Showing Posts For witcher.3197:

Good spvp Build for beginners?

in Mesmer

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Take a look at the PU condie build that I have here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Guide-A-Mesmer-Guide-to-Solo-Queue/first#post4060868

If you want to read the guide, it also includes tips and general instructions on how to play it effectively in PvP.

Maim shatter can also be used fairly effectively….but that build on metabattle is rather poorly planned out. If you want to run maim shatter, do it with this: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNArfWlknpMtFpxRNcrNSpBh6ykmmSyA8gSOiyB-TJRHwAw2fIZZABnCAAPBAA

Tbh, I don’t think it matters. Any form of PU and MtD is bad in Conquest but can do well in WvW.

Good spvp Build for beginners?

in Mesmer

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

I was using this one but I am wondering if it is up to date/good.
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Mesmer_-_Condi_Shatter

Speaking as one of the admins of the PvP section I’m extremely unhappy about that build passing trial. It is utter garbage, completely useless, but official forum people reallied and flooded it with positive votes. This is one of the reasons why build testing is on a halt now until a better system is in place. It’s the only build out of the ~40 for conquest I can’t vouch for at all.

Mesmer is a hard class, for beginners I’d recommend the clone death one but this won’t really teach you how to play mesmer. Maybe you’re better off playing power shatter from the very beginning – won’t be easy and will take some practice but it’s worth it

Dragon Hunter PVP Gameplay

in Guardian

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Static npc thief for showing pvp trap skills?
That warrior in stream is bad….only one trap in pvp? GG

You saw dragonhunter with below mediocre warrior, what about skilled players??

Overall….bad. 2/10 (viable in pve)

with this 6/6/6 they destroyed most of our usefull builds like
2/1/6/1/4
0/1/6/6/1

You won’t be able to slot in more than one trap if you want to stay viable in PvP, so at least they were playing the real build.

Going 00666 for bunker is actually a really huge buff.

[Forum Specialist] Ready Up Duels

in PvP

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

1. Condi reaper vs Shoutbow, as shoutbow currently hardcounters every condi spec.

2. Chronomancer vs D/P thief.

S/s shatter viable atm?

in Mesmer

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

it can be viable depending on the situation, playstyle, and desired results. That can only be decided by the OP.

By that logic everything is viable (in very specific scenarios) and there is no point at asking questions about viability.

If out of 100 sword shatter mesmers 99 picks Torch then I think that happens for a reason. I bet I could count on one hand how many off-hand sword guys I’ve met in 2015, or 2014-’15.

Roaming … stealth is really darn good in roaming. I think this is why we often find several 1vX videos with the Mesmer using Torch on one of their weapon sets as well as Decoy as one of their three utilities.

Not really a WvW person, I don’t know the current situation there.

Conquest … stealth is great, except it prevents you from contesting a point

If you’re standing on the point as a mesmer that means you are doing something wrong. Btw stealth is the best thing a mesmer can have against its hardcounter, Thief. OP will likely have even more trouble fighting thieves than veterans, so that’s one of the reasons why I’d recommend that.

which, btw, is not “Classic Shatter” … that name for it on Metabattle is incorrect imo.

So glad you brought that up. It’s currently called Traditional Shatter because it existed long before Double Ranged but I was just thinking about renaming that build yesterday, I’m open to any suggestions. “Sword/Torch Shatter” or “Sword Shatter” are the current titles I have in mind, but I’d be really grateful for some better ideas. Get creative, people! xP Don’t want to end up with GS Sword/Torch Shatter, but might happen.

However this inspired me to do a little interview session and get some top players’ opinions on Gs vs staff vs sword/torch in shatter.

That’s a good idea! Be sure to ask them if there’s a scenario where they would fight without GS.

(edited by witcher.3197)

S/s shatter viable atm?

in Mesmer

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

so witcher says because something which isnt meta, it only works against bad players? lol

Never said that, it’s a very ignorant statement on your part. But there are builds between “meta” and “bad”, actually plenty of them. S/S is not one of those.

Dual Swords w/ Staff used to be THE Shatter build.

And Axe/Shiel GS used to be THE warrior build. Times change. Yes, I remember that S/S and no-GS used to be a thing, but many things have changed since that. Overall DPS got higher across the classes, people got better at the game etc. GS is by far the best DPS weapon a mesmer has for PvP atm, and without it you lose most of your teamfight/ranged capabilities too. Regarding off-hand sword, blocking a single attack every ~12 seconds is nothing compared to a skill which gives stealth and deals AoE blind.

