I use DE with collateral dmg/payback/bqobk SB/PP. Got over 100 bags in the first half hour. Start spamming shortbow 5 to get around the map faster. Swap tactics or builds or characters if you have to. Love it since HoT release. Mallyx' Unyielding Anguish, Herald Elemental Blast, Renegade Shortbow (probably better than Hammer for Labyrinth) + Citadel Bombardment + Darkrazor's Daring. Necromancer tends to get a big of malign stigma for being a fairly selfish class, but it's one of the more self-sufficient and beginner friendly classes in GW2. The reason it achieves this insanely high dps numbers is by using 1 scourge to use epidemic to bounce conditions from the boss to nearby adds, then you have 4-5 other scourges to bounce those same condis back. Anyway, I played that game almost religiously at first, and I never really got much better, I didn't understand meta builds or endgame, I could barely even finish the story missions half the time. Axe + torch + traps: high cleave/aoe, traps for doors Staff Druid + traps.
It also has a shadow step w/ cc as the number 2 which is nice. Even the famously squishy Elementalist can be made extremely hard to kill with certain traits, skills, and gear. In general terms there's only 4 kind of gear stats demanded for high end PvE content in this game: berserker, which counts for ~80% of the dps builds, viper (the other 10%, dps builds albeit sometimes is balanced with sinister or grieving) harrier (the 5%, best current combo stats for a pure healer) and diviner (best combo for a support). Dagger/Warhorn - Higher DPS and mobility at the cost of not as many ranged attacks, Arcane Power - For a fair and short burst of damage. It doesn’t have high dps, but it has utility and is, I’m dead serious, one of thief’s best weapons, If you want to practice for doing endgame content, use dagger/pistol or sword/dagger (they’re the 2 load outs of PvP, for endgame PvE, you’ll use daredevil staff or deadeye rifle. 3.
And when you factor it is also has to compete with power builds like weaver it can be clear why you dont see necros on many bosses.
Got over 100 bags in the first half hour. You’re level 34 and doing open world content.
Hype leads to unfulfilled expectations. What other choice do I have? Pve, pvp, wvw ? People seem to like staff Daredevil over DE, Dagger/Warhorn Tempest: skill 1 for tagging and F3 at doors. 5. Its great when it works but on bosses where you cant do this epibounce trick the entire necro class struggles greatly the condi build without epi is ok but there is MUCH better options when it comes to condi dps. Flamethrower bundles allow any class to use FT-like skills: Rule of thumb: count your ToTs before you start, add your oils & foods.
Are they zigging & zagging through the maze between doors? All rights reserved. Open world content in the core maps (so, not the heart of thorns and path of fire expansions) are designed to be easy enough that you can use whatever weapons and skills and traits you want and still be able to kill things and complete hearts and have fun. After having run with several groups in the Labyrinth today, it seems to me that class and build are no longer relevant. Or something else? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. In addition, it provides a massive amount of might to you and allies around you. I like to have a little bit of everything when it comes to mmos even though GW2 is glorious and allows for any character to fill any role. Please keep in mind that this post is aimed at finding a working build for everyone, not the optimal build out of the bunch (I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that's either Flamethrower Engi, Lootbook Firebrand or SB Thief). PvE World events: Magi's support gear with the Scourge elite spec. Power?
By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Hopefully I am misreading this but you are playing a power reaper and you need something chunkier? Shortbow seems to be a great option, regardless of builds. They're capable of strong damage per second or healing per second depending on playstyle. Going to test sb/staff thief next, think i was getting more per h with that last year. That's why Boon Chrono, and sometimes Heal Druid or Heal Firebrand, play the Tank role in Raids. Probably the best all-rounder would be the Viper condi build, which is regarded as the meta for end game content. Pistol/pistol is very fun and good for this kind of content, since you can kill stuff at range and just spam the 3 skill. So thanks dad, I love you old man. So like Herald is super tanky because it always has many on-demand stun breaks, the heal is 3 seconds of damage reversal/immunity to death, it has perma protection, etc.
PvE Open world exploration: Berserker power gear with the Reaper elite spec. Why those numbers? My first characters when GW2 came out were a human thief, a charr warrior and a norn ranger, for some reason I didn't make a sylvari, which these days are definitely what I would consider my most played race. How many is "lots"? O_o. Honestly thief is the most economic profession in the game, as one set will set you for life :P. The best in my opinion though would be DD with stuff for PvE. Are you in a squad? Spellbreaker on the other hand is very tanky with Full Counters giving high evade uptime, traited offhand dagger gives massive sustain through critting, and Spellbreaker has the only source of protection available on the warrior profession, via traited Full Counter. i'm new at GW2 and i'm playing thief, any recommendations on a build?
So far, I have five sets for twelve or so builds I'm putting together, and it's kinda going up from there... Over the past couple of days , I have been experimenting with various builds that take advantage of the new Glyph of Elementals, and Glyphe of Lesser Elementals mechanics for the elementalist.
Reasons: However, tanky builds aren't all that popular outside of Raid and PvP. So back in 2005 or so my dad took me to a game store and said I could pick a game but not one that's too expensive. Sb 5. If they aren't, change maps. In PvP the most tanky players I see use bunker builds to hold capture points. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. You’re level 34 and doing open world content. In the words of a close friend who said it best "That's a lot of memories and shit that happened from that random moment of choosing a game in a game shop I'm glad that happened or I wouldn't have met you and that would have been boring af." Support Scourge's excellent survivability, wide-ranging heals / barriers and unmatched ability to revive downed allies make it ideal for meta events and bounties where people often get one-shotted by the boss. Plain and simply. P/P for core IMO Deadeye is the best due to mobility + quickness from Mark + bouncing arrow from Shortbow. There is no meta. Scepter/Warhorn: For Utilities, "Wash the Pain Away! Hi! Press J to jump to the feed. Welcome to /r/GuildWars2 where we strive to be a place where you can share your Guild Wars 2 experiences and partake in discussions with players from around the world. Cookies help us deliver our Services.
he used to say to me all the time. Most Revenant players I know that play more than 1 build on their Rev experience this frequently, so much as several times a day. Guide for Beginners & Intermediate Farmers, Easy to hit multiple foes (cleaving, aoe, bouncing). Cookies help us deliver our Services.
