Gw2 | Old Lion's Court CM | (EoD) Condition Virtuoso | Puddle Kiter

Example footage of playing DPS (Kite) on Old Lion's Court Strike CM for RTI.


This video was recorded when End of Dragons (EoD) was the latest expansion. The build that I used is slightly outdated (equip changed due to new relic, F5 doesn't block anymore but is only used for dps, Dagger#3 is now a ground-targeted stationary AoE). This means that Condition Virtuoso lost a channeled block that was used for stacking the red puddles. However, since it still has Distort on F4, it can still be used to kite quite easily; some red puddles just won't be stacked as tightly as before.


Your task:
You're responsible to bait and properly place the red puddles that spawn from the green boss' scythe attack. This scythe happens at every 2nd auto attack chain, which ends with a big yellow-ish AoE in front of green; while the boss is active, it's the first chain after its special attack (pulling players close). The player who is furthest away from green during this AoE will be targeted by the scythe, which is indicated by a green screen border, a yellow outline in the squad ui, and a green tether from the green boss to the player. The red puddle is dropped when the scythe reaches the player, so optimally you want to use blocks or invulnerabilities to walk into an old red puddle shortly before the scythe reaches you. On condi Virtuoso, you can use F4 for distort, Sword#4 for a one time block, or dodge if you don't have distort or blocks up.

Comments:
Since I was commander, I'd ping something in squad chat to let the squad know when to cc a prototype. Since in pugs it seems to be established to only cc red in phase 2 (60-20%), I didn't ping something outside of this phase; however, IMO there was always enough space in phase 2 without cc'ing, so we didn't ever cc during the whole fight except for during the puzzle phases.
At 4:46, I was a tiny bit too late moving further away from green and therefore didn't get the scythe. Luckily, the player who got it acted properly and stacked the new red puddle in the old ones while using a self-block.
At 5:17 and 8:27, there was no scythe since the last scythe happened just before we phased red each time. I therefore could have stacked with the group instead.

Log: https://dps.report/KwdP-20230202-0049...
Old build (used in the video): http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PiABgyh3...
New build: https://snowcrows.com/builds/mesmer/v...

0:00 Puzzle#1
0:29 Vermilion 100-60%
1:31 Arsenite 100-60%
2:42 Indigo 100-60%
3:37 Puzzle#2
4:05 Vermilion 60-20%
5:08 Arsenite 60-20%
6:19 Indigo 60-20%
7:12 Puzzle#3
7:38 Vermilion 20-0%
8:14 Arsenite 20-0%
8:50 Indigo 20-0%


Music:

Track: CHENDA - For You [NCS Release]
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Track: Goodknight. - Try Again [Arcade Release]
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Track: JOXION x THORNE x iFeature - Unstoppable [Arcade Release]
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Description updated: 2024-01-01