Tips on an all-purpose build?

Also, get Asuran Scan. Trust me; you want it. It's not like you'll need Heart of Holy Flame, so you can replace that.

When you say you play alone I assume you mean with heroes henchmen etc not solo, if so I would first ask how do you begin combat.

One of the problems of playing this way is that you run in with a scythe and the party follows if your target moves to the back of the mob and you follow them your squishy party members can quickly get into trouble.

I am thinking that maybe your tactics need thinking about as much as your build.
So watch patrols put your party some way back from the mob and then use a bow to draw some of the mob to your party, then swap to scythe.

Check your hero skills and weapons and improve where you can set their attitude so your keeping your healers out of trouble where possible.

all I am saying is look to the way you fight as well as the build you use.

Is it just me or am I missing an elite skill in this build I think its normal to atleast have an elite while playing to those areas.

On you'r build I see balthazars rage might seem like a good skill but the healing occurs when the enchantment ends which is kind of conditional and thus small chance it will actually trigger when needed.

Eternal Aura: A skill which is commonly used for the avatars to avoid there recharge time besides this the skills has almost no use except for being an source of armor of ignoring dmg for derv. Imo It should be avoided if not running an avatar is it has high recharge high cost and minimal return if not running avatar.

Zealious renewal looks good for maintaing energy but really isn't that great as you have to let the enchantment END on you and recasting it will not give you the energy you woul'dve collected If your gonna use it combine it with a skills like twin moon sweep so you can remove it when you want to.
for energy management on dervish I like to take attacker's insight though it basicly gives 2 free attack skills for the cost of 5 energy from which you get 2-3 back from mysticism, Also you are able to combine attacker's insight + lyssa's assault for unlimited energy. Another option for energy management is the Elite Skill Zealious Vow which is one of the better dervish elite skills imo that skill gives you unlimited energy and lets you spam your high dmg skills. Last but not least if aggroing good a zealious scythe does wonders for you getting 1-3 energy a hit.

Heart of Holy Flame: Useless skill imo conversion to holy dmg is only helpfull versus undead in which case you should consider taking an RoJ monk with judge's insight. the dmg it causes is not very high.

Heart of Holy Flame: a MUST HAVE on almost every dervish build its the best IAS you have in the dervish profession line and very effective, not suggesting you use this on a attack spammer build as those use fast activating attacks thus not really needing the IAS.

Victorious Sweep: A decent skill which does normal damage and has the chance of healing you, personally I always have mystic sweep on my dervish bar because of the + dmg and the fast activation time I find victorious sweep attacking rather slow.

Zealious Sweep: Energy Management can work but doesn't seem to cut it when I play with it again slow attack.

Conviction: A pretty good skill for you'r survival but question yourself this, Could you use that skill slot for a different skill which would speed up the killing more and thus killing quicker / taking less dmg?

And I though't I'd share 2 of my favorite dervish builds with you.

Mysticism 9
Wind Prayers 9
Scythe Mastery 12

Eremite's Attack
Mystic Sweep
Protector's Strike
"Save Yourselves!"
Aura Of Holy Might
Zealious Vow [elite]
Faithfull Intervention
[Optional]

Examples for optional: Drunken Master if using alc, Asuran Scan for high damage, Pain Inverter for Bosses and such, Ebon Battle Standard of Honor to increase damage, Or any other OP PvE skill

Second Build:

Restoration Magic 2
Wind Prayers 6
Scythe Mastery 12
Mysctiscm 11

Wounding Strike [elite]
Mystic Sweep
Attacker's Insight
Lyssa's Assault
Heart of Fury
Aura of Holy Might
Faithfull Intervention
Flesh of My Flesh

Can take flesh of my flesh out for example Asuran Scan, Can take Heart of Fury out for drunken master if using alc, Can use Chilling Victory instead of Mystic Sweep. And much more

No place for general PvE has a use for Faithful Intervention. Fill up on scythe and wind attributes, but 6 in earth (no minor rune) for Conviction in the Zealous Vow build if you must run a defensive skill.

Ok, lets keep this real simple. For the most part there are only 3 things to be aware when fighting. Heath, Energy, and Damage.

Health: Let your healers do the healing, don't rely on self heals (i.e. don't bring Mystic Regeneration in PvE).

Energy: this is critical for maintaining a dervish, especially since there are no inherent derv skills that use adrenaline. Zealous Sweep is a good basic energy manager to bring to a fight.

Damage: This should be a cakewalk. Where people get into trouble is when they think bringing 8 attack skills will make them dominate with damage. In reality, you'll never use more than 4 attack skills in a fight. I personally try to only bring 3.

There are a variety of tools, builds, and videos for you to watch. But in the end, you really only learn by playing. However, for a good basic understanding of aspects of Guild Wars, check out Doom Box's channel on youtube.

Here's a decent dervish build I use quite frequently. The video will even give you thorough explanation on how to utilize it.

Best of Luck!

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