This page will cover how each profession plays, both at a casual and a competitive level.
I use DE with collateral dmg/payback/bqobk SB/PP. Got over 100 bags in the first half hour. Start spamming shortbow 5 to get around the map faster. Swap tactics or builds or characters if you have to. Love it since HoT release. Mallyx' Unyielding Anguish, Herald Elemental Blast, Renegade Shortbow (probably better than Hammer for Labyrinth) + Citadel Bombardment + Darkrazor's Daring. Necromancer tends to get a big of malign stigma for being a fairly selfish class, but it's one of the more self-sufficient and beginner friendly classes in GW2. The reason it achieves this insanely high dps numbers is by using 1 scourge to use epidemic to bounce conditions from the boss to nearby adds, then you have 4-5 other scourges to bounce those same condis back. Anyway, I played that game almost religiously at first, and I never really got much better, I didn't understand meta builds or endgame, I could barely even finish the story missions half the time. Axe + torch + traps: high cleave/aoe, traps for doors Staff Druid + traps.
It also has a shadow step w/ cc as the number 2 which is nice. Even the famously squishy Elementalist can be made extremely hard to kill with certain traits, skills, and gear. In general terms there's only 4 kind of gear stats demanded for high end PvE content in this game: berserker, which counts for ~80% of the dps builds, viper (the other 10%, dps builds albeit sometimes is balanced with sinister or grieving) harrier (the 5%, best current combo stats for a pure healer) and diviner (best combo for a support). Dagger/Warhorn - Higher DPS and mobility at the cost of not as many ranged attacks, Arcane Power - For a fair and short burst of damage. It doesn’t have high dps, but it has utility and is, I’m dead serious, one of thief’s best weapons, If you want to practice for doing endgame content, use dagger/pistol or sword/dagger (they’re the 2 load outs of PvP, for endgame PvE, you’ll use daredevil staff or deadeye rifle. 3.
And when you factor it is also has to compete with power builds like weaver it can be clear why you dont see necros on many bosses.
Got over 100 bags in the first half hour. You’re level 34 and doing open world content.
Hype leads to unfulfilled expectations. What other choice do I have? Pve, pvp, wvw ? People seem to like staff Daredevil over DE, Dagger/Warhorn Tempest: skill 1 for tagging and F3 at doors. 5. Its great when it works but on bosses where you cant do this epibounce trick the entire necro class struggles greatly the condi build without epi is ok but there is MUCH better options when it comes to condi dps. Flamethrower bundles allow any class to use FT-like skills: Rule of thumb: count your ToTs before you start, add your oils & foods.
Are they zigging & zagging through the maze between doors? All rights reserved. Open world content in the core maps (so, not the heart of thorns and path of fire expansions) are designed to be easy enough that you can use whatever weapons and skills and traits you want and still be able to kill things and complete hearts and have fun. After having run with several groups in the Labyrinth today, it seems to me that class and build are no longer relevant. Or something else? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. In addition, it provides a massive amount of might to you and allies around you. I like to have a little bit of everything when it comes to mmos even though GW2 is glorious and allows for any character to fill any role. Please keep in mind that this post is aimed at finding a working build for everyone, not the optimal build out of the bunch (I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that's either Flamethrower Engi, Lootbook Firebrand or SB Thief). PvE World events: Magi's support gear with the Scourge elite spec. Power?
By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Hopefully I am misreading this but you are playing a power reaper and you need something chunkier? Shortbow seems to be a great option, regardless of builds. They're capable of strong damage per second or healing per second depending on playstyle. Going to test sb/staff thief next, think i was getting more per h with that last year. That's why Boon Chrono, and sometimes Heal Druid or Heal Firebrand, play the Tank role in Raids. Probably the best all-rounder would be the Viper condi build, which is regarded as the meta for end game content. Pistol/pistol is very fun and good for this kind of content, since you can kill stuff at range and just spam the 3 skill. So thanks dad, I love you old man. So like Herald is super tanky because it always has many on-demand stun breaks, the heal is 3 seconds of damage reversal/immunity to death, it has perma protection, etc.
PvE Open world exploration: Berserker power gear with the Reaper elite spec. Why those numbers? My first characters when GW2 came out were a human thief, a charr warrior and a norn ranger, for some reason I didn't make a sylvari, which these days are definitely what I would consider my most played race. How many is "lots"? O_o. Honestly thief is the most economic profession in the game, as one set will set you for life :P. The best in my opinion though would be DD with stuff for PvE. Are you in a squad? Spellbreaker on the other hand is very tanky with Full Counters giving high evade uptime, traited offhand dagger gives massive sustain through critting, and Spellbreaker has the only source of protection available on the warrior profession, via traited Full Counter. i'm new at GW2 and i'm playing thief, any recommendations on a build?
So far, I have five sets for twelve or so builds I'm putting together, and it's kinda going up from there... Over the past couple of days , I have been experimenting with various builds that take advantage of the new Glyph of Elementals, and Glyphe of Lesser Elementals mechanics for the elementalist.
