Guild Wars 2

I have seen the other Warrior threads with people kittening about their viability and survivability or general usefulness in Tournament Play. Now before I even begin, let me assure you that I am no scrub when it comes to the Warrior profession. I have sunk about 121 hours into the Warrior for 5v5 play since launch (/age @ 1:40 PM 9/14) and about 40 or so in BWEs. I know what I am talking about. Or at the very least merit a reasonable opinion.

To keep it sweet and short. The Warrior as a profession is simply outclassed and outmaneuvered 8 times out of 10 in the various scenarios I have encountered or been apart of. The options that are available to the Warrior, are simply better preformed by other classes who are speced for the same thing the Warrior intends to spec for. In my opinion at this time, the only 2 Warrior specs that are worth while for 5v5 as follows…

The Bursty HB Combo with it’s variants (Whether this be Axe/Axe Axe/Shield Hammer with minor trait adjustments etc)

We have all seen the HB Combos and their variants, this is not what I intend to show you today with this thread. I am here to show you the secondary option. Played by a player with higher than average experience.

The second option….

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(Now Defy Pain and Lung Capacity and the 10 in Arms may be changed around mid match or before if you expect to encounter a particular Build or Combo, DO NOT think these are static options. The Regen is about 500 a tick with 360 every 3 seconds as seen in video below)

I will admit this is not the best footage of me playing this Build. It was late, I was in my 5th Tourny in a row with no break at the time. I made SEVERAL rookie mistakes in the beginning as well as in post match. Professional players will catch them by far, however, the point being is this build is really the only other Warrior option at the moment. Besides, we won anyway’s. That is what counts :P

Enjoy and comment.