(…)

Torch is a better defensive option than off-hand sword, OP should definitely use that. Staff S/S is a duel spec which still can’t hold a point. As a mesmer your best chance of survival is outdamaging your opponent which is significantly harder without GS.

TL;DR Shatter mes is a hard and squishy spec which does not win fights by outsustaining others, I’m not sure if taking away damage/stealth from it helps anyone.

(edited by witcher.3197)

S/s shatter viable atm?

in Mesmer

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Many of us used to play Shatter with Staff / Sword+Sword all the time to great results.

Not sure what has changed that has people feeling this is less plausible nowadays.

Because you are likely playing it to great reasults vs not so great players.

S/s shatter viable atm?

in Mesmer

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Everything is viable if you go low enough on the ladder, but sword is the least useful off hand currently. And don’t try playing shatter in 2015 without a GS unless your goals include MMR free falling.

PvP Mace - Symbol of Faith - any use for it?

in Guardian

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Bash, it’s the only symbol on my build. (Scepter, torch, and shield are my other weapons.) So I’m not traited for it. And the regen isn’t free, it costs me over a second to cast it for what amounts to a few hundred healing IF I can stay in the same spot for 4 seconds.

But if you want to play a “pointholder spec” (bunker?) then why do you have DPS weapons (scepter, torch) instead of something that helps you survive and support allies?

Condi ranger: dagger or torch?

in Ranger

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

I’d say try to have at least 1 evasion per weapon set. So use torch with Sword, and Dagger with main hand Axe.

Warrior specialization MUST be this!

in Warrior

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

That’s Revenant.

They didn’t even say if Revenant was gonna use sword or not so w/e. Rytlock “was” a Warrior anyways so there’s the possibility.

Rytlock is using revenant skills with a sword on the HoT trailer and datamining kinda confirmed that Sword and Dagger will be usable by the revenant. If you remember Pop the revenant from an anet twitch gameplay video, Pop was using a sword with the skill shown on the trailer.

Warrior specialization MUST be this!

in Warrior

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

^ Torch is also a good guess. As others pointed out in many threads, warrior isn’t really lacking anything that Anet should try to fix (mobility/CC/power, condi hybrid builds/etc/support, warriors have it all). I think anet will try to break the dominance of Longbow in PvP by giving different burst skills to the weapons while using the specialization, meanwhile Longbow is the only source of burning for a warrior so they might want to provide an alternative in case you don’t want to bring longbow but want burning.

Warrior specialization MUST be this!

in Warrior

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

ive been using warrior since game was realeased and seriously , a warrior using daggers ?

Well there were really effective dagger warrior builds in GW1 – you CC the target with hammer, switch to dagger and land a lengthy, lethal burst chain. It was fun :P

a pistol for a warrior would mainly be an engi or thief with heavy armor(without stealth or turrets)

That is wrong on so many levels. Is a GS warrior the same as a GS mesmer just with heavy armor?

Best option is the spear , 2h axe , 1h hammer maybe ? ( with shield)

They said they are not going to add new weapon types. Also 1h hammer is called mace.

To ANET: Please delete Longbow for warriors

in Warrior

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

healing signet is getting nerfed, and im dropping it for surge on my shout warr anyhow.

Oh that’s new :o Source?

To ANET: Please delete Longbow for warriors

in Warrior

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Best Post 2015.

To does who don’t get it:
Without LB warrior will have no place in sPVP, coz all the cheese build will be gone and he will be left with just zerker. Then Anet will have to make zerker warrior (the fun part about playin a warrior class) viable and make balanced and beneficial traits that works for all weapons and not just with LB.

if you had read the upcoming changes you would know the changes to physical traits, and making mending a physical skill will probably make zerker warrior viable. its gonna be dope. no need to delete longbow.

The buffs are nice, problem is these’ll never be as good as healing signet/stances/longbow. You can sneak in 1 physical utility but that’s pretty much all you can do.

Take that engis! No moar god mode Vamp

in PvP

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

It’s the first time they fixed something this fast in years, kudos to Anet for that.

How do you Necros deal with d/d eles?

in PvP

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

6/2/0/0/6 Power Necromancer

Shadow Form / Lich = Dead Light Weight Classes

What is Shadow Form?

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Shadow_Form

Duh.

Help- Dying a lot as an engineer in dungeon.

in Engineer

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

that meta build is terrible

This is by far the best engi build for dungeons, used by guilds such as DnT and Snow Crows. Maybe l2p.

