Lynsey – 80 Human Mesmer
Perky – 80 Norn Guardian
Soapie – 80 Human Ranger
Perky – 80 Norn Guardian
Soapie – 80 Human Ranger
Best build for SOLO PvE
Solo farm mobs = GS/Axe+Mace
GS for HB, mobility, awesome might stacks
Axe/Mace for everything else (including auto-attacks).
Honestly though… anything works for a Warrior in PvE
A longbow helps with tagging
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I might suggest some combo with a Hammer…because it actually works in regular PvE and it’s fun.
What about stats? Full zerker or MF? Remember, this is strictly for solo PvE.
Lynsey – 80 Human Mesmer
Perky – 80 Norn Guardian
Soapie – 80 Human Ranger
Perky – 80 Norn Guardian
Soapie – 80 Human Ranger
Basic set should be GS + Sword/Warhorn. You want that mobility when you move around.
Then if you know you are staying at one spot for a while you can change weapons.
Best “all around” PvE warrior set up is GS + longbow. You get the massive melee AoE damage and the 8 second cooldown high damage and mobility extra dodge (WW) and of GS, and you get the ranged AoE and combofield of longbow.
You can get higher melee DPS builds, and honestly there’s very little reason to not keep an axe and a shield around in your inventory, and there might be slightly more efficient set ups in specific fights, but all in all that’s your best “all around” PvE set.
Most mobs will succumb to gap closer, 100 blades, auto-attacks. I’ve only had my warrior at 80 for a few days and most the cursed shore has been done that way.
GS (is a must) + your choice of an optional (axe/mace, 1h/warhorn, longbow, hammer)
personally i use 1h/war for mobility since i hate running places, and swap to something else when i engage
here you go, by far the best solo pve build for warrior i’ve ever used. also one of the best warrior builds for dungeons i’ve ever used.
zerker warriors can’t solo 6 risen veterans at once, this one can.
basically greatsword is your bread and butter pve weapon.
might stacking is a really easy and popular approach – stick 20 in arms and pick the trait Forceful Greatsword trait (1 might on critical)
if you combine it with signet of rage, ‘for great justice’ and some boon % increase runes you can run around with 25 might stacks pretty easily.
leaves you tons of trait points and utilities for anything you like really, although you may find it very boring and ridiculously easy after a while.
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here you go, by far the best solo pve build for warrior i’ve ever used. also one of the best warrior builds for dungeons i’ve ever used.
zerker warriors can’t solo 6 risen veterans at once, this one can.
Solo Lupicus with that, then we can talk about soloing.
Meh, can’t stand GS in open world PvE myself.
I’m purely Axe/Warhorn & Rifle.
You don’t need gap closers, as mobs don’t run away. Well, apart from lowbie trash, and Axe 3 cripples them.
Warhorn traited means perma-swiftness + condition conversion into boons and weakness on mobs.
Axe 2 is great for tagging. Quick, can move freely while using it and has a short cooldown.
Gear-wise, I run full Knight’s armour and trinkets (PVT backpiece) with Dolyak runes.
I run a Knight’s Warhorn with a Superior Sigil of Perception and a Berserker’s Axe with a Superior Sigil of Rage for frequent Quickness procs.
My Rifle’s a Berserker’s again with a Superior Sigil of Perception. Thinking of changing one of the sigils to the perma +crit%.
Traits are your bog-standard shouty build, 20/0/20/30/0.
Incredible durability, respectable damage from frequent crits & quickness, high mobility and CC removal.
I’ve tried lots of other builds for general solo open world play, but always come back to this. It’s reliable and sturdy.
I do have an alternate PVT armour set with Soldier runes, but I much prefer the triple regen with Adrenal Health, Healing Signet and Dolyak’s runes plus the frequent regen boon from Warhorn condition conversion.
And that’s another reason I eschew the Greatsword’s supposed mobility. I don’t need to run away as much as someone squishier. Hell, even if I do, I have perma swiftness, and if I’m rooted or slowed a quick toot of the horn gets rid and grants some endurance.
