Guild Wars 2

Greetings. My warrior is currently in his early 20’s and using the multiple signet/GS high crit build. My gear is mostly aimed towards power, but has a touch of precision as well. Out in the open world I can kill things pretty quickly with just Hundred Blades, but if I find myself surrounded I can go down swiftly. I am greatly looking forward to running 5-mans when I get to the appropriate levels, but I know that my current setup and general play style will have me dying a lot.

I understand that this is a lot to ask in a game that has many different ways to play, but what would you suggest as far as gearing and weapon selection goes for surviving/contributing to 5 mans and still having adequate killing power and longevity when solo?

Thanks in advance everyone. It is greatly appreciated from someone who is new to the Guild Wars universe.

The best option i can think of is go for armour that gives toughness and vitality. That way you don’t need to change you traits and can keep that fire power for when you are going solo, but still be tanky. That’s what i do when i solo and i have no problems surviving a few enemies doing alot of damage to me. I would also recommend some survival skills like: endure pain, stun breakers and condition removers. of course that removes the signet

This next part is all about what i take in dungeons and why as a level 80 warrior. This is just what i think and other people will tell you different

However you might want to switch up your weapons in dungeons. Greatsword does a bunch of burst damage, but it’s not always that useful in 5 mans. Unless you are going very damage heavy. If you use a greatsword expect to be torn to peaces quickly by enemies.

Personaly i like to go shield/axe or axe/axe with sword/warhorn in my other set. The first depending on my role. I choose sword/warhorn because of the mobility it grants my team. sword allows me to move in and out of combat using the third ability that leaps to an enemy. Other than that the swords can stack a few bleed, and imobilize which can be quite useful. The warhorn gives a nice movement speed, and removes condition CC like cripple, imobilize and chill from your entire team. This is basicly your “Oh kitten” button The other warhorn spell inflicts aoe weakness to enemys and grants vigor to allies. This allow you to deal extra damage to your enemies while being able to dodge more often.

My other set is the damage set and primary set. i would always go shield here if i have to be the first to engage the enemy. One of the spells allow you to block damage for 3 seconds. This can save your life combined with endure pain and a stun breaker and makes you unkillable for atleast 8 seconds which allow your team to get in position and start the killing. The shield also has a stun, that can save your butt from major attacks.
The axe or axes are just a very good combination of constant damage. To me the greatsword does alot of damage in a burst and then it has cooldowns. the axes do more constant damage and that’s why i chose them. You could take greatsword if you really want to be a burst machine.

Hope i helped a bit

Thanks for all the info you posted! If anyone else has any advice/experiences to share, I would love to hear it.