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[POWPunch]

I've been reading a lot of different builds on this site and i liked different parts of each build. So i took little bits and pieces together of each build and made my own. This build suites my liking of weapons, crits, shouts, and somewhat support. It is a sword/axe and longbow build

http://gw2skills.net...6yqjzLpOLCGBMzA

I would use 2 runes of fire, 2 runes of water, and 2 runes of monk just loke the Sonic Boon build.

If there are any suffestions, please let me know. Thank you

[Zerikin Loukbel]

Why OH axe? I think pretty much any of the other off hands would be a better choice unless you just want it to build adrenaline. Something to keep in mind is that if you get furious from the top of the arms tree you can build adrenaline with crits during a flurry.

[Mattavist]

I used this sword+axe/longbow  build: http://en.gw2skills....8xCjzLJMrKGVMDA

It focused on bleed damage (I wore rampager's) and dealing lots of hits to fuel Omnomberry Pies and adrenaline production.  It was fun, but I switched to Strife's axe/mace build due to condition damage mechanics not holding up to direct damage as the game currently stands.  I'm looking forward to the day when that gets fixed.

Edited by Mattavist, 04 January 2013 - 01:31 AM.

[lmaonade]

condition based sword+axe/rifle builds are decent for keeping adrenaline up to abuse Flurry, that's about the only place I'd use it though

[Tonic9]

http://gw2skills.net...GrSOfkKtIYUxsCA

I recently started using this build. Its a sword/axe build based on using a banner for a little support.  The shout based builds have a higher upper bound for support ability because healing power boosts them so much more.  However with no healing gear banners can be beneficial without harming your dps.

This build allows you to keep fury up pretty constantly. The combination of Opportunist and Leg Specialist means Flurry, Hamstring, Dual Strike, For Great Justice, and Signet of Rage all apply a stack of fury.

Sigil of Superior Earth and Precise Strikes mean you you can apply stacks of bleed very fast with fury going.

One thing to keep in mind with a bleed build, skills that increase damage done like Berserker's Power and Dual Wield do not effect bleed damage. They will increase the damage of the base attack that applied the bleed, but the bonus ends there.

As for your second set, both longbow and rifle are decent. I find the fire combo fields from the long bow worth it, so I stick with that.  Sword/Shield isn't out of the question either.

[SpelignErrir]

Shouldn't you take sharpened axes 20 points in discipline? OH axe's only application is fury building, and not taking that is kind of gimping it.

SpelignErrir, on 05 January 2013 - 01:42 AM, said:

Shouldn't you take sharpened axes 20 points in discipline? OH axe's only application is fury building, and not taking that is kind of gimping it.

I'd move the points you have in strength to discipline for sharpened axes, seeing as sword mh is a condition weapon.

[Exelcia]

Hi all!
I would like to have your thoughts about my new build. It's a sword/axe + rifle build. Atm I play with a axe/shield + rifle build (10/0/30/30/0) and it's quite good to take some damages and to do it enough. But I want to change a little bit my play style. I love the skill 2 of the sword and its quick attacks and I want to keep my rifle (very valuable against some fractals boss)

So I thought about this kind of build : http://intothemists....7B;9ZF18ZF188Br

To explain my choices :

• If I want to play with a sword, the minimum to do is to put 25 points in Arms IMO (+10% on bleeding foes). It benefits sword AND riffle (Auto-attack). "Crack Shot" for my rifle and "Rending Strike" for the whole group.
  
• 10 points in strenght ("Berserker's Power") cause it's a must have
  
• 30 points in tactics in order to have "Lung Capacity" (shouts recharge 20% faster) and "Vigourus shouts "(healing). There, I don't know if I should put 30 points or may be only 20. I find "vigourus shouts" very useful in some situations but may be it will decrease too much my dps...
  
• So the last 5 points. I decided to put them into the Arms branch to obtain the trait "Opportunist". Why this trait? Cause I find it's a good combo with the trait "Leg Specialist" (Tactics). You have two skills with cripple (skill 3 of the sword and skill 2 of the rifle). With that combo, I can be perma fury with FGJ and SoR (and especially without specific runes). I hesitated with Empowered but I don't kow what is the amount of dps it really adds...