Remember, if you’re solo, you can’t guarantee someone will be around to help you when things get sticky, so increased durability is nothing to be sniffed at.
Plus, every other pleb has a Greatsword.
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Therefore I may take some time replying to you.
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here you go, by far the best solo pve build for warrior i’ve ever used. also one of the best warrior builds for dungeons i’ve ever used.
zerker warriors can’t solo 6 risen veterans at once, this one can.
Solo Lupicus with that, then we can talk about soloing.
not even anything close to a valid point since nothing is established or debated, also its off topic since OP is talking about solo pve, not dungeons.
Yeah, who am I kidding? 6 Veterans are definitely much tougher than Lupicus. Also in open-PvE you must all the time be able to kill 6 Veterans or something bad happens.
Solo farm mobs = GS/Axe+Mace
GS for HB, mobility, awesome might stacks
Axe/Mace for everything else (including auto-attacks).Honestly though… anything works for a Warrior in PvE
^This
I mean really you have GS or Axe you will kill mobs fast enough. The approach can be varied but truth is for general PvE 10-20-0-10-10 is pretty much the way to go for maxing DPS. You have 20 points left over for what ever you like (fast hands etc). That being said I run 0 0 30 30 10 and feel fine in PvE. You are warrior its kind of hard to go wrong but remember to keep some zerker gear on hand. The more you play the more likely you will incorporate it into your gear.
BTW OP not to be rude to anyone sharing builds but when you see high toughness knights builds skip em. For what you describe (farming grinding solo) your talking about zerkers through and through Axe/Mace and Greatsword. I don’t even really run this but it is truth and not really up for debate.
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Yeah, who am I kidding? 6 Veterans are definitely much tougher than Lupicus. Also in open-PvE you must all the time be able to kill 6 Veterans or something bad happens.
He never said 6 veterans are tougher than Lupicus.
He never said you must always be able to kill 6 Veterans in open-PvE.
In fact, he didn’t even suggest those things.
I mean really? Really?
Well, he claims its “by far the best pve build” and “the best dungeon build”. And used “can solo 6 veterans, zerkers cant” to back up his opinion.
In my opinion it’s quite natural that I pick his only argument. Purpose of my reply was to make him realize that it was a poor argument and that it is not really smart to say that zerkers can’t solo 6 Veterans when a zerker has soloed Lupicus.
If we assume Lupicus is harder to solo than 6 Veterans then naturally soloing Lupicus would also mean that a zerker can solo 6 Veterans. If a zerker can’t solo 6 Veterans then it’s harder than Lupicus which means “6 Veterans are tougher than Lupicus”.
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Well, he claims its “by far the best pve build” and “the best dungeon build”. And used “can solo 6 veterans, zerkers cant” to back up his opinion.
In my opinion it’s quite natural that I pick his only argument. Purpose of my reply was to make him realize that it was a poor argument and that it is not really smart to say that zerkers can’t solo 6 Veterans when a zerker has soloed Lupicus.
If we assume Lupicus is harder to solo than 6 Veterans then naturally soloing Lupicus would also mean that a zerker can solo 6 Veterans. If a zerker can’t solo 6 Veterans then it’s harder than Lupicus which means “6 Veterans are tougher than Lupicus”.
The two quotes you used from his post omitted the “i’ve ever used”, which he said immediately following – see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking_ . He wasn’t making an argument or a sweeping statement about others. He believes he is sharing the best build he’s ever used.
“If we assume Lupicus is harder to solo than 6 Veterans then naturally soloing Lupicus would also mean that a zerker can solo 6 Veterans.” Keyword: assume – there’s a lot of assumptions in what you said. In the end, the two scenarios are not comparable. Some builds can kill 6 veterans but not one champion. Some can kill a champion but not 6 veterans. He said “This build beats 6 veterans, zerker can’t.” You said “zerker beats Lupicus, yours can’t”. Your statement has nothing to do with his statement, but you’re using a series of assumptions to try and link them together. Straw man arguments aren’t constructive; if you want to critique his build, do it.
