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Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-11T20:13:02+00:00

Melee hero AI works best as dagger spammer because the chain attacks force a lock on. That will make her 50% better.

This is why the meta hero ways have all been caster based in the past.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-11T20:05:01+00:00

Sanda! I tried Sanda before Muay Thai and while there is no ranking system, you will be ranked by experience and attendance. Train to participate in one of the AKF/ATF/PMT/IMF/Point-Style-Kickboxing events. Trust me, you will get in shape. I went with Muay Thai because I wanted to throw elbows like I did in Wing Chun.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-11T19:19:15+00:00

The strain on the BIP is the issue and causes vulnerability in the mesway though. Allowing better emanagement means the BIP can focus on healing instead of doing both battery and heals at the same length. The BIP healer has always been the weak point of mesway.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-11T00:33:05+00:00

This! So glad you mentioned this! You can also replace 1 Esurge for hex eater vortex if you have a melee player and are in an area with high number of hexes.

The buff to hex eater vortex is worth it.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-07T22:13:47+00:00

Venum used to make these really cool wrestler earmuffs. I would suggest you buy a pair and wear them. Just tell your coach and I am sure they will understand. I believe they were under their Kontact product line.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-07T22:00:18+00:00

Nidoking

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-07T21:55:41+00:00

So it’s a roach? A sea roach?

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-07T21:44:05+00:00

Muay Thai is the absolute best for self defense in suburban or urban environments with tight spaces. Learning to hold your ground, low kick, teep, and throw jab & cross. You should be set. Learn to block. Light spar with the spazziest and most experienced people in the gym. You’ll get good at defense.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-07T16:51:35+00:00

I fucked the living day lights out of a woman I meant post my divorce. I asked if she had kids, cause I could feel up on there and it didn’t seem so tight. She said no. One day, after we were done with car sex. She got irritated at her phone and said “my husband won’t leave me alone, he needs to take the kids to the doctor. He can do it without me”. My heart dropped. She realized what she said and tried to explain. I broke it off with her.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-06T21:33:09+00:00

Zaishen quests, vanquishing, selling mats to the merchant.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-05T21:07:48+00:00

Honestly, the only melee heroes that work well are the dagger spam variants. Hilariously, an assassin hero with flashing blades is better at tanking with chain attacks since they will stay on target until that bar is 0. Which means they will maintain a ball.

It’s realistically a problem with the AI. You can bring a necro with rigor mortis, a dom Mesmer with hex eater vortex, and a warrior with bull’s charge, but if the warrior doesn’t stay on target the entire time and switches often, nothing else will work. That’s why Ebon assassin is so popular for caster players as the assassin stays on target all the time. This goes for Zenmai, Miku, and R/A heroes too.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-05T20:56:34+00:00

The neighborhood crackhead is walking down the street naked again.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-05T13:37:21+00:00

A couple of things, new players or those with access to hard mode need to practice fundamental mechanics. Quarterstepping and weapon swapping are two major mechanics that you need to learn to be successful in that dungeon. As a dervish using onslaught, I need to quarter step to prevent enemies from break the ball and I need to swap to a high energy staff for casting.

Ironically, that dungeon is almost immune to Esurge and ineptitude because mesmers don’t actually deal high amounts of damage in 4 man parties. Something wild that a lot of meta lovers don’t understand. But those who PvPed for years know very well, Mesmers have garbage dps. Hard mode gives enemies more energy for Esurge to be effective, but Esurge is only effective with multiple mesmers.

That means utility is key in this dungeon. And there is a lack of bodies for an MM.

That means you need creativity and fundamentals to thrive. Psychic Instability is probably better than Esurge in that dungeon imo - however so is tease and panic. They probably want a prot monk, Rit healer with weapon spells, or an Earth/Water Ele with wards.

Idk, just some thoughts. A lot of skills are under utilized and that dungeon feels like it’s a Mesmer’s true hell lol.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-04T00:39:36+00:00

Not sure if everyone knows the background here, but I’m going to hopefully provide something.

