Guild Wars 2

People use hammer now partially because the big stun. But, and I don’t know if this has been brought up before, but sword has Flurry. Immobilize. Which is the only Burst that responds to condition duration other than Longbow fire.

It starts at base 3 seconds. Just using the character builder, at 30 pts it goes to 5 1/4 seconds! If you use some +40% condition duration food and items you can get it crazy high.

And unlike the thrown cripples, it’s generally going to hit if you’re in range. So you can use savage leap then Flurry and nail someone in place. Which is kitten useful for a warrior.

Not only that, if you go 30 Arms and get Blademaster (+10% chance to crit with swords) and Furious (critical hits grant triple adrenaline), you’re going to have something like a base ~75% crit chance, huge dmg from that, and constantly getting mass adrenaline.

It’s not in line with the more tanky warriors, but it’s really brutal 1v1 solo I think. I came up with this after I got my clock punched by a thief I couldn’t get near. Jump, Flurry, switch to hundred cuts or just lay into him.

It used to be popular in sPvP to bring a sword purely for the 3+ second immobilize to get a full, zero effort 100B on someone.

Well, the charge is nice too.

I used to play with Sword & GS using the Flurry > 100b. But if you use the condition build you see in the video, not only it’s funny, but you don’t rely on a single skill to burst your target. And you have a great resistance.

*nods * I’ve been running sword/sword for a while in Spvp/WvW for pretty much those reasons. The immobilize on flurry allows you to swap for a free 100b if you carry a greatsword, or can apply 20+ stacks of bleed between it’s own with Precise Strikes and Sigil of Earth.

Most classes have ways to mitigate/escape the root, but in general I’ve found it a fairly effective and fun build for pvp, as well as a bit of a break from the more common mace/shield+GS or Hammer+GS builds.

Swords already put on conditions and very flew classes can break an immobilize as fast as you can put it back on. I.e., if people are just removing conditions, there’s a decent chance it won’t get the immob. Stun break won’t do it because it’s not a stun. You could theoretically keep someone immobilized 50% of a fight. That’s assuming you have around max condition duration and all the bursty adrenaline builders.

Most people talk of warriors as being great in big groups and small groups (shouts and banners and hammer) but I think it has potential for duels. It’s just not very survivable and not sure it’s escape ability. I’m thinking almost nill…

haha i remember using flurry in spvp on a thief. When it was channeling he/she dazed me and down i went, after that i never used the sword in spvp

I’ve never really given this build much thought or credit but considering what I saw in that video listed a few posts up, it’s pretty interesting. With the added bonus of getting most of the armor from karma, it could be a fun alternative to my normal zerker build.

Been playing the Condi Warrior build in the video for a few days now and I gotta say, it’s probably the most fun I’ve had on this game in awhile.

JVJD.4912:

haha i remember using flurry in spvp on a thief. When it was channeling he/she dazed me and down i went, after that i never used the sword in spvp

You’re not supposed to channel it. Just use it for the immobilize. Only the rather lackluster damage is channeled. The instant you hit someone with it, they’re immobilized.

I primarily run two builds, sword/sword + Longbow for my condis

and axe/axe + rifle for my crits

I have this thing against running meta/FlaverOfTheMonth builds though…

=P