I honestly don’t care about details. I care about the overall tone, what message post delivers. In my opinion no one should call something “by far the best” if you they aren’t well experienced in the subject, no matter how many little cover up words they put there. And if someone uses such a strong word I expect they haven’t just tried few builds.
Now if he has only tried few builds he could have said “I have tried some builds and I really liked this one…”. But no, must put fancy works like “by far the best”. Well yeah, it caught my attention. Time to deal with it.
To put it simple, do you also think that 6 Veterans are harder to a zerker than Lupicus? (since enemy type wasn’t specified we are probably talking about Abominations)
Also I could nitpick about ”You said zerker beats Lupicus, yours can’t” but really, what’s the point?
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Well, he claims its “by far the best pve build” and “the best dungeon build”. And used “can solo 6 veterans, zerkers cant” to back up his opinion.
In my opinion it’s quite natural that I pick his only argument. Purpose of my reply was to make him realize that it was a poor argument and that it is not really smart to say that zerkers can’t solo 6 Veterans when a zerker has soloed Lupicus.
If we assume Lupicus is harder to solo than 6 Veterans then naturally soloing Lupicus would also mean that a zerker can solo 6 Veterans. If a zerker can’t solo 6 Veterans then it’s harder than Lupicus which means “6 Veterans are tougher than Lupicus”.The two quotes you used from his post omitted the “i’ve ever used”, which he said immediately following – see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking_ . He wasn’t making an argument or a sweeping statement about others. He believes he is sharing the best build he’s ever used.
“If we assume Lupicus is harder to solo than 6 Veterans then naturally soloing Lupicus would also mean that a zerker can solo 6 Veterans.” Keyword: assume – there’s a lot of assumptions in what you said. In the end, the two scenarios are not comparable. Some builds can kill 6 veterans but not one champion. Some can kill a champion but not 6 veterans. He said “This build beats 6 veterans, zerker can’t.” You said “zerker beats Lupicus, yours can’t”. Your statement has nothing to do with his statement, but you’re using a series of assumptions to try and link them together. Straw man arguments aren’t constructive; if you want to critique his build, do it.
You do realize that your argument just raises a moot point here, no? Trying to validate his opinion with making few simple arguments on your side isn’t going to work, especially if he didn’t bother to validate it himself. Now if we really wanted to nitpick about everything, he/you or everyone here said we could talk for a long time without reaching a mutual agreement. Why?
He can believe, or you on that matter, that tanky builds do work fairly well in pve. On the other hand wethospu, me, or someone completely different can believe that zerker builds are the way to go. Furthermore ( nitpicking even more ), why not argue about what 6 veterans are we talking about here? I can easily give out examples of groups of veterans that don’t hit really hard in this game. Both in dungeons and open world.
Now going along this lines, we could even go back to the beginning of the game and the describing statements by A-net of how they’re moving away from the holy trinity. With this said, we’re reaching the conclusion that everyone can run the build they want and still solo stuff with enough skill to back that up. The difference would be the amount of time needed and higher risk while running a zerker build.
But simply claiming something is the best, without making an actual proof of doing something with it is simply not good enough.
Also, and this is my personal opinion here as well, people that are using tanky builds are compensating lack of skill with extra survivability. But that’s merely my opinion and nothing more than that.
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Now going along this lines, we could even go back to the beginning of the game and the describing statements by A-net of how they’re moving away from the holy trinity. With this said, we’re reaching the conclusion that everyone can run the build they want and still solo stuff with enough skill to back that up. The difference would be the amount of time needed and higher risk while running a zerker build.
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Also, and this is my personal opinion here as well, people that are using tanky builds are compensating lack of skill with extra survivability. But that’s merely my opinion and nothing more than that.
I’m not sure I grasped what you were saying in the other parts of your post, so I left those out. For everything else, I agree with what you’re saying. I’m not sure if you thought I approved of Wethospu’s build, but I actually didn’t at any point approve of or give any opinion of Wethospu’s build.
