User:Willarddog/Echo BUH

Any/Me Echo BUH!
[build prof=Any/Me][Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support][Optional][Optional][Optional][Optional][Arcane Echo][Echo]["By Ural's Hammer!"][/build] casting skill order = 6,7,8,6,7,8 How to use:
 * Pre-cast (6) -> (7)
 * Cast (8) as your first BUH! Rez
 * 3-5 seconds later cast (6) -> (7) (throwaway BUH!)
 * Cast (6) as your second BUH! Rez after the first one wears off
 * Repeat


 * Always start fights with EVAS in order to reduce agro on mesmers. Having a mesmer die means you to to re-enter it into the BUH loop, which is troublesome.

Arcane Echo is needed because Echo & BUH! both have 30 second uptimes, meaning that if you Echo "BUH!", the Echo copy will expire right when the initial BUH wears off. However, when you [Arcane Echo] [Echo], the [Arcane Echo'd] [Echo] will be copied for 20 seconds (Arcane Echo copy duration). However, when you cast the [Arcane Echo'd] [Echo], [Echo] will copy whatever skill for 30 seconds, instead of reverting back to Arcane Echo after the original 20 seconds has transpired. Your second BUH cast is done to essentially delay your second BUH! Rez past 30 seconds so Arcane Echo will not go on cooldown until the [Arcane Echo'd] [Echo] has expired, meaning that potentially 50 seconds could go by until Arcane Echo actually goes on cooldown (for 20s). You want to cast your [Arcane Echo'd] [Echo] 3-5 seconds after your initial chain so that Arcane Echo can come off cooldown atleast 5 seconds before your second BUH! Rez expires 60 seconds in.

While all classes can run this build, it is not necessarily recommended for physical damage dealing classes. Melee builds in particular are not recommended as you need to stick close to your offensive casters in order to properly cycle BUH; also player death pretty much guarantees a wipe. Support skills or ranged damage work best with Echo BUHway.


 * Warriors are better as frontline damage dealers and provide very little to the build.
 * Assassins are better as frontline damage dealers and provide very little to the build.
 * Rangers are better as frontline damage dealers and provide very little to the build, and have much better options for running BUHway (Oathshot, QZ).
 * Dervishes are better as frontline damage dealers, albeit they can operate the build effectively if you're bored of the same old same old.
 * Paragons have far superior options (Heroic Refrain), albeit they can operate the build effectively if you're bored of the same old same old.
 * Ritualists generally have much better options for running BUHway (QZ BUHway, SoS, ST), albeit they can operate the build effectively if you're bored of the same old same old

Examples of Any/Me Builds: