I was wondering if anyone has any tips for roaming with Axe/Sh gs. I normally use Gs Hammer, but I like axe a lot too. However, every time I try and use it I generally do worse than with Hammer. I probably need to get more used to the set, but any advice is welcome!
There’s several ways you can go.
If you go 0/4/4/0/6 with Forceful GS you can go Bull’s Charge + 100b to gain might then swap to Axe with a sigil of intel for a strong combo.
The 0/0/6/2/6 gives you Defy Pain for extra sustain (if you’re running -condi duration food and boons you can ditch Zerker Stance in all of these builds) and Leg specialist which is REALLY useful for setting up Evis or Bull’s Charge.
6/0/4/0/4 gets you more DPS while sacrificing sustain. Axe Mastery can be swapped for Slashing Power.
As for general tactics, your big two are of course Bull’s Charge + 100b and Shield Bash + Evis. Woth Option 2 you can do mini combos like Bladetrail at close range to immob followed by 100b, though this is much weaker than it used to be (before Leg Spec got a icd you could immob them again when the blade came back).
Other than that, the build is about using your attacks wisely. Save Rush until they start to try and put distance between you. Use Whirlwind attack when they are backing away from you or you have no other way to avoid a incoming big attack. Axe has always been a straight forward “use your AA” weapon while stacking up vuln. Don’t just throw out Evis, wait until after they dodge or you have a setup like the immob or Shield Bash. Sometimes you’ll get lucky but the leap isn’t as helpful as you would think.
There’s several ways you can go.
If you go 0/4/4/0/6 with Forceful GS you can go Bull’s Charge + 100b to gain might then swap to Axe with a sigil of intel for a strong combo.
The 0/0/6/2/6 gives you Defy Pain for extra sustain (if you’re running -condi duration food and boons you can ditch Zerker Stance in all of these builds) and Leg specialist which is REALLY useful for setting up Evis or Bull’s Charge.
6/0/4/0/4 gets you more DPS while sacrificing sustain. Axe Mastery can be swapped for Slashing Power.
As for general tactics, your big two are of course Bull’s Charge + 100b and Shield Bash + Evis. Woth Option 2 you can do mini combos like Bladetrail at close range to immob followed by 100b, though this is much weaker than it used to be (before Leg Spec got a icd you could immob them again when the blade came back).
Other than that, the build is about using your attacks wisely. Save Rush until they start to try and put distance between you. Use Whirlwind attack when they are backing away from you or you have no other way to avoid a incoming big attack. Axe has always been a straight forward “use your AA” weapon while stacking up vuln. Don’t just throw out Evis, wait until after they dodge or you have a setup like the immob or Shield Bash. Sometimes you’ll get lucky but the leap isn’t as helpful as you would think.
Thanks for all the info. I think my biggest issue is that I’m not smart with my evis, but I just roamed for a bit and was a lot more smart with my evis and I did a lot better.
Yeh, people who have never played warrior like to talk about how easy it is to play, but playing it well is another issue entirely. The adren nerf hurt but it did increase the skill cap by a decent amount.
You have great mobility so u should abuse it to break line of sight when under pressure nd heal up a bit.
Bait them to burst on you then pop shield 5. Also you can make someone chase u than shield bash backwards followed by evis.
I feel like option 2 above is much better than others because of how telegraphed our skills are. Leg specialist kind of takes care of that. The only weakness is against warriors who have condi food and dogged march. Immob wont last long enough for you to burst.
Lastly an obvious tip, you dont wanna pop shield stance when you have endure pain active. You also dont wanna waste a dodge then.
what do you think about something like that?
(edited by Rhaegar.5120)
That Axe/Shield looks an awful lot like a Hammer to me.
That Axe/Shield looks an awful lot like a Hammer to me.
oooops edited. correct build now!!!
what do you think about something like that?
I mean.. It’ll work but I feel like your crit damage is a tad low.
Try 04604, best combination of sustain and damage. You get cooldown reduc on GS, extra crit chance on evis, higher Fury uptime and you can still pick auto Endure Pain.
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