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If there is one thing to remember for codex, its damage, damage, damage. PvP is killing, and if you can't kill them you can't win. Play on days without tons of bs stances and with weak healing, and you'll have fun. Play on days with tons of spear attacks and it'll be fun.
Good luck in the Codex.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Guild Wars Codex Arena Monday November 9 2009
Today should be a good day in Codex -- no very obvious choices other than a monk for patient spirit and limited spear attacks.
Assassin is another staple today with deep wound (augury of death) and daze (temple strike, golden skull strike).
Mind blast elementalist should be viable today with glowing gaze and /me offclass for auspicious incantation. Spirit shackles too should be the counter to assassins, if you can find a way to cover it. Though it might not be that great because there's divert hexes and reverse hex.
I would round it off with a Melandru dervish (immune to signet of midnight, has imbue health, crippling sweep).
Prediction
Today's Meta
Temple Strike, Blessed Light, Avatar of Melandru, Mind Blast
Assassin is another staple today with deep wound (augury of death) and daze (temple strike, golden skull strike).
Mind blast elementalist should be viable today with glowing gaze and /me offclass for auspicious incantation. Spirit shackles too should be the counter to assassins, if you can find a way to cover it. Though it might not be that great because there's divert hexes and reverse hex.
I would round it off with a Melandru dervish (immune to signet of midnight, has imbue health, crippling sweep).
Prediction
Today's Meta
Temple Strike, Blessed Light, Avatar of Melandru, Mind Blast
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Guild Wars Codex Arena November 8 2009
Great day today, no blockway like yesterday's BS and very little healing. Go farm your points!
I would carry four damage dealers today. Only question is who dishes out the most damage and who can shut down their damage enough for your damage to do damage. Uhhh yea.
With that in mind I would take minor healing skills, some shutdown like a EDA dervish and go for fast, brutal fights.
Play today for sure: it should be fun.
Prediction
Today's Meta:
Heal as One, It's Just a Flesh Wound, Ebon Dust Aura (spears), Spirit Strength (with daggers)
I would carry four damage dealers today. Only question is who dishes out the most damage and who can shut down their damage enough for your damage to do damage. Uhhh yea.
With that in mind I would take minor healing skills, some shutdown like a EDA dervish and go for fast, brutal fights.
Play today for sure: it should be fun.
Prediction
Today's Meta:
Heal as One, It's Just a Flesh Wound, Ebon Dust Aura (spears), Spirit Strength (with daggers)
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Guild Wars Saturday November 7 2009
First day of double points. Good luck!
Ebon dust aura is in, but so is Avatar of Melandru and Assassin's Remedy. Pain of disenchantment and corrupt enchantment is in too, along with pain of disenchantment. I would not run an EDA dervish today, especially with so few adrenal spear attacks.
Cruel spear is in too, and so is spear of redemption. A good choice with a shield and -40 blind, then redemption.
Stances, stances, stances... disciplined, wary, protector. Protector ball should be up and ready today.
I'm going to try something a little different today: three midliners (yes paragon is a midliner). There's way too much melee shutdown including snares, and the stances will make a melee's life very hard especially vs coordinated teams with multiple copies.
Prediction
Today's Meta
Spoil Victor, Defiant was Xinrae, Arcane Languor, Cruel Spear.
Ebon dust aura is in, but so is Avatar of Melandru and Assassin's Remedy. Pain of disenchantment and corrupt enchantment is in too, along with pain of disenchantment. I would not run an EDA dervish today, especially with so few adrenal spear attacks.
Cruel spear is in too, and so is spear of redemption. A good choice with a shield and -40 blind, then redemption.
Stances, stances, stances... disciplined, wary, protector. Protector ball should be up and ready today.
I'm going to try something a little different today: three midliners (yes paragon is a midliner). There's way too much melee shutdown including snares, and the stances will make a melee's life very hard especially vs coordinated teams with multiple copies.
Prediction
Today's Meta
Spoil Victor, Defiant was Xinrae, Arcane Languor, Cruel Spear.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Guild Wars Codex Arena Friday November 6 2009
Wounding strike is back in and so in conjure flame. So at least one class is obvious today.
The second damage dealer looks like ranger with Rampage as One and spear attacks, especially with merciless spear.
For the third support/damage dealer, could either go visions of regret or a restoration ritualist with preservation. If you go preservation, both you and the monk could carry mend body and soul, since there's not a quick, massive heal like patient spirit today. With searing flames around pressing 1 - 1 - 1 and doing 100+ damage with 16 fire, don't feel bad using double healers. Yes, there's spirit bond, but nowhere near the healing with a single healer. If you do go restoration ritualist, fill out your damage with spears.
