User:Entropy3927

Pimpslap:

I refuse to run Pimpslap. Incredibly powerful and broken build which works just fine despite the obvious lack of any sort of non-offensive skill (minus Dash, but we all know Dash is to AB as res sig is to RA). Destroys any opposition regardless of build, unless they employ generic counters such as: retardedly long block, block with infinite duration, disable Pimpslap, disable Pimpslap because Rangers these days randomly spam rupts on recharge...

The thing with Pimpslap is that if you see it coming, and you have even some basic defensive measures, it can sometimes be dealt with... However, AB is quite possibly the most random and chaotic arena in Guild Wars outside of 3-team HA matches, and unless you're a true pro, you will be caught unawares sooner or later. And then, you'll very likely die. Anyone who remembers the old Shadow Prison sin knows how bad that sucks.

Sins are glass cannons who have a ton of utility skills, but it's so much easier to screw the utility and just take instagib kill chains like Pimpslap. Some would argue the sin is just doing their job - quickly taking out an unprepared target. That's fine if you are doing it with Moebius Death Blossom or something; but chains like Shadow Prison, Pimpslap, etc. give roughly a 0% survival rate, because you either counter them with generic counters (and those are sketchy at best), or you have to specifically spec into unusual skills/attributes, for example running high Tactics and Balanced Stance on a Warrior. (Which is pretty terrible as it gimps you in so many ways...) And that is just bad for the game.

Sins were just done wrong, tbh. There is room for a balanced "Assassin" class in Guild Wars. That doesn't involve destroying all sense of positioning, making 2/3 the dagger attack skills useless, unlimited blocking, more knockdowns than most Warriors, and so on and so on.

GWW has the best vandals

AB bars
I like to run the following bars. You may notice a common theme among them: harassment. I'm no good at point builds like Shock Axe, so I prefer to play things which work more generally, against most if not all foes. I also tend to split off from the team for a solo kill/capping/randomly helping others, only to rejoin later.

Exhausting Moebius

LOLOLOLOL SCORPION WIRE XD

Shockslash

BROOKLYN RAGE

BROOKLYN RAGE v2 (I honestly don't know why this would be run over axe, but prage is just fun)

Shock Axe

Devhammer

Cripshot

Burning Arrow

Heats Nuker

Freezing Raine / Searing Mist (pick your reference)

Monking

Random Derv Which Sucks If I Don't Pull Lichway Opponents

Semi-Serious Derv

Mystic Ninja

More to come? I don't have any other solid AB builds for the other professions yet...