Old player Ranger lv 80 need help

in Ranger

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

This will help with skills/gear/etc ^^

Why do people NOT run meta?

in PvP

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

As long Metabattle the builds judged only by the readiness for VoIP Premades in tournaments there is no reason to use them for a solo player. For solo players are “Meta” sub-optimal, since there are much better Builds.

Are you telling me that a cele engi or a shoutbow warrior is useless for soloQ? That makes no sense.

Also, would you mind linking one of these über effective solo builds?

(edited by witcher.3197)

Anybody Think Reaper Shroud Scythe TOO BIG

in Necromancer

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

But no,tbh I don’t think they went overboard with the scythe size. It’s perfect. It’s perfect. It’s perfect.

Yeah it’s only like 2-3 times bigger than your character, makes perfect sense.

Anybody Think Reaper Shroud Scythe TOO BIG

in Necromancer

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Yes. This is not Final Fantasy, or an Asian F2P game, please make it a bit smaller.

Chill on Auto-attack.

in Necromancer

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

There is no way a necromancer will be allowed to chill someone with autoattacks in PvP more than ~once per game. It makes you facetank damage from your opponent for far too long and can be blinded/dodged/rupted easily. In PvE, well, it’s so slow I’m sure you’ll be losing significant DPS for wasting time on this autoattack.

solo que pvp builds

in Warrior

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

GS/LB but you gotta know how to play it thou. In the right hands this setup destroys people, you can start first with hambow since it’s easier to learn.

i have to ask why is it harder? the only difference is yoru first set of bars….

GS builds are played with Berserker amulet (which is pure DPS) while every other warrior build is using a tanky amulet.

Of all the warrior weapons GS’s burst is the hardest to land.

You also don’t have any access to CC or blocks (however there is a short evasion on skill 3) with GS/Lb.

take some skills that let you land gs burst

take a secondary set that helps with CC

profit?

Sacrificing any defensive utility skill is a huge blow to your sustain. Giving up longbow on the other hand is just insane, longbow F1 is the only ability that will proc Cleansing Ire to cleanse conditions every single time you activate it even if you are blinded or hit no foes with your F1 which makes it your best condi cleansing. Longbow is the backbone of every viable warrior build.

is wvw that different?

i know wvw you can do a gs/hammer build for roaming

In WvW you can have consumables to drastically reduce the duration of incoming conditions, plus in WvW you can have lot higher offensive stats which allows you to simply overwhelm your opponent quickly. And if all fails, in WvW you can just run away with GS constantly without any consequences. Disengaging is an important part of PVP too, but Conquest is played for cap points and every time you run away the point will keep ticking for the enemy team and you’ll eventually lose the game.

Also WvW encounters are usually a lot easier because it’s full of PvE players and there’s no matchmaking which means you can get away with using less optimal builds.

WvW’s are in general a lot more imbalanced as you can have access to sigils and runes that are otherwise not available in PvP for balance reasons.

(edited by witcher.3197)

solo que pvp builds

in Warrior

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

GS/LB but you gotta know how to play it thou. In the right hands this setup destroys people, you can start first with hambow since it’s easier to learn.

i have to ask why is it harder? the only difference is yoru first set of bars….

GS builds are played with Berserker amulet (which is pure DPS) while every other warrior build is using a tanky amulet.

Of all the warrior weapons GS’s burst is the hardest to land.

You also don’t have any access to CC or blocks (however there is a short evasion on skill 3) with GS/Lb.

take some skills that let you land gs burst

take a secondary set that helps with CC

profit?

Sacrificing any defensive utility skill is a huge blow to your sustain. Giving up longbow on the other hand is just insane, longbow F1 is the only ability that will proc Cleansing Ire to cleanse conditions every single time you activate it even if you are blinded or hit no foes with your F1 which makes it your best condi cleansing. Longbow is the backbone of every viable warrior build.

Better names for Guardian Spec - Brainstorm!

in Guardian

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Because the paragon title already exists

Reaper is the title you get at r70 in PvP, and it’s also the name of the new necro specialization. So Paragon can happen too.

The Reaper and the Minion Build

in Necromancer

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

5x Death Nova from one skill is pretty nice.

Minion Bomber is back! :P

Hard counter - Necro/Reaper

in PvP

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

I have the same concerns. But If shouts have short enough CD and aren’t gamechanging (I don’t think instant cast AoE skills you can stack on your bar will have too much spike dmg otherwise it’s going to be broken) then they can be used to consume the blinds at least, and maybe some will offer CC too.

solo que pvp builds

in Warrior

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

GS/LB but you gotta know how to play it thou. In the right hands this setup destroys people, you can start first with hambow since it’s easier to learn.

i have to ask why is it harder? the only difference is yoru first set of bars….

