Guild Wars 2

Hello fellow Warriors!

I’d like to discuss defensive warrior archtypes with you here and to bounce my ideas off of someone other than my cat.

Here’s my current build:
http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/warrior#11|9|10|915|318|45|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|10|1084|0|0|9|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|4|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

I like this set up in WvW a lot because I can hold my own in skirmishes but also help rally a downed ally in a pinch.

My usual tactics tend toward using my bow’s Pin Down and AoEs until the enemies break our perimeter, then swap out to my Axe and Shield for melee combat. Shield Stance is amazing when I time it right and turn my enemy’s powerful attack into a dud, but it makes me cry if I time it wrong! Same really goes for Shield Bash.

Dolyak Signet and Endure Pain are amazing for me so far, paired with the Tactics minor trait Determined Revival and Defense Major Turtle’s Defense. It allows me to run to a downed player under sustained enemy fire and make an attempt at revival. It’s probably the most exciting thing I do in WvW! Run up to a fallen comrade who is inside of at least three red circles of bad kitten with Shield Stance, start reviving him, HP dropping, he’s almost up, 500 HP, pop Endure Pain (I wish Sure-Footed was working…), we both get up and evade for our lives!

I’m only level 29 right now, but I plan on sticking to my field medic sort of build. I want to max Defense trait line for sure, and put a lot of points into Tactics. I may get some Banner traits once I hit my elite skill and go for Banner of War too.

So, how do you defend yourself?