Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, I’ve been playing warrior ever since prerelease, and I have to say I had a lot of fun with him. I build a lot toughness and not so much dps centered stats. I maxed out defense and tatics with the rest of my points in strength so I can do a little damage. I’m using a sword and shield and utilize conditional damage. My armor is based around power, toughness and healing power. I use regen signit, “for greater justice”, defence banner, Shake it off, and Signit of Rage.

I’m really tanky during PvE and never have issues taking on PvE mob. In WvW I seem to do okay as well, but there’s no telling because you usually get zerged and don’t have much 1v1 action. But in sPvP, it’s a constant let down almost. Sometimes I’ll do really good and 2v1 people, but sometimes I’ll get downed by 1 person without as much as scratching their health (mostly because their heal).

I’d consider my build an off tankish build because of the power, but I’m stacking as much toughness as any one person can. Most of the times, even fighting against other warriors, 1v1 usually ends up with me getting mykitten handed to me, despite all the toughness AND healing power (yes, I stack a kitten ton of that too, I also have regen on my banner).

I keep reading that the 100-blades warrior is OP, or at least, it’s a viable build. But does this mean it’s the only viable build? I like to build tanky, but so far sPvP has brought me to believe that it’s really no use. This would mean I would HAVE to build like DPS, which isn’t very diverse at all. I played Daiblo 3 when it came out, I don’t want to have to build like everyone else in order to have a fun experience.

Any opinions?

P.S. No, I don’t suck at PvP. I was able to 1v2 before, but noobs of course.

Felxaga.6592:

I keep reading that the 100-blades warrior is OP, or at least, it’s a viable build. But does this mean it’s the only viable build? I like to build tanky, but so far sPvP has brought me to believe that it’s really no use. This would mean I would HAVE to build like DPS, which isn’t very diverse at all.

the bane of warriors atm. the class has had 1 competitive viable build which had a nerf right before release i think it was, and every other build can’t compare. trying to be a bunker, support, or ranged spec is nearly futile against a competent team. as more and more people realize just how easy it is to counter/avoid frenzy > bulls > hundred blades, the GS spec is slowly losing it’s usefulness. i too grow tired of using a GS, it’s like watching the same movie everytime i enter a tournament. but until other specs are on par with it, we’re boned.

tanky build is still viable imo, although I’ve recently changed to cheesy greatsword for tourney groups my previous full on tank build was just as good at earning glory and winning team fights

you just have to play to the strengths of your particular build, help your team out by stun locking whoever is being focused, and take/hold points. you can be extremely hard to remove from a point, so take advantage of that

Yes, sometimes I can hold a point for a very long time while fighting 1 or 2 people. But it seems like that’s all I’m going to be good for. I don’t want to be the person who gets all the kills, but the theory behind my tankiness, is that I outlive the other person long enough for me to kill them effectively.

Maybe try Taugrim’s ‘Captain Hammer’ build, he seems to do alright with it.

It isn’t so much that you can’t be effective with other builds, it is that other classes can do it better. So why bring a warrior?

You can make other kinds of builds, but as it’s been stated, they’re nowhere as effective as another class. Guardians can destroy any support/tank build you could even think of making.

Conditions aren’t really a Warrior’s thing. You can apply bleeds, burning and such, but they’re easily removed and more difficult to apply than on other professions, which can quickly hit 25 stacks with some builds – your best will probably only hit around 15 at most, without going overboard and making something ineffective just for the sake of saying “I got 25”.

You can make builds that focus on applying area effects, like the shout+combustive spam bow build, or a warhorn build, but they’re extremely ineffective in most cases.

You can stack signets for precision, but honestly that’s… a terrible idea. You can hit more than enough precision with equipment and your secondary slots are basically limited to whatever gives you stability and whatever can close gaps, because if you don’t have those, you will die immediately, because your traits and weapons don’t make up for those deficiencies very well, if at all.

I’d say the most effective kind of build you can make other than a generic burst Warrior is probably a disruption (or CC as the new people want to call it) Warrior, which is either going to be a hammer warrior or a mace warrior. Your job there isn’t to do damage necessarily, but to just be a nuisance and stop the enemy from being able to use their skills or control your group. It’s more of a tPvP build, honestly. I’d say the hammer build is more effective in sPvP. Mace offhand is nice but isn’t going to solve all your problems. You may have to drop a couple of physical skills, although like I said before, you don’t want to lose stability, and dropping Endure Pain is usually a no-no as well.

So, yeah, there sort of are, but none of them are very good just because of the innate limitations of the class. Most of your time is spent FIXING how the Warrior plays, not necessarily changing how it plays.