Guild Wars 2

Currently in fractals i run banner healing, banner for toughness/vit power/condi and healing/boons and then battle standard, is it best to run this for fractals or to run maybe a phalanx setup or some other build i havent tried yet? Any tippssss?

Either of the following:

Option 1
Option 2

For carrying groups at Mai Trin I suggest this:
Mai Trin warrior stuffz

Reason for the mace mainhand above is that a lot of the time people can goof up and warrior normally has an easier time staying alive than other classes, so sometimes it can help relieve people that are struggling to purposely bait out the teleport shot and block it with mace.

If you wanted to optimize there instead, you could go axe/mace + axe/sword. It kinda depends who you’re with.

As for the two general fotm builds I listed above, it’s up to you when to use which. Keep in mind that playing phalanx is incredibly boring.

phalanx warrior is literally no different to any other warrior build, you’re rotating between both weapon sets for a rotation whether you’re playing PS or solo builds so I’m not seeing how doing that and then keeping your party topped up on 20+ might at all times is “incredibly boring”.

sure, you do less damage, but warrior isn’t a damage class anyway.

you put on some zerker gear and press skill 2 on greatsword

On occasion, I’ve had the misfortune to be with pugs that have struggled with Mai Trin. A kit I have, more as a left over than as a regular use set, is a set of Soldier armour with Trooper runes. I then run Axe/warhorn and trait to have reduced shout cool down and warhorn cleanses.

Mai Trin constantly applies bleeds which the traited warhorn converts to vigor, so your party in effect has unlimited dodges. Typical build is 6/x/x/4/x. The remaining points aren’t all that important.

Rest of the time, I just use my zerk / scholar armour and either GS + Axe/X or GS+Longbow. My trinkets and weapons provided more than enough AR

Painbow.6059:

you put on some zerker gear and press skill 2 on greatsword

You don’t stack vuln?

Iris Ng.9845:

Painbow.6059:

you put on some zerker gear and press skill 2 on greatsword

You don’t stack vuln?

More often than not we have an engi in the party to keep up the vuln and warrior can happily camp gs. :)

Taku.6352:

Iris Ng.9845:

Painbow.6059:

you put on some zerker gear and press skill 2 on greatsword

You don’t stack vuln?

More often than not we have an engi in the party to keep up the vuln and warrior can happily camp gs.

So everytime someone needs to run Phalanx and to be able to spam gsword 2 at their leisure, they need to look for an engi to stack vuln? Great advice!

Iris Ng.9845:

Taku.6352:

Iris Ng.9845:

Painbow.6059:

you put on some zerker gear and press skill 2 on greatsword

You don’t stack vuln?

More often than not we have an engi in the party to keep up the vuln and warrior can happily camp gs.

So everytime someone needs to run Phalanx and to be able to spam gsword 2 at their leisure, they need to look for an engi to stack vuln? Great advice!

Just 100b and all your dreams will come true

Painbow.6059:

Iris Ng.9845:

Taku.6352:

Iris Ng.9845:

Painbow.6059:

you put on some zerker gear and press skill 2 on greatsword

You don’t stack vuln?

More often than not we have an engi in the party to keep up the vuln and warrior can happily camp gs.

So everytime someone needs to run Phalanx and to be able to spam gsword 2 at their leisure, they need to look for an engi to stack vuln? Great advice!

Just 100b and all your dreams will come true

^ I support this statement 100%!
There is but one path for a warrior.

I kinda have to agree with colesy on this one. The PS build has the same rotation PLUS it gets to arcing slice when the boss hits 50%, so the rotation is actually MORE fun.

What we need is anet to buff staff ele by like 10% more so there is no question that 2x staff and 1x PS is the best comp. And then buff Empowered back to 2% per boon or add another 5% dps modifier to Forceful GS or both.

Painbow.6059:

Iris Ng.9845:

Taku.6352:

Iris Ng.9845:

Painbow.6059:

you put on some zerker gear and press skill 2 on greatsword

You don’t stack vuln?

More often than not we have an engi in the party to keep up the vuln and warrior can happily camp gs.

So everytime someone needs to run Phalanx and to be able to spam gsword 2 at their leisure, they need to look for an engi to stack vuln? Great advice!

Just 100b and all your dreams will come true

Lazy play is always boring. It is not the build which is boring.

Iris Ng.9845:

Painbow.6059:

Iris Ng.9845:

Taku.6352:

Iris Ng.9845:

Painbow.6059:

you put on some zerker gear and press skill 2 on greatsword

You don’t stack vuln?

More often than not we have an engi in the party to keep up the vuln and warrior can happily camp gs.

So everytime someone needs to run Phalanx and to be able to spam gsword 2 at their leisure, they need to look for an engi to stack vuln? Great advice!

Just 100b and all your dreams will come true

Lazy play is always boring. It is not the build which is boring.

100b is never lazy, its beautiful

Warrior is boring class anyway 100b-ing or not… Tho I appreciate it when I’m lagging.

I used to not like the warrior’s way but Sesshi proves me that it can be fluid and beautiful. Dub shows me how it can be really kitten and Wethospu with his creative way with warriors. It’s all about perspectives.

it’s almost as if people have different opinions

Played warrior for the first time in months today. Felt so slow and sloppy it was horrible. The swiftness nerf on signet combined with the fact that i always play D/F ele. I dont think ill be going back to warrior ever unless the specialisation is cool.

spoj.9672:

Played warrior for the first time in months today. Felt so slow and sloppy it was horrible. The swiftness nerf on signet combined with the fact that i always play D/F ele. I dont think ill be going back to warrior ever unless the specialisation is cool.

I was with you for some of it I believe.

It really is a depressingly bad class these days, compared to other ones. The differences are so much more apparent now.

Here’s a few builds I use for warrior:

PSEA (Team Might stack warrior/support)
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBhODbkpjKP77w2DORDwEUXTgAQXVkeFihgH-TBCBABV8EAqZ/hKV/5MlgYp8DgLqQe6eY4AFAA-e

DPS w/ banner
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBhODbkpjKP77w2DORE8DIGDM46oN6enqIA-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwFVIPdPMckCC4BAAA-e
(I take Trait & take Disc banner to give the team permanent fury on fights, etc)

Full-on DPS
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBhODbkpjKP77wuDORD8DImDMox1Rb09G-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwFVIPdPMckCC4BAQKg8kaB-e
(Rifle + Axe/WH for Dredge bosses / Range fights ofc)

Mai Trin Support
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBkODbkpjCQ77w2DORDAFUXDgxWXTkeEyhbA-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwVVIPdPU8AAY4AFQGg8tA-e

Mai Trin Solo
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBkODbkpj6O77wwDORDAFUYr8F4cAM2psumA-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwVVIPdPU8AAY4AFQIAzbBA-e

Couple other ones I use for kittens and giggles like Axe/Mace for vuln stacks but the main one’s are posted here.

ThyShadowPaladin.9521:

Here’s a few builds I use for warrior:

PSEA (Team Might stack warrior/support)
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBhODbkpjKP77w2DORDwEUXTgAQXVkeFihgH-TBCBABV8EAqZ/hKV/5MlgYp8DgLqQe6eY4AFAA-e

DPS w/ banner
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBhODbkpjKP77w2DORE8DIGDM46oN6enqIA-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwFVIPdPMckCC4BAAA-e
(I take Trait & take Disc banner to give the team permanent fury on fights, etc)

Full-on DPS
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBhODbkpjKP77wuDORD8DImDMox1Rb09G-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwFVIPdPMckCC4BAQKg8kaB-e
(Rifle + Axe/WH for Dredge bosses / Range fights ofc)

Mai Trin Support
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBkODbkpjCQ77w2DORDAFUXDgxWXTkeEyhbA-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwVVIPdPU8AAY4AFQGg8tA-e

Mai Trin Solo
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBkODbkpj6O77wwDORDAFUYr8F4cAM2psumA-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwVVIPdPU8AAY4AFQIAzbBA-e

Couple other ones I use for kittens and giggles like Axe/Mace for vuln stacks but the main one’s are posted here.

Rifle is the worst weapon you can use on warrior, especially on mai trin.

ThyShadowPaladin.9521:

Here’s a few builds I use for warrior:

PSEA (Team Might stack warrior/support)
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBhODbkpjKP77w2DORDwEUXTgAQXVkeFihgH-TBCBABV8EAqZ/hKV/5MlgYp8DgLqQe6eY4AFAA-e

DPS w/ banner
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBhODbkpjKP77w2DORE8DIGDM46oN6enqIA-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwFVIPdPMckCC4BAAA-e
(I take Trait & take Disc banner to give the team permanent fury on fights, etc)

Full-on DPS
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBhODbkpjKP77wuDORD8DImDMox1Rb09G-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwFVIPdPMckCC4BAQKg8kaB-e
(Rifle + Axe/WH for Dredge bosses / Range fights ofc)

Mai Trin Support
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBkODbkpjCQ77w2DORDAFUXDgxWXTkeEyhbA-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwVVIPdPU8AAY4AFQGg8tA-e

Mai Trin Solo
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBkODbkpj6O77wwDORDAFUYr8F4cAM2psumA-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwVVIPdPU8AAY4AFQIAzbBA-e

Couple other ones I use for kittens and giggles like Axe/Mace for vuln stacks but the main one’s are posted here.

