Guild Wars 2

I have a small problem, I didn’t have as badly last season as I do now.
I can hardly do anything as a warrior anymore.
All CC is useless because all I see is ‘immune’ every swing of my hammer, every stomp of my feet.
If I want to fight casters, guardians or.. well, almost anything, I have to sacrifice all my utility slots for 5 seconds of immunity to all the endless rain of conditions and controls other classes can spout endlessly.

Long story short, conditions have become so useful and spammable there’s hardly any point in trying to cure or defect them, because they can swing 10 conditions on me, I cure it, and a second later all those conditions are back.

Please, I have loved using the warrior in all seasons until now, but this season I am like a fish on land, anyone else having this problem?

Stop using baseline warrior and use the elite spec.
Also stop using what sounds to be a special snowflake Hammer warrior build with Physical utilities (?) and use an actual meta build if you want to feel effective.

Actually every class have to sacrifice his favorite utilities for more defensive ones due to the powercreep that force everyone to try to survive better than the past seasons, expecially using immunities and blocks.
The warrior is still one of the best classes in this meta, but a CC based build can make you have more problems than before for the amount of block and stability in game. Anyway frequently this game ends to be CC Wars 2, then also a Cc based build can do his work in team fight (expecially with the amount of CC a warrior can spam).

About the condition damage, that season is the season with lesser condition spam I found since a year. There’s only 3 classes able to use conditions properly: necromancer (not a problem for you cause you can totally counter him), mesmer and Warrior. All the other classes mainly use a direct damage build, that kill better and faster than a condition one.
There’s a lot of conditions all around but they’re mainly soft cc, few random conditions that will not harm you too much and strong CC as immobility and eventually fear if the enemy have a necromancer.
90% of the time I die is for direct damage, not for condition damage. Not in this season. Anyway the warrior is the best class to face a condition damage class.

Just spend a slot to use Adrenaline Stance and active your signet if you need, then gg, the enemy conditions are all gone for a while.

If you can’t find you confortable with your build, try to change it a little or try a new one. You don’t have to drop your class, just try to play it in a little different way.

Jzaku.9765:

Stop using baseline warrior and use the elite spec.
Also stop using what sounds to be a special snowflake Hammer warrior build with Physical utilities (?) and use an actual meta build if you want to feel effective.

1. I use the elite spec
1. I use the meta hammer+GS build < exact opposite of snowflake
1. using physical utilities leaves me 100% vulnerable to the skrittstorm that is the conditions in PvP

Amaimon.7823:

Jzaku.9765:

Stop using baseline warrior and use the elite spec.
Also stop using what sounds to be a special snowflake Hammer warrior build with Physical utilities (?) and use an actual meta build if you want to feel effective.

1. I use the elite spec
1. I use the meta hammer+GS build < exact opposite of snowflake
1. using physical utilities leaves me 100% vulnerable to the skrittstorm that is the conditions in PvP

the greatsword hammer isnt the best build and uses all baseline traits. not the elite spec. try this baby on for size http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Berserker_-_GS/Mace_Burst
FEEL THE POWER. FEEL THE DAMAGE. FEEL LIKE A GOD!!!!
also read your traits watch drazeh stream on twitch. if you arent achieving success. copy those that are achieving it. guarantee it will make you a better player.

I run physical and it works. But hammer? Also berserkers stance is valuable… Use it or you have a disadvantage.

Amaimon.7823:

Jzaku.9765:

Stop using baseline warrior and use the elite spec.
Also stop using what sounds to be a special snowflake Hammer warrior build with Physical utilities (?) and use an actual meta build if you want to feel effective.

1. I use the elite spec
1. I use the meta hammer+GS build < exact opposite of snowflake
1. using physical utilities leaves me 100% vulnerable to the skrittstorm that is the conditions in PvP

Hammer + GS isn’t meta. Hammer has been outdated since forever since it is too slow and telegraphed. You are probably playing warrior wrong. I play it regularly and I have no issues with it.

Conditions are easily dealt with by using zerker stance and/or heal signet for resistance and using the burst skill in berserk mode since it cleanses 3 conditions each time if you traited cleansing ire (no reason not to tbh). There’s also a cleanse on weapon swap, so if you time your defensive utilities properly you wouldn’t have problems. Your passive regen from AH + 2x endure pain + low cd shield block prevents people from trading hits with you.

All in all, war is one of the strongest 1v1 pointholders in game and it’s fine as it is.

Im sorry , if u cant make it work as a warrior , i dont know what to tell u, go and try necro, they have 2 hp bars , so maybe will be better for u.
Then come here again and tell me how it went.

Amaimon.7823:

1. I use the meta hammer+GS build < exact opposite of snowflake

Clear your internet Cache. Hammer/GS hasn’t been meta since HOT release in Oct 2015.

