Guild Wars 2

Can dw axe combo be treated as a damage dealer and condition type? Still trying to decide which route to take and what are decent builds for that weapon.

Double axe is really just defensive in nature.

Axe 4 is used more for interrupt than damage. Same goes for Axe 5, its reflect is far more useful than damage done. And if not reflecting then I would just quickly use and cancel the Axe 5 channel for those couple seconds of retaliation.

Axe main hand is a condition weapon with a very nice defense via weakness of #3 skill.
Axe off hand is defensive.

I quite like it in pve but the damage is too low for wvw, and #5 is just suicide.

Sube Dai.8496:

I quite like it in pve but the damage is too low for wvw, and #5 is just suicide.

I’ve found a decent combo with #4 and #5 when using the haste ability. DW axe could use a damage buff for sure cause even with 30 points in skirmishing it still hits low. I’ve been running a zerker defense build and my only problem is zerker mesmers atm.

I’ll try out a condition build for it soon once I find a decent physical damage dealer build.

I’ve had some fun with traps, entangle, and whirling defense in wvw. Lure them in using your bow (they’ll think you are glassy) I prefer the sb to get them to pop condition cleanse and stun breaks. They hit your traps, you pop entangle and whirl for face melting fun.

Axe Offhand would be used more if you could move with the number 5 ability.

In fact it’d probably be one of our better weapons if you could.