Guild Wars 2

not looking for originality points here, just a solid wvw build for big bad warriors (commanders):

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNAneRnUJCVhgdhAmhAkighfgCjhDvGsFIAaANN6+uA-TFCEABQ8AAY4IAU8+DOp8jLlgGcIAUU9HAOBABAQA4oH9oH9oHtMALjB-w

change these for small scale:

- stance heal to healing signet
- vitality trait to mighty greatsword
- shield trait to dogged march

how to capture the pirate ship:

pop zerker stance -> shield 5 and run into enemy zerg -> switch to GS, do whirlwind and arcing slice for fury -> pop rampage -> go to town untill rampage runs out or your health gets low -> leave rampage and pop endure pain and balanced stance → stance heal when your health gets low -> switch to axe and go to town some more -> pop shield 5 / gs 3/5 to get out before they CC you to death.

this takes about 20-25 seconds.. if your ranged cant win it now… well, you tried :P big bad charrrs get bonus focus when going into rampage in the middle of enemy zergs.

So that works, but just some thoughts.
As commander, your job isn’t to do dmg, its to stay alive. So taking Strength seems like a less than great choice. If your goal is dps then great, but if you are leading a group and the goal is staying alive in the frontline as long as possible, than I would go Tactics. Similarly, sword over axe, because the leap is typically more useful than axe would be. I would go Defy Pain over Armored Attack, for above reasons. Really not getting the point of Heightened Focus over Burst Mastery here. I mean, I would go hammer, but gs will give more survivability so I can live with that. But Burst Mastery means you can frenzy more often, arcing slice, which is massive aoe dmg, more often, and means Adrenal Health is up longer.

Also you can’t have all defensive Infusions for your trinkets, 2 of them would be offensive. Would go Lemongrass Poultry over Poultry and leak, but I can understand the cheaper option. Finally, Melandru Runes would probably do more in the long run than the extra 1000 or so HP that Exuberance Runes bring.

Interesting build, but I think that hammer/s+wh is still a far better option for a commander, the utility alone makes it worth it.

“you can’t have all defensive Infusions for your trinkets, 2 of them would be offensive”

Wow didnt think anyone would actually check those xD Sorry for being lazy <3 I use power on the offensive ones.

About your other suggestions.. i would lose a TON of damage for a bit more survivability.. i also used to play standard meta zerg warrior so i know where you are coming from.. but this is something else :P