Amaimon.7823:

I have a small problem, I didn’t have as badly last season as I do now.
I can hardly do anything as a warrior anymore.
All CC is useless because all I see is ‘immune’ every swing of my hammer, every stomp of my feet.
If I want to fight casters, guardians or.. well, almost anything, I have to sacrifice all my utility slots for 5 seconds of immunity to all the endless rain of conditions and controls other classes can spout endlessly.

Long story short, conditions have become so useful and spammable there’s hardly any point in trying to cure or defect them, because they can swing 10 conditions on me, I cure it, and a second later all those conditions are back.

Please, I have loved using the warrior in all seasons until now, but this season I am like a fish on land, anyone else having this problem?

Let me introduce you to https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Cleansing_Ire. Warriors annihilate condition classes, warriors are also one of the strongest classes this season with high sustain in team fights and 1v1s.

Prince Vingador.8067:

go and try necro, they have 2 hp bars , so maybe will be better for u.

Dont give the OP false expectations

@OP
a warrior can live longer than a necro because 2 health bar =/= double life span..

GW2 1st survivability rule is: damage keep you alive
GW2 2nd survivability rule is: avoiding damage keep you alive

make a trip on http://metabattle.com/wiki/Conquest and read the current meta,
“knowledge is the greatest treasure”

Im playing war and the only things I use to deal with condi’s is healing sig and berserker stance. I trait stances.

But them I’m not silly enough to run full melee and have the option of kiting with rifle.

I´m playing power warrior and basically reking everything.

Amaimon.7823:

1. I use the meta hammer+GS build < exact opposite of snowflake

This gave me a hearty laugh. Let’s assume this isn’t bait.

There are three war builds

1. (The only meta war build) macebow condi.
This is tanky and can kill elementalists/druids assuming they dont drop the dodges. It has a 35% chance to beat guards and can only survive on point vs theifs, so it’s not really a great meta build until you start fighting good druids and eles. Although newbies sometimes struggle against it.

2. GS/2axe
Necro lewding machine, sucks at everything else. Also needs stability and a little bit of luck to zerg the necro. Not meta.

3. Burst burning
One of the worst burning builds in the game, only saving grace is that it’s tanky IF you have a healer, its 1v1 tankyness leaves some want. Also not meta.

GS/hammer has not been meta since HOTS came out, in fact it’s trash. Even when it was “meta” it was only strong due to rampage. The actual stun combo was garbage meant to keep you going until the next rampage. In addition, gs/maceshield is also complete trash. I don’t know why people run it.

Berserker is the best profession this pvp season, if there were no guard traps they would be nerfed long time ago.
Second best thing are conditions. Other stuff is not noticable to mention.

duster.7013:

Amaimon.7823:

1. I use the meta hammer+GS build < exact opposite of snowflake

This gave me a hearty laugh. Let’s assume this isn’t bait.

There are three war builds

1. (The only meta war build) macebow condi.
This is tanky and can kill elementalists/druids assuming they dont drop the dodges. It has a 35% chance to beat guards and can only survive on point vs theifs, so it’s not really a great meta build until you start fighting good druids and eles. Although newbies sometimes struggle against it.

2. GS/2axe
Necro lewding machine, sucks at everything else. Also needs stability and a little bit of luck to zerg the necro. Not meta.

3. Burst burning
One of the worst burning builds in the game, only saving grace is that it’s tanky IF you have a healer, its 1v1 tankyness leaves some want. Also not meta.

GS/hammer has not been meta since HOTS came out, in fact it’s trash. Even when it was “meta” it was only strong due to rampage. The actual stun combo was garbage meant to keep you going until the next rampage. In addition, gs/maceshield is also complete trash. I don’t know why people run it.

You forgot the 2nd meta build: http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Berserker_-_GS/Mace_Burst

duster.7013:

Amaimon.7823:

1. I use the meta hammer+GS build < exact opposite of snowflake

This gave me a hearty laugh. Let’s assume this isn’t bait.

There are three war builds

1. (The only meta war build) macebow condi.
This is tanky and can kill elementalists/druids assuming they dont drop the dodges. It has a 35% chance to beat guards and can only survive on point vs theifs, so it’s not really a great meta build until you start fighting good druids and eles. Although newbies sometimes struggle against it.

2. GS/2axe
Necro lewding machine, sucks at everything else. Also needs stability and a little bit of luck to zerg the necro. Not meta.

3. Burst burning
One of the worst burning builds in the game, only saving grace is that it’s tanky IF you have a healer, its 1v1 tankyness leaves some want. Also not meta.

GS/hammer has not been meta since HOTS came out, in fact it’s trash. Even when it was “meta” it was only strong due to rampage. The actual stun combo was garbage meant to keep you going until the next rampage. In addition, gs/maceshield is also complete trash. I don’t know why people run it.

greasword axe hasnt been good ever. mace is much better for the power build (odd i know) because axe is trash. but condi mace warrior and power macewarrior are the only meta. you go condi when your enemy team is DH/druid heavy. also the burst burn lacks sustain pretty bad.