Asterius3malice tech explanation: While watching SC/Fungus race we saw some shadows getting to boss with high health but boss didn't get stacks. We tried to reproduce it and it turns out slowed add will take longer to cast their skill that gives 5 stacks. It dies before cast goes off. This only works after 30sec resistance finished.
Other thing we saw in WF groups was use of focus pulls. Most "cc immune" adds in gw2 only get immunity 1sec after spawn. We've put the dots together and checked if the shadows cast can be interrupted in that window and it indeed works. Getting timing right is tricky but can be learned with practice.
Going forward a way to deal with malice without mesmer portals would be very healthy for groups progging it moving forward. Maybe a middle ground with shorter resistance or no cc immunity (this could be very fun bouncing adds around).
https://dps.report/Q6wt-20240315-233051_cerus audio was screwed so enjoy The Omega Protocol OST
Cerus LCM focused pov [UNIT]Asterius32024-03-16 | malice tech explanation: While watching SC/Fungus race we saw some shadows getting to boss with high health but boss didn't get stacks. We tried to reproduce it and it turns out slowed add will take longer to cast their skill that gives 5 stacks. It dies before cast goes off. This only works after 30sec resistance finished.
Other thing we saw in WF groups was use of focus pulls. Most "cc immune" adds in gw2 only get immunity 1sec after spawn. We've put the dots together and checked if the shadows cast can be interrupted in that window and it indeed works. Getting timing right is tricky but can be learned with practice.
Going forward a way to deal with malice without mesmer portals would be very healthy for groups progging it moving forward. Maybe a middle ground with shorter resistance or no cc immunity (this could be very fun bouncing adds around).
https://dps.report/Q6wt-20240315-233051_cerus audio was screwed so enjoy The Omega Protocol OST
other povs: virt Airen youtu.be/_Lfuk1JjEcU virt Hmod youtu.be/T4e1VQKXFFM?si=teOGduj6XB7N1i3O virt Jokuc youtu.be/woudAGMMrPw scourge Subli youtube.com/watch?v=vUwDc_b_VngUra LM Without killing any titanspawns - Deadeye PoVAsterius32025-08-18 | https://dps.report/645L-20250817-170742_ura Chrono PoV youtube.com/watch?v=qRACszB2C3wHTCM quick Scrapper 28.4k 8 July 2025Asterius32025-07-08 | Quick scrapper is looking like a very solid HTCM pick. Damage is very high with rifle and Bloodstone relic. Also provides: burst, cc, push, 25 might, swiftness, boonstrip, superspeed, some stability. PoV is far from perfect, but good enough if you want to pickup a new quick
Log: https://gw2wingman.nevermindcreations.de/log/46d9e-Ampharel6432_20250708-220805_harvsttmpl_kill Build: gw2skills.net/editor/?PeQAQlRw0YbMOWKO2LvtXA-DSRYBRBH3cQjlRwJQGFgt3CCSYsBeLWtsBVA-e berserk/dragon mix doesn't matter a lot. I didn't bother changing my template. Aim-Assisted Rocket and Explosive Temper are very close. ET is marginally better and AAR can reveal. Rifle is better because of rifle2 hitting double from some angles[outdated] 46.1k scrapper - June 24, 2025Asterius32025-06-28 | Relic of Bloodstone god nerfed on July 1, it's 2-3k dps lower now. https://dps.report/etDl-20250627-100156_golem similar to last bench youtu.be/Ecpi24Ebwuo Now with single mine precast to be more realistic. Also lining up filler skills better. some golem tryhards can probably line up the ending for 37kMeming on Ura CM with Ranged strat - Deadeye PoVAsterius32025-06-22 | https://dps.report/lHlf-20250621-203659_uraCondi Mech - Simplified rotation 43.6kAsterius32024-11-27 | https://dps.report/eWtI-20241127-115542_golem snowcrows.com/builds/raids/engineer/condition-mechanistGW2 HTCM 6:56 - Mech Kiter PoVAsterius32024-11-16 | https://dps.report/qCrW-20241115-215232_void
music: FFXIV Arcadion Floor 3 Theme "Burning Souls"Consort Radahn DLC oneshot, no consumablesAsterius32024-06-25 | xdddFebe CM Dps ScrapperAsterius32024-04-24 | Don't play it unless your group is fine with memes. https://dps.report/botD-20240424-234035_cerusHTCM Holosmith PoVAsterius32024-04-12 | hold Laser Disk and Prime Light Beam under 20% to not reveal kitless holosmith is much easier and damage is better because you are more flexible with your rotation http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PegAwqlJwoYbsIGKO2LvvXA-DSIYR0wXGNlAZUA2eWIABsBeNUYZDUB-e https://gw2wingman.nevermindcreations.de/log/HvRG-20240410-191448_voidCerus LCM - UNIT Pug Strat - heal chronoAsterius32024-04-06 | https://dps.report/qhZw-20240405-230038_cerusEasy pug strat for Cerus CM v0.5 | heal chrono | newer version in descriptionAsterius32024-03-27 | EDIT: checkout newer pov: youtu.be/c6C1ttm5shI
