Guild Wars 2

Hi everyone. Recently, I decided I’d like to try a longbow warrior. However, I don’t know a lot about the class besides that I like longbow’s skillset and I would like some of your advice. Firstly, I intend for this character to be balanced in terms of offense and defense. I already have a glass cannon Ranger, and would prefer to do something more balanced this time around.

I was thinking something along the lines of 30 strength, 30 tactics, and 10 arms. Or perhaps the last 10 in Discipline. I intend to use power/tough/vitality gear to have survivability and damage, unless you guys think that would be ineffective in what I’m trying to achieve.

This build is also going to see a lot of play in WvW, which is partially why I was drawn more to longbow than rifle. I prefer the AoE damage that longbow can offer, and it just looks more fun to me in general. So, those of you who know a good deal about warriors, help me out! How should I spec to achieve a decent damage longbow build for WvW that doesn’t blow up instantly? What sort of gear do you personally believe would suit this best? And something I personally am totally lost on, what alternate weapon would best compliment longbow for this sort of build? Thank you all for reading, and I look forward to your responses.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/Defektive-s-tPvP-Longbow-GS-Warrior-Build/first

Here you are my friend.

Since your in WvW you can supplement gear to be more tanky and still achieve the same success.

Defektive.7283:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/Defektive-s-tPvP-Longbow-GS-Warrior-Build/first

Here you are my friend.

Since your in WvW you can supplement gear to be more tanky and still achieve the same success.

Looks like a great build and I thank you for the response, but I have a few doubts it’ll suit my needs. Firstly, not having the range increase seems like it would be sort of painful in WvW. Also, since it seems to focus heavily on crit damage (30 Discipline) would it not be pretty sub-par if I didn’t wear precision gear and instead wore power/tough/vit? Just to be clear I am asking and not being snide, I know nothing about warriors. I’ll most likely take greatsword as my alternate if anything, though!

EDIT: Also wanted to add that I’m not dead set on using power/tough/vit if those with experience believe that some durability can be drawn from else-where. This is just my mindset I’m throwing out there.

You can compromise by using full Berserker armor and Cavalier trinkets (Toughness/Power/Crit Dmg). Use whatever runes you like in your armor (or orbs), I would probably put Beryl jewels in the trinkets. This will give you some extra toughness while still keeping your offense high (through crit dmg). Use a defensive oriented food if you like.

Also, you can take 10 points from either Arms or Discipline and use them to get the longbow range trait. The 25 point minor trait in Arms is pretty good (your enemy will likely be bleeding most of the time) so maybe taking from Discipline would be best.

Just my 2 cents.

I took my own advice and tried this out last night. It actually worked great for WvW. I took 10 pts from Discipline to get Stronger Bowstrings.

I think people are so used to 100b Frenzy Warriors, that they don’t quite know what to expect from someone packing a Longbow. I recommend it. I run full zerker with ruby orbs, and mostly exotic Cavalier trinkets.

Westibone.3985:

I took my own advice and tried this out last night. It actually worked great for WvW. I took 10 pts from Discipline to get Stronger Bowstrings.

I think people are so used to 100b Frenzy Warriors, that they don’t quite know what to expect from someone packing a Longbow. I recommend it. I run full zerker with ruby orbs, and mostly exotic Cavalier trinkets.

I know this post is a little old and I apologize for the bump (I’m not on the forums much.), just wanted to ask if you stuck to using Beryl Orbs in your accessories?

Aidoc.4205:

Westibone.3985:

I took my own advice and tried this out last night. It actually worked great for WvW. I took 10 pts from Discipline to get Stronger Bowstrings.

I think people are so used to 100b Frenzy Warriors, that they don’t quite know what to expect from someone packing a Longbow. I recommend it. I run full zerker with ruby orbs, and mostly exotic Cavalier trinkets.

I know this post is a little old and I apologize for the bump (I’m not on the forums much.), just wanted to ask if you stuck to using Beryl Orbs in your accessories?

Yes, with 30 points in Arms, you have plenty of precision, so the extra HP will help buffer a little against conditions. I believe that is the best choice.