User:BrianG1667

About Me
Hi All, I'm new to Guildwiki but have been reading the builds and other information for awhile. I've also only been playing Guild Wars for less than a year. I mostly play PvE right now, but I'm hoping to work my way up to some PvP soon. I generally like trying to come up with my own ideas for builds and like to read skills lists a lot to look for new ideas. I'm hoping to contribute some builds that I'm working on soon, and would appreciate any feedback you could provide on my builds in the appropriate section of my Discussion page.

My characters
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[[Image:Ranger-icon.png]][[Image:Necromancer-icon-small.png]] Mt Heart Attack


Level: 20

Birth place: Tyria

Prophecies Campaign: Copperhammer Mines

Factions Campaign: Kaineng Center

Nightfall Campaign: Not yet started

Titles: None

Attributes Blood Magic: 9 Beast Mastery: 10 + 1 + 3 Expertise: 6 + 1 Marksmanship: 8 + 1

Used skillbar(s):

 Notes: The idea of this build is to use Shadow Strike when the target is above 50% health, and Brutal Strike when they are below 50% health. Life Siphon and Symbiotic Bond help keep you and your pet alive, Ferocious Strike is for energy management and Needling Shot is for an additional finisher. When equipped with a Vampiric string, Needling Shot can do a spammable amount of armor ignoring damage. The nice thing about this build is that it allows you to do a lot of things at the same time. For example, you can trigger Symbiotic Bond while Life Siphon is casting, Ferocious Strike while Shadow Strike is casting, and Needling Shot after triggering Brutal Strike and waiting for it to land. If your target is not quite below 50% Health after Life Siphon, Shadow Strike, and Ferocious Strike, you can use this time to cast Life Siphon on other targets or Comfort your pet. I'm still playing with the attributes to determine the right balance between Expertise and Blood Magic. Having a bow with a lower requirement should give me more room to play, or I may phase out the Marksmanship. Please let me know what you think.

Equipment:<BR> For equipment, you can use a Truncheon and focus most of the time for the extra energy, and switch to a bow to pull or finish off a target. I'm currently using Drago's Vampiric Flatbow, but am thinking about other bows. Hornbow might work since Needling Shot will bypass the slow refire rate.<BR>


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[[Image:Elementalist-icon.png]][[Image:Mesmer-icon-small.png]] Brian The Vaporizer


Level:<BR> 20

Birth place:<BR> Tyria

Prophecies Campaign:<BR> Iron Mines of Moladune

Factions Campaign:<BR> Kaineng Center

Nightfall Campaign:<BR> Not yet started

Titles:<BR> None

Attributes<BR> Inspiration: 4<BR> Earth Magic: 10 + 1 + 3<BR> Energy Storage: 10 + 1<BR><BR>

Used skillbar(s):<BR>

<BR> Notes:<BR> This was my second character, but the first one I captured an elite for and turned into a proper build. I'm proud to say that I came up with this build idea on my own before I started using guildwiki and found the Stone Dagger Renewal build. Sliver Armor is the flex slot and I've just added that to try it out. I currently use this build to make money by farming Hydras around Augury Rock, but I'm getting kind of bored with it and might try a different secondary and some new skills. <BR><BR> Equipment:<BR> Galigord's Stone Staff
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