Any good Hammer builds without DH?
what is your secondary weapon?
PVE (specifically what in PVE), WvW, or PVP?
PVE (specifically what in PVE), WvW, or PVP?
PvE
what is your secondary weapon?
Haven’t chosen one yet. Depends what would work with the build the most if there is one
Hammer is pretty rough in Heart of Thorns areas due to mobs hitting much harder, but my suggestion would still be the basic hammer build that has always existed:
This build works okay in general PVE, dungeons, and transitions well into being a tank in raids.
For general world PVE, I would highly suggest using Hammer of Wisdom and Signet of Judgement as your utilities to let you face tank better and split aggro between you and your spirit weapon. Your secondary weapon is up to you, but mace+off hand is the usual go-to since mace shares so many traits with hammer. Runes of the Scrapper are optional but I think you might find them helpful for HoT mobs.
As for trait lines, in open world PVE the Honor line is optional (IMO) and can be traded out for whatever you wish. If you decide to tank in raids Honor is almost mandatory, but Radiance will most likely switch out to something else.
Hi there!
I would go with Scepter+Torch and Virtue instead of Honor.
Something like this:
Explanation:
1, You need Fury from the Inner Fire trait (RAD) on demand (like MightyBlow). With this you have the Torch#4 and the PurgingFlames as well so timing these well gives you 16 sec Fury.
2, Scepter+Torch gives you a ranged option where facetanking is not optimal. Also it has a nice immob to save your bottom.
3, Traited Scepter Immob + Unscathed Contender + AutoAegis from Virtue + ThrowTorch (+ Retreat! if got hit) +Throw it again if crit + F1 + MightyBlow + Blood or Leech Sigil can pretty much oneshot a normal mob and seriously cripple a veteran.
4, With PurgingFlames you have a nice condi remove AND a good offensive tool using the same utility slot. Do not underestimate it! It frees up the trait for GlacialHeart.
P.S.: I would not use runes for survival in PvE… Mobility (for world) or more damage. Flame Legion runes are cheap.
Mace is also very powerful it hits like a truck but I feel using a ranged weapon set is more beneficial. Torch is a nuke weapon and scepter is excellent for setting up bursts or going lazy-mode.
Just my two cents…
Happy Guardin’!
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