Does hammer dps works?
It’s viable but not optimal. It generally lets people take an extra hit and avoid some one shot attacks. The constant light field makes it difficult to stack might mid fight so it will annoy eles and such in an organized group. People don’t might stack much in pugs so it’s not as much of an issue there. It does comparable damage to gs + 1h/focus builds on paper but interrupting hammer chains tanks your damage. Here is a dps comparison across an overwhelming number of builds, weapons sets, and rotations.