Guild Wars 2

So i’m wondering how effective cavalier gear is for hammer warriors in wvw with the following set up.

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30 – II – X – IX
10 – I
30 – III – X – XI

Knight torso and leggings with berserker the rest. Berserker amulet and cavalier rest with berserker jewels. Weapon soldier’s maybe?

Spamming cleansing ire with earthshaker along with melandru runes and dogged march to help take care of conditions. Slightly low crit chance but i’m fine with that, there will be fury anyway. I’m a bit concerned that the hp is quite low in this. How might I best balance these stats?

so you are asking if a weapon, with some of the highest single hit damage potential in the game, is good if you stack high critical hit damage?

i don’t understand if what you are asking is even really a question.

Basically i’m asking if this is tanky enough to be on the front lines or should I be trading some crit damage for more survivability. I don’t usually play my warrior in wvw.

Hammer isn’t fast enough for crit stack to make any noticable difference, compared to i.e GS. And with crit chance being dependent on SoR without signet trait, you’re going to suffer as soon as that fury runs out and you have to wait the entire cooldown before you can pop it again. Cleansing Ire also only works if you have a target selected and actually hit it, or there’s no condition removal. HP isn’t you main concern though, as you have really high toughness, and conditions will be somewhat less dangerous with melandru runes. Though you should have some other means of cond removal, which would be mending, but as you want to spam burst as much as possible you should have Healing Surge, which will of course heal more, but keep those conditions ticking. Which as said, shouldn’t really be a problem.

Test it out and see if you like it yourself. Warrior is in a tough position now though, so if this proves to be a good build, don’t tell anyone. Anet will find out and nerf the kitten out of it.

I run Mace/Shield and Hammer and I’ve always been 0/10/30/0/30 and I run Knights armor/Cavalier trinkets/Zerker weps and Melandru runes. I’m purely a solo roamer and I do wonderfuly, even before patch.

Lumn.2951:

So i’m wondering how effective cavalier gear is for hammer warriors in wvw with the following set up.

0
0
30 – II – X – IX
10 – I
30 – III – X – XI

Knight torso and leggings with berserker the rest. Berserker amulet and cavalier rest with berserker jewels. Weapon soldier’s maybe?

Spamming cleansing ire with earthshaker along with melandru runes and dogged march to help take care of conditions. Slightly low crit chance but i’m fine with that, there will be fury anyway. I’m a bit concerned that the hp is quite low in this. How might I best balance these stats?

Why run high crit damage if you acknowledge you have low crit chance? You’re just wasting your own stats.

That’s good to hear, I was thinking of going mace/sword + shield on swap as well and maybe swapping out leg specialist for something else.

I like high crit damage because even with a modest crit chance, i’m still going to get a fair amount of them hitting multiple targets and also I don’t need a lot of crit chance to proc sigil of fire, so I don’t rely on crits but when they happen, it hurts.

I’m finding the concept of slam dunking hordes of enemies rather entertaining.

You should probably run some knight’s trinkets to boost your precision to as close as 42% as you can. Without crit chance, your crit damage is all for nothing.

Lumn.2951:

That’s good to hear, I was thinking of going mace/sword + shield on swap as well and maybe swapping out leg specialist for something else.

I like high crit damage because even with a modest crit chance, i’m still going to get a fair amount of them hitting multiple targets and also I don’t need a lot of crit chance to proc sigil of fire, so I don’t rely on crits but when they happen, it hurts.

I’m finding the concept of slam dunking hordes of enemies rather entertaining.

What stats were you trying to shoot for? What I have noticed is that warriors need crit chance and damage if you plan to kill anything. You can build a super frontline fighter and just drop the consistent high damage if you roll high PVT. Sadly, compared to Guardian’s burning damage, that’s the only consistent damage we have.

You can be some support for WvW like this : http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNBMhJIk01+zeK/AC6hGyFbxpgSkeQGsxaA-jkxAoLBxsYR0YLjFRjV9gpQJiqdJFRrWGAmxA-w

Banners for power/cond dmg and prec/cdmg with FGJ for might/fury. You can swap between Battle Standard or Sig of Rage pending on what you’re doing. Banners grant regen and your warhorn converts conditions to boons.

ArtemisEntreri.4138:

You can be some support for WvW like this : http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNBMhJIk01+zeK/AC6hGyFbxpgSkeQGsxaA-jkxAoLBxsYR0YLjFRjV9gpQJiqdJFRrWGAmxA-w

Banners for power/cond dmg and prec/cdmg with FGJ for might/fury. You can swap between Battle Standard or Sig of Rage pending on what you’re doing. Banners grant regen and your warhorn converts conditions to boons.

I do like warhorn so this is a good alternative. I run full pvt on one of my other characters to some success but warriors don’t seem to have as much sustain to stay in the fight so i’m basically trying to gear for the shorter periods when i’m buffed up to some extent. So probably trying to get around say 30% crit chance via knights and berserker jewels and at the 2k toughness threshold.

The problem with reaching 2k toughness is the rest of your stats will be lacking. The higher you go in toughness the lower your power, precision, vitality and possible crit damage will be.

try this.

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grab the merciless hammer and the desperate power traits.

instant 45% increased damage on your burst skill when counter attacking thieves. on the warrior when you use an attack that has a bonus when they suffer a certain condition (weakness, stun) if the attack gives that condition then the bonus will proc before the condition does.

so 10 points into arms with the unsuspecting foe trait will allow your earthshaker to have an additional 50% crit chance. same thing holds true for shield bash and skull crack.

this setup using similar gear has allowed me to two shot thieves in WvW.