Reasons: However, tanky builds aren't all that popular outside of Raid and PvP. So back in 2005 or so my dad took me to a game store and said I could pick a game but not one that's too expensive. Sb 5. If they aren't, change maps. In PvP the most tanky players I see use bunker builds to hold capture points. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. You’re level 34 and doing open world content. In the words of a close friend who said it best "That's a lot of memories and shit that happened from that random moment of choosing a game in a game shop I'm glad that happened or I wouldn't have met you and that would have been boring af." Support Scourge's excellent survivability, wide-ranging heals / barriers and unmatched ability to revive downed allies make it ideal for meta events and bounties where people often get one-shotted by the boss. Plain and simply. P/P for core IMO Deadeye is the best due to mobility + quickness from Mark + bouncing arrow from Shortbow. There is no meta. Scepter/Warhorn: For Utilities, "Wash the Pain Away! Hi! Press J to jump to the feed. Welcome to /r/GuildWars2 where we strive to be a place where you can share your Guild Wars 2 experiences and partake in discussions with players from around the world. Cookies help us deliver our Services.
he used to say to me all the time. Most Revenant players I know that play more than 1 build on their Rev experience this frequently, so much as several times a day. Guide for Beginners & Intermediate Farmers, Easy to hit multiple foes (cleaving, aoe, bouncing). Cookies help us deliver our Services.
This page will cover how each profession plays, both at a casual and a competitive level.
I use DE with collateral dmg/payback/bqobk SB/PP. Got over 100 bags in the first half hour. Start spamming shortbow 5 to get around the map faster. Swap tactics or builds or characters if you have to. Love it since HoT release. Mallyx' Unyielding Anguish, Herald Elemental Blast, Renegade Shortbow (probably better than Hammer for Labyrinth) + Citadel Bombardment + Darkrazor's Daring. Necromancer tends to get a big of malign stigma for being a fairly selfish class, but it's one of the more self-sufficient and beginner friendly classes in GW2. The reason it achieves this insanely high dps numbers is by using 1 scourge to use epidemic to bounce conditions from the boss to nearby adds, then you have 4-5 other scourges to bounce those same condis back. Anyway, I played that game almost religiously at first, and I never really got much better, I didn't understand meta builds or endgame, I could barely even finish the story missions half the time. Axe + torch + traps: high cleave/aoe, traps for doors Staff Druid + traps.
It also has a shadow step w/ cc as the number 2 which is nice. Even the famously squishy Elementalist can be made extremely hard to kill with certain traits, skills, and gear. In general terms there's only 4 kind of gear stats demanded for high end PvE content in this game: berserker, which counts for ~80% of the dps builds, viper (the other 10%, dps builds albeit sometimes is balanced with sinister or grieving) harrier (the 5%, best current combo stats for a pure healer) and diviner (best combo for a support). Dagger/Warhorn - Higher DPS and mobility at the cost of not as many ranged attacks, Arcane Power - For a fair and short burst of damage. It doesn’t have high dps, but it has utility and is, I’m dead serious, one of thief’s best weapons, If you want to practice for doing endgame content, use dagger/pistol or sword/dagger (they’re the 2 load outs of PvP, for endgame PvE, you’ll use daredevil staff or deadeye rifle. 3.
And when you factor it is also has to compete with power builds like weaver it can be clear why you dont see necros on many bosses.
Got over 100 bags in the first half hour. You’re level 34 and doing open world content.
Hype leads to unfulfilled expectations. What other choice do I have? Pve, pvp, wvw ? People seem to like staff Daredevil over DE, Dagger/Warhorn Tempest: skill 1 for tagging and F3 at doors. 5. Its great when it works but on bosses where you cant do this epibounce trick the entire necro class struggles greatly the condi build without epi is ok but there is MUCH better options when it comes to condi dps. Flamethrower bundles allow any class to use FT-like skills: Rule of thumb: count your ToTs before you start, add your oils & foods.
Are they zigging & zagging through the maze between doors? All rights reserved. Open world content in the core maps (so, not the heart of thorns and path of fire expansions) are designed to be easy enough that you can use whatever weapons and skills and traits you want and still be able to kill things and complete hearts and have fun. After having run with several groups in the Labyrinth today, it seems to me that class and build are no longer relevant. Or something else? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. In addition, it provides a massive amount of might to you and allies around you. I like to have a little bit of everything when it comes to mmos even though GW2 is glorious and allows for any character to fill any role. Please keep in mind that this post is aimed at finding a working build for everyone, not the optimal build out of the bunch (I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that's either Flamethrower Engi, Lootbook Firebrand or SB Thief). PvE World events: Magi's support gear with the Scourge elite spec. Power?
By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Hopefully I am misreading this but you are playing a power reaper and you need something chunkier? Shortbow seems to be a great option, regardless of builds. They're capable of strong damage per second or healing per second depending on playstyle. Going to test sb/staff thief next, think i was getting more per h with that last year. That's why Boon Chrono, and sometimes Heal Druid or Heal Firebrand, play the Tank role in Raids. Probably the best all-rounder would be the Viper condi build, which is regarded as the meta for end game content. Pistol/pistol is very fun and good for this kind of content, since you can kill stuff at range and just spam the 3 skill. So thanks dad, I love you old man. So like Herald is super tanky because it always has many on-demand stun breaks, the heal is 3 seconds of damage reversal/immunity to death, it has perma protection, etc.
PvE Open world exploration: Berserker power gear with the Reaper elite spec. Why those numbers? My first characters when GW2 came out were a human thief, a charr warrior and a norn ranger, for some reason I didn't make a sylvari, which these days are definitely what I would consider my most played race. How many is "lots"? O_o. Honestly thief is the most economic profession in the game, as one set will set you for life :P. The best in my opinion though would be DD with stuff for PvE. Are you in a squad? Spellbreaker on the other hand is very tanky with Full Counters giving high evade uptime, traited offhand dagger gives massive sustain through critting, and Spellbreaker has the only source of protection available on the warrior profession, via traited Full Counter. i'm new at GW2 and i'm playing thief, any recommendations on a build?
