It’s really a taste-thing when it comes to these builds. If you are looking to play with others I’d say take Hammer. You’re gonna be upfront and want to smash your enemies and keep them out of your friends’ faces so they can DPS the kitten out of them. Control the fight. Are they regrouping for a heal? Leap into them and scatter them.
Are you looking to deal as much damage by yourself, go Axe. If you are looking to benefit the group, take hammer.
Also if you haven’t tried it, I’d suggest you look into using Sw/Sh + Hammer. An awesome leap, a reliable block and a reliable nuke(final thrust) and a great immob on F1. You seem to be really wanting to play GS, it’s fine. It’s just that it’s only real damage source stucks you to the ground. It’s very very situational, especially in a group fight.
Thump rule is that axe is better in 1v1 but hammer gets much better when you with a group (gangbang on the cc’ed enemy).
But you should try taking both!
Hammer + axe/shield is a great setup (the usual hambow traits 0/0/6/2/6)
When you go solo the GS mobility is priceless, but when roaming in group there is no point in travelling real fast if you leave your group behind.
As for catching fleeing foes – leave it to others, a burst thief/ele/ranger will do it better anyhow.
I think I’ll be hoarding my adren next patch. GS and Lbow with berserker’s power is looking good. Lbow is real nice b/c you can burst the ground instead of your target, much more reliable for Cleansing Ire especially with this change.
