User:GW-AV



= Baklvon/Ford =

American Vlad
American Vlad is my newly created Necromancer/Mesmer. He is a Prophecies character and is still stuck in Pre-Searing Ascalon. Vlad is a cool name, and thats why thats his name. I had another American Vlad, and he was also my very first character. He was a Mesmer/Ranger, and he had a pretty cool build that could increase his normally 250hp stamina all the way to 1k hp by the use of Fertile Season and Symbiosis and lots of Mesmer enchantments. It had some setbacks, like it also affecting the enemies, but normally not so much since they tend not to have as many enchantments. Other than that is was a pretty good thought up nooblet build I think... I am currently becoming nostalgic of my very first GW moments when I actually did all the missions in the Proph storyline. That's why I made the 2nd Vlad.

Baklvon of Rome
Baklvon is my favorite character, named for a friend of mine who plays WoW. He is a Ranger/Monk currently on the Ring of Fire mission in the Ring of Fire Isles. He has full 15k Drakescale armor from Karl in Marhan's Grotto. I like doing Tombs and I farm Totem Axes on occasion. One of my favorite builds for PvE is Vicarious Barraging.

Equipment

 * Armor - 15k Drakescale
 * Superior Marksmanship
 * Minor Wilderness Survival
 * Minor Beast Mastery
 * Minor Expertise
 * Traveler's Mask
 * Weapons - Gargash's Recurve Bow

The Ford
My real name is Ford, hence my Paragon's namesake. I created him when I got my friend's friend key for Nightfall, and have not actually bought the game since... However, I intend to, and since he is level 16, I haven't deleted him yet. He is currently a Paragon/Ranger, and causes some pretty decent degen with Anthem of Flame and Toxicity in combination with Poison Arrows or whatever it is (I can't remember since I love Barrage too much).

Black Covenant
He is my first Factions character, and is uber pwnage when he BiPs Urgoz's Warren or dual farms Sskai with noob Warriors. He is pretty fun to run around on, he has a Wayward Wand from endgame, the Plaguebinder, and Tyrian armor (it looks SO cool!).

The Aced
She is my first Warrior in Factions. I say she because I HATE male Warriors. They look fat... She runs around with a Wing's Axe or a GPB, and pwns the little NPCs in Boreas Seabed when I solo Sskai.

Cole
My best friend Cole and I share the Factions Account, and he has a Mesmer/Warrior Illusionary Weaponry Mes and an Ice Slinger Ranger/Elementalist.

The Fist of Armageddon


We are a sweet guild and we love to have fun in FoW, UW and Tombs. We recently started over on our roster because of some inactivity. We used to have over 50 people and are now down to only 20 unfortunately. We are in a small 4-guild, 250k Luxon Alliance, and are pretty awesome. We have a cool cape and a guild hall, Frozen Isle. Add Baklvon of Rome to your Friends list and message me when I get on if you want and invitation.

Extra Stuff
Just adding this in case you want to chat: [mailto:americanvlad@hotmail.com MY ADDRESS]

Description
This team build is meant for farming places with high-end drops like The Fissure of Woe, The Underworld, and Tomb of the Primeval Kings.

Equipment

 * Druid's Armor for an extra energy bonus.
 * Any staff of offhand that provides max energy, Half Illusion Magic Recharge is also useful.
 * The best Vigor Rune you can afford.
 * A Level 20 pet (Hearty is recommended, but any will work).

Usage
The objective of this build is to inflict bleeding through Feral Lunge and poison through Poisonous Bite to multiple enemies at once using Fevered Dreams. Use Symbiosis to give your pet a health boost when Ancestor's Visage is on it.

Spam Feral Lunge and Poisonous bite to keep conditions on the enemy and use Fevered Dreams to spread it around. Keep Sybiosis up and your pet alive.

Equipment

 * Knight's Armor for the damage absorbtion.
 * The best Vigor Rune you can afford.
 * A sword with a max health mod, and zealous is a good choice Vampric would also work well.

Usage
The objective of this build is to do AoE style tanking by using Splinter Weapon to splinter Hundred Blades even more so than it already does.

Keep Splinter weapon running and spam Hundred Blades and Shield Bash.

Equipment

 * Any armor is usable with this build, but you may wish to switch to Ascetic's armor for maximum Energy if you're expecting to spam your heals a lot.
 * Any focus and offhand combination, or staff, can work with this build. A 20/20 Focus and Offhand can prove to be valuable, but not required.

Usage

 * Orison of Healing, Word of Healing, and Dwayna's Kiss are your main heals. Spam them if necessary, but be aware that long periods of heavy healing without pauses can drain you, although not immediately. Note each spell's special effects.
 * Orison of Healing is the most basic heal. Use this one if the target is not affected by Hexes/Enchantments, or if target is above 50% health.
 * Dwayna's Kiss is very efficient at healing targets with Hexes or Enchantments on them. It is generally used on the main tank upon aggroing the next group of enemies, providing Healing Seed has expired or was removed.
 * Word of Healing is your main spike heal. A single cast of this can easily bring a party member from below 50% health to near-full health. Its 4 second recharge is comparitively longer than the recharge of Orison of Healing, so don't waste casting this on a party member above 50% health.
 * Healing Touch is an extremely useful self heal. Use it whenever you think your health is low. If someone in your party has lost quite a bit of health but is not in any particular danger, you may wish to heal them with this skill as well.
 * Use Remove Hex to remove any Hexes that affect your party. But remember: your main job is to keep your party alive. It is often better to let the hex die off itself rather than taking the time and energy to remove it. This should be used against serious hexes, rather than easily spammable ones like Life Siphon
 * Healing Seed and Rebirth are your only skills which cost more than 5 Energy to use, so use them wisely.
 * You should not be resurrecting in-battle with Rebirth. If you want to do so, you may want to switch to Resurrect or Resurrection Chant, or even Restore Life.
 * Healing Seed should be placed on the main tank upon right before they aggro the next group of monsters. It can also be used in-battle to protect a party member under heavy attack/pressure.

Counters

 * Energy Denial can pose a problem, but is not of immediate threat to this build.
 * Skills that increase recharge time such as Diversion and Distracting Shot can be devastating if more than one primary healing skill is struck by it.
 * If facing large groups of enemies or high-damage dealing enemies, the removal of Healing Seed can mean certain death for a tank, if not covered. This is not a large problem in most areas, though.

Team Varients

 * You can use a B/P Ranger instead of the Splinter Tank, although Splinter Tanks do more damage.
 * you can use an Agressive 55hp Monk if you need someone to take aggro.