First kill with new strat, still working on it. Don't look at my heal chrono rotation and build, this was my first time playing it. Strat questions and discussion at discord.gg/voidlounge #temple-of-febe https://dps.report/kaT5-20240327-003414_cerusKilling HTCM with 4 people missingAsterius32024-01-27 | Log: https://dps.report/daQE-20240124-193159_void
Scrapper is pretty good for doing greens. For aiming mortar shots behind me I mapped "Snap Ground Target" (!not the Toggle...) to a mouse 4 button. We used stealth gyro for invisibility, because if 5 target limit I had to run out of it's range after a tick for scourge to also get some stealth.
No meme it's a very comfy kiter to do. Super ez to execute. I am messing up everything and it still works out.
I did a kill before on heal bladesworn but it was messy so I am only uploading it now.Harvest Temple CM 8:53 | Alac Mech KiterAsterius32022-12-10 | https://dps.report/97Dv-20221210-161022_void
Team: - Power Alac Mech (Asterius): youtu.be/V5vIvySCHmE - Heal Alac Mech (Pentalux): - Portal Virt (Airen): youtu.be/1NUa0wXHU7A - Quick Herald (Nathair): - Vindicator (BlastFM): - Vindicator (Duse): - Quick Share Catalyst (xChris): - Bladesworn (Sky): - "Green"-sworn (Spinerek): youtube.com/watch?v=UTObqoM3YJM - "Mechanic"-sworn (Minas): youtu.be/dGZEa52dM3MHarvest Temple CM - Power Alac Mech PoVAsterius32022-12-08 | https://dps.report/9MGX-20221208-144930_voidNo Healer Harvest Temple CM | Alac Mech Kiter PoVAsterius32022-11-26 | No healing power, no toughness, no vitality. Only full damage builds. Apparently HT CM doesn't have much forced damage so you can just avoid most of it and ditch the healers. https://dps.report/NVUz-20221127-005042_void
Protip: keybind "Snap Ground Target" for easy mortar kit spam while doing mechanics.
key comp picks: Vindicator for Jalis 5 damage reduction Firebrands for great support in tomes (1 power, 1 condi, just because difference is small) Power Mechanist for kiting while still doing decent damage and boons
Shoutout to Duse, Pentalux, Fractal Spoon, Kartky, Nao and Excell for also participating in the progress.
other pov: Vindicator (BlastFM): youtube.com/watch?v=Eit5e3r0N3o Bladesworn (Minas): youtu.be/Rzaj7h1zvEwDruid first ever Harvest Temple CMAsterius32022-11-22 | To my knowledge it's the first ever kill on druid. Although probably because not many people tried it before. https://dps.report/XWX7-20221122-171836_void It was my first time on druid, we did 6 pulls and got this kill. Druid is pretty fine but still much less versatile and forgiving than Mechanist. Need to manage astral force properly to have CA available when needed and also don't get locked in axe/warhorn when needing staff for mobility. Also no invuln for last phase so gotta get good and dodge waves properly.8man HT CM - Celestial MechAsterius32022-11-11 | Protip: keybind "Snap Ground Target" for easy mortar kit spam while doing mechanics. log https://dps.report/FgBc-20221110-222353_void build http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PeQAQlxyuYusWWKOuLvRVA-zxIY1ogvMSPByoAU7AEwG41IglNA-e cover art twitter.com/setiusART/status/1589397531305578497 music - With Hearts Aligned - FFXIV
https://dps.report/4PQ2-20221012-200150_voidHT CM - Power Alac Mech 10:10Asterius32022-09-17 | Running full celestial with extra concetration sigil to not drop alac to hard on soo won. Last phase I completely screwed up by loosing mech twice. Remember to stow your mechs :) https://dps.report/eiSq-20220916-221852_void
Soulbeast (Subli): youtu.be/00-a0u20lvU Solo portal/invis virt (Hmod): youtu.be/C12X6QExz6g Bladesworn (Fractal Spoon): youtu.be/Pfe7B-ThA8QHarvest Temple CM 10:49 Portal VirtuosoAsterius32022-09-15 | https://dps.report/TevZ-20220914-222114_void Don't bully for my trash rotation I only played virtuoso because no one else did q.q Others played well so I guess the kill time was decent in the end.10 Engineers vs Bad Dragons - Harvest Temple Challenge Mode - HT CMAsterius32022-09-02 | The strat is to blast the boss and somehow survive last orb without firebrand or ventari for perma bubble. Also not having a portal surprisingly wasn't a really big dps loss.
