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Posted by: derry.2789

derry.2789

Started trying this build a few days ago and i’m more than impressed with the results. Running with a mix of berserker and knights gear all slotted with soldier runes, Strength sigil on MH and Accuracy on OH.
Dps is massive, i’m running with around 42% crit and 69% crit damage unbuffed doing 1.5-2k crits with auro attack and 8-9k crits with f1 which is pretty much usable off CD. With the shout heals and aoe condition removal every few seconds you bring massive buffs and support to your group.
You’re very tanky with this spec too.
Running it in explorables i find it amazing, best build i’ve had so far, and i’ve tried many.
the heals dont do much alone with no +healing, but they definatly add up through a boss fight. its a tank support non glass cannon dps spec.

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#McRzzo9MmRNaMmRNaMx9MxaVRaMRbm

Try it out, you wont be disappointed.
Done nearly every explorable with this spec so far, and it preforms brilliantly every time.

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Posted by: Sjeufke.9346

Sjeufke.9346

nice looking build. Got only 1 suggestion.
isn’t it better to offhand wield a mace? “4” is a vulnerability stackers and “5” a frontal cone stun.

Or is the axe “4” better for the fury gain and “5” better for aoe?

just suggestioning

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Posted by: derry.2789

derry.2789

I find the axe oh better. You get a 5% damage boost, constant fury buff and a adrenaline builder that does good damage aoe that you can move and dodge while using it.

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Posted by: Sjeufke.9346

Sjeufke.9346

5% dmg boost counts aswell for maces in offhand fury buff is aswell gained from “for great justice”. with an axe OH the buff stacks so you get constant a fury buff. The AoE attack is indeed nice.

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Posted by: derry.2789

derry.2789

It’s a preference thing.

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Posted by: Black Lotus.7318

Black Lotus.7318

I was trying it out with the axe/mace and mace/axe build before, but it just felt too slow for my liking. I loved the defensive capabilities of mace/axe, but the auto attack was too slow, especially when dealing with mobs. As for axe/mace, it was decent, but I couldn’t get past axe 5, the adrenaline gaining ability was just too good to pass up .

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Posted by: Fiercepancake.7614

Fiercepancake.7614

Can you post your gear? Without and precisions I’m @ 35% crit and I kinda want to call BS on how high you can hit with your burst. Also how are you tanky if you didn’t put any points into toughness?

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Posted by: Shados.1306

Shados.1306

Axe support variations are pretty much the absolute best build for PvE and even WvW if you don’t want to change builds all the time to match what you’re doing (mace/shield for example is arguably better in some dungeons)

I run a similar build (almost the same traits) but use horn offhand and +damage per boon along with the convert condition to boon. Awesome since so few people run reliable condition removals. Axe mainhand is just amazing though.

The shout heal is really where its at. They can do 1000-1200 per shout with no special gear. So when in trouble, you just chain cast all 3 shouts, and thats over 3000 hp on everyone. That usually make people last long enough to heal up, and before you know it, everyone’s full.

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Posted by: derry.2789

derry.2789

Can you post your gear? Without and precisions I’m @ 35% crit and I kinda want to call BS on how high you can hit with your burst. Also how are you tanky if you didn’t put any points into toughness?

3 exotic knights armor, 3 exotic berserkers armor. 5 exotic ruby trinkets, rare guild exotic backpack with exotic ruby jewel, 2 exotic berserkers axes.
I also use that 100 precision and 10% crit damage food sometimes.
definatly not BS