Blood Build

I’ve been playing around with a build lately that I really enjoy. It is based around Vampiric Spirit.
Air of Superiority (Asura) Vamp Spirit, Vamp Gaze, Angorodon’s Gaze, Blood of the Aggressor, Foul Feast, Optional (I use Sig. Lost Souls, Well of Blood or a condition transfer skill for this spot), Rez.
It works out pretty well. [...]

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Huge Update

There was a huge update today in GW. Lots of skill revamping and, in my opinion, some nice changes.
Ursan finally got the nerfbat hard. As an elite form with a 60 sec downtime, it pretty much made all of the 5-man Ursan builds useless. I guess people are going to have to do things the [...]

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Traveler’s Vale Vanquished

Not a major feat really, but I had some free time so I thought I’d spend it wisely. I decided to whip out my Cryomancer build for this. It needs some work, but the energy management is great. I really need to get a 20/20 water item though to speed things up. [...]

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Vanquishing, Builds and Me

I have 100 areas left to vanquish across the world. My mission, should I choose to accept it (and I do) is to vanquish each area with a different build. Now, I don’t mean 1-2 skills changed different, I mean something completely different from what I used in the area before. I [...]

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Medusa Update

Not one day after I post my build (the one I’m really enjoying) does ANet go and change the pivotal skill. No longer does Angorodon’s Gaze steal lots of health and make for an excellent spike when echoed. Here is the change:
Angorodon’s Gaze: decreased Energy cost to 5; decreased Health stolen to 10..40; [...]

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Medusa

I call this build “Medusa” because of all of the Gaze attacks. Posted below is the build as I’m currently running it. I’ve included attribute levels and equipment as well (so you can try it out yourself). Following shortly thereafter are alternative skills and their usefulness.
The Medusa is a blood magic [...]

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