Guild Wars 2

I’m looking for some advice on how best to take down a Hammer Warrior in a purely 1v1 duel scenario. We have Guild PvP nights in our own private arena and we do some makeshift 1v1 fights. Most classes I could beat using the meta Celestial D/D 0/0/2/6/6 but one of the best PvP’ers in the Guild kept using his Hammer Warrior and completely obliterating me; not immediately but it was still very quick. I was constantly on the back-foot.

Now I don’t think it’s a L2P issue as I’ve fought him previously Ele vs Ele and we were in a 15 minute stalemate before I finally got him down (we were both suffering from some lag so it may have been a bit of a fluke as well). It’s also worth noting that I don’t really PvP a lot so it could have been me adjusting to the mechanics (although I mainly run D/F in dungeons/fractals so the rotations were natural already).

Does any one have any suggestions for the best way to counter a Hammer Warrior then? The build doesn’t need to be for capping points or anything like that, it’s purely going to be fighting head to head. I was thinking something condition based as warrior’s don’t have a huge amount of cleanse. I don’t want it to be too bursty either as he’ll soon adjust to my strategy and learn to evade it; I’m looking for something that I can go head to head with him in a lengthy battle but I want to be the one dictating the play, not constantly trying to evade him.

Any help would be appreciated. It’s only a very casual PvP night but a few of us have got small rivalries building so it’d be nice to shut him up x)

Thanks~

evade his f1, use lightning 3, 4, 5 and water chills alot.
Youd prob wana pop ur glyph in water or lightning then the second time its up pop it in fire when u have lots of might. IDK learning as well

BUt i always wreck these kittens on my thief

Thanks Peow Peow I was trying that as much as possible and it certainly worked against other Hammer Warriors in the guild who aren’t as experienced in PvP.

It may just be a case of L2P against tougher opponents on my behalf.

You using doom sigil to counter the passive regeneration? Usually helps me a ton vs warriors. Dodge the obvious F1, or when you run out of vigor and expect to get bursted pop weakness/protection.

Secondly good warriors are a pain to kill for any d/d celestial ele in a pure 1vs1, in pvp matches I rarely commit to fighting one.

Yes I am using Doom + Battle Sigils. Perhaps I will just have to keep practising against him and hope for the best. I’d look into playing a different class against him but I’d much rather PvP on the class I main.

Do you think a S/F or S/D Fresh Air build could burst him down? The only issue I can see is he sustains good melee pressure which could leave me in a pickle. The only reason I survived so long was because of my burning speed + teleports, etc. I may be a sitting duck using a Scepter… Although Dragons Tooth may be easy to land with him being close to me all the time and a quick combined with phoenix, obsidian flesh, lightning strikes could just do it.

I might give Fresh Air a go I’ve used S/F one heck of a lot in dungeons so it’s very natural to play for me. If it doesn’t work though I’m going to get smashed, literally

Grimezy.5679:

Yes I am using Doom + Battle Sigils. Perhaps I will just have to keep practising against him and hope for the best. I’d look into playing a different class against him but I’d much rather PvP on the class I main.

Do you think a S/F or S/D Fresh Air build could burst him down? The only issue I can see is he sustains good melee pressure which could leave me in a pickle. The only reason I survived so long was because of my burning speed + teleports, etc. I may be a sitting duck using a Scepter… Although Dragons Tooth may be easy to land with him being close to me all the time and a quick combined with phoenix, obsidian flesh, lightning strikes could just do it.

I might give Fresh Air a go I’ve used S/F one heck of a lot in dungeons so it’s very natural to play for me. If it doesn’t work though I’m going to get smashed, literally

Fresh air builds, while devastating in group play, never really shine in 1 vs 1’s, from my experience. Dagger/focus is probably more suited for 1vs1’s.

sigil of doom

takes down every warrior sooner or later. the rest is movement. don’t stand in the point, don’t get hit by f1,5,4
force him to use his stances and then burst him. it’s an easy and certain win, if the warrior is not worlds better than you are.

It’s definitely not a favorable match up if the warrior is really good and is familiar with the match up. Hoelbrak runes over strength is essential if the warrior loves using #3 (immob) into earthshaker. I’ve been using Hoelbrak over strength 100% in all pvp matches these days.

Other than that, just dodge the hammer abilities like a god.

Wait till after patch and Adrenaline drains on a miss. It’ll definitely help turn the matchup in your favor. ;3

Thanks for the additional suggestions guys, I will stick with D/D or maybe change it to D/F as that would be nice for Obsidian flesh although I would miss the mobility in Air. I will look into using Hoelbrak runes as well

Fingers crossed the patch will bring some balance as well!

Why don’t you use staff and keep him in range? If he cames closer, Watter autoattack and you will live forever: it heals for about 500 health per less than a second. Go to Earth, if neededd and keep him affected by Weakness to reduce his dmg, while under his pressure … Probably you won’t win but you won’t loose :P