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I don't see any Core Tyria content that can be that difficult for a good leveling build (personally I'd run Sword+Sword/Staff with Shiro/Jalis). What build are you currently using and what specifically are you struggling with?

Yeah ignore them, it's just 1 person reacting with confuse. If you don't have the latest expansion (SOTO) it's okay, builds like soulbeast or dragonhunter are still good. As the other person said, look on guildjen, mukluklabs, snowcrows, they're all good enough at least as a starting point.

No dude, there is a reason almost every single comment of you has been reacted to with confused. Take a hint.

ANet should have statistics on Deathless Courage vs Tyrant's Momentum usage after the change, I wonder what it looks like. I actually tried taking Deathless Courage for a while since it's good for zerg diving situations where the aegis wouldn't be enough, but I eventually stopped doing that because boonball meta is too strong for zerg diving to be worth it, especially vs semi well comped groups. Since then I went back to Tyrant's Momentum.

My experience fighting against cele mace/axe/sword/shield mallyx herald is that they're a sitting duck, little mobility and very susceptible to focus since there's no stability. Both cele vindi and cele renegade with shortbow seem to be much better offensively and defensively. Not sure what kind of build this is, why cele with hammer and greatsword? They are both power weapons. You're probably better off running shortbow instead of hammer there.

Oh yeah good idea, or bake that into Elder's Respite. I can't stress enough how bad shield is when there are more than 2 enemies involved, you're caught out of position so easily. Back to sword it is.

Yep you're not wrong, if I do come back to power herald I'll probably have to slap on shield when running alone. I'm only able to run sword/sword when I run with a group. But even then its effectiveness can't be compared to WB, I can generate downs much quicker on a WB. On a side node, what do people think will improve power herald as a roamer? Off the top of my mind there are a few ideas: - Better cleanse 100%, though not sure in what form. More cleanse when legend swap? Cleanse on using consume skills instead of heals? - Either buff incensed response or sword skills (better damage on sword auto, instant sword 3 similar to smoke assault, faster cast time for sword 4). - Unroot shield 5. That root is kittenous to say the least.

WB comes to mind, honestly it's so hard coming back to power herald after you've tried WB. Better single target damage, better cleave, better cleanse, better sustain, comparable engage (sigil of rage + JI only lose out to phase on cooldown) nope I was wrong, phase being available every time you swap into Shiro feels a lot better. The most obvious disadvantage is it lacks good hard CC, a reveal which is honestly so clutch when it comes to fighting thieves, and probably ranged damage based one what people are saying about hammer. Honestly though I still love revenant mechanics more than guardian (legend swap and energy management), and if they manage to buff herald damage, either directly through sword skills or might generation (which I prefer), I'd definitely consider coming back. Edit: I lied, not too hard to come back if you run with people. After ~3 hours of solo/smallscale roaming with GS/sword sword, definitely enough damage, GS makes up for a lot of cleave damage sword/sword don't have. Lacks cleanse as usual, kiting is more important than ever, but of course roaming in a group helps hide a lot of its weaknesses. I can't give up sword offhand since deathstrike is too clutch even if just for kiting, but without staff it's quite susceptible to being focused while WB is very forgiving. I still think it's more fun than WB especially because WB damage is PbAoE while herald damage has a bit more range/kiting to it.

Dropped a rant, refused to elaborate and left LMAO. If someone could close these kinds of threads it'd be great.

LMAO that video is funny, literally a bongo stick. As for the boons you're seeing, they are from the Jade Tech Offensive Protocol and Jade Tech Defensive Protocol. Every class has access to these and I actually recommend grabbing them for open world PvE, takes only 5 minutes or less to get 2 hours of buffs (guide for that is here).

Not everyone cares about April Fools, builds look fine.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Movement_Speed#Maximizing_movement_speed In short to maximize in combat movement speed, you need Swiftness + Relic of Speed + 5 stacks of Rising Momentum.

Huh after more time on Vindi I’m feeling like using sword/sword again, needed the burst damage from it. Also I’m running into energy issue especially when kiting or disengaging, too easy to get stun locked and having no energy to stun break, although that’s mainly a skill issue. Still too unfamiliar with Alliance stance, I don’t manage energy well with it plus can’t keep track of if Luxon or Kurzicks stance is active yet.

Ah okay, I don't use sword/sword, I'm running shortbow right now. I like that shortbow has CC which vindi lacks.

How do you have perma fury? Invoker's Rage in Invocation only gives 5s of Fury, even with Dura/Surging runes (15% boon duration) it's only 5.75s. Edit: For my vindi build there's Riposting Shadow in Shiro and Scavenger Burst in Alliance that give fury. Almost enough to keep up fury, I think my main issue is I linger in Alliance for too long.