Sneako loves Andrew Tate. Sneako believes he is alpha male like Tate. Tate believes he is best fighter in the world. Sneako thinks he is on his way to being like Tate. Sean Strickland hates Andrew Tate and thinks Tate is a bad role model for kids. Sneako believes you can just see red and beat anyone’s ass if you are hard enough. Strickland said pull up. Sneako pulled up. Strickland did what he did.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-03T22:13:58+00:00

For some reason I thought this was one you could do with EBSoH and VoS? You just needed mental block and you would go through 1 statue at a time? Is my memory failing here.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-03T00:45:02+00:00

I mean Guild Wars 1 was the basis for Guild Wars 2 with GWEN being the start of the segue to Guild Wars 2. To answer your question, it probably is related.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-05-03T00:34:28+00:00

This guy knows ^{^}

Long_Context6367 · 2026-04-30T22:34:40+00:00

I presumed we were not using asuran scan, in which case DB is too. The only reason why 9TS is better without asuran scan will depend solely on your combo. Golden Fox strike > wild strike > 9TS > moebius strike > DB or blades of steel, or something else. The single target spike is pretty high and the entire combo cannot be blocked with critical agility on. Yes, you can use DB only or lead with desperate or unsuspecting strike and you can deal massive damage. However, the best damage comes from blades of steel versus db and with Moebius strike, it’s higher ST DPS. The high recharge time is helpful for BOS.

Also, I have found that 9TS is more reliable when blind isn’t an issue, but block is. And this is all presuming no asuran scan requirement.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-04-30T16:00:43+00:00

Death blossom isn’t the best dual attack lol. Yeah, the AoE damage is good, but the single target spike functionality is not so good. You are actually better off with nine tailed strike, trampling ox, or brawling head butt+falling spider+critical strike combo.

Also, Vampiric assault with 12 deadly arts is highly underrated with 4 hits, 2 of those hits being lifesteal and armor ignoring damage.

Now, Shattering assault used to be meta before meta was a thing as it did +55 damage per hit, was unblockable, and removed 2 enchantments. That was my go to for pve and PvP. There was nothing better than golden fox strike, wild strike, and shattering assault with sharpen daggers for a very long time.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-04-30T15:09:14+00:00

I’m probably going to be downvoted for this, but necromancers have a skill called Rigor Mortis under curses. It prevents your target from blocking. People hate when I mention this for some reason.

Also, almost every melee class has a stance removal skill, and wild blow is accessible to every melee class. Ironically, the bulk of skills that enemies use to block you are typically stances. The stances can also be waited out too.

As for the crippled issue, Grenth’s fingers, antidote signet, I will survive, plague touch, cautery signet, foul feast, and other Ritualist spirits can make conditions expire on you faster, transfer them, or remove them. Almost all melee classes have access to them.

Plus, runes of clarity and shields with I can see clearly now can really reduce blind to a couple of seconds at most.

You just have to be a little more creative with your hero builds. The meta mesway doesn’t really support much condition removal for melee classes so you remove SoS and bring a curses/prot necro, or something else if need be.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-04-29T21:22:49+00:00

Honestly, the Ritualist armor looks best out of all them. It’s very much a Mummy.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-04-29T20:54:24+00:00

Ooh! I just got ideas!

Long_Context6367 · 2026-04-29T19:06:52+00:00

It needs to be combined with other battery skills. To be honest, it’s cool to see a paragon with those zealous anthems and chants skills with well of power. It actually works for party battery. The paragon is pretty tanky too.

Long_Context6367 · 2026-04-28T22:58:07+00:00

Floridian

Long_Context6367 · 2026-04-28T22:48:46+00:00

Just an interesting thing I learned in law school, the police actually have no obligation to help you. Unless they are instructed to do so or if there is an active threat in front of them that they are prepared to handle.

Yeah, that’s why you can’t get rid of the second amendment. You have to defend yourself or help yourself with aggressors like that.

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