Guild Wars 2

I am trying to make a control/support hammer build. I would like to make my 2nd weapon set a mace/shield. My traits will go into Valor, Honor and Virtues.

My main gear stats are going to focus on Toughness and Vitality.

Here is a link to my build below, and please give me some tips or advice on my build.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNAS5OlYgKD33RLEA

There don’t seem to be any traits in your link, making it hard to comment on the actual build.
The weapons and utilities are okay, but this might change depending on the traits you take.

Ynna.8769:

There don’t seem to be any traits in your link, making it hard to comment on the actual build.
The weapons and utilities are okay, but this might change depending on the traits you take.

Sorry about that…here is a new link for the setup…also in the valor tree the very last master trait is going to be Glacial Heart.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNAS5OlYgKD33RLcCJ7xKhgKIWBC86BFJRAAA

I like the idea of a hammer build, particularly with 30 points in Virtues. I would offer two things right off the bat though:

1. IMO, if you’re using “Save yourselves!”, you should also be using Contemplation of Purity to convert those conditions to buffs.

2. If you are going to focus on a hammer build, you should almost definitely put 20 points into Honor and grab the 20% recharge reduction for 2H weapons.

I don’t think the 30 points in Virtues is worth it. Permeating Wrath is at it’s strongest with fast weapon(s) and shines when you combine it with 10 points in Zeal.
I’m guessing you want to keep the 25 points in for the extra power on buffs? If so: you’ll have 5 points left to spend elsewhere.

I’m not too fond of the shield cooldown reduction talent. Glacial heart is available at 20 trait points, so you could drop 10 points from there.
I’d then put those 10 points in honor to get the cooldown reduction on 2 handed weapons. That way all your hammer skills will have a better cooldown, which seems more useful to me.

Ok good idea, ya I forgot I wanted to go for the 2h reduction. I will also take a look at the Synergy of Save Yourselves and Contemplation of Purity…

Awesome thanks for the replies guys!!

If you’re going solo PvE, I wouldn’t really bother with contemplation of purity, because the amount of conditions thrown around is usually quite low. In PvP you’ll want it and in some PvE group situations too. (Also has some nice synergy with the 25 point Virtue trait)