Guild Wars 2

Hi all,

I’m just wondering on your opinions of what you think is better? I’ve read double Axes are the best for a Warrior (Not sure how true that is?) I am currently using a Great Sword as the stats are stronger than a single Axe. If I double up the Axe’s should I also double up the stats or does it not work like that?

Thank you.

for what pve? Double axe for pve mob grinding is very nice and plays well with a longbow as the secondary.

With 15 points in discipline you have a trait that reduces your weaponswitch cooldown by 5 seconds. Use both axe and greatsword.

Axe offhand is not very good. Skill 5 deals lower damage then your autohit and fury from skill 4 is not necessary with signet of rage and for greater justice.

And yes, two axes would grant you 2x the stats.

Thanks both, yes it’s just for use in the world, I haven’t played much of PvP and WvW yet. I think I’ll give it ago, the great sword is getting a bit boring now. Do you guys recommend a better skill/weapon set? Or is double Axe about as good as it gets?

Thanks again.

you could run sword/axe for a lil mobility with the longbow or you could keep the gs with axe/axe

Try Greatsword/Hammer : 10-25-15-0-20 might wanna run with a bit of knights/valk gear tho.

Axe/Mace is my favorite combo, despite the long cooldown on 5 it can be used very well and to great effect as well as the vuln from 4 and 1 from axe for constant steady mobile dps (not stuck in place like 2 on gs), depending on the scenario my other set will either be gs (for when i know i’ll be able to stay still a bit for 2), sword/warhorn (if i need mobility), rifle (stating the obvious but this is for when ranged makes life easier ie cliffside fractal)

Axe/mace or axe/shield are better combos than axe/axe IMO

Try Greatsword/Hammer : 10-25-15-0-20 might wanna run with a bit of knights/valk gear tho.

dont wanna turn this into a build post but where are you going with this. Well over 100% crit chance with unsuspecting foe and no merciless hammer leads me to believe you are rellying more on GS for killing which doesn’t work out too well in WVW personally I find speccing defensively Is more rewarding with knights/valk(or cavalier)

PvE-centric post incoming:

Offhand axe is worthless because the fury generation is redundant with For Great Justice and Signet of Rage, and the #5 skill is less DPS than autoattacking unless you’re surrounded 360 degrees, which rarely happens. Axe/Axe used to be the popular offhand swap from GS only because there was no cooldown for gain health on crit foods, so you could go from 25% health to 100% in a flash by using Axe 5. Now that the foods have been given an internal cooldown, Axe 5 isn’t nearly as useful. Offhand Mace is a much more useful offhand with extra vulnerability stacking and a CC that increases DPS when used in melee range (it hits twice in melee, once from range) and can be used to strip Defiant.

20-25-0-10-15 with Greatsword and Axe/Mace on swap is the highest DPS setup, period. Drop the offhand Axe.

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Axe/mace or axe/shield are better combos than axe/axe IMO

Try Greatsword/Hammer : 10-25-15-0-20 might wanna run with a bit of knights/valk gear tho.

dont wanna turn this into a build post but where are you going with this. Well over 100% crit chance with unsuspecting foe and no merciless hammer leads me to believe you are rellying more on GS for killing which doesn’t work out too well in WVW personally I find speccing defensively Is more rewarding with knights/valk(or cavalier)

I don’t play WvW, just need the aoe from hammer/GS to tag mobs or mobility within a large pull. with trinkets, adren at max and fury you can run at 78% crit. alternating Fgj and SoF fury is very rarely out of reach