I learned a lot about matchups and how to bait defenses and kite by playing a meme 1 shot build, simply because it's a lot easier to play (few buttons, you get it or you don't). Being easier to play meant I could spend time observing my opponent and my game plan was very clear, so less to worry about myself translated in a better understanding of other builds. Later on I enjoyed other more well rounded builds because what I learned this way stayed, and I could worry about better rotations.
Mate this is really fun to watch. Could you make a video with explanation of every one shot combos you made with those builds? It would help us to avoid oneshots. Thanks for your work
omg thank you - i'm just starting the video but am excited. i get one shot all the freaking time whenever i enter wvw and it gets really really depressing. i'm a noob and these builds kill all my enthusiasm for the game mode. it'll be nice to learn a bit more about them to see if i can either compete or survive better for once.
Do you have full exotic gear yet? WvW is more end game tbh. If you do not have full exotic gear, you will die quickly and often. I suggest finding a commander or a tag to follow and zerg wit
@@growingoaks Hey thanks, yeah I always go into WvW fully equipped with exotic equipment and ascended trinkets, but it doesn't make much of a difference no matter what build I use, I'm very often dead on arrival. I am having a little better luck with a Cele Willbender and am about to take a Cele Mirage into the field soon. Still everything else I try just dies.
@@samuelvine hmm i see. What class are you? I get wrecked sometimes as thief but ive mostly been using a 1 shot soulbeast for wvw. Thinking if switchin that up to Druid for wvw though the cc is insanity.
@@growingoaks I actually go through spurts and rotate between all the classes except Thief lol. I kinda did a little better than usual with a Trailblazer Untamed but it felt a bit tricky. Haven't tried Druid in a long time because I'm terrible at using astral power lol, but I've seen Paper Roll wreck the world on one. I'm sure a lot of it comes down to my skill but it's kinda impossible to practice when you're always one shot in 3 seconds.
True ONE-shots are so rare though. My absolute favourite playstyle in any MMO ever is the S/F fresh air ele in GW2. It was extremely risky and technical to run but so slippery and powerful when mastered. Since then I've always stuck to glass cannon builds. I love the no-mistakes-permitted playstyle, forcing you to be super engaged. If you do it well, it's the most spectacular thing ever and nobody is safe.
Step one: play DD thief. Step two: find enemy wvw streamer Step three: ask them in twitch to show their build Step four: oneshot them when their view is blocked by hero menu Step five: profit
Hey i was wondering what the mesmer lightning strikes came from, i often see them in videos but never ingame, is this an overlay or settings option ? Ty
Hiya Vallun! I wanted to message you in-game, but worried it might be lost in a full inbox. I've been playing around recently with some condi Specter builds for PVE, but am struggling with them in WvW. Would you consider making a "One Build to Rule them all" about Condi Specter with all the recent updates in mind? (If possible, focussing on the Scepter?) I kind of feel that Specter is in the situation where if the build runs well in WvW (Roaming), it's not that great for strikes and general PVE. Am very curious about your thoughts/ideas. I'm currently running a zerker/marauder Specter with Sc/D as the main set, and Sw/D when I'm in a 2v1 or I need to do mass condi cleanse. I'd love to be able to walk into WvW and roam with a Specter condi build, and with the same build enter a Strike/Raid. Would love to chat in-game too~ Demonhead.7584
maybe because that is the only mesmer that can really oneshot in terms of only using 1-2 buttons for that amount of dmg. other mesmer builds have to invest a lot more cds in a well timed correct order to combo up :D
Trollmode on: lolol vallun hitting enemies like 10 times calling it oneshot! Trollmode off: nice vid, like your diversity and the dialog at the beginning. you are right about them being gimmicky and very situational, i just hate people who play like that :D
Broooo 1shots are my favorite thing in every game. I've been playing soulbeast and dh just for that reason. But you made me curious with your elementalist, engi and war builds. Please share.
Ranger and DH are so damn boring to play lol. Ever since I started elementalist it's stayed my main for 2 years. Until now I still don't find any class more fun.
Could you explain the Holo 1-Shot please. In sPvP I always go with the sword 3+ overheat or Rifle 5 + Overheat. In this video you did it from range and I can't tell what's happening.