So far, I have five sets for twelve or so builds I'm putting together, and it's kinda going up from there... Over the past couple of days , I have been experimenting with various builds that take advantage of the new Glyph of Elementals, and Glyphe of Lesser Elementals mechanics for the elementalist.
Reasons: However, tanky builds aren't all that popular outside of Raid and PvP. So back in 2005 or so my dad took me to a game store and said I could pick a game but not one that's too expensive. Sb 5. If they aren't, change maps. In PvP the most tanky players I see use bunker builds to hold capture points. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. You’re level 34 and doing open world content. In the words of a close friend who said it best "That's a lot of memories and shit that happened from that random moment of choosing a game in a game shop I'm glad that happened or I wouldn't have met you and that would have been boring af." Support Scourge's excellent survivability, wide-ranging heals / barriers and unmatched ability to revive downed allies make it ideal for meta events and bounties where people often get one-shotted by the boss. Plain and simply. P/P for core IMO Deadeye is the best due to mobility + quickness from Mark + bouncing arrow from Shortbow. There is no meta. Scepter/Warhorn: For Utilities, "Wash the Pain Away! Hi! Press J to jump to the feed. Welcome to /r/GuildWars2 where we strive to be a place where you can share your Guild Wars 2 experiences and partake in discussions with players from around the world. Cookies help us deliver our Services.
he used to say to me all the time. Most Revenant players I know that play more than 1 build on their Rev experience this frequently, so much as several times a day. Guide for Beginners & Intermediate Farmers, Easy to hit multiple foes (cleaving, aoe, bouncing). Cookies help us deliver our Services.
This page will cover how each profession plays, both at a casual and a competitive level.
I use DE with collateral dmg/payback/bqobk SB/PP. Got over 100 bags in the first half hour. Start spamming shortbow 5 to get around the map faster. Swap tactics or builds or characters if you have to. Love it since HoT release. Mallyx' Unyielding Anguish, Herald Elemental Blast, Renegade Shortbow (probably better than Hammer for Labyrinth) + Citadel Bombardment + Darkrazor's Daring. Necromancer tends to get a big of malign stigma for being a fairly selfish class, but it's one of the more self-sufficient and beginner friendly classes in GW2. The reason it achieves this insanely high dps numbers is by using 1 scourge to use epidemic to bounce conditions from the boss to nearby adds, then you have 4-5 other scourges to bounce those same condis back. Anyway, I played that game almost religiously at first, and I never really got much better, I didn't understand meta builds or endgame, I could barely even finish the story missions half the time. Axe + torch + traps: high cleave/aoe, traps for doors Staff Druid + traps.
It also has a shadow step w/ cc as the number 2 which is nice. Even the famously squishy Elementalist can be made extremely hard to kill with certain traits, skills, and gear. In general terms there's only 4 kind of gear stats demanded for high end PvE content in this game: berserker, which counts for ~80% of the dps builds, viper (the other 10%, dps builds albeit sometimes is balanced with sinister or grieving) harrier (the 5%, best current combo stats for a pure healer) and diviner (best combo for a support). Dagger/Warhorn - Higher DPS and mobility at the cost of not as many ranged attacks, Arcane Power - For a fair and short burst of damage. It doesn’t have high dps, but it has utility and is, I’m dead serious, one of thief’s best weapons, If you want to practice for doing endgame content, use dagger/pistol or sword/dagger (they’re the 2 load outs of PvP, for endgame PvE, you’ll use daredevil staff or deadeye rifle. 3.
And when you factor it is also has to compete with power builds like weaver it can be clear why you dont see necros on many bosses.
Got over 100 bags in the first half hour. You’re level 34 and doing open world content.
Hype leads to unfulfilled expectations. What other choice do I have? Pve, pvp, wvw ? People seem to like staff Daredevil over DE, Dagger/Warhorn Tempest: skill 1 for tagging and F3 at doors. 5. Its great when it works but on bosses where you cant do this epibounce trick the entire necro class struggles greatly the condi build without epi is ok but there is MUCH better options when it comes to condi dps. Flamethrower bundles allow any class to use FT-like skills: Rule of thumb: count your ToTs before you start, add your oils & foods.
Are they zigging & zagging through the maze between doors? All rights reserved. Open world content in the core maps (so, not the heart of thorns and path of fire expansions) are designed to be easy enough that you can use whatever weapons and skills and traits you want and still be able to kill things and complete hearts and have fun. After having run with several groups in the Labyrinth today, it seems to me that class and build are no longer relevant. Or something else? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. In addition, it provides a massive amount of might to you and allies around you. I like to have a little bit of everything when it comes to mmos even though GW2 is glorious and allows for any character to fill any role. Please keep in mind that this post is aimed at finding a working build for everyone, not the optimal build out of the bunch (I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that's either Flamethrower Engi, Lootbook Firebrand or SB Thief). PvE World events: Magi's support gear with the Scourge elite spec. Power?
By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Hopefully I am misreading this but you are playing a power reaper and you need something chunkier? Shortbow seems to be a great option, regardless of builds. They're capable of strong damage per second or healing per second depending on playstyle. Going to test sb/staff thief next, think i was getting more per h with that last year. That's why Boon Chrono, and sometimes Heal Druid or Heal Firebrand, play the Tank role in Raids. Probably the best all-rounder would be the Viper condi build, which is regarded as the meta for end game content. Pistol/pistol is very fun and good for this kind of content, since you can kill stuff at range and just spam the 3 skill. So thanks dad, I love you old man. So like Herald is super tanky because it always has many on-demand stun breaks, the heal is 3 seconds of damage reversal/immunity to death, it has perma protection, etc.
