Guild Wars 2

Hello All,

I am relatively new to the Warrior class and no expert on build dynamics in GW2 but: is there a build that can enable a Warrior to cripple, tether, or otherwise hold some of the ‘escape’ or ‘runner’ heavy classes to melee range? So far it hasn’t been obvious to me how this can be done and, seemingly, the advantage is always with those classeses to easily avoid being brought to heel long enough to get much melee damage done. If you have any advice in that regard I’d love to hear it :-)

Warrior can usually keep up to a certain point. Greatsword 3&5 / Sword 2 help apply a lot of pressure. You also have stuns.

GS5 is still bad if your ping isn’t ideal. You end up charging somewhere while your target went elsewhere.
Even with a good 80ms (from EU to NA) it’s unreliable as hell.

Hammer primal gap closer and stun
Hammer 3
Hammer 5
Longbow 5
Greatsword 3 gap closer
Greatsword 4
Greatsword 5 gap closer
Axe primal gap closer
Axe 3
Mace primal
Mace 3
Mace 5
Sword primal
Sword 2 gap closer
Shield 4 stun
Bolas utility
Bull charge utility
Sundering leap (even though it’s kinda crappy)
Head Butt

Tl;dr stun/cc them then smash their face in.

Go to the war forum and ask. You’ll get a ton of great advice. Probably also links to youtubes (there was a great instructional a couple months ago for power GS Ax/Shield war)

Meanwhile, us necros flail about like fishies when we can’t reaper 2 away from people. XD