@LordHizen i wonder if you can make builds that can work with all weapons availble to a class, I.E. if the dagger MH on mesmer is good, then how about axe, sword, staff, do these weapons even produce close to dmg numbers and survivability? i dont need dagger, i need answers.
@@pinguinoequatorialeRifle is support weapon, thats nothing special its worse than dagger. You can use rifle but dagger is better, BUT RIFLE IS COOLER!
I'm glad to see this update and I do like the options for more simple builds for trash/easier/event mobs. The other builds are great for solo champs/bountys/hard HP, while some of these are great for more metas style enemys that don't last long. Great work.
Mesmer rifle not doing well in open world isn't a surprise, its a support item and has uses outside of that content, I am sad about ele pistole though.
Lol bit pistol got no utility and only DPS that is lower than scepter If they gave me some unique skills, I would understand the point of this weapon, but they didn't
each time i wanna get back into gw2 im watching your videos lol, always a nice place to pick a class to play with....and the GS vindic looks amazing!! tho im wondering how the scepter would feel like as second weapon....and rip ele pistols and damn that rifle mesmer got my dying looked cool tho but UGGGH
Thank you for all the work you put into save us mortals from stumbling around in the dark. I will say I still use your 1st gen. scourge build as my go to. tried the updated one, but still comfier with the original. trailblazer...
LMAO not gonna lie that last part of the rifle, lil pee came out I laughed so hard!!! Messing around with your Necro build with sword in off hand. Seems to be ok maybe alil more damage, but I'm an idiot with fat fingers so.....ya...Love the vids can't wait see you solo the boss that no one can beat lol
Hello Lord Hizen! Thanks for the wonderful builds. I just started playing this power Vindi, and I wanted to ask you to make video with its rotation. Please!
One of my favorite creators! Epic video! Kinda sad sabout sdhortbow mech... I knew itd be the better one lol. Sadness xD Celestial though Ive been running with the other traits similar on me engineer!
Now there is no point in playing this cm because the Boss has so much HP that doing this mission is torture. CO CM makes everyone fall asleep and the febe is even more boring
Elementalist main here. It baffles me what they did to us, pistol looks ugly on a spell caster, the skills are clunky and useless, and it performs like crap in every build. Thanks A net.
To me problem is that i love the concept of magical gunslinger but somehow they managed to make it both boring to look at and extremely annoying to play with plus it just feels pointless to use when scepter exists and does the same with 95% less efford and the scepter has way better visuals on top of it all. Idea level pistol on magic user is great but the execution was like it was made by government bureaucrat.
I'm still sad that Necro hasnt done a damn thing with minions since the Rise! skill with Reaper ( don't count Shades since they dont count as minions skill wise). was really hoping swords would do something, even if its just the animation/thematics, but nope.
@@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777I just hope we actually GET new elite specs. . . There are plenty weapons (and themes) ANET hasn't tapped into across all the classes, and stopping now seems to be more of a logistical issue for them to balance all of the classes than the idea that they proposed (being that they have covered all of the elite spec ideas that tap into unique themes).
While mace mace does less damage on untamed, it is very satisfying to use. And you have perma quickness just using Enhancing Impact, so you can have Restorative Strikes for super sustain.
Yea I can see it being a new staple because of the damage OH sword brings instead of condition stuffs which they don't really need. Also just buttload of Vuln application makes it good for Axe MH too.
I like how the showcase of the Revenant scepter was just the Revenant greatsword because the scepter is pretty much no good. To say I'm disappointed in how useful the scepter is would be a mild understatement, though not unexpected. I'm really not sure why they chose the scepter or its ability spread in the first place.
Check the pinned comment, I showcased the scepter damage during the beta the damage is still the same. So I took the chance to showcase the damage and sustain on greatsword
Hi after the next recent patch guardian "symbols" will become "well" do u think after that willblender can hav perma quickness if it uses relic of chrono ,without losing dps
So whats your final take on the Untamed hammers then? If the old cele build has better dps AND better sustain, should i even bother? Is there a trade off or situation where this build would be preferable?
