GW2 - Power Soulbeast Longbow, Sword/Axe Test Benchmark - 40 057 (post 27.06.2023 buffs)

[@saiter6010]

man loving using the new sword, thanks for sharing a build :) .

[@Felana1988]

Swords always been my fave though I mostly open world. Seeing it slaughter like this makes me so happy. 😁

[@null-op]

maybe I'm doing something wrong but looks like I can't get above 36-37K with the build, unless something changed with the June 29th patch I didn't see. Not sure what I'm doing wrong though.

[@Nightcrawl7]

i just realized you take the sword trait now that gives extra power, maybe that is missing

[@lambcap9579]

Already master engineering new rotations! kekw

[@shavy3967]

XDDD

[@Nocturnalcan]

This looks easier comparing to hammer build instead of longbow. Do you think hammer is better? Or axe/axe?

[@H.S.D.81]

Used to play exactly that... still have it on my OG char... but it has been ... meh... just ok... so i went condi and that served me better in wvw on range dps Support and against enemies that got singled out off group... tagging a lot of kills just with the longbow from a good distance or in def mode at keeps or towers ... might give that power build a try again though. The patch changed quite a few things as i noticed when i went into W1 raid and HT strike directly after patch... got me a bit blindsided as i didn't check first😂

[@AdrasAdraki]

When are you gonna grind 20+ hours for the new gs dh benchmark next patch?

[@mwlo8635]

Why aren’t you doing f2 before axe5?

[@anders8461]

Need song title 🐱

[@EditStyl3]

Love in space

[@shavy3967]

Yes it’s love in space

[@bubby7250]

Is this unaffected with the june 28th patch?

[@EMT1597]

so its fine to interrupt aa chain for other weapon skills?

[@fredriksk21]

From reading log it looks like it's worth it if you interrupt only AFTER the *first* part of the chain.

[@dfg12382]

Sword is so good, switching away from it probably is a dps loss no matter what

[@shavy3967]

if u wanna swap back to longbow definetly

[@dfg12382]

​@@shavy3967 Yea I really don't like that bows are the worst PvE weapons for a ranger now. Failed class fantasy. Guess DH is the new ranger.

[@fredriksk21]

@@dfg12382 Still worth switching to if you have time for wep swap cd to reset before a boss dmg phase. Say Q1, you can switch to lb while killing pylon and then do your opener on Qadim

[@dfg12382]

@@fredriksk21 Yea but it's really meh, I feel both weapons should be kind of equal at least. I hope they will push LB a little bit.

[@saiter6010]

@@dfg12382 don't want to be that guy, but if we speak about theme, the majority the oldest exemple of a ranger we have is aragorn e he don't use bow either, the association of ranger/hunter with bows is because of WoW.

[@lunarium5944]

Do you think something like axe/warhorn could be a better replacement to longbow? Or maybe just warhorn? Seems like sword is so strong that using anything else main hand is obsolete, for benching at least lol.

[@shavy3967]

maybe maybe i didnt test it

[@zylics5267]

Seems great in raids but Is this viable in fractals?

[@shavy3967]

Yea it is, just dont recommend to play it on artsariiv and arkk

[@skelletorjo3227]

@@shavy3967 Why is that? SLB was always really good on those bosses. Is it just because of CDs not lining up?

[@callmemoe14]

​@@skelletorjo3227I think because of the low gravity effect on those two bosses, it makes both sword 2 and 3 slow and annoying

[@skelletorjo3227]

@@callmemoe14 Oh yeah. That makes more sense.

[@_zakk]

@@skelletorjo3227 You can also just swap to axe/axe for those two bosses and do the old rotation.

[@Kyrmana]

Sw 3 is so weird sometimes, making you jump all over the place. Like on Dhuum 10%: jumping out of the model to the front and then back again..

[@fredriksk21]

Yeah I've noticed aswell..

[@inugamitsurugi374]

Time to swap from braindead pw mech to braindead pw Slb

[@shavy3967]

E X A C T L Y

[@Nightcrawl7]

is the commando CD trait just bugged? it doesnt change anything, also i think 41k is easily doable, i've been getting consistent 40k and i'm just pressing random buttons too lmao

[@Kyrmana]

They removed the CD reduction but haven't updated the trait description...

[@rebvian]

damn, could u share ur build pls

[@scampycamp]

Its at the end of the video

[@shavy3967]

Yes its at The end, slow down video and pause So You see everything

[@number8385]

Koreaboo get out reeeee. Also good bench ty.

[@bubby7250]

Wait do you even need to complete auto chains?

[@shavy3967]

Yes

[@vpo6270]

look what they did to my boy 😢

[@lexalex8755]

Is it crit rate capped somehow or is 97?

[@UwUSexyJormag69]

97% from gear, you still gain crit chance from flanking (or I guess, nearly always now) - you overcap, but you can't run less prec gear since you're already full zerker

[@AndreyThePal]

@@UwUSexyJormag69 dragon

[@shavy3967]

you gain 10% additional from trait while flanking which is not showed in hero panel

[@blubbblubber4342]

​@@AndreyThePalYou can do that if you want to have some extra vitality, but don't bother trying to get extra DPS that way.

[@relzyn5545]

Dragon sacrifices power and precision for more ferocity and vitality. Whether this is better is very build dependent. Does your build already have a lot of power or ferocity? Do you have stat conversions?

[@alcedof.6629]

I actually like sword now.

[@fredriksk21]

oh my god. 30% of dps is autos. no weapon swap outside of opener.

[@shavy3967]

YEP welcome to new GW2 gameplay

[@fredriksk21]

@@shavy3967 xD

[@nichovillaruel2364]

can you camp on sword axe?

[@bubby7250]

Yes. There is a video of it too. Its 39k

[@J0kuc]

anet forgot to change Resounding Timbre, you still get the cd reduction on sic em, 18s cd pog

[@shavy3967]

Yes i know, that's why i didnt use it in benchmark. Otherwise number would be higher.

[@FPSrad]

"Spamming random skills" Yeah dunno I tried that and got around 34k, maybe actually point out that you need to fit 2x sw3 in Sic em window among other shit, even then still not 40k. And also must say that I hate completing auto chains, boring as fuck gameplay.

[@Evenaardez]

This is wild, nerf incoming I am sure lol. Shame they like nerfing stuff before actually fixing broken things.

[@shavy3967]

I dont think that its gonna be nerfed tbh

[@yessirski-dr1km]

untamed hammer into sword/axe is better. don't @ me.

[@Ventiglondalator]

Eww gross This is the most boring soulbeast has ever been, lmao