For anyone thinking it's a good idea to try this in their prog group: don't. It is much harder to pull of and most people in the squad had killed the boss 5+ times before.
Shutout to all the gamers for consistent gaming and big thanks to Minas for organizing the whole thing.
Thanks to Erez, Mimi, Nhaark, Rasmi and Jigokusan for being in previous runs.
All music is from FFXIV Ultimate fight "The Epic of Alexander" 0:00 Locus 2:44 Metal - Brute Justice Mode 5:30 Rise 7:24 Moebius (Orchestral Version)Harvest Temple CM 12:13, HAM PoVAsterius32022-08-03 | https://dps.report/n42f-20220803-213602_void Today was our first HT CM reclear with 3 new people who haven't killed it before. Kill was super messy, with extra spread at end of Jormag and bad mob stacking on Kralk and Zhaitan, extra fear at end of Zhaitan. We still managed to beat our first time by 31sec. At the time of posting it's the fastest kill we know of with second best being 27s slower at 12:40. Still a lot to optimize in this fight in comp and strat. We played mostly save to get the weekly kill still.
Also if your group is doing HT CM, just steal our strat for Soo Won phase 2. HAM can do reds+greens and free up 2 dps to blast the boss. It's just safer faster easier and better imho.
0:00 First Push 0:38 Jormag 1:49 Primordous 3:25 Kralkatorrik 4:41 Bees Push 5:20 Mordremoth 6:36 Zhaitan 8:13 Saltspray Push 8:48 Soo Won P1 10:20 Last Push 10:44 Soo Won P2Condi Mechanist JDrive Pistol AAR | 37.3kAsterius32022-07-11 | https://dps.report/ayWD-20220710-204018_golem Explosive temper is about 600 dps lower. Aim Assisted rockets are better if you are out of range ~30% of the time.Mechanist TOP DPS guide - 15APM - super EZ [with music]Asterius32022-04-20 | A secret to being top dps toxic elitists don't want you to know!
song link youtube.com/watch?v=y6120QOlsfU Infographic album imgur.com/a/ejpWrAGNaked Deimos HKAsterius32021-05-26 | ...Herald Deimos Handkite - 100% damage reduction - updatedAsterius32021-05-26 | UPDATE: As of October 5, 2021 update damage reduction is no longer additive and damage reduction ends up much smaller.
ez handkite for 25.05.2021 update
gear/food: - Diviner or anything to hit 100% boon duration - 10% dmg reduction food (eg. Plate of Mussels Gnashblade)
- keep f2 facet turned on - dodge for resolution (around 2 times per loop) - swap legends of cooldown for resistance
In Dwarf stance: - Keep Vengeful Hammers turned on. - That is it, you have 115% damage reduction nothing can touch you
In Dragon stance: - Elite facet on for protection - All other facets you can for max energy upkeep for traits - use Heal skill active for mindcrush
That is it Enjoy the rest of PoV where I do a lot wrong and still get away with it.[UNIT] GW2 Freezie One-Burn 1:12Asterius32021-01-05 | Audio on required Never seen 1:13 https://dps.report/kwJG-20210104-232526_frezi[UNIT] GW2 - Qadim The Peerless CM Oneshot (Druid POV)Asterius32020-10-09 | log: https://dps.report/m9oh-20201009-221010_qpeerDeimos Oneshot - Boon heraldAsterius32020-07-18 | Burst at 9:00 Log: https://dps.report/HI3V-20200718-011313_dei Other POVS: