The Irony of this coming out like 8 hours after I threw together a Tag build itilizing the Axe Ambush if really funny ngl. Been testing it for the past 2 hours and I really enjoyed it, thanks!
Wow! My main/favorite is a ranger, (sb) and i used a thief for lab farm. But now... this seems more fun (and success). Can't wait to login, build and try this. Thank you!
My go to is rifle Engineer and spam nothing but auto attacks (it's AoE) at 1200 range. Then choose between scrapper for constant superspeed, or even better, mechanist for pet that can AoE groups even those away from your main group and signets that give you +30% speed and a short cooldown longrange blink.
I've been running a similar build on Soulbeast. Stance sharing counts as a unique buff, so I just load my bar up with stances and try to space them out.
You can just set minstrel on your leggy gear, it has 0 offensive stats and has all defensive stats + concentration. That's what I do. Run durability as your rune for the lulz if you want as that has even more defensive stats. The build looks interesting enough. I'll probably still run DD because lab farming already makes me fall asleep after 30minutes and I need to play a class that actually presses something frequently to stay awake.
I've been running herald with boon support.. I do not even need to tag mobs and I get bags flowing in from others doing the attacking. I managed to get about 15 stacks in 4 hours (not including large candy bags)
Im running Untamed but with a little different approach. I run staff to tag mobs during the run a round. Then axe/wh and 2 traps for door mobs. Axe with its ricochet and the traps. I barely miss tagging anything. I use Jacaranda for its lighting strike to tag multiple mobs and owl for mobility.
I sae yoy were using jade silver protocol, there is a trick with this one, you can keep the trash and when you kill a mob that gives you the same trash it will convert the whole trash stack you have saved and the one you just got , that way you can also usea might or magic protocol and at the end get the jade silver
Love this- looks like a lot more fun than spamming dodge for the other 2 builds. Might take it for a spin. Do we know if the boon participation was intentional by Anet, or would this be reverted, making this less than ideal (along with Herald) going forward?
I think it's intentional, as it's being used for years to leech events in Verdant Brink. Can't remember when this was implemented, but it's been a while. Herald makes for a very relaxing session 😌
@@phandrel Tyty, I thought for some reason this was added recently- just a comment on Reddit about adding to WvW.. so assumed this just occurred. Always looking for a relaxing build for farming mindlessly... found much of the time Mad King felt more stressful than most gold farms in game and burn out after a few days to a week. Perhaps an all boon build would help in this.
@@Somebody374-bv8cdother classes actually need to attack, which means the mob needs to be alive. By not attacking weak enemies, Herald is giving others the chance to attack as well and gives boons like swiftness, quickness and regen etc. while doing so. No need to hate on Herald, just because it's ideal for this event.
@@Moonlight_Everlit Yea and if everyone just stands around on herald doing nothing leeching (which happens on every other farm - even meta events) nothing gets done. Personally I don't care that much because I was never a huge fan of lab in the first place, and this has been happening everywhere for a long time, but don't pretend they aren't just leeching. I won't even be surprised if people run bots/scripts to have the herald just auto follow people in lab.
It will most likely hamper you, if you don't have weapon mastery - I suggest replacing Untamed with Druid and take 2-2-1 as masteries. Instead of Cantrips, use glyphs on your utilities. The second trait from the druid traitline will make them share protection all around you as well :) One Staff should be enough in that case, if you want an additional weapon set in your second slot.
Don't you get sore fingers/wrists from this? I actually cannot do this for more than 5-6H at a time. Also... this changed my opinion on about daredevil lol
I actually quite enjoy this playstyle. Although when tired, you can just not swap into unleash beast and weapon swap for an ambush attack, as well as tab target enemies with your auto attack.
Should work fine for tagging (as you should get credit from your boons, heals, etc), and probably also keeping people alive when attacking the exposed spots (with retaliation active). if your squad needs more dps, you might be lacking a bit, though.
