Guild Wars 2

I am building a Jory homage character. I already picked up the skins and she was training to be a reaper. Her weapons are axe, dagger, and greatsword.

Is it just me or is that not exactly an ideal weapon set? I prefer to have both melee and ranged weapons available in all professions (except ele and eng which do not have weapon switching) so I can use either depending on the situation. Ok, GS is good for melee (well, unless it was nerfed for reapers somehow) but that is not a weapon set that would leap to mind.

Is there something I am missing?

Axe is a ranged weapon and is getting a rework.

Axe/Dagger is not a very good weapon set as axe is power based damage while offhand dagger is best for condition focused specs.

That said Greatsword & Axe/x was what I used on Valkyrie stat Reaper build I tried last beta and it worked quite well. Axe isn’t super long range but it does let you get some breathing room when you need it and feels like a decent ranged option to pair with greatsword.

Also note that Axe and Scepter are going to get some revisions and improvements soon so it might end up being an even better pairing than it is now.

Marjory’s Dagger in your mainhand is a good idea. It helps camouflage Life Blast and Dark Path.

TheLastNobody.8319:

Axe is a ranged weapon and is getting a rework.

Ah, I did not know about the rework, thanks.

I did know it was somewhat ranged at 600. A bit short for ranged though. Hopefully the rework will increase that.

Dagger is, what, 900? I almost never use off-hand weapons but was not impressed the time I did try it.

Axe / Dagger is a really fun Playstyle.

Lots of Weapon Swapping involved, almost like a mini engineer.

The problem is that axe just isn’t good, you really miss offhand dagger not having lifeforce, and the set nerfs your shroud damage.

Fixes would be nice.