatly need stability I just use elixir S instead. It’s not a boon, but gets the same job done.

If you think it’s all self delusion, check out my vid somewhere on these forums and take a look at my boons.

Isslair.4908:

“Occasional” is the key word here. In a situation where your survivability is at stake you need those buffs with 100% probability.

I have all boons in game on me when in fight. But that’s because I’m playing in a competent party with guardians, elementalists and other usefull professions. Not because I’m an engi.

I said occasional referring to the boons with shorter durations/fewer sources I have access to in my build. It does in any way contradict the rest.

I have most boons on me when I fight. And it’s not because a party carries me, it’s because I’m an engineer. See, goes both ways.

@op I play an elixir spec and I have 4+ boons on me all the time during a fight. these greatly increase damage, survivability and mobility. Elixir B is a must and with 5 points in alchemy you drink another one at 75% hp (1 min cooldown afaik). Considering that you can trait for longer durations and shorter cooldowns and also toss elixirs at your feet, you pretty much guarantee permanent boons. The tossed elixirs might be random but they will help you keep boons up as well, especially in longer fights.
In any fight I have fury and retaliation on demand, permanent might stacks of 5+, reliable swiftness and regeneration and the ocasional protection/stability/vigor.
As for keeping your allies buffed, that is simply not the case, not in wvw anyway. It’s just not practical. The only toss with a decent radius is H (240), everything else is 180 afaik, it’s too impractical to toss an elixir and hiting both you and a ally at the same time, although there are some exceptions. It works in pve/spvp, just not in wvw.

pistols condition build is good, check https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Video-WvW-roaming-engineer

my advice is not to go overboard with cd and get some power too.

Sladeakakevin.4162:

I think I’ll try out that inventions +10 instead of incendiary powder, I never noticed how much I get immobilized and turning invisible would be awesome. Is there an internal CD on that? Can you turn Invisible multiple times within a short timeframe?

Do you find Elixir U to be that useful? I noticed you didn’t use it that much in your video. I used to like it but I feel replacing it with a kit gives you more options and utility. Tool kit or Flamethrower kit are great alternatives.

As far as I know there is no cooldown on cloaking device. I might be wrong but even if there is, it must be a really short one (like less than 5 seconds).
Elixir U is useful, but I only use it when I’m sure it will pay off and I’m not likely to get hit: enemies closed together, chasing someone, jumping someone, shooting from above, etc.
That being said, it is the skill I drop whenever I want to use something else like elixir gun/bomb kit/grenades/slic shoes/elixir r-c. I don’t even use elixir U underwater or in pve, I rather use elixir gun.
As for the toss, yea, I use it all the time :p

I like the shield skills but I never got used to the long cooldowns. Blowtorch deals an insane amount of damage up close and glue shot is great for kiting melee. Notice I didnt take incendiary powder (I find 10 points in explosives to be a waste, unless you really want the condition duration, works well with a rare veggie pizza), so blowtorch is my only burn damage.

As for HGH vs 409, they both work just fine, it’s a matter of preference. My reasoning for taking hgh over 409 is that HGH will help you in every fight while 409 will only help you in some fights; hgh also builds momentum in longer fights as you can see in my vid.

First key stroke tosses the elixir, second detonates it. if you do it quick enough it detonates on your face . You can also do it against a wall.

Ponder.3647:

Good to know! What sort of food do you use? Also, maybe I missed it but what do you do for gear? Would my Pow/Tough/Vit set make the cut, or would I need to consider changing gear out?

I use fire flank steaks atm http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Plate_of_Fire_Flank_Steak
Food buffs are my way of fine tuning the stats and since I lost a great deal of power when I got a couple of ascended items I now use this.

Like I said before, I feel you need a balance between power and condition damage to be effective so I don’t know just how good your gear would be.

Engineer is a beast underwater. the only class that should be beating you underwater is a mesmer because they can get insane confusion stacks. everything else? bring two of those.

Quiggle.4215:

Regarding the cloaking device, I love the idea, but when I have run with it, I end up auto-attacking myself right out of the cloak, how often do you find you are making good use of it? Just curious.

very very often. it’s a life saver.

Ponder.3647:

Great video.

Your build looks like a lot of fun, and I can’t wait to give it a shot. What is the wrench icon listed in your buffs? o.O

it’s “quality tuning crystal”, it stacks with food buffs. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Quality_Tuning_Crystal
there’s master tuning crystals as well but they are much more expensive so I normally dont use them. besides, I ended up with a stack of 300 from leveling artificer on an alt.

Siofra Crumble.2098:

Well, after being beaten to a pulp by you on my borderlands I feel obligated to post something.

You rendered my bombkit completely useless because you pretty much knew what was coming I’m guessing.
My only chance of winning was my trusted pistol and my shield but those lacked in comparison to yours, which are fully traited.
It’s amazing how fast you can properly react to the randomness the elixirs provide tho’.
Had a blast fighting you and it was literally the first time another engineer kicked my kitten in a straight and fair 1vs1 fight.

Ps. I didn’t mean to pull the guards (didn’t see them). I was just scattering to stay alive.

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did and keep roaming.
Engineers are without a doubt one of the best classes for roaming WvW.