PvE Open world exploration: Berserker power gear with the Reaper elite spec. Why those numbers? My first characters when GW2 came out were a human thief, a charr warrior and a norn ranger, for some reason I didn't make a sylvari, which these days are definitely what I would consider my most played race. How many is "lots"? O_o. Honestly thief is the most economic profession in the game, as one set will set you for life :P. The best in my opinion though would be DD with stuff for PvE. Are you in a squad? Spellbreaker on the other hand is very tanky with Full Counters giving high evade uptime, traited offhand dagger gives massive sustain through critting, and Spellbreaker has the only source of protection available on the warrior profession, via traited Full Counter. i'm new at GW2 and i'm playing thief, any recommendations on a build?
So far, I have five sets for twelve or so builds I'm putting together, and it's kinda going up from there... Over the past couple of days , I have been experimenting with various builds that take advantage of the new Glyph of Elementals, and Glyphe of Lesser Elementals mechanics for the elementalist.
Reasons: However, tanky builds aren't all that popular outside of Raid and PvP. So back in 2005 or so my dad took me to a game store and said I could pick a game but not one that's too expensive. Sb 5. If they aren't, change maps. In PvP the most tanky players I see use bunker builds to hold capture points. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. You’re level 34 and doing open world content. In the words of a close friend who said it best "That's a lot of memories and shit that happened from that random moment of choosing a game in a game shop I'm glad that happened or I wouldn't have met you and that would have been boring af." Support Scourge's excellent survivability, wide-ranging heals / barriers and unmatched ability to revive downed allies make it ideal for meta events and bounties where people often get one-shotted by the boss. Plain and simply. P/P for core IMO Deadeye is the best due to mobility + quickness from Mark + bouncing arrow from Shortbow. There is no meta. Scepter/Warhorn: For Utilities, "Wash the Pain Away! Hi! Press J to jump to the feed. Welcome to /r/GuildWars2 where we strive to be a place where you can share your Guild Wars 2 experiences and partake in discussions with players from around the world. Cookies help us deliver our Services.
he used to say to me all the time. Most Revenant players I know that play more than 1 build on their Rev experience this frequently, so much as several times a day. Guide for Beginners & Intermediate Farmers, Easy to hit multiple foes (cleaving, aoe, bouncing). Cookies help us deliver our Services.
This page will cover how each profession plays, both at a casual and a competitive level.
I use DE with collateral dmg/payback/bqobk SB/PP. Got over 100 bags in the first half hour. Start spamming shortbow 5 to get around the map faster. Swap tactics or builds or characters if you have to. Love it since HoT release. Mallyx' Unyielding Anguish, Herald Elemental Blast, Renegade Shortbow (probably better than Hammer for Labyrinth) + Citadel Bombardment + Darkrazor's Daring. Necromancer tends to get a big of malign stigma for being a fairly selfish class, but it's one of the more self-sufficient and beginner friendly classes in GW2. The reason it achieves this insanely high dps numbers is by using 1 scourge to use epidemic to bounce conditions from the boss to nearby adds, then you have 4-5 other scourges to bounce those same condis back. Anyway, I played that game almost religiously at first, and I never really got much better, I didn't understand meta builds or endgame, I could barely even finish the story missions half the time. Axe + torch + traps: high cleave/aoe, traps for doors Staff Druid + traps.
It also has a shadow step w/ cc as the number 2 which is nice. Even the famously squishy Elementalist can be made extremely hard to kill with certain traits, skills, and gear. In general terms there's only 4 kind of gear stats demanded for high end PvE content in this game: berserker, which counts for ~80% of the dps builds, viper (the other 10%, dps builds albeit sometimes is balanced with sinister or grieving) harrier (the 5%, best current combo stats for a pure healer) and diviner (best combo for a support). Dagger/Warhorn - Higher DPS and mobility at the cost of not as many ranged attacks, Arcane Power - For a fair and short burst of damage. It doesn’t have high dps, but it has utility and is, I’m dead serious, one of thief’s best weapons, If you want to practice for doing endgame content, use dagger/pistol or sword/dagger (they’re the 2 load outs of PvP, for endgame PvE, you’ll use daredevil staff or deadeye rifle. 3.
And when you factor it is also has to compete with power builds like weaver it can be clear why you dont see necros on many bosses.
Got over 100 bags in the first half hour. You’re level 34 and doing open world content.
Hype leads to unfulfilled expectations. What other choice do I have? Pve, pvp, wvw ? People seem to like staff Daredevil over DE, Dagger/Warhorn Tempest: skill 1 for tagging and F3 at doors. 5. Its great when it works but on bosses where you cant do this epibounce trick the entire necro class struggles greatly the condi build without epi is ok but there is MUCH better options when it comes to condi dps. Flamethrower bundles allow any class to use FT-like skills: Rule of thumb: count your ToTs before you start, add your oils & foods.
Are they zigging & zagging through the maze between doors? All rights reserved. Open world content in the core maps (so, not the heart of thorns and path of fire expansions) are designed to be easy enough that you can use whatever weapons and skills and traits you want and still be able to kill things and complete hearts and have fun. After having run with several groups in the Labyrinth today, it seems to me that class and build are no longer relevant. Or something else? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. In addition, it provides a massive amount of might to you and allies around you. I like to have a little bit of everything when it comes to mmos even though GW2 is glorious and allows for any character to fill any role. Please keep in mind that this post is aimed at finding a working build for everyone, not the optimal build out of the bunch (I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that's either Flamethrower Engi, Lootbook Firebrand or SB Thief). PvE World events: Magi's support gear with the Scourge elite spec. Power?