This game make non sense at all, berserker should be the glass cannon, but instead they give a ranger this role, amazing, even a thief that should be the assassin class, lack of dmg
@@yurinimerbarbosa3789 thief was like that but now os just a clown that stealths and evades. fun fact, guardian wellbender is better at escaping than thief these days
Hello i am a new player and planning to buy an expansion. I am a fighter type so i played warrior and still lvl 45. Can you suggest me the best class to play to make it my main? I got 200+ ping always, can I survive in pvp/wvw if i played as a warrior? Hope you give me tips and build thanks!
guildjen.com/guild-wars-2-best-class-how-to-choose/ is a good resource, but i played ranger > thief > warrior > engineer > guardian > mesmer > elementalist > necromancer > guardian > revenant
Personally, I like it when 1 shot meets Tank, the results are very interesting. I mostly am support player. I have received some heated messages as a tank.
Hello, I am planning on getting into WvW, and I also want to be a tank. Can you please share a build, or at least point at right direction, as I've scrolled the internet and came up with nothing but heated debates about who's the tankiest.
@@WingyLalka you can experiment in pvp loby and in unranked and make your build that works, I made tank/condi staff/well build for necro by myself wich works wonders in pvp.
@@Vallun I'm too much of a noob to explain it. Like that f3 skill shatters clones, but you use it first so you don't have clones. I went into the LA practice raid area and when the golum you create gets to 80% it shows your dps, mine was just a little over 5k and I thought it would be at least 10k from reading about other people doing 10k dps in wvw. I'm sorry if I can't explain it good enough. Thank you though, I hope this makes sense, if not I don't know how to explain it. Also, if I understand correctly the first skill you use besides stealth and blink is that f3 skill, followed by skill2, then skill7, followed by the f1 skill then skill 3? Mass invisibilty, then blink to target, followed by diversion, then mirror blade, then mirror images, followed by mind wrack and finishing with mind stab?
Also so far I cannot cast the skills as fast as you do, maybe that has something to do with it. No matter I am going to keep practicing this new build as I stayed up all night crafting ascended armor and weapons for him :)
I want bersekrer wariror oneshot or dragon hunter guardian :(i play willbender thanks to you i learned the combo with with 2 swords but since it doesn't make oneshot and many mesmers or thiefs even rangers kills me, about wvw 1vs1 .:( This game is so difficult.
harbinger top top top soul reaping bot top mid spite top mid mid full marauder scholar Spinal shivers > Spectral grasp > Elixir of ambition > Shroud 5 3 4 2
Vallun: shit talks the montages that cut a second after getting a down assuming those players weren't able to finish the kill and get out Also Vallun: cuts a second after getting a down too :D Anyways, that's always nice to watch, and the explanation is extra nice to have!
I agree. That's why I never play WvW unless I have to. It's not fun. You walk for 25 minutes then get one shot by one sweaty asshole. Structured pvp has its issues with match making but it's never that bad
I find a lot of players arent making use of invulnerable or life saving mechanics... Because my P/P thief is doing very well at deleting people in conquest, When it shouldn't be Many dont even have a single stun removal, Let alone 2 or an automated perk ability when low health
I am so unsure how to feel about it on one side its kinda cool on the other side its pretty dumb and not spreading the joy of gw2 combat when its over with a finger snip and also ruining the experience of others overall I really hope anet finds a way to remove one shots while not makeing everything super bunkerish
And here comes the problem: One shots are impossible to remove, even in chess you can one shot your opponent if they blunder mate in one. It comes down to the knowledge of the enemy. So if they know how to utilize their defensive abilities you won't be able to one shot them. And everyone can learn how to use them. In the end it depends on which one put more time and effort into learning the classes and game mechanics. And there is no way any game developer can remove this from their game.
Gonna be honest, as an Ele (non-bunker) main I'm subjected to far too many toxic builds, not only one-shots. It's getting old. And as much as I'd like to be able to do so in return, at 180 ping the inputs just don't work for something like fresh air burst. More practice or just accept that it is what it is? I'm seriously considering switching to glass cannon 3 input gank classes to relax.
you better should show some of the most annopying wvw stuff and thats classes that are undestructible. ive seen 3-4 player hammering all they have on one player and the end was 3 dead players and 1 who already left the fight after a minute. a fugfeast of cosntant blocks dmg absoprbing escapes health regens and what not plus a boon bar that is cosntantly refilling...one shot is so 2k wow. havent seen it in 6 weeks wvw now tbh. its all about mr or mrs undestructible while donking down 3 players in a dance contest
This the pure garbage that is GW anyone thinking of this game go waste your time somewhere else between the broken hacks used every day ANET sucks! Do not give them your money!
Well it's not news that wvw is broken and easily abusable. And so is pvp with meta builds but these "one shot" builds aren't one shot at all in pvp and I rarely see people playing them cuz they're poosiesss. (Other than those cheeky perma-invulnerable mesmer and ele cunts)
I learned a lot about matchups and how to bait defenses and kite by playing a meme 1 shot build, simply because it's a lot easier to play (few buttons, you get it or you don't).
