Guild Wars 2

What I meant by “no brainier” is that I do understand how to use those skills, while Putrid Explosion is much harder duo too “on spot explosion” instead of moving towards target and explode there instead (like mesmer shatter skills basically) :P

Ooooh Flesh Wurm is a minion, I didn’t know that xD I’ll definitely put that on my utility bar then. Just a question. Wouldn’t it be better to replace bone minions instead of shadow fiend (cus of the reasons mentioned above)?

Sorry, I though topic would have been removed =/ Either way, I found the answer to my question.

Ok, first I must tell that I’m complete noob when it comes to minion builds. I played it once and disliked it.. Tried it now again and starting to get a better grip of it. Tbh, I got no idea what I’m doing but the targets just… melts.. lol? Bone Fiend, Shadow Fiend and Flesh Golem is a no brainer with the secondary skills. But Bone Minions are kinda hard to keep track of, since the explode on spot when activating the skill.. So is there some kind of burst combo rotation or something? And oh, how do minion master do in solo arenas/tpvp?

I use zerker amulet, traits are 4/0/6/4/0. As for runes I’m pending between ogre and wurm (kinda like the new changes to those). Any advice much appreciated.

Ty for sharing. I’ll start with a phantasm build, cus I like that playstyle more. But as you said, they are squishy. I’ll go mantras if it doesn’t work out.

For speedclears.. Could anyone share an up-to-date build. Traits and utilites included, thx!

How does this trait stack with daze and daze duration?

Started playing my mesmer again and used a total make over kit today. Here she is First look is from PvE and second is PvP.

@Frowny: I’m positive towards the upcoming dagger changes, but I don’t think it’s gonna make us on pair with the other classes in pvp. I’m unaware of the condition nerf, could you elaborate more on that?

Anyway, I’ve played around with different builds and taking some advice from the forums into consideration, in the end I ended up with this build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vEAQJArYhMM6ZW4wxBd0AyQRGMCiHWgDwhFF5wMA-ToAgzCsICSFkLITQygsBNEZSA
It’s not a D/D build which I was originally looking for and I also tried it with D/D at first, but I realized that it worked a lot more better with Scepter after tweaking a few traits, obviously. I’m currently loving this build in Solo arenas <3 It works really well for me.

sorrow.2364:

Pteor.6421:

FrownyClown.8402:

It doesn’t work as well in spvp. Try cmc build with holbrak runes.

cmc?

0/30/20/0/20 fresh air

Is that a scepter or dagger build?

Got my new armor skin yesterday =)

First off, I just wanna say that Ele really frustrates me when I play her in sPvP. I haven’t played Ele that much in pvp since summer probably. I find that every other class has something more to bring in a match than my Ele.. However, since she’s still my favorite class and once used to be in a very good place, I thought I’d give it a try. I thought that I just needed to adapt to all the new changes that’s been…

Basically I tried 2 different builds, with few variations. A bursty S/D build and the old D/D build. Currently I’m running the 2nd. link: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vEAQJAoYhcM6ZW4wzBd0AARhLmIU8gFlH5MjNA-ToAA0CnI8S1lrLjXygsBNEZSA

Either way, it’s just not working. The bursty DPS build is just a no-no for me. It’s either kill or be killed and it’s pretty much the 2nd everytime. And I don’t like the playstyle itself. S/X thieves are just impossible to burst duo to 2nd sword skill.. So I went back to the old, more safe D/D build. It works a lot better, but I feel it’s still lacking. 1v1 is usually not a problem unless it’s against heavy condition classes like necro och engineers. I also once got basically 1-shot when a mesmer was targeting a player right next to me with her shatter burst.. lol? So yeah.. It just frustrates me..

I also know that eles aren’t that popular in arenas anymore.. But I do hope to find a build that at least works in solo arenas.. The few changes I thought could help would be taking ER instead of heal signet, though I like the signet more.. Other than that, I’m not sure what else I could do other than go some bunker build with 0 damage. Advice?

I was browsing through an other thread [Guide]World Vs. World, The Guardian, and You and saw this: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vUAQJARSlsApWotCxfH8DRRkLwWA2DMC/Oe9whUkhA-zkCBYfDRjgQIj+AKzUQM1UZtyqIasKkYaXAqXJVDLyBAQAu5Nzm3MbezbezH9oH9oH9odzjezjezbWKAzVGB-w

Similar to what I had in mind, but much better stat balance I think… It’s full ascended though, so will have to work in that.

And all the instant repair kits too.. completely useless. why don’t they just remove them from store? instead they are giving away for free.