To address the TC, and going off what you were saying about zerkers, I prefer zerkers for solo PvE because it feels more practical. When solo, you’ll want to optimize for one of two options – fighting quickly through easier stuff, or trying to take on a single, difficult mob. Zerkers are great at the former. For the latter, you need a build with staying power, and that’s not an area warriors excel in (compared to other classes, and to the other options warriors have).
I’m not satisfied with my survival build in solo PvE. Average mobs take much longer, yet you still can’t take on meaningful, higher-difficulty content on your own. In the end, it depends on what your goal is with solo PvE. For me, because I would rather roll with friends and guildies when possible, the goal of solo PvE isn’t to take on challenging content; it’s to zoom through regular content.
Solo farm mobs = GS/Axe+Mace
GS for HB, mobility, awesome might stacks
Axe/Mace for everything else (including auto-attacks).Honestly though… anything works for a Warrior in PvE
^This
I mean really you have GS or Axe you will kill mobs fast enough. The approach can be varied but truth is for general PvE 10-20-0-10-10 is pretty much the way to go for maxing DPS. You have 20 points left over for what ever you like (fast hands etc). That being said I run 0 0 30 30 10 and feel fine in PvE. You are warrior its kind of hard to go wrong but remember to keep some zerker gear on hand. The more you play the more likely you will incorporate it into your gear.
BTW OP not to be rude to anyone sharing builds but when you see high toughness knights builds skip em. For what you describe (farming grinding solo) your talking about zerkers through and through Axe/Mace and Greatsword. I don’t even really run this but it is truth and not really up for debate.
OP, all the posts suggesting zerker gear, ignore em. You need Magic Find for farm grinding solo.
sword/any + rifle.
Rifle is to pull foes into one big ball of mobs. Sword is to kite + slash away.
5x Warrior, 5x Ranger, 4x Elementalist, 4x Engineer,
4x Necromancer, 3x Mesmer, 4x Guardian, 4x Thief, 4 Revenant
4x Necromancer, 3x Mesmer, 4x Guardian, 4x Thief, 4 Revenant
sword/any + rifle.
Rifle is to pull foes into one big ball of mobs. Sword is to kite + slash away.
how do you use rifle to pull enemys in a ball?
sword/any + rifle.
Rifle is to pull foes into one big ball of mobs. Sword is to kite + slash away.
how do you use rifle to pull enemys in a ball?
Instruction:
Step 1: Target an enemy
Step 2: Shoot the enemy
Step 3: Repeat
5x Warrior, 5x Ranger, 4x Elementalist, 4x Engineer,
4x Necromancer, 3x Mesmer, 4x Guardian, 4x Thief, 4 Revenant
4x Necromancer, 3x Mesmer, 4x Guardian, 4x Thief, 4 Revenant
This is a build I use for solo PvE and farming Orr. I’ve even used it for dungeons but I prefer a hammer build for most of those. I can solo many champions with this build. I always carry a GS, sword/shield and Warhorn. I just change some of the major traits to match whatever weapon I’m using for the situation. Going Axe/axe is also great in events for tagging tons of mobs while the rifle is perfect for kiting. If you want a little less glass and a little more toughness you can swap the zerker gear for knights or just change some of the accessories. You can go full MF if you want, I sometimes do but I found that I drop more loot bags without MF gear which gives me more mats to sell.
I always have signet of stamina, bulls charge, and signet of rage. Balance stance gets swapped out for whatever is handy for a given area. It’s a very versatile build because of the way the traits are allocated and being able to trait for a variety of weapons on the go is key to facing the many different situations that PvE has to offer.
Be careful what you wish for, Anet might just give it to you “HoT”
“…let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die;.”
“…let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die;.”
My build is very affective for both AOE and single target.
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if you want a tank build ( For my friend ) http://tinyurl.com/d6xdvgw
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guard ,nades eng ,Trap thief \ranger ,signet\shout warrior, zerk mes\ele & shiro rev.
guard ,nades eng ,Trap thief \ranger ,signet\shout warrior, zerk mes\ele & shiro rev.