Being easier to play meant I could spend time observing my opponent and my game plan was very clear, so less to worry about myself translated in a better understanding of other builds.
Later on I enjoyed other more well rounded builds because what I learned this way stayed, and I could worry about better rotations.
Mate this is really fun to watch. Could you make a video with explanation of every one shot combos you made with those builds? It would help us to avoid oneshots. Thanks for your work
i was going to explain every one shot, but thought the video went on too long
@@Vallun make a part two please 🙂
@@Vallun no no, it's a great video, being longer work be no problem!!
Vallun already stokes my terminal altoholism, this vid is probs the last nail in my poverty coffin 😭
omg thank you - i'm just starting the video but am excited. i get one shot all the freaking time whenever i enter wvw and it gets really really depressing. i'm a noob and these builds kill all my enthusiasm for the game mode. it'll be nice to learn a bit more about them to see if i can either compete or survive better for once.
Do you have full exotic gear yet? WvW is more end game tbh. If you do not have full exotic gear, you will die quickly and often. I suggest finding a commander or a tag to follow and zerg wit
@@growingoaks Hey thanks, yeah I always go into WvW fully equipped with exotic equipment and ascended trinkets, but it doesn't make much of a difference no matter what build I use, I'm very often dead on arrival. I am having a little better luck with a Cele Willbender and am about to take a Cele Mirage into the field soon. Still everything else I try just dies.
@@samuelvine hmm i see. What class are you? I get wrecked sometimes as thief but ive mostly been using a 1 shot soulbeast for wvw. Thinking if switchin that up to Druid for wvw though the cc is insanity.
@@growingoaks I actually go through spurts and rotate between all the classes except Thief lol. I kinda did a little better than usual with a Trailblazer Untamed but it felt a bit tricky. Haven't tried Druid in a long time because I'm terrible at using astral power lol, but I've seen Paper Roll wreck the world on one. I'm sure a lot of it comes down to my skill but it's kinda impossible to practice when you're always one shot in 3 seconds.
@@samuelvine thats fair. I would try to get better by sPvP
It's really fun to see all these "out of meta" weapons being used in such an effective way.
holy shit that engi -1shot was so nasty. Awesome gameplay Vallun!
True ONE-shots are so rare though. My absolute favourite playstyle in any MMO ever is the S/F fresh air ele in GW2. It was extremely risky and technical to run but so slippery and powerful when mastered. Since then I've always stuck to glass cannon builds. I love the no-mistakes-permitted playstyle, forcing you to be super engaged. If you do it well, it's the most spectacular thing ever and nobody is safe.
This was quite entraining. Its like just watching all the dunks from that day in the nba.
Step one: play DD thief.
Step two: find enemy wvw streamer
Step three: ask them in twitch to show their build
Step four: oneshot them when their view is blocked by hero menu
Step five: profit
🤔
that intro was pretty funny like "1-shot is gimmicky and not very interesting, however it looks sick in montages," lol
my favorite 1 shot of all time was playing a 2h shadowblade in Dark age of camelot and perfing a caster.
IM SO HYPED FOR HOLO, today it's the day.
"hold my beer, let me contradict myself in 5 seconds"
Hey i was wondering what the mesmer lightning strikes came from, i often see them in videos but never ingame, is this an overlay or settings option ? Ty
its the kralkatorik legendary gs
Great video, one of the best things about it was your targets weren't all Bronze ranked players 👍🏻
Great work, love the music
What's the most agile/ mobile class second to thief?
willbender and mirage I guess
probably revenant or mesmer
Thanks I like thief but it's nice to play something else every once in a while
Hiya Vallun! I wanted to message you in-game, but worried it might be lost in a full inbox. I've been playing around recently with some condi Specter builds for PVE, but am struggling with them in WvW. Would you consider making a "One Build to Rule them all" about Condi Specter with all the recent updates in mind? (If possible, focussing on the Scepter?)
I kind of feel that Specter is in the situation where if the build runs well in WvW (Roaming), it's not that great for strikes and general PVE. Am very curious about your thoughts/ideas. I'm currently running a zerker/marauder Specter with Sc/D as the main set, and Sw/D when I'm in a 2v1 or I need to do mass condi cleanse.
I'd love to be able to walk into WvW and roam with a Specter condi build, and with the same build enter a Strike/Raid.