GS builds are played with Berserker amulet (which is pure DPS) while every other warrior build is using a tanky amulet.

Of all the warrior weapons GS’s burst is the hardest to land.

You also don’t have any access to CC or blocks (however there is a short evasion on skill 3) with GS/Lb.

(HoT) Massive sustain is needed for Warriors

in Warrior

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Have you heard about shoutbow? It’s a horribly broken build with crazy sustain and it requires absolutely no skill.

LOL That’s definitely the reason why people are having difficulties to actually find a good warrior to compete in high level. LOL. there’s so little active good warrior right now, if backpack actually stayed on his engi and actually find a decent warrior they would have a better chance beating abjured. just a note, not disrespecting backpacks or anything, hes engi is insanely good, but his warrior is so kitten it’s not even real.

Playing at a competitive level is always hard no matter what build you’re running but you can’t ignore the fact that shoutbow’s one of the most forgiving builds in existence and even a monkey could play that. There are people who are obviously better at the spec than others, I’m just saying that the gap between a bad and a good shoutbow is a lot smaller than it is between a good and a bad shatter mes plus requires tremendously less effort to make it work.

Better names for Guardian Spec - Brainstorm!

in Guardian

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Because if they ever want to do an Elonian expansion they have to leave something for it.

It’s NOT the PvP community!

in PvP

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

If you were to us Cele D/D, you would receive less than half as much kittening.

You’re one meta behind! In Europe, staff bunker eles (and celestial staff eles) are a thing now. I like having one on my team if he plays well.

You are 1 meta ahead I guess. Staff is becoming more popular but there are probably 10 times more D/D eles than cele staff ones and about 100 times more than clerics.

Very new player [Warrior Greatsword help]

in Warrior

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

As Sthenith said gear is not important if you aren’t lvl 80. Once you hit 80 this might help ^^

(HoT) Massive sustain is needed for Warriors

in Warrior

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Have you heard about shoutbow? It’s a horribly broken build with crazy sustain and it requires absolutely no skill.

More mobility would be a better solution. And the problem might already be solved. .

Warrior’s one of the most mobile professions what’s wrong with you people.

solo que pvp builds

in Warrior

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Axebow – high single target burst.

GS/Longbow – it’s probably the most aggressive build in the viable range. Also has great mobility and cleave but is fairly hard to play.

Finally you could still go Hambow – not that bursty but deals decent damage/CC and fits a facesmashing norn warrior. :P

Long time player, First time mesmer.

in Mesmer

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Okay, question. How do I not get brutally melted by any thief?

By rerolling to another profession. :P Thief is your hardcounter as mesmer.

How would you rank the spvp maps

in PvP

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

  1. Temple of the Silent Storm
  2. Battle of Kyhlo
  3. Forest of Niflhel
  4. Legacy of the Foefire

The rest just sucks too hard to be mentioned.

Is there an offensive Guardian build...

in Guardian

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

I always find it funny when guardians claim that Shout AH 0.1.6.6.1 it’s a good support build, when in fact you are just a punching bag that spams shouts to proc PoV. Basically a leech. So funny.

AH bunker is the best support build in PvP, period. It’s just that with all these self reliant cele specs you don’t need a dedicated support guy, instead teams are taking a shoutbow with a cele ele to fill the gap.

l2p I guess?

condi guard

in Guardian

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

I can see me just getting the elite specialization just for LB and Spear of Justice I won’t swap my meditations not worth it right now imo.

meditations are our sustain AH doesnt provide enough healing w/o being full support to be picked over Monks focus.

Yeah and that’s the sad part lol the bleed is limited to traps but meh it will still be better than current condi guard, I know it’s still in rework but I wouldn’t roam with those traps either even in WvW and Trapper Runes, symbol healing and other forms of sustain are meh.

in wvw i can see full trap build working with trapper runes and carrion/hybrid dmg

in pvp you wont see guardian being range weapon only with LB (you alreay got ranger for that) thus guardian need to take more sustain abilities with meditation and elite skill and shelter so maybe 1 trap (maybe)

but lets see what other specializations will come up next then we will know (necro with GS omg….)

You are a surprisingly reasonable person when it’s not about discussing condi mes xP

what makes d/d worse that d/p in spvp

in Thief

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

I play D/D vampiric venom build with celestial in ranked and unranked.

Strong and fun.

And with the upcomming update to the spec skills… its going to get a lot stronger.

Fighting PvE players does not prove anything about a build’s viability. Everything is super strong against bad players.

What type of skill do you think warrior get?

in Warrior

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Weapon kits.

