Guild Wars 2

What are your thoughts of this build? Both PvP and WvW Roaming?
I leave here 2 builds that I’ll most likely try but I would like to have your thoughts on them too.

PvP build:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNAneRjMdQZHWFCmhApIGICK8EehRwCgIYA0vY6nCA-TZBFABiXGAhTAQJ7PswhAAgnAAA

My thoughts. I think it can be strong in PvP, but compared to our “Meta” of GS/Hammer we will lose presense in team fights. Meanwhile we might win a bit more in 1 v 1 and small squirmishes since the CC is pretty much the same but our damage will increase.

WvW Build:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNAneRjMdQZHWFCmhApIGICK8EehRwCgIYA0vY6nCA-T1CEwAMOBARVGQ4JAsVJITlYSVawS9n2aC6oHAwhCI2+DkCgJtWA-w

My thoughts. I never actually played this spec but I know it was really strong for roaming pre patch. Warrior for roaming took a hit because of the movement skills change, but having a Shield I think it will really help a lot. Reflect and 3 seconds “imune” every 24 secs is strong IMO, and too run away, the reflect will come to be really important (kitten Rangers!)

So… nothing?
I did try it in PvP, not WvW yet and it worked. Sad part is that I really felt it lacking when it comes to team fights :/

There have been a few posts on this very subject. Works fine for roaming in wvw. Perfectly viable.

Choppy.4183:

There have been a few posts on this very subject. Works fine for roaming in wvw. Perfectly viable.

How about sPvP?
Am I the only one trying something beside GS/Hammer?

mPascoal.4258:

How about sPvP?
Am I the only one trying something beside GS/Hammer?

I don’t imagine it’s as useful as gs/hammer, but it might be ok. The hammer’s just a great tool to lock down more than one person, whereas the axe is largely a single target burst weapon and other classes are better single target bursters.

So as long as you don’t need optimal, you should still have some success.