this time very similar to the old spirit spam, they spam healing springs, get in a ball, and 'spike' with their traps. 8 rangers with that. made possible because most aoes (like smiting) got nerfed completely, just about every skill in the emo smiters skill bar got nerfed somehow.
so....
the only counter i can think of to that for now is a ranger with practiced stance/choking gas. and since water eles got improved im guessing theres something there as well, but i didnt quite read it all so im not sure.
anyway @ anet, so far the new builds ive seen post update arent very exciting.
so just telling you what i think is gonna be the new hall holding build, ill try and find/post more counters when i get the chance...