For my gear, Knight Gear with Rune of the Soldier. I love this set cause conditions can be really annoying in some dungeon (in fractals especially).
For my trinkets, 2 berserker asecnded rings and 2 Emerald earirngs + 1 emerald amulet (each with Exquisite Ruby). My back is the fractal capacitor (Toughness, Power, Crit).
Berserker's Weapons (sigil of superior blood on the sword, superior accuracy on the axe, superior air/fire on rifle).

I used to eat Omnomberry ghost and oil master (Precision).

Utilities are very common: Healing surge, For Great Justice, Shake it Off, On my Mark (I exchange this one with Endure pain in some cases).

So with that, I have 23k health, 2700 armor and more than 60% of critic chance (80%+ with fury). Whirling Axes and Flurry (not very fan but that's how it is...) can heal me a lot.

So if you have some suggestions to improve the build, I would be very happy to hear them

PS: this is the build I would take with only 20 points in tactics (but I need to be with a group with a guardian or support elem) :
http://intothemists....-4;8ZF18ZF188BH

[Ninja Battle Lion]

Exelcia, on 15 January 2013 - 12:32 PM, said:

So the last 5 points. I decided to put them into the Arms branch to obtain the trait "Opportunist". Why this trait? Cause I find it's a good combo with the trait "Leg Specialist" (Tactics). You have two skills with cripple (skill 3 of the sword and skill 2 of the rifle). With that combo, I can be perma fury with FGJ and SoR (and especially without specific runes). I hesitated with Empowered but I don't kow what is the amount of dps it really adds...

Empowered adds 2% dmg increase for each unique Boon on you, which is pretty goddamn awesome. (SAUCE: http://wiki.guildwar.../wiki/Empowered)

To make the most of it I traited my Warhorn instead of Shouts to keep Might/Fury/Vigor/Swiftness on me at all times and stay at a minimum of 8%. It's a nice way to increase pressure when you're gearing for support.

EDIT: To expand on that, I think Leg Specialist can be very effective as well, but consider it mostly a Hammer/Rifle trait...

Edited by Ninja Battle Lion, 15 January 2013 - 04:53 PM.

[Mjölner]

http://gw2skills.net...iMkzDqMFyrU0G7A

That's what I use for dungeons and general PvE content and have since... I don't know when - forever? I call it the All-Around build because it manages a lot of stuff at once and because of the Discipline, you can basically spam weapon-swapping. While it does use a sword for MH, it isn't condition based (but that said, there will always be a bleed on your enemy) but rather for the mobility and pretty good chain attack, and the OH axe is mainly for the Whirling Axe which can deal a shitton of damage. The choice of Signet (and Signet Mastery) is basically to keep the Signet of Stamina available at all times, because I dodge a lot.
I've never had Adrenaline problems with it, even less so when I use Healing Surge over the Signet so the bonuses associated with it apply for however long you like (if there is another bleed-user in the party who can maintain 15+ stacks, I don't even use F1).

Edited by Mjölner, 16 January 2013 - 02:27 PM.

[Exelcia]

Ninja Battle Lion, on 15 January 2013 - 04:50 PM, said:

Empowered adds 2% dmg increase for each unique Boon on you, which is pretty goddamn awesome. (SAUCE: http://wiki.guildwar.../wiki/Empowered)

To make the most of it I traited my Warhorn instead of Shouts to keep Might/Fury/Vigor/Swiftness on me at all times and stay at a minimum of 8%. It's a nice way to increase pressure when you're gearing for support.

EDIT: To expand on that, I think Leg Specialist can be very effective as well, but consider it mostly a Hammer/Rifle trait...

Thx for your answer. so It's better to use Empowered (3 boons most of time). Leg specialist could be good with the volcano fractal (grawls we have to stop) and some marathonian bosses.

So I think I will try the 10/25/0/20/15 build. May be I don't need the extra healing.