Guild Wars 2

Fairly new to the warrior & looking to make a PVE & WvW build. For PVE I was looking to mostly PUG various dungeons & for WvW I was thinking of largely running with the zerg.

My thinking is that I’d like to make something that can take a large chunk of damage while still providing serviceable DPS.

I was thinking of something like this would be fun (as I really don’t like GS) & not terribly kitten

Plan on carrying a longbow for the occasional swap

If you ask me,I think you should go with this.
10/25/0/20/10.
Power trait:Restorative strength.
Arms traits:Deep cuts,Blademaster.
Tactics:Bowstrings and burning arrows.
Discipline:Signet mastery.

Interesting comment. A few points of clarification:

• I didn’t really see blade master as worthwhile (only 10% crit. chance increase with sword). It doesn’t seem to increase damage as much as say items like Opportunist
• Given that I don’t intend to main a bow, I don’t see the 2 bow traits as worth it. Should I just give up on being primary melee & main with a bow?
• It seems like you give up a lot of sustain without Cleansing Ire / Shout healing. Is the DPS increase that significant?

Thanks for the comments. Appreciate any commentary

I can’t see gw2skills.net, but if you’re willing to build here I can give you some input.

Here is the build cross posted on into the mists. Thanks!

I think your traits are fine. I’m not sure what armor you’ll be running, but I’d definitely recommend Berserker or Knight gear with Berserker Trinkets and Exquisite Rubies. You’ll want to get that crit chance up to 50% for 100% crit against stunned foes. You’ll also want one of those to achieve the serviceable damage you mentioned. Another more tanky option would be Soldier’s gear, but you won’t have as much crit.

Also, running boon duration runes(Sup Water Sup Monk Maj Monk or Water) will allow you to get up to 70% duration including your tactics tree. That will have some great synergy with your Defense tree potentially providing 2 additional unique boons, and simultaneously increase your support while maintaining that damage boost from Empowered. Or you may want to go with Melandru / Hoelbrak

Two sigils you may want to check out are Sigil of Impact and Sigil of Paralyzation. Also, Sigil of Fire is popular.

Food, I swear by Mango Pie. Or for conditions, Lemongrass is huge right now.

Your build reminded me a lot of this guy’s build found here. I would definitely hear what he has to say.