Guild Wars 2 Power Vindicator - Easy PvE Build Guide (34k DPS August 23rd Patch)

[@gailbrookhart1777]

I really, really enjoyed watching that build guide and I'll be back to watch it again. (First I have to go see if one of my revenants is close enough to the necessary hero points to build this with her. What I find most exemplary here is something that I look for in all the creators I follow. You have done a great job of laying out the build with the gear, the traits, the goals and then you were able to take all that flat dry information come alive with how you put them all into a perspective for This Toon, playin This Build. Really big kudos to you.

[@SuperchargedCow]

Exemplary build guide man, big thank you. Will try this on my rev! I am a returning player so I haven't done the story yet, considering using my rev and this build for that. Thanks again!

[@Tazurin]

Thanks man i was looking for a good build like this

[@Leuk0s]

I've been doing something similar but with Diviner gear (ty Bladed Armor, I love you), Pack Runes, and the Retribution line for Unwavering Avoidance as an alternative option to the (expensive) Fireworks runes for a new player. Really fun to be a bouncy ball of death!

[@RyanThomas970]

Cool build! Would love to see one of these for Catalyst after the buffs tomorrow.

[@MaselMMO]

Catalyst is up now :)

[@carloslacerda8888]

This build still rocks as it has been shown?

[@gianghuynh9570]

In open world farming Sigil of Stamina is fun, you can just jump endlessly. Any dodge modify spec benefits greatly from it, and Vindicator is perhaps the best at using this sigil because of how strong their dodge is.

[@MaselMMO]

Yes, that's why the OW build runs it

[@GettingAids1997]

would you say given the nerfs to torment runes and battle scars, that this is more survivable in open world than condi renegade ?

[@solstice.1847]

As others have said, I really enjoyed your video presentation and your explanation of how things work together. Really helpful. I do have a couple questions, though. Specifically for the openworld build, if I'm understanding "Roiling Mists" correctly, you have 100% crit chance as long as you have fury. If that's correct, then the "precision" stat on any Berserker's piece is effectively "a waste". For people with lots of legendary gear, wouldn't using Valkyrie every place you have Berserker be a straight up improvement? Again, only for open world, and only for people that have lots of swappable gear. Second, you mention power & ferocity food, but your OW builds use dumplings for the might on crit. Did you experiment at all with "Orrian Truffle & Meat Stew", for the 40% endurance regen + might on dodge? Just wondering if the increased endurance regen from that food was unneeded because of the other choices you've made. I'm really looking forward to trying this on rev! Rev is one of my least-played classes, but this looks like it could be really fun. Thanks for the video.

[@MaselMMO]

Thanks! To your points: Roiling mists makes fury give twice the Critical chance, so 40% total. It doesn't give you 100% Critical chance, the tooltip is a little misleading. Also, endurance recovery cannot be increased to more than an additional 100%, so having that additional 40% would be wasted. We already have 75% from vigor and 25% from using retribution, so they add up to 100%

[@solstice.1847]

@@MaselMMO Thanks for clearing up my misunderstandings (and for the quick reply)!

[@joelng1975]

Hey Masel. thank you for making this detailed video. I tried accessing the Power DPS link. I am assuming that's the one for instanced content. However i was unsuccessful. Can you please repost the link?

[@h_kka]

Assuming we use Staff as a CC weapon, how does S/S fare against GS? Would the damage be similar or does S/S fall behind noticeably?

[@MaselMMO]

It's not far behind... but i did lose damage on the few tries i did initially compared to GS (especially burst). Would be worth testing again i guess

[@h_kka]

@@MaselMMO Hahaha I just preferred the aesthetics of S/S and was wondering if it matches up well damage-wise. Was trying out Vindicator in EOD and this helped a lot, great video!

[@DeathGripper1337]

What is the rotation with the double sword backbar ?

[@mewple]

This is nearly identical to what I'm running on my vindicator for story and achievements for open world. I used cheaper runes though, think they were rune of the pack. Either way cool video :)

[@MaselMMO]

Pack runes also work, but they dont give vigor. I mean it matters less when you just kill stuff over and over since the stamina sigil will take care of dodges anyway. and the extra crit on it can be nice

[@mewple]

@@MaselMMO yea, like I said only used them because they were cheaper and not because I believed they were better. I also used dwarf/archemoris so I can spam quickness/might.

[@lazaruz8851]

Hi i have a question I've try this build and why im only get 15-20k dps when i try in golem. I used exotic armor with rune of eagle and the rest is same as your build guide. Is that my armor that make the huge dps lost ?

[@MaselMMO]

That should not be your armor only; i suppose this was after the june 28 patch? there were changes that reduced the dps output of this build, but it should not be that large. If you can, you can try to record the golem fight and send a video link so i can have a look at it. Did you: a) apply all conditions to the golem, b) apply all boons to yourself and c) use the right food + utility item?

[@Bluntoze]

No mention about the accessories , rings , etc? or did I miss something

[@MaselMMO]

I say at 09:10 that you should run full berserker; in OW i onyl change the armor pieces to soemthing that includes toughness

[@danteyoda]

Uhh all your linked builds are running berzerkers? not Knights or Commanders?

