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[cA] Kela, Seneschal of the Waves | 2:30 | Power Galeshot PoV
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Log - https://dps.report/5rm8-20250401-171341_golem
Log - https://dps.report/Jia0-20250221-233725_qadim
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Log - https://dps.report/eYMN-20250125-184730_cairn
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Log - https://dps.report/0Dl9-20241127-215534_cerus
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The one corrupt I tabbed out instead of jumping, pls don't bully me thanks.
Log - https://dps.report/bdFC-20241115-210747_cerus
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Log - https://dps.report/JquA-20241008-224837_golem
Log - https://dps.report/Feqv-20240812-190652_adina
Log - https://dps.report/SPcw-20240811-183319_cerus
PoVs:
Felix (pTempest): youtu.be/AKfgLxluQcg
Pip (pTempest): youtu.be/3_oHJaEN2gU
Paula (druid): youtu.be/I2GKTEdGZc8
Log - https://dps.report/xdSa-20240730-203147_kc
Log - https://gw2wingman.nevermindcreations.de/log/71afd-20240713-223919_prlqadim_kill
PoVs:
Lukas (Condition Quickness Catalyst) - youtu.be/QscwNdKPBc4
PoVs:
Khenarik (cVirtuoso) - youtu.be/Cc42QSMtbKM?si=QWTsNdOeji1Svt-E
FURYY (cVirtuoso) - youtu.be/Eoz_MlE9bYo?si=2tJaQWPbbjQ3-INp
Aiko (Alacrity Scourge) - youtu.be/7jaz302_bW4?si=saxtxqJTiawAVcdl
Log - https://dps.report/tTjv-20240526-162037_adina
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Log - https://gw2wingman.nevermindcreations.de/log/c7ff5-20240519-152156_adina_kill
https://dps.report/dITg-20240519-152109_adina
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Log - https://dps.report/7Izq-20240421-163859_cerus
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Log - https://dps.report/LDuh-20240201-193204_gors
Log - https://dps.report/9b2S-20240307-193417_gors
Build - http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POwAUhjlZwoYfMJmJWaP3P3JkC-DSJYmRN/pUgCIFRQcSgOECK8YQQCh9wrBFTbgKA-e
Log - https://dps.report/C9WB-20240211-175033_golem
Log - https://dps.report/QQxx-20240202-003805_golem
Log - https://dps.report/KTSw-20231129-220337_golem
Log - https://dps.report/JR0K-20231129-214456_golem
The largest roadblock was trying to prevent Scarlet from triggering mechanics. There seemed to be no consensus as to why she would sometimes spawn projectiles/blues and sometimes not, this left us with a lot of theories to test. Eventually we managed to find the trigger for preventing the mechanics, and subsequently abused it to lower kill times drastically.
To talk briefly about why each class was chosen:
Soulbeast - The best burst DPS that you can get. One Wolf Pack is available for every single burst phase, meaning that the damage output that soulbeast can do while providing large amounts of CC was simply unmatched. We had 2 soulbeasts run Leader of the Pack, and the rest used Oppressive Superiority. This was to prevent OWP queuing which would cause damage outside of "Sic 'Em!".
Herald - The best boon provider. Provides every boon you could need while also doing very respectable damage.
Specter - Provides solid Alacrity and hard carries the CCs. Pistol with paralyzation sigil and Basilisk Venom made this spec irreplaceable for the run.
Chronomancer - We learned that it was possible to bring a Chronomancer over a specter as the alacrity provider with some added CC from the heralds. This change managed to increase the group DPS by a good amount as chrono has much more burst than specter.
I'd like to give a special thankyou to Stina and Nelli for helping us troubleshoot the mechanic issue.
Log - https://dps.report/U973-20231104-215242_trin
PoVs:
Nicho (Quick Herald) - youtu.be/5WgjRJj6sMc
xChris (Quick Herald) - youtu.be/S4PDPU_ri2w?si=bFyU1HHGguPq9XSQ
Tyrro (Soulbeast) -youtu.be/jAMcAeehuzE?si=WwUOTloH9ClMpJYQ
Pip (Soulbeast) - youtu.be/wXwR5BGYaxs?si=k13fMeggo3ahayOs
Avatar (Soulbeast) - youtu.be/CVu-7yaxG6U
Dingo (Soulbeast) - youtu.be/TLPEeW9LuiU?si=1CI5N7rw-czopNAm
TiltedDolphin (Alac Chrono) - youtu.be/W7PCoxg5H6Q
iBot (Alac Specter) - youtu.be/QYjeQ9ryLrE
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The main splits we did was simultaneous River of Souls and Escort, and to follow that the River group killed Eater of Souls while the escort group cleared gate. After Eater, the Wing 5 group left to help finish Gate, then everyone returned to Wing 5 to finish Statues.
