One man gank build, Learn from your opponent!

saeimc Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:13 am

Yesterday with the casual GvG Flurry in Ab2 we played a match against Royal Eagle Guard [REG]. One of their players, Armageddon Jan, was playing a very interesting build that managed to sneak past us and into our base - and kill all NPCs except the Guild Lord in there before we noticed something was awfully wrong.

The skills he was using were:

Wilderness Survival
Dryders Defense (Stance. For (Min: 5 - Max: 11) seconds, you gain 75% chance to evade attacks and (Min: 34 - Max: 60) armor against elemental damage.)
Kindle Arrows ( Preparation. For 24 seconds, your arrows deal fire damage and hit for an additional (Min: 3 - Max: 24) fire damage.)
Troll Unguent ( Skill. For 10 seconds, you gain Health regeneration +(Min: 3 - Max: 10).)

Expertise
Escape ( Elite Stance. For (Min: 5 - Max: 17) seconds, you move 25% faster than normal and have a 75% chance to "evade" attacks.)
Lightning Reflexes (Stance. For (Min: 5 - Max: 11) seconds, you have a 75% chance to "evade" melee and projectile attacks, and you attack 33% faster.)
Whirling Defense ( Stance. For (Min: 8 - Max: 20) seconds, you have 75% chance to "block" attacks. Whenever you block a projectile in this way, adjacent foes take (Min: 5 - Max: 11) piercing damage.)

Marksmanship
Savage Shot (Bow Attack. If Savage Shot hits, your target's action is interrupted. If that action was a Spell, you strike for (Min: 13 - Max: 28) damage.)

Common Skills
? Rez Signet ? (did not see him use his 8th skill)

I could not see the stats, but I'd imagine that since most stances/powerups are from expertise/wilderness survival, those 2 stats get most attribute points. Possibly playing 11+3/10+2/10+1 on exp/wild/mark,

I imagine his strategy was something like: use escape to get in fast, apply Kindle and Lightning Reflexes to give your Savage Shots a lot more power. Nuke the Bodyguards, then go for the Guild Lord.

Just wanted to share this nice build or opponent used with the rest of the Basin. It could be useful to help design a flagger/ganker character, or to be alert for it in GvG. http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=4407