Would love to chat in-game too~ Demonhead.7584
i have a one build for condi specter already
th-cam.com/video/bvykNGDYKwM/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Vallun
@@Vallun ahh, sweet, I was just playing with Rit gear this morning
I was completely expecting the Mesmer one shot to be the F1 volley of Virtuoso.
maybe because that is the only mesmer that can really oneshot in terms of only using 1-2 buttons for that amount of dmg. other mesmer builds have to invest a lot more cds in a well timed correct order to combo up :D
Vallun, the WvW harbinger of death!
Trollmode on: lolol vallun hitting enemies like 10 times calling it oneshot!
Trollmode off: nice vid, like your diversity and the dialog at the beginning. you are right about them being gimmicky and very situational, i just hate people who play like that :D
your comment would make sense if the title wasnt a clickbait and was saying something like '' nuking ' or '' 1sec kill '' but 1 shot is just a lie
hello, wich server are you on for wvw?
I see One-Combo.
Broooo 1shots are my favorite thing in every game.
I've been playing soulbeast and dh just for that reason.
But you made me curious with your elementalist, engi and war builds. Please share.
ele was just fire top mid mid
air bot mid mid
catalyst mid bot mid
full marauder scholar
D/D energy cleansing
The warrior build is on guildjen.com
Ranger and DH are so damn boring to play lol. Ever since I started elementalist it's stayed my main for 2 years. Until now I still don't find any class more fun.
@@garuda4361 yea but I like range classes and ele is not one of them
how did he cancel his dragon hunters long bow 5 skills? dont u normally get stuck in an animation?
was buffed a while ago so that you only need to stand still for like a second then it keeps going independently
Could you explain the Holo 1-Shot please. In sPvP I always go with the sword 3+ overheat or Rifle 5 + Overheat. In this video you did it from range and I can't tell what's happening.
grenade barrage
@@claystott5120 ty. He zoomed in right as he did it so couldn't see skills.
@@PlanetFromOuterSpace you can see the skill being pressed as well as the projectile in the air
What are the traits for the one shot Mesmer?
look at the guildjen.com wvw roaming build for mesmer
ive been using my soulbeast all the time in wvw until i realized its not actually fun killing people by pressing only 2.
Fun is subjective bro
You should give a shot with r/r deadeye bro. It's so fun
This game make non sense at all, berserker should be the glass cannon, but instead they give a ranger this role, amazing, even a thief that should be the assassin class, lack of dmg
@@yurinimerbarbosa3789 thief was like that but now os just a clown that stealths and evades. fun fact, guardian wellbender is better at escaping than thief these days
Hello i am a new player and planning to buy an expansion. I am a fighter type so i played warrior and still lvl 45. Can you suggest me the best class to play to make it my main? I got 200+ ping always, can I survive in pvp/wvw if i played as a warrior? Hope you give me tips and build thanks!
necromancer ranger
Can someone give me the classes name he are playing in order, please ? I want play GW2 but i dont started yet...
guildjen.com/guild-wars-2-best-class-how-to-choose/ is a good resource, but i played ranger > thief > warrior > engineer > guardian > mesmer > elementalist > necromancer > guardian > revenant
I think you play on NA right? This is exactly why I transferred to EU so when I roam I won't some how run into you xD
Amazing content man!
Personally, I like it when 1 shot meets Tank, the results are very interesting. I mostly am support player. I have received some heated messages as a tank.
Hello, I am planning on getting into WvW, and I also want to be a tank. Can you please share a build, or at least point at right direction, as I've scrolled the internet and came up with nothing but heated debates about who's the tankiest.
@@WingyLalka you can experiment in pvp loby and in unranked and make your build that works, I made tank/condi staff/well build for necro by myself wich works wonders in pvp.
I dont care as much about one-shot builds as much as I do about one-shot builds that also come with far too many defensive options as well.
I am only getting about 5k dps, what am I doing wrong? I have 2 missing wvw mighty infusions, but I'm guessing that isn't the problem.
you're gonna need to be more specific, dps is not a good metric in wvw
@@Vallun I'm too much of a noob to explain it. Like that f3 skill shatters clones, but you use it first so you don't have clones. I went into the LA practice raid area and when the golum you create gets to 80% it shows your dps, mine was just a little over 5k and I thought it would be at least 10k from reading about other people doing 10k dps in wvw. I'm sorry if I can't explain it good enough. Thank you though, I hope this makes sense, if not I don't know how to explain it. Also, if I understand correctly the first skill you use besides stealth and blink is that f3 skill, followed by skill2, then skill7, followed by the f1 skill then skill 3? Mass invisibilty, then blink to target, followed by diversion, then mirror blade, then mirror images, followed by mind wrack and finishing with mind stab?