By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Hopefully I am misreading this but you are playing a power reaper and you need something chunkier? Shortbow seems to be a great option, regardless of builds. They're capable of strong damage per second or healing per second depending on playstyle. Going to test sb/staff thief next, think i was getting more per h with that last year. That's why Boon Chrono, and sometimes Heal Druid or Heal Firebrand, play the Tank role in Raids. Probably the best all-rounder would be the Viper condi build, which is regarded as the meta for end game content. Pistol/pistol is very fun and good for this kind of content, since you can kill stuff at range and just spam the 3 skill. So thanks dad, I love you old man. So like Herald is super tanky because it always has many on-demand stun breaks, the heal is 3 seconds of damage reversal/immunity to death, it has perma protection, etc.
PvE Open world exploration: Berserker power gear with the Reaper elite spec. Why those numbers? My first characters when GW2 came out were a human thief, a charr warrior and a norn ranger, for some reason I didn't make a sylvari, which these days are definitely what I would consider my most played race. How many is "lots"? O_o. Honestly thief is the most economic profession in the game, as one set will set you for life :P. The best in my opinion though would be DD with stuff for PvE. Are you in a squad? Spellbreaker on the other hand is very tanky with Full Counters giving high evade uptime, traited offhand dagger gives massive sustain through critting, and Spellbreaker has the only source of protection available on the warrior profession, via traited Full Counter. i'm new at GW2 and i'm playing thief, any recommendations on a build?
So far, I have five sets for twelve or so builds I'm putting together, and it's kinda going up from there... Over the past couple of days , I have been experimenting with various builds that take advantage of the new Glyph of Elementals, and Glyphe of Lesser Elementals mechanics for the elementalist.
Reasons: However, tanky builds aren't all that popular outside of Raid and PvP. So back in 2005 or so my dad took me to a game store and said I could pick a game but not one that's too expensive. Sb 5. If they aren't, change maps. In PvP the most tanky players I see use bunker builds to hold capture points. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. You’re level 34 and doing open world content. In the words of a close friend who said it best "That's a lot of memories and shit that happened from that random moment of choosing a game in a game shop I'm glad that happened or I wouldn't have met you and that would have been boring af." Support Scourge's excellent survivability, wide-ranging heals / barriers and unmatched ability to revive downed allies make it ideal for meta events and bounties where people often get one-shotted by the boss. Plain and simply. P/P for core IMO Deadeye is the best due to mobility + quickness from Mark + bouncing arrow from Shortbow. There is no meta. Scepter/Warhorn: For Utilities, "Wash the Pain Away! Hi! Press J to jump to the feed. Welcome to /r/GuildWars2 where we strive to be a place where you can share your Guild Wars 2 experiences and partake in discussions with players from around the world. Cookies help us deliver our Services.
he used to say to me all the time. Most Revenant players I know that play more than 1 build on their Rev experience this frequently, so much as several times a day. Guide for Beginners & Intermediate Farmers, Easy to hit multiple foes (cleaving, aoe, bouncing). Cookies help us deliver our Services.
This page will cover how each profession plays, both at a casual and a competitive level.
I use DE with collateral dmg/payback/bqobk SB/PP. Got over 100 bags in the first half hour. Start spamming shortbow 5 to get around the map faster. Swap tactics or builds or characters if you have to. Love it since HoT release. Mallyx' Unyielding Anguish, Herald Elemental Blast, Renegade Shortbow (probably better than Hammer for Labyrinth) + Citadel Bombardment + Darkrazor's Daring. Necromancer tends to get a big of malign stigma for being a fairly selfish class, but it's one of the more self-sufficient and beginner friendly classes in GW2. The reason it achieves this insanely high dps numbers is by using 1 scourge to use epidemic to bounce conditions from the boss to nearby adds, then you have 4-5 other scourges to bounce those same condis back. Anyway, I played that game almost religiously at first, and I never really got much better, I didn't understand meta builds or endgame, I could barely even finish the story missions half the time. Axe + torch + traps: high cleave/aoe, traps for doors Staff Druid + traps.
It also has a shadow step w/ cc as the number 2 which is nice. Even the famously squishy Elementalist can be made extremely hard to kill with certain traits, skills, and gear. In general terms there's only 4 kind of gear stats demanded for high end PvE content in this game: berserker, which counts for ~80% of the dps builds, viper (the other 10%, dps builds albeit sometimes is balanced with sinister or grieving) harrier (the 5%, best current combo stats for a pure healer) and diviner (best combo for a support). Dagger/Warhorn - Higher DPS and mobility at the cost of not as many ranged attacks, Arcane Power - For a fair and short burst of damage. It doesn’t have high dps, but it has utility and is, I’m dead serious, one of thief’s best weapons, If you want to practice for doing endgame content, use dagger/pistol or sword/dagger (they’re the 2 load outs of PvP, for endgame PvE, you’ll use daredevil staff or deadeye rifle. 3.
And when you factor it is also has to compete with power builds like weaver it can be clear why you dont see necros on many bosses.
Got over 100 bags in the first half hour. You’re level 34 and doing open world content.
Hype leads to unfulfilled expectations. What other choice do I have? Pve, pvp, wvw ? People seem to like staff Daredevil over DE, Dagger/Warhorn Tempest: skill 1 for tagging and F3 at doors. 5. Its great when it works but on bosses where you cant do this epibounce trick the entire necro class struggles greatly the condi build without epi is ok but there is MUCH better options when it comes to condi dps. Flamethrower bundles allow any class to use FT-like skills: Rule of thumb: count your ToTs before you start, add your oils & foods.