You can make an asura och sylvari which will give you the illusion of being faster than you actually are :P

Relentliss.2170:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vUAQFARl0ApVo1CxfH8DNRkVYlYPwYG741jESRGC-zkxAoLgsXR0YrsFRjVXjpcXUt6FgUAMJMC-w

I prefer to run shelter but I did not change that for you.

Thx for the share. You think it’s better to go more for PVT gear rather than knight/cavalier?

Is this thread for real? I had to double check that it wasn’t a 1st april joke. ..

I had this from a black lion chest. Is it possible to get a refund?

I must be the only one who likes Force of Will-trait. This is from WvW perspective. I already have 30 points in Honor and will much likely pick this trait (will have to see first how they change soldier runes). Free 3k health is really a lot and guards already have low health. Beside, that allows us (for someone who already have 30 points in honor) to pick a few pieces with more offensive stats…

Now looking at these traits from a PvE/dps perspective… I wouldn’t pick any of these traits.

Yes, it’s an other “LF wvw build”-thread…. No, but on a serious note.. I haven’t really played my guard in a while in WvW, and the build I used to run was this:

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQFARlYgqCnFyvDf4EhVBCi9AjZsjXPSIFZIA-jUyAYfgkHQ2LqJQlxKbR0Y12Y6XUNMkKWIWKgKWGB-w

Weapons: Hammer, Staff and GS (depending on situation). I used this both for running around on my own (though I don’t roam much at all), but mostly for groups/front line zerging. I honestly like this build, bud I’d take any advice on adjusting it to make it better and also taking the upcoming class balance changes into consideration.

Any advice appreciated.

http://dulfy.net/2014/03/31/press-release-dulfy-net-to-acquire-guild-wars-2-wiki/#more-85409

Can’t even see anyone mentioning this on the forum xD

Why can’t WvW gear be salvageable? And dungeon gear doesn’t cost any gold, but can be salvaged. WvW gear costs a bit of gold to buy, but cannot be salvaged. So it’s not gonna be like it was with the karma stuff a while back, since we do have to pay some money for it in the first place.

I feel very reluctant to buy gear with badges nowadays, since I won’t be able to recover all the sigils and runes I’ve put in them. At least we could transmute the gear to get the sigils whether it’s worth it or not. But after the mid april patch, not even that is going to be possible. So I can’t salvage the gear, I can’t put it into mystic forge, I can’t get any sigil/runes back.. It’s a complete throw away if you put any good (read: expensive) sigil/rune into it.

Ok, fine, it’s my choice not to buy any gear with badges.. So what else is there left to buy? Absolutely nothing. Maybe some ascended amulet once or twice.. But that doesn’t come anywhere near all the WvW badges people accumulate.

So I vote for two things:

1. Make it possible to salvage wvw gear,
2. Give us more things to buy with badges (which mostly/only needs badges, like it works with karma).

So… how much gold have you bought? :P

Stand The Wall.6987:

Thanks a lot Cogbyrn.

Life blast is ridiculous strong.

Why is that? (I just started leveling a necro). :P

Made asura necro purely for wvw and pvp today. Name Genius Vekki, only level 7 so far. And yes she is going to be extremely pink and light as opposite to a dark character who deals with death and darkness. :P More pics to come later :P

I’ve been doing spvp/ solo arena since friday and had major connection issues. Sometimes it could work for hours and then I got connection issues again. But today I haven’t experienced any lag yet or connection problems, so hopefully it stays that way.

Since we still will be gaining rank but not glory, I wonder if we will still be able to get the rank finisher every 10th rank (while they are still phasing out everything ofc).

Im so sick of this kitten, seriously…. Impossible to play! And I was gonna do pvp this weekend before they remove glory

Aquila.5142:

Having the same problem for two days now. Stuck on loading screens, massive latency lag, random disconnects, etc. My internet is fine, first time I’m having these issues in GW2 and they won’t go away no matter what I do.

Exactly the same here! Since yesterday.. Connection is fine but I either get stuck loading, or then get dc after a while or maaaaaaaaaaaaaaajor lag, everything gets stuck on screen for several minutes. So annoyed by this! I’ve been trying play PvP since yesterday.. It works for few hours then same issues all over again.

http://i62.tinypic.com/dz8rv5.jpg

I haven’t really ran my engineer in a while, but I started playing her in WvW again. I have full rabits gear and trinkets (exotic) and runes of perplexity, P/S build. I’m running 30/10/0/20/10 build (I don’t remember what had before I took a break). As for utilities I use grenades, tool kit and elixir gun.

