I die a lot in zerker gear because I kind of suck, this build lets me not die and enjoy the scenery.
Depending on the mobs in the area I’ll swap Brawler’s Recovery for Inspiring battle standard. I have about 30k hp with traits and exotic gear aside from my amulet which is Ascendend and one rare ring cause I’m pov. Hp Regen is about 700hps with a standard otherwise it sits on 400hps.
All gear is Soldiers, with Dolyak runes on my armor (cheap source of toughness/vit and gives tiny heal). With signet’s traited 366hps and rune heals I get 400hps. That’s fine thanks to high toughness reducing my damage.
Weapons are Soldiers GS and Rifle with Beryl Orbs for the Vit/Power and Crests of the Soldier. I suppose I could go Axe/Mace for a little extra damage with the vuln application and knockdown for safety, or Axe/Shield for the block but so far I’m happy with GS mobility and damage.
All my accessories and my amulet have Crests of the Soldier on them.
Traits are:
Strength: Mid Mid Up
Discipline: Top Top Bottom (Or Top Bottom Bottom when I need more condi clear)
Defense: Mid mid mid (Mid mid top if mushrooms there’s knockdown spam)
I have 30k health which gives me a big safety buffer so if I’m slow on dodging out of danger it’s not a catastrophe. I can sit toe to toe now with GS and 100b spam things in Maguuma without too much concern thanks to the high regen. Against things it’s not safe to go toe to toe or when I need time to enjoy the regen I use rifle with piercing and a bit of movement and now I spend much less time running from res points.
Play is not mentally challenging but it’s very safe. Runes were cheap on auction house; the gear I got cheaply with badges from EoTM at the Eternal Battlegrounds vendor.
There’s some synergy in my traits with toughness converts to power, and power converts to vitality traits interacting, which is why I grabbed all those cheap Soldier crests. Stuff still dies reasonably quickly. Not fast, but fast enough.
Heal is Signet, Utilities are Power Signet, Dolyak Signet and Battle Standard, or swap standard for Stamina and the healing on standards trait for Brawler’s Recovery for when condi clear is required. Elite is Signet for the swiftness and crit, or Rampage.
Is it complex? No. But this is very noob friendly and lets me go toe to toe which I dig. I have Swiftness from my standard and signet to make up for lack of Warrior’s Sprint.
In events I can do some damage, bring a little utility with banners and res near champs without worrying about being killed thanks to my big health buffer. And I look kinda kitten :P
I’m sure this has been done before, maybe even in this particular way. Anyways, enjoy.