@LordHizen I'm sorry, I said Hammers but I meant the maces. You said in the video that celestial had better sustain and DPS. I'm just confused if you're saying the old build you made before with celestial gear is better, or if I should go with this build with berserkers and maces?
@@fullmetalathlete both are good options, the cele has more defense and healing the total damage is higher but maces like i mentioned can kill mobs faster than cele and can solo hard bosses if needed. So both are good options to pick
You think Anet will actually ever implement new weapons? I really want a Paragonish 1h spear, and a Dervish Scythe. I think people would be so excited for some new weapons.
Just remember folks, they are constantly tweaking things, I think most of these weapons feeling underwhelming is by design so they can see how they perform in regular everyday usage before adjusting numbers.
Funny that Elementalist Pistol, the weapon that probably took the most dev time with 4 different sets of weapon skills, is just a downgrade of what we currently have 😅 At least that's not the case on instanced content
Swapped my great sword for 2 swords on reaper, added a never before level of mobility and heal'ishness and that sort of fear hit to replace the pull from great sword on bar breaking. Kinda strange though as now I just pretty much stay in that S/S build till I reap when usually axe/focus and the incidental GS, can't say the 2 sec of nightful is missed! Still favouring ICE with ice relic tied to "Chilled to the bone." more fun that way - bah on maxing DPS although those 5 hits (3.8k average each) from Ice Relic can hit like a truck mobs explode. And that warrior staff is fun fun fun and BM PvP horn replaced by mace... So much to try, to do, to res and res again from.
If you can get better numbers on axe play axe it's simple. There is no point in looking at benchmarks, only at how you can play most effectively or what gives you pleasure. Everything in GW 2 can be completed with 20k DPS, so minor differences do not change anything in terms of content completion
imo staff warrior isn't too amazing when it comes to open world pve. Unless you're healing in big meta's. But it does amazingly well in instanced pve when you're a designated healer.
tl;dr: Pistol WB, Mace UT and Axe DE are gucci. And all of them are also somewhat overperforming, which means they will likely get nerfed in the not so distant future. Also SB Mech is cheese.
It means that the base healing on staff skills is enough to heal warrior to full HP, so you can go full berserker gear. Check the showcase against the frog champ.
ele main here, loving the pistol actually. im enjoying it more than sceptor, i think sceptor raw burning dmg is higher if camping fire, but there are more cc's on pistol which is amazing (and as adps its not like i can camp fire anyway). its a godsent in raids when our resident qdps herald refuses to switch to staff for cc cuz it "lowers his dps" ...orz. i really like that the soft cc's are maintained but pistol added dazes/hard cc's. i also do like that depending which skill u use ur bullet on, i get diff results. 2 for more dmg, 3 for more def/utility, exception being water where 2 gives self healing n 3 gives more bleed, my muscle memory is complaining at me lol). im pretty happy with it, i like having 2 weapons that are about the same but i can take depending what i feel like or need (its like utilities that u switch up depending on encounter). also im just sick of sceptor for my condi tempest 😂 (and i hate hammer so thats a none issue)
yep, because i showed the scepter potential during the beta video if you check the pinned comment. So i took the chance to show the DPS of greatsword while clearing events while HP almost full.
you write off pistol ele too quickly, it has one of the best sustains in ele kite with water autos and water skills, also water dual skills, all of that while being able to maintain some level of bleeding, the highest dps rotation on weaver has 3 elementls loops outside of weave self, one of them being fully attuning to water, also the dual attacks water+earth heals you + inflicts bleeding + barrie, the dual attack from water + air is also very good, a dodge, regen, stab and superspeed, if you can deal with the dual attacks its a fine weapon, if that weapon was power based instead of condi it would be a very good option for even competitive play, but it should be fine for weaver at least on ow, due to being able to burst condi, tempest is also fine but killing trash mobs will be a slog
Check the pinned comment, I showcased the scepter damage during the beta the damage is still the same. So I took the chance to showcase the damage and sustain on greatsword
Shortbow engi is kinda awful. Any build that rely on minion for its main dmg will have problem against boss that spams aoe dmg (wyvern ie) Pistol ele should be deleted from the game
we arent even gonna cover the fact that scepter 3 on herald can single handedly provide 19 might and fury without outside sources and 3k plus barrier? all within just using scepter 3 on an ally?
