Guild Wars 2: Best Open World Builds Update Part 3 (Med… — Transcript

Updated best open world medium armor builds for Guild Wars 2 post-Secret of the Obscure expansion, focusing on Ranger elite specs and Mechanist changes.

Key Takeaways

  • Secret of the Obscure expansion significantly changed medium armor builds, especially for Mechanist and Ranger elite specs.
  • Trapper Rune is a key new rune boosting condition damage and duration for condition builds.
  • Untamed, Soul Beast, and Druid share similar builds but differ in weapon choice and playstyle.
  • Mechanist requires more active skill management post-expansion to maintain quickness but benefits from increased damage potential.
  • Some elite specs are less viable for open world due to poor damage or survivability.

Summary

  • The Secret of the Obscure expansion removed Sanctuary aura from Mechanist and Aristocracy rune from Specter but introduced the powerful Trapper Rune for condition builds.
  • All Ranger elite specs (Untamed, Soul Beast, Druid) now use similar builds with different weapons.
  • Untamed build emphasizes using dagger Unleashed skill for damage and healing, with condition removal via Brown Bear Pit or Sigil of Cleansing.
  • Soul Beast is the easiest Ranger elite spec to play with slightly lower damage; focuses on poison application and pet skill usage for sustain.
  • Druid offers the highest damage and AoE among Ranger specs but is squishier; relies on weapon and Celestial Avatar skills for damage, healing, and condition removal.
  • Mechanist lost its previous ease of maintaining perma alacrity due to expansion changes, now requiring Maze and Barrier Signet and skill spamming to maintain quickness.
  • Mechanist damage increased from 17K to 20K thanks to Trapper Rune and Akim Relic, which can be triggered through confusion stacks from Maze skill.
  • Some elite specs like Scrapper and Daredevil are not recommended for open world due to lack of self-sustain or damage output.
  • Hollowsmith engineer spec is simple and effective for burst and AoE damage using pistol and flamethrower skills.
  • Build links, DPS benchmarks, and detailed showcases are available in the video description.