With a more complex boss order it might've been possible to do something similar with Trio, however this means that we would miss out on the portals as matthias pre-event. The time save would be minimal with a large potential for instance problems during swaps, as well as lowman Trio being a lot more risky time-wise with wipes.
For classes we let people play what they were most comfortable on for DPS. We found with runs like this, familiarity with ones class is worth far more in the run when things go wrong as it makes recovery much easier, meaning a much smoother run.
Logs - https://dps.report/eWJd-20231021-221009_sh
https://dps.report/f3Hb-20231021-221311_rr
https://dps.report/OQ26-20231021-231143_esc
https://dps.report/mI29-20231021-221539_se
https://dps.report/kgcC-20231021-222007_eyes
https://dps.report/dl4c-20231021-222227_bk
https://dps.report/L2vM-20231021-222822_dhuum
https://dps.report/6n0m-20231021-223254_adina
https://dps.report/SN1Y-20231021-223609_sabir
https://dps.report/Wssf-20231021-224043_qpeer
https://dps.report/1Uju-20231021-224602_kc
https://dps.report/uDgX-20231021-224856_tc
https://dps.report/zRCd-20231021-225319_xera
https://dps.report/Fqg6-20231021-225710_sloth
https://dps.report/nce2-20231021-230455_trio
https://dps.report/f3dX-20231021-230733_matt
PoVs:
Nicho (Quick Herald) - youtu.be/TNwm78m5g90
TiltedDolphion (Alac) - youtu.be/-qzB4nhMXXs
iBotFromApple (Dps) - youtu.be/js64R63a-c4?t=112
Pip (Dps) - youtu.be/Y1tvkWAFYck?si=U1lnj4cmDO0J5r43
xChris (Cata/Chrono) - youtu.be/xK9rPiTJQoE?si=NM8Jlz1M1qTQWbk2
Neiriko (Druid) - youtu.be/T87p1BLZQmU
Maarten (Quickness) - youtu.be/UBfVcYomEPg
Basti (Dps) - youtu.be/wafx902cGt0?si=CC5856kFn5WjpQp8
Avatar (Mutli) - youtu.be/DL-kIAI9fIM
Log - https://dps.report/MVe5-20231003-183103_golem (Note this is from a pull 30 dps less, I did the bench when arc was broken. Rotation is identical.)
The idea came from Senapi, and we theorycrafted using different builds, but eventually settled on Power Quickness Herald as the DPS role and Hybrid Druid as the hybrid healer.
Since Dagda doesn't boonrip at the start, we prestacked boons so we didn't have to worry about boon downtime at all. We also just healed through every green arrow and CC bar (we literally couldn't break the bar). The main strategy for the fight was to take advantage of the fact that Dagda will target the closest entity, not player. Using this knowledge we managed to bounce the tank between the Herald, Druid, and most importantly, the Lynx. Lynx was vital to the success of the fight, as it could tank the bosses attacks with its massive HP pool and also eat a lot of projectiles during the spin attack. Other pets we tried were a lot more troublesome. We tried many runs with Jacaranda for the extra damage on the druid with Blood Moon, however it stayed at max melee range making tank bouncing very unpredictable without moving fully out of melee range as the Herald.
To talk a bit more about the specific builds and roles for each player:
Herald - Focus on damage and taking the tank after she ports away to spin. The lynx would follow her and eat projectiles, meaning it wouldn't be in range to tank when she ported back. Since druid heals others more than it heals itself due to outgoing healing modifiers, and the Herald has access to Facet of Light, It makes it the optimal backup tank since it can very easily tank 2 auto chains from Dagda. The Herald also provided a lot of boons, meaning the druid had to devote less utility slots to boon support skills and could focus even more on damage.
Druid - Healer and Mechanics with a side of DPS. By having the pet tank, it freed up the druid to take a lot more damage-oriented skills and stats, which drastically lowered the kill time by over 5 minutes. Since it still didn't do as much as the Herald, the Druid also focused on handling the Soul Feasts.
If you managed to watch the full video I would like to thank you, this was absurdly long. Seriously Anet, 59 Million HP? Is this some new golem? Who was complaining that 40 Million wasn't enough to practice on? Is there anyone who actually completes a 40 Million golem?