For those who are like...why? Heal herald. It basically lets you not need to use the might aura and can help maintain swiftness and fury instead since auto's provide might and barrier as well
Don't forget to check the beta weapons video: th-cam.com/video/ZBmaOZsSXTY/w-d-xo.html
Also the description for builds details
@LordHizen i wonder if you can make builds that can work with all weapons availble to a class, I.E. if the dagger MH on mesmer is good, then how about axe, sword, staff, do these weapons even produce close to dmg numbers and survivability? i dont need dagger, i need answers.
Lol the mesmer rifle part had me dying. Thanks again for all your hard work, enjoy your break
I don't get the meme, is the build thrash versus the dagger or is it better?
@@pinguinoequatorialeRifle is support weapon, thats nothing special its worse than dagger. You can use rifle but dagger is better, BUT RIFLE IS COOLER!
@@pinguinoequatorialeRifle is completely made for Heal chronomancer, if you don't play it is betteer to use any other weapon.
I'm glad to see this update and I do like the options for more simple builds for trash/easier/event mobs. The other builds are great for solo champs/bountys/hard HP, while some of these are great for more metas style enemys that don't last long. Great work.
Thank you for making these updates!
Mesmer rifle not doing well in open world isn't a surprise, its a support item and has uses outside of that content, I am sad about ele pistole though.
Love the scepter gameplay on vendi 😂
Indeed: th-cam.com/video/ZBmaOZsSXTY/w-d-xo.html
seeing how mesmer has so many melee weapons that have 1200 range it would have been really funny if rifle was a melee weapon
it probubly will be then rev get it :P
Been looking forward to this video thanks for all your hard work and have a good rest ^ ^
Disappointed about rev scepter, glad to be able to try cele thief axe now that made the armor/axe for it.
As an Ele main I really didnt expect anything, and they delivered in the nothingness classic Arena Net move btw.
Its still amazing on tempest in pve?
@@thelastshadow8623for ow ? no
for instance dps and adps, yes
Pistol is really good for cata temp and weaver in pvp
@@lukash7369 for instances personaly i like it that way, not all weapon will be for everything
Lol bit pistol got no utility and only DPS that is lower than scepter
If they gave me some unique skills, I would understand the point of this weapon, but they didn't
YES IT'S HERE
My thoughts exactly! :D
I was impatiently waiting for this one! Thank you, my lord.
each time i wanna get back into gw2 im watching your videos lol, always a nice place to pick a class to play with....and the GS vindic looks amazing!! tho im wondering how the scepter would feel like as second weapon....and rip ele pistols and damn that rifle mesmer got my dying looked cool tho but UGGGH
Amazing work! Btw, I love your reaper Death Magic build. Is death magic build work for sword too?
Thank you for your builds and continued updates
Thank you for all the work you put into save us mortals from stumbling around in the dark. I will say I still use your 1st gen. scourge build as my go to. tried the updated one, but still comfier with the original. trailblazer...
LMAO not gonna lie that last part of the rifle, lil pee came out I laughed so hard!!! Messing around with your Necro build with sword in off hand. Seems to be ok maybe alil more damage, but I'm an idiot with fat fingers so.....ya...Love the vids can't wait see you solo the boss that no one can beat lol
Thanks for this video. 😊
Hello Lord Hizen! Thanks for the wonderful builds. I just started playing this power Vindi, and I wanted to ask you to make video with its rotation. Please!
Finally!!! I was waiting wondering when he was gonna drop me some new builds
One of my favorite creators! Epic video! Kinda sad sabout sdhortbow mech... I knew itd be the better one lol. Sadness xD
Celestial though Ive been running with the other traits similar on me engineer!
Yeah yeah all good, but when will we get "Cerus CM solo" video? 🗿
Now there is no point in playing this cm because the Boss has so much HP that doing this mission is torture.
