Guild Wars 2

Just hit 80 a couple days ago, have been playing off and on since launch, and since I’ve finally finished the level grind, I decided to get back to sPvP this weekend using my warrior…and I’m just. not. getting it.

I’m getting absolutely DESTROYED by anything that targets me, meanwhile I’m unable to put a dent in anyone’s health. I’ve literally had fights where I can’t get my 1v1 opponent down past 90%…if that. I’ve been playing video games/MMOs for years. I’ve spent the last week combing the intertubes for guides, builds, theorycrafting, inquiries about specific effects and traits and their worth, and it just seems I’m not doing ANYTHING right, as if I’m completely missing a vital part of the gameplay.

I know going into a new pvp scene would have a learning curve, but this is to the point where I’m literally awe-struck at how big the disparity is between me and other players. It’s especially noticeable when I’m 1v1 someone at a point in sPvP, fighting just to stay alive and doing my best to utilize my dps skills and my friendly teammate just comes along, seemingly presses 3 buttons and the our opponent just drops like a bag of dirt. I’m like, “How the kitten did you do that?!?!?”

I’m coming from WoW as an ex-player in a former rated 2000 2s/3s arena team, so I know my way around theorycrafting, PvP, skill effects/stats and all that jargon. I feel competent in my understanding of gameplay aspects that I should have learned what I’m doing horribly wrong in the 4 days I’ve been playing strictly sPvP…but I obviously have not.

I’ve tried a myriad of builds ranging from glass cannon warrior with GS, tanky hammer builds, regen/shout builds and the results are pretty much all the same…I get ANNIHILATED…not a close duel, not “oh I just got outplayed”, not “oh that was a good fight”…annihilated. I’m talking I’m at 0% hp and my opponent is at 94%.

I notice there is a considerable amount of skill lag where i have to constantly spam a button for it to activate, either due to waiting for animations, or server lag, or I don’t know what…is that the main factor here? Are my skills just not hitting? I have a great cable connection and experience no problems in any other GW2 game mode or games…but I don’t think skill delay is the main issue here.

I’m currently using a build loosely based off of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77G8zHENo4k

Which is titled as a beginner warrior build that relies on adrenaline and burst usage. It’s straightforward enough to where I can focus on other things rather than a complex series of cooldowns and timers, but still not effective enough to get the job done in any magnitude. I’m using Knight’s with a berserker’s jewel, and according to other builds that are regarded as glass cannon builds, I’m not that relatively squishy, yet I pop as soon as someone swings at me while I’m doing a max of 4k crits on an eviscerate (I hit a necro for 8.2k once almost killing him, but got promptly one-shotted by him. I was floored).

Please, GW community, lend me a hand. Give me some advice that will help me enjoy this game. I know warriors are capable PvPers, according to my forum observations and recent paradigm shift after the patch. I don’t EVER rage at video games. Ever. but GW2 was the first video game ever that made me literally throw my Razer Nostromo into the wall. That’s a big deal.

For the love of drywall and my security deposit, please help me.

Use hammer/longbow 0/10/30/0/30 with healing signet and if you are still going down 90-0 you should uninstall.

The build in the video is bad, no warriors are using axe anymore.

Haha longbow. Better lose and look cool than use some sissy longbow.

I suggest you get someone to 1v1 duel to practice and/or watch streams of people playing their war.

Looks like your build is the first issue. Playing glassy warriors is very difficult, you should try and find a tough build, with healing signet and some defensive CDS- probably that long-bow/hammer build posted above is one.

Warriors are incredibly strong atm in spvp, just find that nearly immortal warrior build and practice for a bit and you should be fine. Maybe ask on the warrior forum about it.

Here, try this build for hotjoin. You’ll be dang near unkillable, do tons of damage, and probably annoy the crap out of people. LOL

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-ss-Bx;0NKkP0g4cL-60;9;59T-T;13;0189;157AU-k6W;1KJG4KJG46BN
http://www.twitch.tv/cymerdown/b/468917479

omg ken no don’t encourage more of them stun warriors to come out of the woodwork

pls

Turn all your setting to best preformance to start..
Start with a bunker build and see what kind of attacks you are getting and what damage you can deal. then slowly alter your stats towards more dps.
Or try the lockdown build.
Mostly pvp is about surviving the big bursts at the moment.

Eitherway, you are not the only one with startup problems in pvp.. also turn off your autotarget since that can screw you up royally as melee.

NB: Stun meta will be over soon. (i hope) Mesmer will be the kitten next couple of months (if i am right )

infantrydiv.1620:

Use hammer/longbow 0/10/30/0/30 with healing signet and if you are still going down 90-0 you should uninstall.

The build in the video is bad, no warriors are using axe anymore.

This. But please, as soon as you get used to the game, don’t use that build anymore.
It is so stupid easy and effective that you should feel guilty using it.

just put on “Healing Signet” and “Berseker Stance” with “25% more duration on stance” trait, then everything else you will choose to use doesn’t matter anymore

Build is extremely important. Also, try some different game modes and approaches. Hotjoins are deceptive because they’re supposed to be casual, but they also don’t have matchmaking, so you never know what you’re going to get into. There’s more to PvP than just winning duels on a point—try doing some solo arenas to get a feel for strategies and teamfights, and if you can, queue a team arena with some friends on voip.