I used to do roaming but it gets me bored easily, so I just want to stick to small-larger groups and zerg. Is there a better wait to build around perplexity runes for zergs? Maybe it’s not ideal but still nice for grabbing a single target or pull them down from walls with tool kit. I just don’t want to change runes a the moment since I spent money on them, but might change build completely later if I’ll make ascended gear

I am so glad those are fake!! My god… I can take a breath now. xD Though, who knows, might that the real changes aren’t that long from what’s been posted, or might be even worse. Though I’d would like to have the changes to Eagle Eye trait.

Hi,

I’m a PvE player. Make PvE F2P and charge just for the cosmetic gear/skins.

Ty.

urdriel.8496:

Prysin, ranger are among top tiers dungeon proffesions??

Can you have more heal than a warrior with heal signet?? yes, you can, you must spend a lot of traits and gear only have more than 350hp/s, a warrior only must choose the signet to have 387 hp/s.

Troll Unguent actually has 340hps which isn’t far off from warrior’s signet passive effect and that’s without any traits/skills. Ele’s can have 404 passive heal per sec with their signet + most daggers auto attack. No traits there either. And honestly, what has hps to do with this discussion anyway?

Prysin.8542:

paleeshi.1924:

Prysin.8542:

Tell you want Urdriel, pick up my Beast Cannon build, its a PvE burst build, see how much damage you can do within 8 seconds at full speed sword + pet AA, and compare to a warrior with it’s best DPS setup. I think you may be in for a shock.

Can you link it, please? Don’t think it was posted in this thread.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQJBMhdCURklVBZVBrlBkli9Y/YKOkE59A9iFR8iJKRC-jEyAYrASEApCAJvioxWJLiGraBTVSEV7NKiWtUARsMC-w

I don’t know, I’m not so convinced… I also don’t think that Master’s Bond and Zephyr’s Speed go well together. But you wrote PvE and didn’t really specify if you mean dungeons as well. I totally buy it for open world PvE, but dungeons, not so much…

And to refer to previous discussion, I’d probably take Foritfy Bond anytime duo to might stacking in dungeons..

Prysin.8542:

Tell you want Urdriel, pick up my Beast Cannon build, its a PvE burst build, see how much damage you can do within 8 seconds at full speed sword + pet AA, and compare to a warrior with it’s best DPS setup. I think you may be in for a shock.

Can you link it, please? Don’t think it was posted in this thread.

urdriel.8496:

paleeshi.1924:

urdriel.8496:

Bambula.3649:

Wondrouswall.7169:

urdriel.8496:

PD:if your pet hit for 4-6k you MUST have a BM build and YOUR damage is laughable.

4-6k with a cat is easy to get with 0 in Beastmastery…

yeha 5 secs might on crit 30% more crit dmg, fortify bound and gg
0 points in bm

for wvw and pvp your right, power ranger builds are not so strong like other classes and the dmg is not so good

so, you are saying than your cat hit for 4-6k to lvl 80 bosses/mobs with 30%crit damage??pics pls.

Nature magic in a Damage build?

No, I think he meant the traits, 1 that gives might on crit and 2nd 30% more crit dmg to pets (Pet’s Prowess).

You need 15 points into Nature Magic to have Fortify Bond.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Fortifying_Bond

Companion’s Might in Skirmisher…

urdriel.8496:

Bambula.3649:

Wondrouswall.7169:

urdriel.8496:

PD:if your pet hit for 4-6k you MUST have a BM build and YOUR damage is laughable.

4-6k with a cat is easy to get with 0 in Beastmastery…

yeha 5 secs might on crit 30% more crit dmg, fortify bound and gg
0 points in bm

for wvw and pvp your right, power ranger builds are not so strong like other classes and the dmg is not so good

so, you are saying than your cat hit for 4-6k to lvl 80 bosses/mobs with 30%crit damage??pics pls.

Nature magic in a Damage build?

No, I think he meant the traits, 1 that gives might on crit and 2nd 30% more crit dmg to pets (Pet’s Prowess).

I forgot to mention one thing thief vs ranger when it comes to range…

Well first off, Ranger has much greater range, and 2nd, arrows pierce if you trait.. I know you can trait for 50% bounce on bullets, but yeah…

Isn’t LB doing overall better damage than P/P? I’m looking strictly at the base skill damage at lvl 80 without gear and traits. Plus LB skills seem to scale better with power.

The only skills on P/P that deals better damage are Unload and Sneak Attack (which won’t be used much anyway if you are a P/P build)… And since Unload cost a lot of initiatives I’m kind of inclined to believe that LB would do more damage in the long run, without doing all the math, but I could be wrong of course.