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00:06
Speaker A
Hello everyone. Before we get into the video, I would like to mention that if you want to see builds, DPS bench, build links, and some showcases, make sure to check the description. You will find everything you want to know there.
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Speaker A
with that being said let's start secret of the Obscure Expansion change in many builds that I made for medium armor specs like removing Sanctuary around effect from mechanist and aristocracy run from specter but in return the expansion gave us a
00:36
Speaker A
With that being said, let's start. Secret of the Obscure expansion changed many builds that I made for medium armor specs, like removing Sanctuary aura effect from Mechanist and Aristocracy rune from Specter. But in return, the expansion gave us a great rune for condition builds, which is Trapper Rune that increases the condition damage a lot and increases all condition durations by 15%. Also, access to elite spec weapons. For that, all Ranger elite specs Untamed, Soul Beast, and Druid are using the same builds, similar to other medium armor specs, only different weapons.
00:54
Speaker A
builds similar thing to other medium armor specs only different weapons now let me give a quick guide to each Elite spec starting with Untamed foreign time I made a build video for Untamed that was able to have all game Boons and
01:18
Speaker A
Now, let me give a quick guide to each elite spec, starting with Untamed.
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heal as one healing a skill to refresh all your Boon's duration to sustain yourself with this Untamed build always make sure to use your dagger Unleashed skill since its significant damage increases and healing you can use your dagger Unleashed skill
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A long time ago, I made a build video for Untamed that was able to have all game boons and reduced all skills cooldown, but sadly this trait has been removed from the game. But now, with the new Rune, Relic, and Dagger, Untamed can now deal higher damage than before. To deal damage, always keep using all weapon skills off cooldown and use We Heal as one, a healing skill, to refresh all your boons' duration to sustain yourself. With this Untamed build, always make sure to use your dagger Unleashed skill since it significantly increases damage and healing. You can use your dagger Unleashed skill twice before swapping to short bow. Check the video in the description to see how it works. And finally, to remove conditions, you will need a Brown Bear Pit since it's the only pit that can remove conditions from you.
02:03
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but if you need more condition removed you can replace sigil variety to surgery of cleansing if needed thank you foreign all right [Music] [Music] foreign has lower damage compared to other Ranger heat specs but in return solbis is the easiest Ranger you expect to play
04:03
Speaker A
But if you need more condition removal, you can replace Sigil of Variety with Sigil of Cleansing if needed. Thank you.
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measured pet skills [Music] to sustain yourself as a soul Beast you only need to keep inflicting poisons by spamming dagger 2 and auto attacks also by using your stance skills for protection region and more poisons but if you need more healing also to
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All right.
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has the highest damage among Ranger 8 specs and better AOE damage to kill group of mobs but in return Druid is squishy compared to its other Elite specs to deal damage Underwood always keep using your weapon skills and
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Speaker A
Soul Beast has lower damage compared to other Ranger elite specs, but in return, Soul Beast is the easiest Ranger elite spec to play. The damage differences aren't that high, but it's a fair trade if you're looking for a comfy experience. To deal damage on Soul Beast, it's the same way as Untamed: always keep using all your weapon skills off cooldown and your measured pet skills to sustain yourself. As a Soul Beast, you only need to keep inflicting poisons by spamming dagger 2 and auto attacks, also by using your stance skills for protection, regeneration, and more poisons.
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more room to easily maintain Perma quickness but anet had to ruin this for everyone for no reason no mechanists need to use Maze and barrier Signet to hold permalacity and avoid using Signet Elite skill to maintain it and because of that now
07:54
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But if you need more healing also to remove conditions, you can swap to your second measured pet Jacaranda to provide more healing and remove conditions. But keep in mind to swap back to Lynx pet so you don't lose your passive damage increase.
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trigger Akim Relic easily since maze inflict lots of confusions and Skill 3 to trigger The Relic when the target has 5 or more confusion stacks check the description to see how to deal damage with this build [Music] all right
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All right.
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burning damage to all mobs around you huddlesmith gained Regional Stacks to restore its Health after leaving photo unfortune the spec is very simple and easy to use all you need to do is to use your pistol and flamethrower skills to inflict
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Druid has the highest damage among Ranger elite specs and better AoE damage to kill groups of mobs, but in return, Druid is squishy compared to its other elite specs. To deal damage, Druid always keeps using your weapon skills and Celestial Avatar skills to inflict damage, healing, and remove conditions.
10:58
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turret to remove conditions and the F1 skill to keep the region up time [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] to keep 25 might sacks uptime and to restart its Health by using Shadow art red line to inflict poisons and
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All right.
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and able to hold 25 mind stacks and to maximize the damage we will use scale Venom utility to inflict mode torment and vulnerability to increase the total damage and finally if you need to remove conditions or reduce incoming damage you
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Mechanist was the easiest elite spec to use before the expansion release because it was able to hold perma alacrity thanks to their own Sanctuary passive, providing more room to easily maintain perma quickness. But Anet had to ruin this for everyone for no reason. Now, mechanists need to use Maze and Barrier Signet to hold perma alacrity and avoid using Signet elite skill to maintain it. Because of that, mechanists now need to spam all the effort skills to maintain quickness uptime, so Mechanist isn't as comfy as before.
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foreign [Music] [Music] strongest Elite spec for medium armor specs the die can inflict heavy condition damage high self-healing and evade all incoming damage at the same time by spamming skill 3.
15:27
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But in return, Mechanist got more damage increase from 17K to 20K because of the new Trapper Rune and Akim Relic. We can trigger Akim Relic easily since Maze inflicts lots of confusion and Skill 3 triggers the relic when the target has 5 or more confusion stacks. Check the description to see how to deal damage with this build.
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any build for Scrabble and Daredevil these Elite specs lack the ability to either generate their own bones deal high damage or unforgiving for mistakes same thing for all to the other Elite specs I didn't include in the previous
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All right.
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pretty low even though I'm using full Berserker gear and full offensive trait lines because scrubber lacked the skills and traits to increase its total damage [Music] Daredevil is the only Thief Elite spec that can't generate its own bones
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Hollowsmith is a fun engineer elite spec. It has better burst damage and AoE to cleave mobs. With this build, your goal is to reach the maximum heat level to activate this trait to inflict burning damage to all mobs around you. Hollowsmith gained regeneration stacks to restore its health after leaving photo. Unfortunately, the spec is very simple and easy to use. All you need to do is use your pistol and flamethrower skills to inflict damage.
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Speaker A
unforgiving for mistakes that's why I didn't want to promote these Elite specs for new players in open world foreign
Topics:Guild Wars 2medium armor buildsSecret of the ObscureRanger elite specsUntamed buildSoul Beast buildDruid buildMechanist changesTrapper Runeopen world builds

Frequently Asked Questions

What major changes did the Secret of the Obscure expansion bring to medium armor builds?

The expansion removed Sanctuary aura from Mechanist and Aristocracy rune from Specter but introduced the Trapper Rune, which boosts condition damage and duration, and added access to elite spec weapons.

How do the Ranger elite specs differ in their builds and playstyle?

Untamed focuses on dagger Unleashed skill for damage and healing, Soul Beast is easier to play with poison application and pet skills, and Druid offers the highest damage and AoE but is squishier.

Why is Mechanist less comfortable to play after the expansion update?

Mechanist lost its Sanctuary passive that allowed perma alacrity, now requiring use of Maze and Barrier Signet and spamming skills to maintain quickness, making it less comfortable but with increased damage potential.

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