Cheers

yea, those were some really fun fights, I knew what you were trying to pull with the bombs so I just used elixir S to get away from those :p
still, your build was pretty solid and those were tough fights.
and don’t worry about the guards, it’s part of the game

Pannonica.5378:

To the OP: I really like this build. It feels tanky and does good damage as well. Its fun.
For me the lack of perma Swiftness is kind of hard to accept though; not because of kiting… I’m usually running in a 20+ man group and even with perma Swiftness I usually fall behind. Soloing, I’m always late for objectives without perma Swiftness.
Thanks for the video and your build nonetheless! Very relaxed play style. Also, I like the first song.

well, if that is your problem, there’s a little trick you can do if not in combat. just swap some utility to slick shoes and use the F skill (superspeed), then swap back to the regular utility. you won’t have a cooldown on the F skill.
the first song is sugarfoot by black joe lewis
also, thanks!

Quiggle.4215:

Great video, I run P/P as well with elixers.

Just curious why you chose Carrion over Rabid? I’ve enjoyed the advantage of the toughness over vitality, and the crit procs more conditions — however clearly I lose the power.

I’ve been running with 409 for condition removal and very high toughness.

Awesome work!

I find it that you need a balance between condition damage and power to be effective with this build. I have some other pieces with toughness/precision too, but since I get 300 points of precision from the traits I didn’t invest that much into it. I still have 40% base crit rate which is fine.

Like others I cannot see the link to your build, it seems very different from what I use tho;
try taking a look at my vid/build, even if you prefer using something else, I’m sure you can get a few ideas and tips out of it:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Video-WvW-roaming-engineer/first#post1059076

I do not use runes of the centaur. I don’t have permanet swiftness either. I use elixir B for a speed boost when needed and glue shot to keep foes at bay. Elixir B triggers at 75% too, that helps with kiting a bit.

Whelm.9072:

I always appreciate videos.

Anyway, with the amount of elixirs you are throwing around I suppose someone could find a way to throw in Cleaning Formula 409 if they were that worried about conditions. Near constant condition removal for a dps hit.

removing HGH and slotting 409 works just fine. I’ve used it for a while, I just feel I get more out of might stacks than condition removal, especially in long fights when might stacks go up into double figures.

Lordryux.9785:

hmm does this build work efficiently in spvp? i want to try it out see if its good or not

I’ve played it in spvp with a few variations and it does fine. It’s my personal opinion, however, that an engineer has better roles to fill in spvp. I don’t do spvp much so I’m probably not the right person to comment on it.

influx.5372:

PS- maybe you should turn this post into a guide. WVW Roaming Engi Guide. Like what osicat does with his “shattercat”. Just a thought.

I’m a bit too lazy for this but I guess I could write a guide if more people are interested.

Thank you guys for your comments, I wasn’t expecting such good reactions. As I said ALL this footage was shot during 4 days of a very slow wvw week, I’ve pulled way better fights than this before and since. I’ll try to have something ready before the next patch/event cycle.
cheers

roaming wvw is what I do most of the time, I’m pretty unbeatable in 1v1 and I take out sentries and supply camps by myself all the time.
try taking a look here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Video-WvW-roaming-engineer/first#post1047921

this is more of a solo engineer vid, but all footage was filmed during this match.

enjoy!

also, thanks for some nice fights, its been a fun although slow week in wvw

Since this seems to have been received well, I’m gooing to release a new one in a couple of weeks with better footage, I’ve pulled alot better fights than these, I just didn’t record them back then :p

thanks again for the praises

Well, regarding condition thieves it depends alot on the way they play and if I can get my stun (supply drop) off when/if in trouble.

Condition necros are my nemesis tho, stuff like plague signet, epidemic, well of corruption/power combined with having high base hp plus death shroud effectively counter my build. Luckily there doesn’t seem to be many like that around.

Tyaen.5148:

Well done. I applaud you’re skill.

thanks

Thank you for your kind words, build was added.

Hello
This is a first attempt at a movie, all footage was recorded since sunday till this morning on a very slow wvw week (blame wintersday) so don’t expect anything spectacular.

I tried to avoid showing 1v1s since I find them boring to watch and I win the majority of those anyway, but expect a couple of them that I personally liked. Most footage I’m solo but there’s a fight where I’m paired with a guardian guildmate.

I use a fairly obvious p/p elixir build.

I hope you enjoy, feel free to give me your opinion about the movie, the fights or the way I play.

cheers!

edit:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcQQJAqalspSXnvSeF17IRoC4H0D9mX+K6xjh8kB
6x runes of the adventurer
superior sigil of corruption/superior sigil of earth
armor is mostly carrion, jewels are a mix of coral and chrysocola

All tosses fall under a certain aspect of the game and each of them is useful in a certain situation no matter what you get from it. The most unreliable is toss elixir U but its still good in some situations. At least thats how I see it:

H is always defensive, B is always offensive (except maybe for swiftness), S is for reviving/finishing/escaping, U works wonders in a ranged fight.

I got used to the random effects and try to play them to my advantage in wvw, it’s not that bad.

its definitely worth it, just dont ignore power and precision either.