Are they zigging & zagging through the maze between doors? All rights reserved. Open world content in the core maps (so, not the heart of thorns and path of fire expansions) are designed to be easy enough that you can use whatever weapons and skills and traits you want and still be able to kill things and complete hearts and have fun. After having run with several groups in the Labyrinth today, it seems to me that class and build are no longer relevant. Or something else? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. In addition, it provides a massive amount of might to you and allies around you. I like to have a little bit of everything when it comes to mmos even though GW2 is glorious and allows for any character to fill any role. Please keep in mind that this post is aimed at finding a working build for everyone, not the optimal build out of the bunch (I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that's either Flamethrower Engi, Lootbook Firebrand or SB Thief). PvE World events: Magi's support gear with the Scourge elite spec. Power?
By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Hopefully I am misreading this but you are playing a power reaper and you need something chunkier? Shortbow seems to be a great option, regardless of builds. They're capable of strong damage per second or healing per second depending on playstyle. Going to test sb/staff thief next, think i was getting more per h with that last year. That's why Boon Chrono, and sometimes Heal Druid or Heal Firebrand, play the Tank role in Raids. Probably the best all-rounder would be the Viper condi build, which is regarded as the meta for end game content. Pistol/pistol is very fun and good for this kind of content, since you can kill stuff at range and just spam the 3 skill. So thanks dad, I love you old man. So like Herald is super tanky because it always has many on-demand stun breaks, the heal is 3 seconds of damage reversal/immunity to death, it has perma protection, etc.
PvE Open world exploration: Berserker power gear with the Reaper elite spec. Why those numbers? My first characters when GW2 came out were a human thief, a charr warrior and a norn ranger, for some reason I didn't make a sylvari, which these days are definitely what I would consider my most played race. How many is "lots"? O_o. Honestly thief is the most economic profession in the game, as one set will set you for life :P. The best in my opinion though would be DD with stuff for PvE. Are you in a squad? Spellbreaker on the other hand is very tanky with Full Counters giving high evade uptime, traited offhand dagger gives massive sustain through critting, and Spellbreaker has the only source of protection available on the warrior profession, via traited Full Counter. i'm new at GW2 and i'm playing thief, any recommendations on a build?
So far, I have five sets for twelve or so builds I'm putting together, and it's kinda going up from there... Over the past couple of days , I have been experimenting with various builds that take advantage of the new Glyph of Elementals, and Glyphe of Lesser Elementals mechanics for the elementalist.
Reasons: However, tanky builds aren't all that popular outside of Raid and PvP. So back in 2005 or so my dad took me to a game store and said I could pick a game but not one that's too expensive. Sb 5. If they aren't, change maps. In PvP the most tanky players I see use bunker builds to hold capture points. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. You’re level 34 and doing open world content. In the words of a close friend who said it best "That's a lot of memories and shit that happened from that random moment of choosing a game in a game shop I'm glad that happened or I wouldn't have met you and that would have been boring af." Support Scourge's excellent survivability, wide-ranging heals / barriers and unmatched ability to revive downed allies make it ideal for meta events and bounties where people often get one-shotted by the boss. Plain and simply. P/P for core IMO Deadeye is the best due to mobility + quickness from Mark + bouncing arrow from Shortbow. There is no meta. Scepter/Warhorn: For Utilities, "Wash the Pain Away! Hi! Press J to jump to the feed. Welcome to /r/GuildWars2 where we strive to be a place where you can share your Guild Wars 2 experiences and partake in discussions with players from around the world. Cookies help us deliver our Services.
he used to say to me all the time. Most Revenant players I know that play more than 1 build on their Rev experience this frequently, so much as several times a day. Guide for Beginners & Intermediate Farmers, Easy to hit multiple foes (cleaving, aoe, bouncing). Cookies help us deliver our Services.
This page will cover how each profession plays, both at a casual and a competitive level.
The official patch notes given by the devs on their own forum are very hard to read most of the time, unsorted in each class' category and without any indicators what this skill actually is/does.. Grenade kit: slower than the flamethrower but should work. I think I made a big manly bald headed Warrior as my first character, with pecs like concrete slabs and arms like tree trunks and gods was I bad at the game. From experience, the best build is staff tempest. Berserker, however, is NOT tanky. Your "glorious" shortbow bounces 3 times. Guild Wars is less about classic tankiness than it is about active damage mitigation. That and remembering the labyrinth's rule: if it moves it must die. In combat and don’t want to be? When the 30 minutes runs out, count your ToTs. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. I have very little pvp experience in any mmo, so I need an idiot-proof build to learn on. I went back in with an Engineer Flamethrower and the first group I found seemed to be mostly on foot, without the constant storm of mount attacks ahead of the main group. Press J to jump to the feed. Ele has plenty of cleanse and stability to resist random mobs in between doors.
Do you have MF find food & oils up?
I use DE with collateral dmg/payback/bqobk SB/PP. Got over 100 bags in the first half hour. Start spamming shortbow 5 to get around the map faster. Swap tactics or builds or characters if you have to. Love it since HoT release. Mallyx' Unyielding Anguish, Herald Elemental Blast, Renegade Shortbow (probably better than Hammer for Labyrinth) + Citadel Bombardment + Darkrazor's Daring. Necromancer tends to get a big of malign stigma for being a fairly selfish class, but it's one of the more self-sufficient and beginner friendly classes in GW2. The reason it achieves this insanely high dps numbers is by using 1 scourge to use epidemic to bounce conditions from the boss to nearby adds, then you have 4-5 other scourges to bounce those same condis back. Anyway, I played that game almost religiously at first, and I never really got much better, I didn't understand meta builds or endgame, I could barely even finish the story missions half the time. Axe + torch + traps: high cleave/aoe, traps for doors Staff Druid + traps.