/15char

This one would be great. Actually.

It’s highly unlikely that Anet’s going to design 25 kit skills + F2s + new weapon skills for a specialization, period. :P

condi guard

in Guardian

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

At least 4 of the traps have desirable PVP effects, so I’m not sure how they will be useless for a Guardian PVP build.

There are many desirable skills for every class, but there aren’t enough slots.

Shelter will keep being the best guardin heal and the trap will be abandoned, it’s a nobrainer.

If you go full traps, you’ll have no condi cleansing and no stunbreakers, not to mention that you can be simply outranged. You can’t afford to give up more than 1 meditation skill on a DPS build, sometimes not even that.

Then there is the elite. The new trap isn’t bad, but the Invulnerability and virtue CD reset is just too important for the guardian survival.

Traps are cool. It’s just that other skills are mandatory and even if you can live without some of them, they still outclass the traps. The only trap I can see being used is Light of Judgement – long live the successor of RoJ!

I can already envision some form of LB/Hammer knockback/cripple lockdown builds.

I guess Focus will still be mandatory after the patch so forget having double 2-handed builds.

But despite all of this, condi guard will definitely become a thing.

(edited by witcher.3197)

"DragonHunter" name feedback [merged]

in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Anything bland such as “Paragon” has no imagination attached to it.

Because naming it “Dragonhunter” in an expansion where the main goal is to hunt down a dragon is so much more creative..

Personally I much prefer “bland”, symbolic and to the point over cliche, personally.

For some reason, Dragonhunter reminds me of like 13 year olds in WoW with character names of like Sephirothlol, XxDragonslayerxX, LegolasX. Stuff like that. Very cringe worthy. x.x

I agree. In 2 years we’ll probably get the XxPussehslayah69xX specialization too.

(edited by witcher.3197)

Blind picking/Draft mode?

in PvP

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

This is an issue at ranked too not just tournaments. When I’m queing with friends on my main acc we never join the match on the classes we are going to play, we switch ~20 secs before the match starts so the enemy can’t countercomp, or ends up countering the wrong setup.

I think a dev even commented on this some months ago and said that they are looking into it. Hiding the enemy roster while waiting for the match to start is something this game needs a lot.

Tips for a new necro

in Necromancer

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

I don’t want to use metabattle as a focus because meta is fickle

If you’ve ever been to the site you should know that ~80% of the builds on the site are not part of the meta. Besides, the meta in GW2 changes maybe once every year or 2nd year (depends on the gamemode), it’s not like you have to adapt every month.

GS/LB is gonna be great

in Warrior

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Greatsword really seems to be the no-brainer power build choice now. If only they buffed Arcing Slice a bit more, it would become perfect…

Why would you arcing slice when yout can bait our their cc breaks and then f2 taunt then into a 100blades?

Is there like secret info that warriors are getting an f2 or are you just that guy?

F2 was visible during multiple Anet beta streams.

Proposed Changes for Engineer Turrets

in PvP

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

(…)

Not everything will have the same level of viability and not every build will have the same difficulty. The key is to pair low risk, easy builds with low effectiveness – these builds must exist so that new players can get started and that’s good for the game.

Turret is ridiculously easy to play, which means it shouldn’t be viable outside of low tier play. Now a lot of these entry level players are complaining that Anet overnerfed turrets (which is not true) – truth is they got a taste of what it’s like to be effective, and now instead of actually learning how to play the game they want their build back.

Proposed Changes for Engineer Turrets

in PvP

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

It seems Anet doesn’t know how to balance classes

Turret was cancer. They cured the game of it, I don’t see the problem. For the risk/reward factor the turret build has it’s actually balanced now. Such a passive noskill build should never be even remotely viable.

(edited by witcher.3197)

Does medi have too much burst in PvP?

in Guardian

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

Never had a problem with turrets with symbols, though i want the thread to be more based on our burst potential haha.

Turrets got a major nerf so any sort of AoE cleave can get rid of them now.

Except for flying turrets. Those can’t be damaged by ground targeted AoEs (symbols, Smite etc) nor melee attacks. All you can do is autoattacking with scepter.

(edited by witcher.3197)

Food for thought for ArenaNet

in PvP

Posted by: witcher.3197

witcher.3197

You need too many players for a team. Qs would be dead for 20-22 hours a day, with no matchmaking. Because of the size of the rosters, 99% of the gw2 community would never get to experience it. It’s a bad investment for Anet.

I believe “most of us” are not asking for Qs and matchmaking, but a (better) place to use for it.

Shouldn’t you be satisfied with obsidian sanctum then?