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Sword4 def needs buffs, it's too hard to land and does too little when it does land. Speed rune is garbage on WB, especially in pvp where it's been giga nerfed. The only scenario where it's useful is for 1v1ing herald in wvw.

Yeah if DE can move while kneeling there's no reason for DH LB to have a bunch of self-roots attached

Well it seems you've already decided against Kudzu, so... go staff? XD Verdant weapons - Guild Wars 2 Wiki (GW2W) are the only other spring/plant based weapons i can think of, but if u don't like them staff works just fine for open world even tho LB is ofc way stronger

Eh that's how all ground target ports work, it's the tradeoff of being able to freely control where u want to go instead of only being able to port towards an enemy. The bigger problem with WB (and guard in general) is having no sticking power. Sure u can port to the enemy, but then as ur trying to cast your damaging abilities (most of which have self-roots and self-slows attached) the target simply w keys away from you and takes 0 dmg. One long CD immob on sw5 isn't enough; we need cripple/chill in our kit and to not have our primary dmg sources all be self-roots/slows

AA -- make it the speed of a normal AA chain 2 -- increase leap range to 600 3 -- make the skill actually hit moving targets 4 -- reduce cast time to 0.5s 5 -- now is a 600 range leap that places the ring + a full 5 second symbol of protection upon landing. The ring also blocks projectiles

xD litany is actually a rly good heal, I used to run it constantly but my playstyle's changed a bit so I'm leaning shelter nowadays. Also I've modified my build a bit, replacing JI with Whirling Light since u no longer do enough dmg without it

I think the traditional medi approach outclasses this build for the bruiser playstyle. heal signet is a large heal yes but it's such a giga long CD and has no secondary effect other than cleanse. If u took medis with shelter heal u'd get better cleanse plus a block that can negate dmg, cc, condis. channeled block also scales far better in teamfights than raw healing and shelter is the only channeled block guard has access to. Not to mention ur giving up an insane amount of dmg by going for the signet trait. Also ofc lacking RF being a significant issue, teamfighting with neither shelter nor RF is impossible on guard, if the enemy decides to focus u u just instantly explode. The staff approach is interesting tho, a long time ago I messed around with zerk core staff+scepter (basically wvw zerg build) and could just nuke ppl from safety while easily kiting out any melees with speed runes (pre-nerf). There may be a possibility for WB's innate mobility to make such a setup work again, tho ofc that will be an entirely different build and no longer a bruiser playstyle.

No to both. Doesn't matter what class I'm on, there's absolutely no way I'm ever getting downed in 2 seconds unless I simply wasn't paying attention

1) LB DH was never meta, there's no "any more" about it. There was a reason the higher rating you got the less of them you saw, and nobody wanted one on their team in tryhard tournaments. 2) In the right hands everything can be "great", including Mirage, which btw is not even in a bad spot compared to core ele, berserker, firebrand

I can be literally 5v1 and survive longer than two seconds, far longer in fact. It seems there is in fact possible counterplay

Hmm starting to look interesting, I've always wanted a blue prot holo build xD I'd rather have CoP than SYG tho, since SYG is giga nerfed in pvp and is really low value in 1v1s. Probs will have to replace spirit shield with another stunbreak with this route tho

Amazing how you make no points other than "DH is strong. My main is really the weak one", and everything else being personal attacks. I will waste no more breath here. 1v1 me or shut up. I will no longer respond to anything you post unless it's to accept the duel.

Ah yes "if u don't agree with me ur silver trash". I'll have you know I consistently sat plat2 the past several seasons before I quit. Care to share your rank now?

9.5k on a light target golem with every buff in the game, sure. "very powerful" ah yes that's why it sees absolutely 0 play in mAT, and no top player thinks it's good

Idk having 0 cleanse (ok u have 1 cleanse from sigil but whatever) seems to defeat the purpose of a tanky prot build. The build is geared towards dueling, but a duelist without cleanse is just trash

Pretty sure mace auto chain is one of the lowest dmg melee ones. The symbol also has a giga long cast time, very clunky to use. The only thing going for mace is skill3, but there's not many situations where it justifies mace over sword/scepter

WB nerf is big. At first glance it seems trivial, but f2 is WB's primary source of cleanse (and only source of team cleanse). Removing a charge of f2 is essentially removing half of WB's cleanse. Harbs will eat Virtues WB alive after patch, MediBender will likely become the new standard. Luckily, FB was buffed (reverted to pre-EOD) and I main FB in pvp so 🥳 The other changes are trivial--signets will continue to see 0 play, and Strength in Numbers just gives more sporadic dmg reduction instead of constant

If ur unable to reach plat2 solo q ur not as good as u think. match manipulating/wintrading and kitten only really happens when u approach top 10

high gold is not "high level conquest". sicem soulbeast is one of the best pubstompers in the game alongside reaper and DH; they get rarer the higher u go

Can't find where arc dps was approved specifically, but it still fits the criteria here “The Head of the Snake” devs here – ask us anything! : Guildwars2 (reddit.com)

Every class has something unique that other specs can't match. Thief has the highest mobility and stealth uptime in the game. Broken spec, pls nerf Rev has 2 full utility bars while everyone else has only 1. Broken spec, pls nerf Mes can dodge while channeling any skill of their choice. Broken spec, pls nerf Ele has a monopoly on auras, and 20 weapon skills instead of 10. Broken spec, pls nerf Engi has a monopoly on superspeed, and kits that add 5 weapon skills each. Broken spec, pls nerf Warr has the most CC access in the game. Broken spec, pls nerf Ranger has pet skills hitting for 7k. Broken spec, pls nerf Necro has 3x the health pool of everyone else, on top of 50% dmg reduction. Broken spec, pls nerf

Arc dps has been specifically greenlit by Anet. Tens of thousands of ppl use it, it's a completely safe addon. Idk abt radial mount but alot of ppl use that as well so it's also pretty safe

To practice mechanical skill you can just go to the FFA arena and fight everyone there, then invite the ppl u can't beat to a 1v1 server and ask them to help u. Also make sure to learn at least 1 common build from every class, so you know how they work and don't join the lemmings who die to stupidly obvious things and cry "X class broken pls nerf".

oof unfortunately that build is no longer viable since EOD patch. FB simply no longer works for wvw roaming, u can only play it in pve/zergs now 😞

Suppose you are fighting a power build. How do you decide when to dodge? Simple: you know which of their skills hit the hardest and dodge those. Most people seem to understand this. Now you are fighting a condi build. What do you do? Most definitely not what you did against power matchups, dear god no. Instead: you facetank everything, realize you're taking damage, panic spam all your dodges, die. 👌