[@MaselMMO]

Should be fixed now for the retribution variant

[@crepooscul]

Hey. For the OW solo build armor set, are you talking just about the armor set here without the trinkets and such? Or do you include those as well?

[@MaselMMO]

Hi! I just swap the armor pieces, nothing else. There are also build links in the description that show the different builds :)

[@crepooscul]

@@MaselMMO Yeah, checked them but the solo one still has berserker armor shown, with the runes of fireworks. thanks a lot for the guide

[@MaselMMO]

@@crepooscul hm, that's weird :( ill check that again

[@GuntherCloneC]

@@MaselMMO Yup, your open world roaming/tanky/solo build in the link uses berserker, was that intentional, or would you recommend commander (as stated in the video)?

[@tsukemonomitch5679]

What am i doing wrong? is it a gear check? why cant i hit those numbers on golem similar as you. D: ples help

[@MaselMMO]

The build was done before the June Patch, which reduced dps on everyone by around 10%. How much are you getting?

[@tsukemonomitch5679]

@@MaselMMO yea I asked around and i guess im getting what im supposed to get around 25-30

[@dmitrykomarov6152]

Hello! Amazing build, still have a few questions. I have full zerk set, but I’ve never invested in something like Knight’s, Diviner’s or Trailblazer and the list goes on. How would celestial set fell in open world? I tried this build with full zerk at HoT HPs and with proper blocks of 4th GS skill and kiting I already managed to solo a few, not as ez as with vipers renegade ofc…

[@Kirixthemech]

Openworld zerk is for ppl confident on the spec and don't need the buffer defensive gear gives new inexperienced ppl

[@ILoveGrilledCheese]

I run celestial on my revenant, it works quite well. It's less overall damage than zerker but more than diviners. On the plus side it's great for defense which vindicator needs more than any other espec due to having one dodge

[@francoisevrard3655]

My comment is a bit late but does anyone know what race Masel is playing as?

[@MaselMMO]

Norn ;)

[@TheMVEA]

The most important question, what's the fashion war setup ? I can't recall seeing a breastplate like the one you're wearing.

[@MaselMMO]

It's an outfit called ancestral... I don't like heavy armor on those characters so I usually override it

[@Satoog]

Awesome … thanks!

[@gangrel1234]

Where are you from?🤔

[@MaselMMO]

Well, what do you think?

[@gangrel1234]

@@MaselMMO Holland?😂

[@Nokomak]

I like to run hammer second for when ranged is needed, like world bosses.

[@MaselMMO]

Oh yeah absolutely, thanks for the tip! I did think about it but forgot to mention it in the video

[@Nokomak]

I dont like running shiro cause it overlaps really awkwardly with gs skills and the heal is so weak. Alliance stance gives permanent quickness upkeep for low cost and the same button switched can cleanse a ton of conditions with a very low cooldown.. how is that not mega useful. I run clerics armor with dragon stat weapons and a bit of a mishmash of trinkets to get the right stats. Main importance is reaching 2800 armor which gives you a comfortable sweet spot. You dont have to lean heavily in on damage stats with this class as its base values are pretty high. Rune of the pack, sigil of stamina and night. Hammer just force and accuracy, simple stuff. Retribution and Devastation.

[@Kirixthemech]

When in an organised group you will have oerma fury might and all the condi clense you need so by taking the alliance stance you simply waste all that energy on mediocre dmg skills. When used properly opening burst with shiro and gs 5 is very high, via impossible odds as upkeep dmg, the dmg from that hits for each strike of gs 5 that alone does more dmg then alliance stance energy costs. Then you just swap to jalis and use the hammers and carry on with rotation. Alliance is good for solo play for quick burst but sucks hard for sustain on long fights

[@Oneofthecoments]

I am having fun with vindicator but I just went back to power herald today and oh man it’s so so much more powerful. The glint heal is cheating end s/s already does more dps. Vindicator is cool but it needs something idk what.

[@mandodelorian4668]

I think one thing that would help is not *having* to use your Dodge to optimize your dps. Sure it's cool in theory but in practice, rip actually dodging.

[@MaselMMO]

Power herald does more dps than vindicator? That's news to me, you got me intrigued

[@Oneofthecoments]

@@mandodelorian4668 agreed, but I do like daredevils Dodge mechanic I think vindicators is just too limiting. Seems ridiculous to have only one bar especially when the jumps already weak in PVP.

[@MaselMMO]

@@Oneofthecoments I definitely agree that the spec needs some work though. The dodge is limiting, even though you get used to that quickly. The bigger problem for me is that alliance skills are kinda bland. In the archemorus line there's nothing that really appeals to me and having a 10 second cooldown between the alliance swap severely constraints the way you can use the skills. Also the gs skills are just damage without anything particularly interesting in them they look cool and stuff, but other than that... Renegade skills for example are all excellent, without exception

[@mandodelorian4668]

​@@Oneofthecoments That's an excellent point . I love the Daredevil dodge options too, they're each interesting and useful in their own way.

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