PoVs:
Senapi (Druid) - youtu.be/BZVvgNLJI9E
Log - https://dps.report/rUIQ-20230924-223026_dagda
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Log - https://dps.report/ZGJV-20230924-214543_li
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Pip (qHerald): youtu.be/www-KSiBHdg
Tyrro (Scourge): youtu.be/h7tTzUSuktE
Paula (Scourge): youtu.be/rqQ3FCtz0BE
Log - https://dps.report/LlzI-20230921-200739_cairn
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Scourge - Gained pistol, gained a lot of life force generation, and as a result, gained a hell of a lot of damage. We had such an excess of life force we could drop Signet of Undeath entirely and have 2 free utility slots, meaning one Scourge ran Serpent Siphon for Aegis, and the other ran Spectral Grasp for Breakbar.
Herald - Gained greatsword, and a lot of damage. We decided to completely drop the healing portion and just survive on the passive regeneration we granted eachother. This let the herald play full damage.
Spectre - Gained damage, nothing really changed apart from it just simply doing more damage now.
A nice quick kill since we expect Scourge to get heavily nerfed in the coming balance patch.
Log - https://dps.report/0NmP-20230908-212646_gors
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Log - https://dps.report/OTHK-20230908-173503_golem
Twice as Vicious also acts as a nice cooldown indicator for Akeem also as they both have the same duration/cooldown of 10 seconds.
Log - https://dps.report/WhBu-20230906-182446_golem
A quick update to the description about this class with the SC site. I will be maintaining this build on the SC site for the foreseeable future (yay!) so you can now expect this to remain out of legacy until Anet make it completely unplayable. I will keep the comparison between this class and Condition Soulbeast below if people are interested in the main differences:
Hybrid Soulbeast:
-Bursts extremely hard for a condition class, like stupidly hard.
-High power damage component. Useful against bosses with low armour.
-Very easy precast.
-Higher damage output overall.
-Relies less on allies.
Condition Soulbeast:
-Has ranged damage with shortbow.
-Free dodge with offhand dagger.
-Scales more with allies.
-Very simple to play.
-Access to large amounts of CC at a minimal DPS loss.
For clarity on the channel I have unlisted the Aristocracy benchmark. If you still wish to view it you can find it here: youtu.be/zzoCqO6_mW0.
Log - https://dps.report/Hh7o-20230827-213517_golem
Onto the class choices:
The most difficult part here was getting enough damage when compared to other lowmans. Many of the recent gorseval lowmans had taken advantage of alacrity specter while it could provide large amounts of barrier, which it no longer can do. This meant we had to find a source of healing somewhere without sacrificing too much damage in the process. That brings us to the team comp.
Hybrid Herald - Combining healing, condition damage output, and strong passive cc, this was an extremely strong contender for the quickness role. The only downside to herald was that it could not provide stability or aegis for the slams without losing significant amounts of damage. The alternative to this was to bring a celestial firebrand which could provide aegis, however the quickness was unreliable due to the small radius application.
Alacrity Specter - Despite the nerfs to the barrier output, the damage did get quite a nice buff, meaning that the damage lost taking a hybrid class is made up for mostly here. It also helped we had Senapi himself. It also had the ability to provide some stability for when Gorseval decided to change attack patterns or the adds got a little feisty.
Condition Scourge - The recent buffs to this class made it absolutely insane for this fight. Solid condition output with amazing cleave for both the phase adds and the split adds made this a clear choice for DPS. Both scourges also took Serpent Siphon to provide blocks for gorseval slams, meaning that the herald could run good legends.
While we didn't get the world record, I'm insanely proud of the guys for getting so close in such a short time. We're looking forward to seeing what's possible in terms of lowmans after SotO.
Log - https://dps.report/H068-20230815-215452_gors
PoVs:
Nicho (Hybrid Quickness Herald) - youtu.be/aKB3iWXpvbk
Senapi (Alacrity Specter) - youtu.be/zhztAJhYkB0
Pip (Condition Scourge) - youtu.be/MCJyZjcOutQ
Robsy (Condition Scourge) - No PoV
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For clarity on the channel I have unlisted the Aristocracy benchmark, if you wish to see it you can still view it here: youtu.be/3rm8VWS7GYg
Log - https://dps.report/5X1W-20230824-215332_golem
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Log - https://dps.report/UoEm-20230824-000628_golem
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The strat was to do the classic VG mid-strat for phases 1 and 2, then stay middle for the start of phase 3, then move out of middle before the central seeker respawned. This saved quite a bit of time we would otherwise have had to spend moving or controlling the seekers. For the split phases, everyone got the red buff and moved to blue guardian, with the druid grabbing green. By pulling all 3 guardians together it allowed the group to cleave and CC down all 3 guardians at the same time.