Putting aside the question which weapon set deals more damage, I’d say it’s important to think of the context as well.. If you are often running melee and swap to ranged only when you must then I’d say thief any day. But if your purpose is to stay at range and put pressure on your enemies (WvW/Zergs) then I’d pick LB zerker Ranger. Despite that you get a damage loss not being able to use pet, you still have advantage of keeping yourself at long distance and doing pretty decent damage. It won’t be about doing most damage, but more about pressuring from distance.

Nimrud.5642:

But I’m an elitist, I want to be dominant, useful, and the gameplay to be rewarding. So if there is no hope for my ranger to be viable I think I’ll just simply accept it and go do PvP with her exclusively. But before I make that decision I want to be 100% sure, that all I can do with a ranger in a dungeon is hindering my group.

Ty for the answers

If you’re an elitist and want to bring the best to the group, then don’t bring the ranger. Sad but true. And I love my ranger btw, but I don’t take her to dungeons..

I think both are very valid choices for WvW roaming and honestly depends on what you like playing most… As for PvE, pretty much anything works, but for dungeons warriors are much more preferred by the GW2 population :P

I wouldn’t say it’s a disadvantage. It gives you more to work with. Ofc it’s an disadvantage if you don’t know HOW to use it

Honestly, if you want to be good at Ele in PvP, you need to know when and how to use your elements. Some more or less than other depending on your spec…

Curby.4897:

Yeah I felt the same way. It is sort of out of the Warriors element to not use DPS style of damage or Burst. I use Rabid with my S/S LB build. I use Dire with my Hammer/LB build.

S/S LB = 0/30/20/0/20.This setup is a bit less forgiving if you mess up so play carefully.
Hammer/LB = 20/0/20/0/30. This setup is much more forgiving if you mess up but the damage is much much much less.

I tend to stay away from raw damage builds because they are easy to avoid IMO. Ive been killed by them but it isn’t too often for me personally. Then again I dodge more then a politic during election season so I tend to avoid being hit by telegraphed single target skills.

There are plent of setups out there that people use with LB because the Burst attack it has is so useful.

May I ask how you usually play in WvW with your LB+S/S build? I’m just imagining that relying on just burn to deal damage cannot be very efficient in a bigger group/zerg.

Can you give me a suggestion of a build that uses the condition build then? It just feels that, from the glance at the skills, it feels like power build would do more than a condi build =/

playing condition war feels kinda awkward xD

I wonder if there’s a viable WvW/PvP Lb build for warriors? Preferably power/crit based and not condition based.. Thing is that I love playing with LB but there’s only war and ranger and I don’t like my ranger.. I recently made a warrior.. and I know people use hammer stun warriors in pvp and WvW but I want to play something I enjoy, without being completely useless. So therefore I’d like to know if there’s any LB builds that works for WvW.. I’m currently using this for PvP. http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-sFwo;1RK-Q0d4NL-60;9;5TJ-J;127A08;257-LRV4;2CoF2CoF25ke

Thx for all the input! Which utilities are you guys using in 0/30/0/25/15 build? Beside feedback ofc.

I haven’t played my mesmer in months, but started using her in dungeons again. I have no idea what build people are using for dungeons today, so I just put something together that seemed reasonable.

I’m using 20/20/0/30/0 with glamour traits and reflect on focus. Are there any traits I should have that I’ve missed?

Edit: What you guys think about the new signet heal for dungeons? I’m swapping between that one and EF as for now..

Kyskythyn.6471:

I play zerk S/D (20/30/10/0/10) for small group/solo roaming in WvW. It is a lot of fun and utterly destroys most people. You just need to be aware of your squishiness and play accordingly. Sadly, no videos, as my computer is a brick :/

I could imagine trying something like that in pve. what traits are you using in fire? I’m guessing Pyromancer’s Alacrity and Internal Fire?

Big Tower.5423:

What type of roaming are you intrested in? distracting large groups? 7-15 people or like 1v5 kills?

I think the days are long gone when ele could kill 5 people all alone :P
But yeah, I mean more like small group fights..

I usually always play D/D both in PvE, sPvP and WvW. I use staff if I’m running with a zerg and D/D for roaming. Now I wonder what would be the benefits of running S/x (either with focus off hand or dagger) over a D/D build if you want to roam in WvW?
I’m thinking something standard like 0/30/0/20/20.. I’m using zerker in PvE but this is obviously not an option in WvW. So which gear would be the best? If anyone got any videos to share of WvW scepter game play (something that’s still viable of course), I would like to watch them..