CO CM makes everyone fall asleep and the febe is even more boring
Im playing Dh with dual pistols scepter torch and works very nicely focusing on crits, specially since you can combo with traps.
Elementalist main here. It baffles me what they did to us, pistol looks ugly on a spell caster, the skills are clunky and useless, and it performs like crap in every build. Thanks A net.
Yes. Pistol sounded great when I heard it! But when I tried it on launch, it was meh af
To me problem is that i love the concept of magical gunslinger but somehow they managed to make it both boring to look at and extremely annoying to play with plus it just feels pointless to use when scepter exists and does the same with 95% less efford and the scepter has way better visuals on top of it all.
Idea level pistol on magic user is great but the execution was like it was made by government bureaucrat.
That’s the video I’ve waited for, finally ♥️
as a Revenant main, I'm disappointed in this new weapon tbh
Hello, great video of course, I have a question. Is it necessary to have the statistics infusion for these builds? thank you.
Amazing job as usual ! 👍
The Elementalist part is the best part
I'm still sad that Necro hasnt done a damn thing with minions since the Rise! skill with Reaper ( don't count Shades since they dont count as minions skill wise). was really hoping swords would do something, even if its just the animation/thematics, but nope.
I hope they release new weapons for each elite spec to make them unique again. Like imagine Shield Reaper and it has summon skills.
@@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777I just hope we actually GET new elite specs. . . There are plenty weapons (and themes) ANET hasn't tapped into across all the classes, and stopping now seems to be more of a logistical issue for them to balance all of the classes than the idea that they proposed (being that they have covered all of the elite spec ideas that tap into unique themes).
so whats the reaper combo sword dagger ? and sword torch ?
get some well earned rest mylord, and thanks a lot for the informative and entertaining content
writes down build, then runs to test it...thank you overlord o7
good build, and how many ping you are?
Lord!!!! I love to see you tier listo for wvw too!!!!!
While mace mace does less damage on untamed, it is very satisfying to use.
And you have perma quickness just using Enhancing Impact, so you can have Restorative Strikes for super sustain.
Maces are the best thing that this update brought, the rest is garbage ☠️
Thank you so much!
When I watch this it feels like I can try ranger followed by willbender, engi and thief. It seems like Anet has a lot to balance and rethink.
Offhand sword is really good for power reaper if you pair it with Dagger and Great Sword. I can recommend that a lot!
Yea I can see it being a new staple because of the damage OH sword brings instead of condition stuffs which they don't really need. Also just buttload of Vuln application makes it good for Axe MH too.
So the best build for thief so far is Dagger Deadeye? Thank you for the vid!!!!
Daggers: for higher DPS against champs and to stay alive easily
Axe: to burst mobs and veterans faster.
Your mech build in the description is using fractal relic, but in the video you're using monk, which is the correct one? :O
Both works just fine.
Fractal relic to increase the damage
Monk relic to give more healing to the jade mech if needed
Another great video, Thank you
Do you think a staff bladesworn could be good?
Revenant scepter is a power weapon? Struggleing in PvP with it do to anything good 😢 I s“ck at support btw😵💫
Hi! I'm new to this, and want to create a character. Think I will go untamed. My question is if t he race matter?
I like how the showcase of the Revenant scepter was just the Revenant greatsword because the scepter is pretty much no good. To say I'm disappointed in how useful the scepter is would be a mild understatement, though not unexpected. I'm really not sure why they chose the scepter or its ability spread in the first place.
Check the pinned comment, I showcased the scepter damage during the beta the damage is still the same.
So I took the chance to showcase the damage and sustain on greatsword
Hi after the next recent patch guardian "symbols" will become "well" do u think after that willblender can hav perma quickness if it uses relic of chrono ,without losing dps
Whats the skin for the pants you use in the intro?.
So whats your final take on the Untamed hammers then? If the old cele build has better dps AND better sustain, should i even bother? Is there a trade off or situation where this build would be preferable?
different classes, different weapon skills.
currently maces on untamed is better than hammer.