It also has a shadow step w/ cc as the number 2 which is nice. Even the famously squishy Elementalist can be made extremely hard to kill with certain traits, skills, and gear. In general terms there's only 4 kind of gear stats demanded for high end PvE content in this game: berserker, which counts for ~80% of the dps builds, viper (the other 10%, dps builds albeit sometimes is balanced with sinister or grieving) harrier (the 5%, best current combo stats for a pure healer) and diviner (best combo for a support). Dagger/Warhorn - Higher DPS and mobility at the cost of not as many ranged attacks, Arcane Power - For a fair and short burst of damage. It doesn’t have high dps, but it has utility and is, I’m dead serious, one of thief’s best weapons, If you want to practice for doing endgame content, use dagger/pistol or sword/dagger (they’re the 2 load outs of PvP, for endgame PvE, you’ll use daredevil staff or deadeye rifle. 3.
And when you factor it is also has to compete with power builds like weaver it can be clear why you dont see necros on many bosses.
Got over 100 bags in the first half hour. You’re level 34 and doing open world content.
Hype leads to unfulfilled expectations. What other choice do I have? Pve, pvp, wvw ? People seem to like staff Daredevil over DE, Dagger/Warhorn Tempest: skill 1 for tagging and F3 at doors. 5. Its great when it works but on bosses where you cant do this epibounce trick the entire necro class struggles greatly the condi build without epi is ok but there is MUCH better options when it comes to condi dps. Flamethrower bundles allow any class to use FT-like skills: Rule of thumb: count your ToTs before you start, add your oils & foods.
Are they zigging & zagging through the maze between doors? All rights reserved. Open world content in the core maps (so, not the heart of thorns and path of fire expansions) are designed to be easy enough that you can use whatever weapons and skills and traits you want and still be able to kill things and complete hearts and have fun. After having run with several groups in the Labyrinth today, it seems to me that class and build are no longer relevant. Or something else? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. In addition, it provides a massive amount of might to you and allies around you. I like to have a little bit of everything when it comes to mmos even though GW2 is glorious and allows for any character to fill any role. Please keep in mind that this post is aimed at finding a working build for everyone, not the optimal build out of the bunch (I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that's either Flamethrower Engi, Lootbook Firebrand or SB Thief). PvE World events: Magi's support gear with the Scourge elite spec. Power?
By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Hopefully I am misreading this but you are playing a power reaper and you need something chunkier? Shortbow seems to be a great option, regardless of builds. They're capable of strong damage per second or healing per second depending on playstyle. Going to test sb/staff thief next, think i was getting more per h with that last year. That's why Boon Chrono, and sometimes Heal Druid or Heal Firebrand, play the Tank role in Raids. Probably the best all-rounder would be the Viper condi build, which is regarded as the meta for end game content. Pistol/pistol is very fun and good for this kind of content, since you can kill stuff at range and just spam the 3 skill. So thanks dad, I love you old man. So like Herald is super tanky because it always has many on-demand stun breaks, the heal is 3 seconds of damage reversal/immunity to death, it has perma protection, etc.
PvE Open world exploration: Berserker power gear with the Reaper elite spec. Why those numbers? My first characters when GW2 came out were a human thief, a charr warrior and a norn ranger, for some reason I didn't make a sylvari, which these days are definitely what I would consider my most played race. How many is "lots"? O_o. Honestly thief is the most economic profession in the game, as one set will set you for life :P. The best in my opinion though would be DD with stuff for PvE. Are you in a squad? Spellbreaker on the other hand is very tanky with Full Counters giving high evade uptime, traited offhand dagger gives massive sustain through critting, and Spellbreaker has the only source of protection available on the warrior profession, via traited Full Counter. i'm new at GW2 and i'm playing thief, any recommendations on a build?
So far, I have five sets for twelve or so builds I'm putting together, and it's kinda going up from there... Over the past couple of days , I have been experimenting with various builds that take advantage of the new Glyph of Elementals, and Glyphe of Lesser Elementals mechanics for the elementalist.
Reasons: However, tanky builds aren't all that popular outside of Raid and PvP. So back in 2005 or so my dad took me to a game store and said I could pick a game but not one that's too expensive. Sb 5. If they aren't, change maps. In PvP the most tanky players I see use bunker builds to hold capture points. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. You’re level 34 and doing open world content. In the words of a close friend who said it best "That's a lot of memories and shit that happened from that random moment of choosing a game in a game shop I'm glad that happened or I wouldn't have met you and that would have been boring af." Support Scourge's excellent survivability, wide-ranging heals / barriers and unmatched ability to revive downed allies make it ideal for meta events and bounties where people often get one-shotted by the boss. Plain and simply. P/P for core IMO Deadeye is the best due to mobility + quickness from Mark + bouncing arrow from Shortbow. There is no meta. Scepter/Warhorn: For Utilities, "Wash the Pain Away! Hi! Press J to jump to the feed. Welcome to /r/GuildWars2 where we strive to be a place where you can share your Guild Wars 2 experiences and partake in discussions with players from around the world. Cookies help us deliver our Services.
he used to say to me all the time. Most Revenant players I know that play more than 1 build on their Rev experience this frequently, so much as several times a day. Guide for Beginners & Intermediate Farmers, Easy to hit multiple foes (cleaving, aoe, bouncing). Cookies help us deliver our Services.
This page will cover how each profession plays, both at a casual and a competitive level.
Particularly useful against bosses where Epidemic can be used to quickly clear up adds, this build deals fairly good DPS but has a long build-up time.
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