If you’re running Mai Trin support, you should be camping Axe/Warhorn the whole fight. Rifle is terribad, at least with longbow you can blast your burst skill for might stacks

Azrael.4960:

ThyShadowPaladin.9521:

Here’s a few builds I use for warrior:

PSEA (Team Might stack warrior/support)
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBhODbkpjKP77w2DORDwEUXTgAQXVkeFihgH-TBCBABV8EAqZ/hKV/5MlgYp8DgLqQe6eY4AFAA-e

DPS w/ banner
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBhODbkpjKP77w2DORE8DIGDM46oN6enqIA-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwFVIPdPMckCC4BAAA-e
(I take Trait & take Disc banner to give the team permanent fury on fights, etc)

Full-on DPS
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBhODbkpjKP77wuDORD8DImDMox1Rb09G-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwFVIPdPMckCC4BAQKg8kaB-e
(Rifle + Axe/WH for Dredge bosses / Range fights ofc)

Mai Trin Support
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBkODbkpjCQ77w2DORDAFUXDgxWXTkeEyhbA-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwVVIPdPU8AAY4AFQGg8tA-e

Mai Trin Solo
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNBkODbkpj6O77wwDORDAFUYr8F4cAM2psumA-TBCBAB1s/Qlq/cmSQsU+BwVVIPdPU8AAY4AFQIAzbBA-e

Couple other ones I use for kittens and giggles like Axe/Mace for vuln stacks but the main one’s are posted here.

If you’re running Mai Trin support, you should be camping Axe/Warhorn the whole fight. Rifle is terribad, at least with longbow you can blast your burst skill for might stacks

This is all preference based, I find Rifle hits more dps on mai than longbow therefore I take it. Yeah you can blast your LB burst but thats an optional thing to do. I highly suggest NOT camping a melee weapon for mai, too much unnecessary damage from physical dps + bleeds(Can argue about cond removal but you still take damage before its removed) To anyone planning on fighting mai with Range + WH offhand for cond removal, camp your range weapon and kite her at max melee range(to where she can’t hit you) and swap to Axe/Warhorn when you need to remove conditions, toss a quick 4 vuln, Vigor and swiftness to team and go back to range. This is what you should be doing in most PUG’s, if you have a good team setup,etc. then do other tactics.

ThyShadowPaladin.9521:

This is all preference based, I find Rifle hits more dps on mai than longbow therefore I take it. Yeah you can blast your LB burst but thats an optional thing to do. I highly suggest NOT camping a melee weapon for mai, too much unnecessary damage from physical dps + bleeds(Can argue about cond removal but you still take damage before its removed) To anyone planning on fighting mai with Range + WH offhand for cond removal, camp your range weapon and kite her at max melee range(to where she can’t hit you) and swap to Axe/Warhorn when you need to remove conditions, toss a quick 4 vuln, Vigor and swiftness to team and go back to range. This is what you should be doing in most PUG’s, if you have a good team setup,etc. then do other tactics.

No…

Telling people not to use melee weapons only puts them in the position where they are more than likely to end up tanking a teleport shot from her. It’s totally pointless to range her. You can always kite her around with axe and rifle doesn’t offer anything for group support either.

I worry about people reading and listening to advice like this. :/

You should always have at least one block on you for Mai Trin in pugs and especially solos. You don’t need more but it allows for mistakes to be made.

I question why you wouldn’t take banner of discipline in a solo either. If you really want the signet of stamina, swap out the signet of fury for it. ‘For Great Justice’ is also more valuable than an extra 40 precision from deep strikes is.

But, do as you please.

For Mai, I switch to axe/warhorn and run 6 4 0 4 0 for quick breathing. Second set is mace/sword for blocks and defiance removal. She is safe to melee the entire fight with that trait line in full zerker if you have those two weapon sets. She either aggros you and you backpedal at max melee or you chase melee whoever she is on. I would never run either of your posted builds.

Even if you are pugging,, don’t imitate the actions that make these runs bad. Everyone camping ranged is what prolongs the fight and gets people killed because you can’t debuff her in a timely fashion.

Mister Stygian.2135:

For Mai, I switch to axe/warhorn and run 6 4 0 4 0 for quick breathing. Second set is mace/sword for blocks and defiance removal. She is safe to melee the entire fight with that trait line in full zerker if you have those two weapon sets. She either aggros you and you backpedal at max melee or you chase melee whoever she is on. I would never run either of your posted builds.

Even if you are pugging,, don’t imitate the actions that make these runs bad. Everyone camping ranged is what prolongs the fight and gets people killed because you can’t debuff her in a timely fashion.

So much this. Switching to another armour set with Trooper runes Axe/Warhorn gives your party perma cleanse support. Any water fields can be blasted by warhorn 5 for heals. Get everyone close in and keep an eye on the party bars

I actually go Mace/Warhorn and Longbow for Mai Trin. Mace stun can keep her in a lightning field long enough to make a serious difference and mace block is quite handy throughout the fight.