@LordHizen I'm sorry, I said Hammers but I meant the maces. You said in the video that celestial had better sustain and DPS. I'm just confused if you're saying the old build you made before with celestial gear is better, or if I should go with this build with berserkers and maces?
@@fullmetalathlete both are good options, the cele has more defense and healing the total damage is higher but maces like i mentioned can kill mobs faster than cele and can solo hard bosses if needed.
So both are good options to pick
You think Anet will actually ever implement new weapons? I really want a Paragonish 1h spear, and a Dervish Scythe. I think people would be so excited for some new weapons.
Dervish scythe on Guardian pls
the thief build is on celestial too, can it be use with power or Condi stats and will it preform the same or better?
Lord Hizen builds are for solo content, of course if you go full viper your DPS will be super, but not good for going alone
FINALLY I can give the new weapons a try after the ONE TRUE KING gives his verdict!!!
Just remember folks, they are constantly tweaking things, I think most of these weapons feeling underwhelming is by design so they can see how they perform in regular everyday usage before adjusting numbers.
I can't wait until Rev gets the pistols so we can Pistol whip because God forbid, they give this class a range weapon.
Funny that Elementalist Pistol, the weapon that probably took the most dev time with 4 different sets of weapon skills, is just a downgrade of what we currently have 😅
At least that's not the case on instanced content
Swapped my great sword for 2 swords on reaper, added a never before level of mobility and heal'ishness and that sort of fear hit to replace the pull from great sword on bar breaking. Kinda strange though as now I just pretty much stay in that S/S build till I reap when usually axe/focus and the incidental GS, can't say the 2 sec of nightful is missed! Still favouring ICE with ice relic tied to "Chilled to the bone." more fun that way - bah on maxing DPS although those 5 hits (3.8k average each) from Ice Relic can hit like a truck mobs explode. And that warrior staff is fun fun fun and BM PvP horn replaced by mace... So much to try, to do, to res and res again from.
So power Reaper no good then?
Axe Specter benched as high as sceptre for me and feels better to play + has decent cleave, thoughts?
If you can get better numbers on axe play axe it's simple.
There is no point in looking at benchmarks, only at how you can play most effectively or what gives you pleasure.
Everything in GW 2 can be completed with 20k DPS, so minor differences do not change anything in terms of content completion
I weep, for I dreamed of the day mesmer could use rifles with funny mirror magic.
Now all I have is disappointment.
Isn't axe deadeye super stronk but awkward? 49k or something
With Swords on Necro is Power Harb anything now or is it still lacking vs Reaper.
Power harb getting a slight buff as per the March 19 balance preview but idk..
thanks doc
So my lord, will you enter Fashion Contest on Friday 8th March? The theme is Romance, and people love your look... and build. :)
So basically no (or like 1) new weapons are better than old ones in most scenarios??
Once again, doing God's work here!
ok so time to play rifle mesmer and pistol elementalist
imo staff warrior isn't too amazing when it comes to open world pve. Unless you're healing in big meta's.
But it does amazingly well in instanced pve when you're a designated healer.
I have a leg shortbow but why I can't use on my mech? Returning player btw.
You need to do part of the new story to unlock it. (Account wide unlock)
Spellbreaker Staff is interesting
your videos make me want to play skyim lmao
I wish Staff would hit a bit harder.
another common blue class W
Rifle damage...anyway I've made the Ana skin for my rifle chrono healer so I'm not regret it XD
The elementalist gets the short end of the stick, yet again? I am shocked /s
tl;dr: Pistol WB, Mace UT and Axe DE are gucci. And all of them are also somewhat overperforming, which means they will likely get nerfed in the not so distant future.
Also SB Mech is cheese.
Good summary. Pistolbender feels good to use
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WAIT SO MUCH FOR THIS
Berserker gear "thanks to the heal" doesnt make any sense to me. its supposed to be a support weapon. It needs healing power.
It means that the base healing on staff skills is enough to heal warrior to full HP, so you can go full berserker gear.
Check the showcase against the frog champ.
waited for this!
