Guild Wars 2

Confirmend on twitch just now. They gonna switch it from 10 to 20 trait points and it’s not available with the 30-0-0-10-30 anymore if i heard correctly.

You’re correct.

http://youtu.be/9LNep79qXLk

The build can remain the same with inspiring banners . But it’s not
Worth using if there’s already a warrior . I always used 30-25-0-15
Anyway because i knew that the nerf is coming .

20/30/0/20/0 is going to be the only way you’re getting Empower Allies now. You can still run 30/25/0/0/15 if you already have someone else running it though.

If you had 3 warriors in your party before running 30/0, if they switch to 30/25 the extra vuln will cancel out the loss of empowered allies.

I tought 3 warriors already had max vuln with axe\mace + on my mark . The problem is that they disapear very quickly , Engi is better for this stuff .

Meh, it was about kitten time…

deSade.9437:

Meh, it was about kitten time…

What? You were waiting for the nerf?

No, pink fairy, I’m doing a kitten party and the time is now. At my house. Bring your kittens and ponies.

Lmao , I don’t know what you’re taking but i want some !!

It’s all natural.

My usual stuff is natural too, a bit too natural I would say .

I think I’m going to get casual and stick with 30/0/0/20/20. Or just 30/25/0/0/15. No way I’m going to play a build which is about spamming one skill.

can’t go wrong with 30 25 0 0 15

In a party with multiple warriors, would there be any benefit to one of them running 30/20/0/20/0? Specifically one running the pure axe variant that Nike mentions in his video. As I see it that warrior would:

Lose:

• 50 precision (deep strikes over forceful great sword would help negate this)
• quicker weapon swap (the pure axe build should be able to live with slower swaps)
• adrenaline on swap (this wouldn’t be used anyway)
• signet mastery
• 15% crit damage
• a 10% damage multiplier

Gain:

• 750 power (spread over the party)
• empowered (to help offset losing the 10% damage mod in arms)

Obviously this would be a DPS decrease for that specific warrior, but would the added power to his team mates cover that loss to make this more beneficial to a party as a whole?

I believe the idea is to go 20/30/0/20/0 so you can spam eviscerates without losing your dmg modifier. If adrenaline regen is fast enough then you can go 25/25/0/20/0.

Desperate Power, the mode of men.

durend.6237:

• quicker weapon swap (the pure axe build should be able to live with slower swaps)

I strongly disagree with this. A pure axe build relies completely on constant weapon swapping to trigger both Versatile Power and battle sigil.

Luke.2643:

durend.6237:

• quicker weapon swap (the pure axe build should be able to live with slower swaps)

I strongly disagree with this. A pure axe build relies completely on constant weapon swapping to trigger both Versatile Power and battle sigil.

I by no means main a warrior, but I still don’t think it would matter. Sigil of battle has an internal cool down higher then what fast hands weapon swap would grant, so long as the battle sigil is in the main hand it’ll stilll work the same. Also I was talking about modifying a 30/25/0/0/15 build so versatile power was never something to be lost.

Looks like I’m not going to run the man mode. Under 25% health is bit too much.

<3 Undocumented nerfs <3

I have Question some questions: Sure maybe I can figure this out but I am sure someone else already has. If I have an ascended axe but no Ascended GS should I use the pure axe build? what about when I get a ascended GS?

GS is not better DPS, so if you hate GS playstyle you can just camp axe. I myself only use GS for the evades on lupi and when fighting alpha in weaker groups.

guanlongwucaii.3162:

GS is not better DPS, so if you hate GS playstyle you can just camp axe. I myself only use GS for the evades on lupi and when fighting alpha in weaker groups.

I would imagine alpha is one of the prime examples where gs is worth using dmg-wise and not just for utility? Wall allows you to fully utilize gs burst without needing auto attacks unless using quickness.

I’m not doing spreadsheet wars myself, but I think the calculations ending up in similar dps between pure axe and gs/axe don’t expect such a gs favoring situation.

Yeah, the wall lets GS do more damage with WW I guess. I run GS when not in guild groups (the ele/guards are fairly reliant on warrior for vigour, as their spreads don’t provide perma vigour and just in case we fail to down alpha before dodges run out)

Guard without vigor? ele needing vigor?

mfw

don’t ask me, I’m not the one who runs guardian/ele :p

I personally prefer the guardian with 5 honour and I dunno much about ele.