Best build to level?
Power/Precision gear (Strong)
GS+Sword/Warhorn
Healing Signet, FGJ!, Signet of Fury, Signet of Might, Signet of Rage.
Highest Priority: 10 points in arms for +40 prec per signet.
Tier 2: 15 points in Discipline for fast hands and Signet recharge and 20 points in arms for GS trait ( I would go for 15 in disc first)
Tier 3: 25 in arms and 30 in Strength for full build.
Obviously you will sometimes need a stunbreaking ability, trade out a signet for it (shake it off is often times the most useful because of the low cd).
Using Stack sigils (cheap ones of course) really helps, since they provide a load of extra damage.
Using Rush/WA/Savage Leap/Charge/SoR on cd to get around fast, 100b and gs autoattacks (they are bad, but who cares while leveling) to clear stuff.
You can Solo a lot of low level group events if you dodge properly, but I wouldn’t recommend it because you will probably still lose time doing them.
You will not face any challenge (apart from group events &straits of devastation) that may come close to beeing hard, defensive gear/traits are a complete waste (of time) for leveling.
Try to unlock all the weapon abilities on low lvl, since you will probably need them later on.
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For general PvE leveling, I used a signet warrior with the greatsword and axe/axe. I used zerk equipment in everything. The mace and sword are both excellent as well. Equip a rifle for ranged fights or bosses that hit hard.
This build doesn’t work particularly well in WvW or dungeons but nice for leveling up in PvE.
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Axe/Axe is better for leveling, and Axe/Mace is better than GS in my opinion (at end game).
Axe auto-attack does really high damage and allows you to be on the move while doing so.
You also get 2 sigil slots as GS you only get 1.
Warriors are really tanky, just take +damage traits, gear, food, sigils, runes etc
Axe/Axe is better for leveling, and Axe/Mace is better than GS in my opinion (at end game).
GS gives faster travel which is why it stayed equipped on my warrior during the leveling process. Also Hundred Blades is crazy good against PvE mobs. I agree that the Axe is the better general PvE weapon though. Just make sure to carry a rifle for those tough boss fights.
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Axe/Axe is better for leveling, and Axe/Mace is better than GS in my opinion (at end game).
GS gives faster travel which is why it stayed equipped on my warrior during the leveling process.
And that is exactly why I do not recommend Axe as a secondary weapon set but Sword, the mobility you get is just crazy. Axe offhand sucks, period. Even facing 5 enemies you will still deal less damage with axe 5 compared to axe autoattacks. Warhorn helps you to maintain permanent swiftness, FGJ! and SoR will provide permanent Fury once you have reduced Signet CD.
Mobs won’t stand a chance to a warrior using 100b, the cooldown is extremely low and you can pull up to 3 enemies together if you really need it (which you wont).
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Greatsword/longbow. To be honest the warrior can be easy once you’ve mastered a weapon set so you have to force yourself to experiment and learn the other weapons. Going for the fastest route is a bit pointless since it should be fast anyway and you won’t learn as much.
Axe/Axe is better for leveling, and Axe/Mace is better than GS in my opinion (at end game).
GS gives faster travel which is why it stayed equipped on my warrior during the leveling process.
And that is exactly why I do not recommend Axe as a secondary weapon set but Sword, the mobility you get is just crazy. Axe offhand sucks, period. Even facing 5 enemies you will still deal less damage with axe 5 compared to axe autoattacks. Warhorn helps you to maintain permanent swiftness, FGJ! and SoR will provide permanent Fury once you have reduced Signet CD.
Mobs won’t stand a chance to a warrior using 100b, the cooldown is extremely low and you can pull up to 3 enemies together if you really need it (which you wont).
Depends. If you’re surrounded then Axe kittens more targets than 1. Axe 5 is also great for tagging in group events.
I use Axe/Mace + Sword/Wh at endgame. Axe/Mace is far better than GS in my opinion. The traits seem to flow far better. GS feels too clunky.