Also so far I cannot cast the skills as fast as you do, maybe that has something to do with it. No matter I am going to keep practicing this new build as I stayed up all night crafting ascended armor and weapons for him :)
stop looking at your dps and work on pulling off your combos better. slow down the video if needed and see what order vallun presses his buttons
@@fretmajik777 as i said dps is not a good metric, the mesmer build does very low dps but huge burst, the golem is only to test your combos
Ah yes, the famous multiple attack one shots!
small tip here. 3:27 prep air 2 right before
What happened in that holo clip? Lmao
Hi im a complete noobie, what class is this?
I one shooted every class myself. PEW!
But they didn't die, do I get a cookie?
I want bersekrer wariror oneshot or dragon hunter guardian :(i play willbender thanks to you i learned the combo with with 2 swords but since it doesn't make oneshot and many mesmers or thiefs even rangers kills me, about wvw 1vs1 .:( This game is so difficult.
Haha d/d thief while yes gimmicky is the hardest thief set to play. Plus its just silly fun to zerg dive playing it :D
please make necro one shot build guide
harbinger top top top
soul reaping bot top mid
spite top mid mid
full marauder scholar
Spinal shivers > Spectral grasp > Elixir of ambition > Shroud 5 3 4 2
@@Vallun please do video so i can get full build and rotation thanks
also ive been playing power reaper any for it
@@scubaholic1 i just gave you the full build, and the rotation, its also shown in the video, what else do you need its pretty shallow
good job
Vallun: shit talks the montages that cut a second after getting a down assuming those players weren't able to finish the kill and get out
Also Vallun: cuts a second after getting a down too :D
Anyways, that's always nice to watch, and the explanation is extra nice to have!
it counts still :)
It's either one shot builds like this or full celestial, not a cool meta tbh :(
What's your idea of a cool meta then? What's wrong with the current meta?
wvw compared to pvp isnt even CLOSE to the same. i wish you put this much into pvp. th only ones doing wvw are experainced players
I agree. That's why I never play WvW unless I have to. It's not fun. You walk for 25 minutes then get one shot by one sweaty asshole. Structured pvp has its issues with match making but it's never that bad
are you from TC? Im from YB, i think we are linked together :O
(not asking u to play, im just surprised, btw, lol)
SoS but i transfer often with partner privelege
I'm a clicker so won't be able to do that. But I see how it works.
I find a lot of players arent making use of invulnerable or life saving mechanics...
Because my P/P thief is doing very well at deleting people in conquest, When it shouldn't be
Many dont even have a single stun removal, Let alone 2 or an automated perk ability when low health
I am so unsure how to feel about it on one side its kinda cool on the other side its pretty dumb
and not spreading the joy of gw2 combat when its over with a finger snip and also ruining the experience of others
overall I really hope anet finds a way to remove one shots while not makeing everything super bunkerish
And here comes the problem: One shots are impossible to remove, even in chess you can one shot your opponent if they blunder mate in one. It comes down to the knowledge of the enemy. So if they know how to utilize their defensive abilities you won't be able to one shot them. And everyone can learn how to use them. In the end it depends on which one put more time and effort into learning the classes and game mechanics. And there is no way any game developer can remove this from their game.
Ily
not a single one shot was made
Gonna be honest, as an Ele (non-bunker) main I'm subjected to far too many toxic builds, not only one-shots. It's getting old.
And as much as I'd like to be able to do so in return, at 180 ping the inputs just don't work for something like fresh air burst.
More practice or just accept that it is what it is? I'm seriously considering switching to glass cannon 3 input gank classes to relax.
filthy
This is why I left GW2(
you better should show some of the most annopying wvw stuff and thats classes that are undestructible. ive seen 3-4 player hammering all they have on one player and the end was 3 dead players and 1 who already left the fight after a minute. a fugfeast of cosntant blocks dmg absoprbing escapes health regens and what not plus a boon bar that is cosntantly refilling...one shot is so 2k wow. havent seen it in 6 weeks wvw now tbh. its all about mr or mrs undestructible while donking down 3 players in a dance contest
These aren't one shots btw.
Those are NOT 1 shot!
These builds are copied all over, thank you for making wvw a better place
This the pure garbage that is GW anyone thinking of this game go waste your time somewhere else between the broken hacks used every day ANET sucks! Do not give them your money!
Yup save your money go play another game ANET has made this game pure garbage with one shot builds
None of these encounters are one shot.
Well it's not news that wvw is broken and easily abusable. And so is pvp with meta builds but these "one shot" builds aren't one shot at all in pvp and I rarely see people playing them cuz they're poosiesss. (Other than those cheeky perma-invulnerable mesmer and ele cunts)
Are your enemies cardboard?