Guild Wars 2

emoleas.4309:

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Permaswiftness + permavigor = hard as kitten to kill

Bomb kit (for smoke/sticky), rocket boots (combo blast finisher for smoke escape, or smoke gap closer), and grenade kit (main damage)

Dodging is better damage mitigation than toughness and vitality combined. Unless you are manning siege gear.

1v1. No problem, well-timed dodges and grenades wrecks in 1v1 situations. Net shot, 2 knockbacks, 2 sources of blind, smoke+rocket = stealth + distance.

High skill cap for sure. I’d say most people would simply be unable to play this build due to its high skill involved and use of a massive number of skills to make it work well.

This really has nothing to do with what the OP is asking. It would be great if people could stop derailing topics.

It has been tried and does not work well. Due to the way scaling works on pistols a power build will get you no where unfortunately. The problem as a whole has to due with major issues with condition stacking limitations and poor condition scaling in small groups, small events, and solo. It’s not evident as much as it is in large scale combat and WvW.

Alternatively a rifle & grenade build will score you enough damage to get proper credit during events. If you don’t mind getting in melee range Bomb kit does great as well but as with grenades timing is a big factor since there is a delay in detonation.

People are cautious with grenade builds due to the mechanics of it however grenades can also work perfectly on moving targets its you just have to get use to time-to-land on the grenades and predict movement most people and mobs will always move in a very linear predictable manner. There is an option in preferences that will instantly cast ground-targeted abilities based on wherever your mouse cursor is at that particular time it’s a very useful option if you choose to go that route. Another little tip is middle mouse click for #1 ability in conjunction with the prefence option makes life easy w/grenades.

I wish Pistols were better off at higher level but until they decide to rework how conditions stacking and scaling works as a whole it will not be viable in large scale events with a lot of people and given the scale of development required to do that it will probably not happen any time soon.