Elite specialization basics
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(FC) recharges your Burst skills and . Always try to use it when you can refresh their duration, except if you're under heavy pressure in which case you can use FC purely for defensive means.
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Always try to make sure Full Counter goes off: briefly move into hostile AoE spells, tank Mesmer clones or Ranger pets, etc.
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FC is both one of the best defensive and offensive skill in the build as it blocks, evades, grants , and performs an unblockable AoE CC attack when triggered.
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Both burst skills and Full Counter cost adrenaline. If you only need a little more until you can use them then can get you there.
General
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Settings: disable auto targeting, otherwise it'd be impossible to use skills like for disengaging.
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reduces the CD of weapon swapping to 5 seconds, which keeps gameplay rather fast paced with minimal downtime. As a result you won't be auto attacking much unless you're cleaving a downed enemy.
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Despite its range is best used in melee to make it harder to react to.
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CCing a target removes a boon and deals damage/grants adrenaline via .
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grants you half a bar of adrenaline on weapon swap. This might not seem like a lot, but it's quite useful especially in situations where you're under pressure and don't have the adrenaline to activate . Instead of scrambling to build some a adrenaline a simple weapon swap could get you there.