Prediction
Today's Meta: Rampage as One, Wounding Strike, Preservation, Aura of Faith
The second damage dealer looks like ranger with Rampage as One and spear attacks, especially with merciless spear.
For the third support/damage dealer, could either go visions of regret or a restoration ritualist with preservation. If you go preservation, both you and the monk could carry mend body and soul, since there's not a quick, massive heal like patient spirit today. With searing flames around pressing 1 - 1 - 1 and doing 100+ damage with 16 fire, don't feel bad using double healers. Yes, there's spirit bond, but nowhere near the healing with a single healer. If you do go restoration ritualist, fill out your damage with spears.
Prediction
Today's Meta: Rampage as One, Wounding Strike, Preservation, Aura of Faith
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Guild Wars Codex Arena Thursday November 5 2009
Shield of deflection in today but so is magehunter smash. Conjure lightning is in too, so all melee should use conjure. Lack of glyph of lesser energy is a real pain for SoD monks so I'm going to call it for empathic removal, especially with no offclass hex rip other than hex eater signet.
Some really good water snares along with elemental attunement, and even blurred vision. And blind too. Not sure how this will do against magehunter warrior, but should be interesting to have magehunter around attunements and shield of deflection.
Great spear attacks today in mighty throw, barbed spear, holy spear. Also some half-decent pet skills: IAS, KD, pet damage reduction, even pet resurrection. So Petway could work in codex arena today, with a minor mod in that because there's no cruel spear or merciless spear a wounding strike dervish instead of a ritualist is probably better.
Prediction
Today's Meta
Magehunter Smash (conjure lightning), Wounding Strike (conjure lightning), Elemental Attunement (dual attunes), Empathic Removal (try mirage cloak and fleeting stability).
Some really good water snares along with elemental attunement, and even blurred vision. And blind too. Not sure how this will do against magehunter warrior, but should be interesting to have magehunter around attunements and shield of deflection.
Great spear attacks today in mighty throw, barbed spear, holy spear. Also some half-decent pet skills: IAS, KD, pet damage reduction, even pet resurrection. So Petway could work in codex arena today, with a minor mod in that because there's no cruel spear or merciless spear a wounding strike dervish instead of a ritualist is probably better.
Prediction
Today's Meta
Magehunter Smash (conjure lightning), Wounding Strike (conjure lightning), Elemental Attunement (dual attunes), Empathic Removal (try mirage cloak and fleeting stability).
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Wednesday November 4 2009
At long last, blinding surge is a skill in codex arena. Well, not really. Most people haven't been looking forward to this day. Just make sure to have pensive guardian on the monk to slap on the melee or it'll be one massive pain, and -40 blind rune if possible. Also one or two classes with purifying veil . Purifying veil combined with the -40 blind and pensive guardian should make blind a lot less painful. Tons of other blind too in weapon of shadow and signet of midnight. Not only blind, but crippling shot. Today is not a good day for melee or spear chuckers.
Finally, ranger gets apply poison.
Skill Prediction
Today's Meta: Condition Overload
Melandru's Arrows (apply poison), Blinding Surge (give him purifying veil), Wounding Strike (give him grasping earth, rending touch for air attunement), Blessed Light
Alternate: Crippling Slash (-40 blind from rune and inscription, purifying veil).
UPDATE: My prediction was totally wrong hahaha. Seems like going three melee is a really bad idea around blindbots (no duh, I thought having more melee was better would overload the blindbot but matches don't last that long especially with pugs). So if you want to avoid pain and are puging today bring wounding strike, blinding surge and blessed light with a third arcane languor/it's just a flesh wound.
Finally, ranger gets apply poison.
Skill Prediction
Today's Meta: Condition Overload
Melandru's Arrows (apply poison), Blinding Surge (give him purifying veil), Wounding Strike (give him grasping earth, rending touch for air attunement), Blessed Light
Alternate: Crippling Slash (-40 blind from rune and inscription, purifying veil).
UPDATE: My prediction was totally wrong hahaha. Seems like going three melee is a really bad idea around blindbots (no duh, I thought having more melee was better would overload the blindbot but matches don't last that long especially with pugs). So if you want to avoid pain and are puging today bring wounding strike, blinding surge and blessed light with a third arcane languor/it's just a flesh wound.
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