Gwen wants a build right now!

She's got Blessed Armor and a Shield/Caster Sword. Of course it's not meta or uber effective, but she get's the job done(good aggro cause of the low base AL), and it's fun watching the build work. I tried it out and it's pretty cool, thanks! I have a question about the weapons though. If the shield requires an attribute you don't have, like Strength or Tactics, does it do any good in terms of armor? Also for the sword I guess you just have that for energy and/or health and not for damage?

I tried it out and it's pretty cool, thanks! I have a question about the weapons though. If the shield requires an attribute you don't have, like Strength or Tactics, does it do any good in terms of armor? Also for the sword I guess you just have that for energy and/or health and not for damage? If you don't meet the attribute requirement of a shield, you only receive half the armor bonus, but it's still +8. The sword on her has two reasons: With a staff/wand there would be a higher chance of her pulling the mobs to the rest of the party, as to the ranged attacks. She engages the mob directly in melee instead of wanding, and then running in for whirl/tenais wind. And since I'm using her as a substitute tank she can also trigger hex spells like barbs/MoP or splinter weapon. She ideally wields a sword(can be an axe, too) of Defense or Shelter, depending on what I have available. Most of the times it's a sword of enchanting, simply because if have so many :P. The inherent mod isn't that important, as long as it's not reducing her armor while attacking. Her energy management should be no problem at all, but +5 energy on a sword certainly wont hurt.

Be aware that this build is counterproductive to reactive hexes, which rely on the enemy attacking(SS/SV/Empathy, ect). The enemy will get interrupted and knocked down constantly. If you have a rit hero, make sure to try out a communing build with earthbind.

If you don't meet the attribute requirement of a shield, you only receive half the armor bonus, but it's still +8. The sword on her has two reasons: With a staff/wand there would be a higher chance of her pulling the mobs to the rest of the party, as to the ranged attacks. She engages the mob directly in melee instead of wanding, and then running in for whirl/tenais wind. And since I'm using her as a substitute tank she can also trigger hex spells like barbs/MoP or splinter weapon. She ideally wields a sword(can be an axe, too) of Defense or Shelter, depending on what I have available. Most of the times it's a sword of enchanting, simply because if have so many :P. The inherent mod isn't that important, as long as it's not reducing her armor while attacking. Her energy management should be no problem at all, but +5 energy on a sword certainly wont hurt.

Be aware that this build is counterproductive to reactive hexes, which rely on the enemy attacking(SS/SV/Empathy, ect). The enemy will get interrupted and knocked down constantly. If you have a rit hero, make sure to try out a communing build with earthbind. This all sounds good but, i have ONE question. A mesmer doesnt have much armor, wouldnt gwenn will be killed by instant?? And can u give a direction of the skills from the Earthbind build

Just use an common SoS build? or more go for healing build? or weapon support

This all sounds good but, i have ONE question. A mesmer doesnt have much armor, wouldnt gwenn will be killed by instant?? And can u give a direction of the skills from the Earthbind build I didn't really do the math, but with a shield/sword combo and frigid armor, her armor should be close to 100, which is enough to withstand attacks. Of course, if there's heavy enchant removal she's going to have a hard time, but often enough, she rupts the hell out of the casters on her own, including enchant removal spells. Also, melee's tend to not attack that often if they're knocked down. :P

As for a rit build, just take your average spirit spammer build and put Earthbind in, that is enough most of the time.

With Masochism, you can get 11 minions instead of just 10. But I can do that with just Masochism.
I accept that Divert is fairly situational, but hexes can be annoying when they come up and I like keeping them off me.
Perhaps I'm just biased as it helped get me through Frostmaw's.

But I can do that with just Masochism.
I accept that Divert is fairly situational, but hexes can be annoying when they come up and I like keeping them off me.
Perhaps I'm just biased as it helped get me through Frostmaw's. So you can ;o. I guess Aotl wasn't as good as I thought it was then.