Oh, you'll need to own Secrets of the Obscure and unlock the Weapon Mastery (takes a couple of minutes). I forgot to mention that. If you don't own SotO, you can take Druid 1-2-1 instead and equip glyphs instead of cantrips. Or 1-1-1 and equip commands instead of cantrips.
me not using cata because not enough tagging "boons work too" GET OUT OF THE WAY BOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNS guess lord hizons semi alac mech and flamethrower build works too high tagging and boons for others
@@lukash7369 Just a reminder that if you're gonna be a boon bot please do NOT give might! As a Catalyst this will mean avoiding the Fire Jade Sphere like the plague (except for boss doors, which many groups avoid).
The ambush skill resets when weapon swapping whenever you are unleashed. That way, I can fit in back to back unleashes around myself that buffs both the people and damages enemies around.
Build: gw2skills.net/editor/?POgAYZlly6YssRmLmsXvxtSuXeA-DizoOVQ6SBHOAqA-e
Lab Farming: th-cam.com/video/SQfYcuqAxA0/w-d-xo.html
The Irony of this coming out like 8 hours after I threw together a Tag build itilizing the Axe Ambush if really funny ngl. Been testing it for the past 2 hours and I really enjoyed it, thanks!
Wow! My main/favorite is a ranger, (sb) and i used a thief for lab farm. But now... this seems more fun (and success). Can't wait to login, build and try this. Thank you!
Excelent build! Might try it today, thanks!
Hope you enjoy it!
my friend asked me if i know a build for ranger that he can use in the lab yesterday, i sent him this video :D
amazing
That's awesome! And thank you for your kind words!
yeah... gonna try this tonight. Want to see how it fairs against the mesmer tagging build. Great work as always!
Been playing my raid druid lol. Healimg through steve is a mission and a half but is great fun
My go to is rifle Engineer and spam nothing but auto attacks (it's AoE) at 1200 range. Then choose between scrapper for constant superspeed, or even better, mechanist for pet that can AoE groups even those away from your main group and signets that give you +30% speed and a short cooldown longrange blink.
I have been enjoying the lazy Herald giving out boons for loot, works great for my LI issues.
Yeah, nothing comes close to how chill Herald is!
I've been running a similar build on Soulbeast. Stance sharing counts as a unique buff, so I just load my bar up with stances and try to space them out.
Awesome thanks
You can just set minstrel on your leggy gear, it has 0 offensive stats and has all defensive stats + concentration. That's what I do. Run durability as your rune for the lulz if you want as that has even more defensive stats.
The build looks interesting enough. I'll probably still run DD because lab farming already makes me fall asleep after 30minutes and I need to play a class that actually presses something frequently to stay awake.
I've been running herald with boon support.. I do not even need to tag mobs and I get bags flowing in from others doing the attacking. I managed to get about 15 stacks in 4 hours (not including large candy bags)
Im running Untamed but with a little different approach. I run staff to tag mobs during the run a round. Then axe/wh and 2 traps for door mobs. Axe with its ricochet and the traps. I barely miss tagging anything. I use Jacaranda for its lighting strike to tag multiple mobs and owl for mobility.
Yeah, axe and traps are amazing as well! Been running those to mix things up as well, it's hard to choose. Which is a good thing :D
I sae yoy were using jade silver protocol, there is a trick with this one, you can keep the trash and when you kill a mob that gives you the same trash it will convert the whole trash stack you have saved and the one you just got , that way you can also usea might or magic protocol and at the end get the jade silver
:O Oooooh! I guess I may need to set aside some trash.
Love this- looks like a lot more fun than spamming dodge for the other 2 builds. Might take it for a spin. Do we know if the boon participation was intentional by Anet, or would this be reverted, making this less than ideal (along with Herald) going forward?
I think it's intentional, as it's being used for years to leech events in Verdant Brink.
Can't remember when this was implemented, but it's been a while.
Herald makes for a very relaxing session 😌
@@phandrel Tyty, I thought for some reason this was added recently- just a comment on Reddit about adding to WvW.. so assumed this just occurred. Always looking for a relaxing build for farming mindlessly... found much of the time Mad King felt more stressful than most gold farms in game and burn out after a few days to a week. Perhaps an all boon build would help in this.
cool
Wish I had my ranger untamed unlocked! I’m using a Mesmer with great sword. There’s a lot of good advice here even without untamed though!
Mirage will remain one of the greatest taggers, so still an excellent choice. And thank you :)
Can you do a herald build please? i like how detailed your videos are.
I'll make one Saturday:)
ty kindly! @@phandrel
Herald is an actual King. You dont even need tag mobs
King of leeching off other people, perhaps.
@@Somebody374-bv8cd well, perma protection and swiftness or quickness not that bad to support people
@@Somebody374-bv8cdother classes actually need to attack, which means the mob needs to be alive.
By not attacking weak enemies, Herald is giving others the chance to attack as well and gives boons like swiftness, quickness and regen etc. while doing so.
No need to hate on Herald, just because it's ideal for this event.
@@Moonlight_Everlit Yea and if everyone just stands around on herald doing nothing leeching (which happens on every other farm - even meta events) nothing gets done.
Personally I don't care that much because I was never a huge fan of lab in the first place, and this has been happening everywhere for a long time, but don't pretend they aren't just leeching. I won't even be surprised if people run bots/scripts to have the herald just auto follow people in lab.
You only get the tag if the boons are on the person smacking the mob. If there are many heralds in the squad, you're not getting as much loot.
will using bow instead of staff greatly affects the tagging capability of the build? i don't have access to weapon mastery
It will most likely hamper you, if you don't have weapon mastery - I suggest replacing Untamed with Druid and take 2-2-1 as masteries. Instead of Cantrips, use glyphs on your utilities. The second trait from the druid traitline will make them share protection all around you as well :)
One Staff should be enough in that case, if you want an additional weapon set in your second slot.
I feel a bit stupid to ask, but what is a command skill? 1:41
Is this something like "Get 'em!"?
Yep! All of the utilities that are between quotation marks and end with an exclamation mark are command skills: wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Command
@@phandrel thx for the explanation!
Don't you get sore fingers/wrists from this? I actually cannot do this for more than 5-6H at a time. Also... this changed my opinion on about daredevil lol
I actually quite enjoy this playstyle. Although when tired, you can just not swap into unleash beast and weapon swap for an ambush attack, as well as tab target enemies with your auto attack.
im curious how this would run on dragonfall (for karma)
Should work fine for tagging (as you should get credit from your boons, heals, etc), and probably also keeping people alive when attacking the exposed spots (with retaliation active). if your squad needs more dps, you might be lacking a bit, though.
It says I can't equip a staff because I need the Druid specialization for it
Oh, you'll need to own Secrets of the Obscure and unlock the Weapon Mastery (takes a couple of minutes). I forgot to mention that.
If you don't own SotO, you can take Druid 1-2-1 instead and equip glyphs instead of cantrips.
Or 1-1-1 and equip commands instead of cantrips.
ok this destroys my motivation for it again :D
but thanks for the information, good video@@phandrel
Wait a minute... Does boons distribution alone gives you drops?
Yeah, you can run Herald and just follow a squad too.
wow, didn't know that; if you kill AND spread boons, does it add up?@@phandrel
me not using cata because not enough tagging
"boons work too"
GET OUT OF THE WAY
BOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNS
guess lord hizons semi alac mech and flamethrower build works too
high tagging and boons for others
@@lukash7369 Just a reminder that if you're gonna be a boon bot please do NOT give might! As a Catalyst this will mean avoiding the Fire Jade Sphere like the plague (except for boss doors, which many groups avoid).
Pretty sure it's from the WvW change they did last year.
why use staff/staff if not using a stacking sigil?
The ambush skill resets when weapon swapping whenever you are unleashed. That way, I can fit in back to back unleashes around myself that buffs both the people and damages enemies around.
@@phandrel ah yes I see that now - ty for the explanation - this is my first time trying untamed!
I love this build but seems too high apm for me as I see in the demonstration, it would get too tiresome too quick I'm an old man 😂
In that case, you might like Herald with a shortbow. Pulse boons all around you, and if you get bored, you can use some shortbow skills 😀
The build is set, but I have to go to work... 🥲
Something to look forward to tonight 🙃