To explain the composition in detail:
Power Soulbeast - The damage core of the group. With Vale Guardian taking 36% more power damage than condition damage it made little sense to bring more than the minimum amount of condition builds required. With the insane burst of power soulbeast which is available every phase, and the built in dodge on sword 3 for blues, this class was a sure shot for a spot in the comp.
Hybrid Soulbeast - Originally we tried with another power soulbeast, however the red guardian took too long to die in the split phases causing our kill times to be much longer than we wanted. To alleviate this, instead of swapping our quick support to a condition class, we opted to take a hybrid soulbeast instead of a power soulbeast. This was because it brought the right amount of condition damage needed, and could still deal respectable burst dps on the boss by taking advantage of the lower armour of Vale Guardian.
Condition Virtuoso - Essential for both condition damage, cleave in the split phase, and seeker control in the final phase. With it also having respectable power and burst damage it made this class essential for the fight.
Power Quickness Herald - With the bonuses from Unsuspecting Strikes and Swift Termination, power quickness herald puts out an extremely respectable amount of damage in both phases 1 and 3, only being weaker in phase 2 due to not having either buff active at the start of the phase. The split phase strategy also makes this class essential with the ability to use Surge of the Mists on all 3 guardians to finish the phase quickly.
Heal Alacrity Druid - The best tank for Vale Guardian hands down. With access to burst healing, seeker control, evades with sword 3, blocks for denying blue spawns, range to grab the green guardian, and AoE CC for ending the split phase quickly, little more needs saying about the reason as to why this class was chosen.
I'd like to thank CasualElitist for helping with the initial comp testing and not killing us with the seekers.
Log - https://dps.report/Uzbe-20230801-203234_vg
PoVs:
Senapi (Power Soulbeast) - youtu.be/_f5sGFZMNNI
Pip (Hybrid Soulbeast) - youtu.be/IE-vA4hSkBA
Robsy (Condition Virtuoso) - No PoV
Nicho (Power Quickness Herald) - youtu.be/x5qmJVZ_Ykw
Neiriko (Heal Alacrity Tank Druid) - youtu.be/r2ZOTA7fVp8
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Log - https://dps.report/WEAX-20230731-203453_qadim
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For simplicity on the channel I've unlisted the older video and the damage-oriented rotation, if you want to view them they're here:
Damage-Focused Benchmark, 33,264 - youtu.be/z6NJzR875W4
Previous Benchmark, 32,610, 12.2% boon extension - youtu.be/CgBKMb8BAjo
Log - https://dps.report/I1td-20230725-214855_golem
Log - https://dps.report/Aqaq-20230720-190756_vg
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Log - https://dps.report/1jAk-20230720-010224_golem
The dagger changes, flank changes and Spike Trap buff have given this class a well needed damage boost. It's now worth it to run a bursting sigil on dagger/dagger over an earth sigil, meaning the damage graph is more similar to Hybrid now. New rotation is very fun also.
Small changes this patch but a big impact on rotation. You can fit 4 entire dagger auto chains per loop now thanks to the final auto being the same cast time as the others, and the dagger 3 buff means its 100% worth casting now so it gets used twice per loop. Overall very nice.
Realised my last one was missing a sigil so quick updated number. Can probably go to like 37.5k with god RNG but I'm happy with this number for now.
In the video I am using Potent Ally over Resounding Timbre; this is because the trait is currently bugged and further reduces the cooldown of "Sic 'Em!" to 22ish seconds. In reality none of the traits make a difference to the DPS of the class, with Potent Ally helping with Might ramp-up in actual raids and Resounding Timbre being useful for boon uptime through "We Heal as One!". Choose whichever you prefer.
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Log - https://dps.report/mvEw-20230602-221138_sam
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It is also possible to go as low as 20% boon duration with some slight rotation adjustments, but it only gains you around 200 dps and you will very likely drop quickness in an actual fight.
Log - https://dps.report/V4bO-20230603-134000_golem (this video, 25% boon duration)
https://dps.report/iwr0-20230603-130558_golem (20% boon duration)
Build - http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PmwAkeflpQIMLKidRSMMCiJSgsCSgjukVzE-zRRYmRKBtcUQvOkIlAVKEyVBo0DiIjAQxW4+PNpYaDUB-e
Log - https://dps.report/f4y8-20230602-214438_sab
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Log - https://dps.report/VGCv-20230602-213558_gors
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