Guild Wars 2

Hello folks,

I have come up with a foundation for a duel build against bunker mace stun/gs warriors running healing signet. The idea is based around a strong poison uptime & duration with semi decent burst. Poison uptime is crucial to keep the healing signet from doing it’s work so this is a ‘wear down’ build for fighting them. This is only for mace stun direct damage warrior duels.

5 Procs of poison essentially with 90% poison duration on top of these procs:

1. Orrian runes x4 proc 10s of poison every 10s (5% chance)
2. Doom on shortbow
3. Doom on horn
4. Serpent’s strike
5. Poison Volley

It is equipped with 2 stun breaks to be used very efficiently and perma speed helps mobility alot with warhorn/rao/weapon swap procs.

48% crit chance in combat with spotter trait and near perma fury with weapon swap/horn#5/rao utility putting it at 68%. This may be able to be min/maxed.

The one reason why I decided not to go 30 in WS is for a couple things, the precision and power/condi duration in the power tree for more direct damage but also that i don’t reallythink conditions are an issue against mace stun/gs warriors.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBlYDbEoqyuvSxi1OQsUIo93UwJzzeYIGtoCGVB-jEDBYfCyEGQUHBOBaIrJSRsWKs1YDRTbDTDDSFbI12bYWzER1SBsoyI-w

Let me know what you guys think

Edit: I suppose this same principle can be used against bunker/burst hammer – gs warriors as well.

Any build with SB/x works pretty well with warriors. Tbh, going for Longbow instead of sword will give you the upper hand, combined with Krytan Hound and a spider, with proper play no Mace Warrior should get to you without outside help. Stealth on their stability/zerker stance just helps a lot. Going for melee with them, even with weapons that have high evade frame, will just get you killed.
Hammer/Longbow Warriors are major flaw, however due to “Pin Down” skill and our disability when it comes to remove conditions/immobilizes on demand. Currently, they’re very hard matchup and I’d suggest to save either your Q shot or PB shot for their Earthshaker into you, immobilized. Only must-have skills are Muddy Terrain and L. Reflex.

Stand in Black Powder(if standing still is an option), dodge Hundred Blades and Whirlwind Attack and you should be good. I tried shortbow, but it doesn’t work that good, unless you are with someone.

Oh sorry, I thought I was still on the thief forums

BM builds work just fine against any stun warrior, weaker players die and better ones manage to run away.

I agree, and the couple BM builds I run seem to do pretty well against mace/stun variants but I was looking to achieve more of a defensive shutting down/direct dmg burstier build for them. I was curious if anybody was able to try it out.

I have 75% of the cav trinkets and lack the orrian runes but will try afflicted x4 instead to achieve similar results. Spider pet is a good suggestion for the poison field (leap into it for weakness as well) and immobilize but I have the rest of the stuff and will try it out in action today against some of the warriors I know that we’re currently facing in WvW and see how it goes.

BM Bunker with Traveler Runes

SoR and Lightning reflex equipped, Two Stun Breaks basically..

Just Alternate when ya get in trouble..

They either run away, or you run away, neither will kill one another if they’re smart

Traveler runes are basiclly current “meta” for power ranger builds, so first stepwould be to get them. Second – you bring spider mostly for their long immobilize, poison field is cool, but not really needed since you have poison on SB and can get weakness from spider. Combining that poison field with any of your weapons means that 1. You wait for RNG field which can be totally useless when you kite at high range 2. You need melee option for that and I wouldn’t suggest any. If perma dodge/evade thieves are having problems with them, better stay ranged, they’re very poor if you’re ready for their gapclosers.

i dont know how a power ranger can beat a mace/shild gs warri when he plays with soldier armor and bersi trinkets, he must be a full kitten

with bunker builds it´s possibel same for dire-trapper but you should take one stun break and you should know how the warri build works

The current PTV meta warrior with hammer, mace/shield can. Regen 450+ HP a second, can chain stun 4 times in a row, has the highest armor and health pool in the game, and can push over 3500 power with 100% crit.

This build is inheritly broken and you do not need to worry about building entirely to kill this spec. The nerf bat will kill it for us.

This meta broke spvp and due to anets commitments to MLG, they will have to change it. I would wait for the skill change annoucement later today.

lordhelmos.7623:

The current PTV meta warrior with hammer, mace/shield can. Regen 450+ HP a second, can chain stun 4 times in a row, has the highest armor and health pool in the game, and can push over 3500 power with 100% crit.

This build is inheritly broken and you do not need to worry about building entirely to kill this spec. The nerf bat will kill it for us.

This meta broke spvp and due to anets commitments to MLG, they will have to change it. I would wait for the skill change annoucement later today.

He can also sing “Imagine”, shapeshift into a polar bear, run as Bolt and is considered as 4th shape of christian God.
Seriously, so much bullkitten. 3500 power and 100% crit with PVT gear? Still highest armor, eh ? 5000 maybe and perma protection?
And seriously, if you can’t take something like Mace/Hammer you mentioned… Maybe it’s time to reroll? Setup you’ve mentioned has no mobility at all. No cleansing on demand, no gap closers, no burst damage. If you face something like that 1v1, run and shoot, ocassionaly slow/immobilize since he won’t be able to cleanse it.
Honestly, if you are having problems with such kitten setups 1v1… No words.

Shape shift into leopard you mean? I want to face more warriors with mobile strikes so I can see how broken they really are. Haha

My guild leader sometimes runs Snow on his, haha….
But it’s mostly just to troll big Zergs with b/c he’s always the last one standing

(in the middle of like 30 IoJ’s who are 90% glass it’s a good thing the report function doesn’t include a hackusation option b/c they would have abused it so hard against him by now).

Chopps.5047:

Shape shift into leopard you mean? I want to face more warriors with mobile strikes so I can see how broken they really are. Haha

That was sarcastic hyperbole, used to highlight irrational arguments provided by person I’ve responded to