This vid is somewhat outdated by last patch, but you can swap out precision sig for sig of stam and carry bull’s charge in place of FGJ. Look at the gear in desc. It gives me 3.2k armor, allows you to hit 4-5k backbreakers every time you swap hammer, and hits pretty hard otherwise. Be weary though, there blind and weakness buff really screwed power builds.

Fiorrello.8126:

try this.

0-10-30-10-20

grab the merciless hammer and the desperate power traits.

instant 45% increased damage on your burst skill when counter attacking thieves. on the warrior when you use an attack that has a bonus when they suffer a certain condition (weakness, stun) if the attack gives that condition then the bonus will proc before the condition does.

so 10 points into arms with the unsuspecting foe trait will allow your earthshaker to have an additional 50% crit chance. same thing holds true for shield bash and skull crack.

this setup using similar gear has allowed me to two shot thieves in WvW.

^^This, I run that same build using a mix of Zerk/PTV gear with Zerk/Cavalier trinkets and it works great. Probably won’t find a better hammer build. I find that sword/shield or Long bow work well for second weapon set in WvW.

Julie Yann.5379:

Fiorrello.8126:

try this.

0-10-30-10-20

grab the merciless hammer and the desperate power traits.

instant 45% increased damage on your burst skill when counter attacking thieves. on the warrior when you use an attack that has a bonus when they suffer a certain condition (weakness, stun) if the attack gives that condition then the bonus will proc before the condition does.

so 10 points into arms with the unsuspecting foe trait will allow your earthshaker to have an additional 50% crit chance. same thing holds true for shield bash and skull crack.

this setup using similar gear has allowed me to two shot thieves in WvW.

^^This, I run that same build using a mix of Zerk/PTV gear with Zerk/Cavalier trinkets and it works great. Probably won’t find a better hammer build. I find that sword/shield or Long bow work well for second weapon set in WvW.

which runes/Armor do u use for this build?

Cavalier is good if you take unsuspecting foe to make up the crit chance.

for runes i was thinking at wurm ones,well-balanced for me,what do u think?

lol wurm runes

Melandru or gtfo

Here is just a rough start for a Sword/Shield-Hammer build.
I would suggest starting with something similar and then mold it around your play-style once you get the hang of it.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNAS8ejkOFvpQuQMxBE0DNsK4iTBlQ9wOqj4A-jkxAYLYMWgSeFRjVXjpcTqKWQWKABVGB-w

If you’d like more in-depth info. about gearing your Warrior effectively in WvW or other build ideas check my thread at https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/warrior/Titan-s-Guide-to-WvW-Warriors/first#post2695262

/waves hand

This is not the combo you are looking for. Move along.

Lord Titan.3791:

Here is just a rough start for a Sword/Shield-Hammer build.
I would suggest starting with something similar and then mold it around your play-style once you get the hang of it.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNAS8ejkOFvpQuQMxBE0DNsK4iTBlQ9wOqj4A-jkxAYLYMWgSeFRjVXjpcTqKWQWKABVGB-w

If you’d like more in-depth info. about gearing your Warrior effectively in WvW or other build ideas check my thread at https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/warrior/Titan-s-Guide-to-WvW-Warriors/first#post2695262

Hi Lord Titan.

I’m just starting out as an 80 warrior, I’m wondering about weapon sigils for this build. I would imagine Impact for hammer but I’m unsure about sword/shield.

This is the build I use in WvW to great effect. The damage is decent with nice survivability and mobility. Using Knights gear, Knights Weapons (GS + HAMMER) and Zerker/Cavalier Jewels.

Tank/DPS

Video explaining everything:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21nVMWtk5aY

In Action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzZtBmLBXZc
Frontline DPS – Decent Survivability – Perma Might/Fury – Long Hammer Stun

FrankieBonez.8361:

This is the build I use in WvW to great effect. The damage is decent with nice survivability and mobility. Using Knights gear, Knights Weapons (GS + HAMMER) and Zerker/Cavalier Jewels.

Tank/DPS

Video explaining everything:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21nVMWtk5aY

In Action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzZtBmLBXZc
Frontline DPS – Decent Survivability – Perma Might/Fury – Long Hammer Stun

Hey there Frankie,
If you’re ever interested in increasing the potential of your build check out my WvW guide. Just from a quick glance at your build I notice that you are missing out on a potential extra 20-40% Critical damage.

Lord Titan.3791:

FrankieBonez.8361:

This is the build I use in WvW to great effect. The damage is decent with nice survivability and mobility. Using Knights gear, Knights Weapons (GS + HAMMER) and Zerker/Cavalier Jewels.

Tank/DPS

Video explaining everything:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21nVMWtk5aY

In Action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzZtBmLBXZc
Frontline DPS – Decent Survivability – Perma Might/Fury – Long Hammer Stun

Hey there Frankie,
If you’re ever interested in increasing the potential of your build check out my WvW guide. Just from a quick glance at your build I notice that you are missing out on a potential extra 20-40% Critical damage.

You sound like a salesman and I don’t like salemen . . . but ok, I will check it out. You’re good.

:D

Edit: Read the guide, lots of interesting stuff that i’d recommend everyone check out. Will be incorporating a lot of the info int here for my next test build which i’m currently field testing in WvW. Thanks again!