It's sad that using celestial for the shortbow mechanist is wasting condi and expertise stats because the bow has zero condi attacks.
ele main here, loving the pistol actually. im enjoying it more than sceptor, i think sceptor raw burning dmg is higher if camping fire, but there are more cc's on pistol which is amazing (and as adps its not like i can camp fire anyway). its a godsent in raids when our resident qdps herald refuses to switch to staff for cc cuz it "lowers his dps"
...orz. i really like that the soft cc's are maintained but pistol added dazes/hard cc's. i also do like that depending which skill u use ur bullet on, i get diff results. 2 for more dmg, 3 for more def/utility, exception being water where 2 gives self healing n 3 gives more bleed, my muscle memory is complaining at me lol).
im pretty happy with it, i like having 2 weapons that are about the same but i can take depending what i feel like or need (its like utilities that u switch up depending on encounter).
also im just sick of sceptor for my condi tempest 😂 (and i hate hammer so thats a none issue)
I disagree with with you about Mesmer Rifle. My quickness Alac Chrono uses it and it is virtually unkillable.
I really wish if you had the expansions you didnt have to do all that crap to be able to fly your dragon on all the map
Bro.. you didnt even use the secpter in your revenet. Its all 2h sword
yep, because i showed the scepter potential during the beta video if you check the pinned comment.
So i took the chance to show the DPS of greatsword while clearing events while HP almost full.
I know Ele pistol is straight trash, but the short duration of video makes me giggle XD
Man, overall pretty disappointing. The weapon look so cool, especially as a Rev main. Hopefully some number tweaking happens
Number were already tweaked down. Its supposed to be a support weapon, not every weapon should do everything
@@thelastshadow8623 except ele pistols. theyre not support weapon only trashhh
@@bolt6572 ele pistol is trash?
@@thelastshadow8623 Not every weapon needs to be pigeonholed into single role only either
@@missk1697 rev was missing a support main hand soo they got it. What am i missing?
The best gw2 videos :D
Necro S/S is hella fun but extremely weak, but then again, both Reaper and Harbinger get their damage mostly from Shroud, not their main weapons.
With how mid all the new weapons feels, I find myself asking, "why bother adding it?"
Im runing specter axe way better then septer i hate septers
you write off pistol ele too quickly, it has one of the best sustains in ele kite with water autos and water skills, also water dual skills, all of that while being able to maintain some level of bleeding, the highest dps rotation on weaver has 3 elementls loops outside of weave self, one of them being fully attuning to water, also the dual attacks water+earth heals you + inflicts bleeding + barrie, the dual attack from water + air is also very good, a dodge, regen, stab and superspeed, if you can deal with the dual attacks its a fine weapon, if that weapon was power based instead of condi it would be a very good option for even competitive play, but it should be fine for weaver at least on ow, due to being able to burst condi, tempest is also fine but killing trash mobs will be a slog
Ele pistols lmaooo as expected
"rev scepter"
*doesn't use rev scepter at all* LOL
Check the pinned comment, I showcased the scepter damage during the beta the damage is still the same.
So I took the chance to showcase the damage and sustain on greatsword
Shortbow engi is kinda awful. Any build that rely on minion for its main dmg will have problem against boss that spams aoe dmg (wyvern ie)
Pistol ele should be deleted from the game
if you are fighting an open world champion and there is a slope or rock, just jump and glide for a second to instantly heal your mech to full.
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته احس انك عربي
We can clearly see who's arena net poster child
we arent even gonna cover the fact that scepter 3 on herald can single handedly provide 19 might and fury without outside sources and 3k plus barrier? all within just using scepter 3 on an ally?
For those who are like...why? Heal herald. It basically lets you not need to use the might aura and can help maintain swiftness and fury instead since auto's provide might and barrier as well
lmao with mesmer rifle
God the berserker elite spec being called berserker can b so annoying sometimes
Ele should have recieved down state buffs instead of this shit weapon
Yeah... Ele pistol is terrible. A weapon that has no damage and no cleave is unacceptable.