Spiked Gauntlets ZvZ PvP Build

Overview

Weapon: Spiked Gauntlets

Focus: focus not supported.

Mode: ZvZ

Strengths

• Easy to play
• High AOE Damage
• Good Self-Healing

Weaknesses

• Low Mobility
• Bad 1vs1

"Spiked Gauntlets" is not in the list (Arcane Staff, Axe, Bow, Crossbow, Cursed Staff, Dagger, Fire Staff, Frost Staff, Hammer, Holy Staff, ...) of allowed values for the "Has weapon type" property.

Missing "focus" property.

This build is up to date for the November 6, 2024 Horizons Patch #1.

Overview

This ZVZ build prioritizes delivering high burst AOE damage during pushes, with a specific emphasis on eliminating tanks. The Spiked Gauntlets' Gravitational Collapse inflicts extra damage to players wearing plate armor and slows them down by 75%. This build excels when your zerg is in a defensive stance, aiming to thwart enemy engages by swiftly dispatching tanks before they can reach your zerg.

Equipment

Main Hand Weapon

Elder's Spiked Gauntlets

Head

Elder's Assassin Hood

Missing "cape" property.

Armor

Elder's Hellion Jacket

Shoes

Elder's Royal Sandals

Potion

Major Gigantify Potion

Food

Beef Stew

Keep in mind: Gear shown in this build is meant as a reference. Choosing the correct tier of gear is very tricky as there are many variables. Some of them being your budget, your spec and minimum Item Power requirements of your guild if used for ZvZ.

You should always check prices based on IP of the items. For example, a masterpiece quality 4.3 Elder's Cryptcandle could be cheaper while providing roughly the same IP as an 8.0.

Usage

Elder's Spiked Gauntlets Dragon Leap: This is one of your two movement abilities. With a very short cooldown, Dragon Leap can be spammed on cooldown allowing you to gain distance from enemies or to chase down fleeing players. If you manage to kick at least one enemy, then you can recast the ability with the same 2.5m range and the target hit will be knocked into the air for 0.5s.

Triple Kick: This is your secondary movement ability and couples perfectly with Dragon Leap helping you move away from a fight and repositioning. However, due to Hard to Catch boosting your damage resistances and CC resistance, it should be used right after a use of Gravitational Collapse in order to help with your survival in case an enemy zerg follows you in your retreat.

Making contact with an enemy player when using this ability will drag the enemy along with you so try to be careful not to drag enemies along and bring them to your zerg's backline when using this ability.

Gravitational Collapse: This is your bread & butter, your main damaging ability that deals AOE damage in a cone depending on the armor type the enemy wears, dealing the most damage to players wearing plate. The ability also slows based on armor type. Keep in mind however that once an enemy is hit by Gravitational Collapse, they become immune for one second to another Gravitational Collapse so timing your damage is very important.

Hard to Catch: This passive offers you extra resistance after a use of Gravitational Collapse and its the ideal choice for zvz settings where survival is important and any bit of extra defense is needed.

Skill template: Arcane Protection