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andrew8448 wrote:

Hey guys!

Just wanted to share my personal experience with Ahfack's build/thread.
Well actually, before I tried his build, I did what many people did, and spec'd into all of the usual Armour/Life/Damage nodes. Ya know? The 'fundamentals,' as they would say.
And then one day, I happened to be browsing the PvP sub forum out of boredom, and came across Ahfack's thread for his level 100 Duelist (pre-ascendancy) reveal. And man, I had my eyes opened to a completely different mindset. Up until this point, I was already level 99, pushing very casually for 100. That is because I figured after I hit 100, I would run out of fun things to do. (more on that later)

So, I was brought up to think that X amount of life and armour, coupled with capped resistances, would be enough to let me brave the perils of Wraeclast. Man, was I wrong!
When I first saw Ahfack's skill tree, I didn't know what to make of it.
Sure, we took the same nodes on the left side of the tree, but I never thought the right side (mainly Acrobatics/Phase Acrobatics) would be of much help. This is due to my mostly negative experiences playing Bow rangers :/
My logic was that, no matter how much evasion/dodge you stacked, all it takes is one good hit and you're done for. I will later come to change my mentality to "every little bit helps."

I tried to wrap my head around stretching my tree to that side, and I Just couldn't do it. In the end, I hung on to my precious Jewel sockets and armor/life nodes.

Which brings me to my next big event after learning of Ahfack's thread. The weapon.
Now, up until the point of finding his reveal thread, I have been pushing with a 6-link Atziri's Disfavour. And to be completely honest, it was doing a fine job.
However, after grinding so long with that weapon, I knew I wanted something... more.
And in my mind, Ahfack's weapon was the perfect fit for my end game weapon. It basically did everything the Disfavour did, with MORE pDps to boot! After learning of his thread, I have come to change from high burst damage a la Added Fire/WED to Poison/Rapid Decay. And it's working perfectly.
I just need to suck it up and ditch some nodes to get down to Dirty Techniques, but I just don't know what to drop!!!

All in all, a very satisfying weapon that will provide endless hours of enjoyment!

I am also actually happy to report, I finally hit 100 after 3+ years of playing. After getting to over 85% TWICE, and ripping to fatigue and carelessness (this came with a nice side of REFLECT that i did not noticed got rolled onto the map!!!), I can finally say "I DID IT!"
I want to add, that Ahfack was a big help with map sponsoring and Zana daily sponsoring (this matters because her dailies are 75+ map levels)
Overall, just a really nice guy. I didn't know him before the PvP stuff. And I am happy to say now that I have spoken to him on a few occasions, he really is one of the people, for the people.

I don't know what is next in my journey through Wraeclast, but I will be facing it head-on with a smile and an awesome weapon :)