Guild Wars 2

I’ve been playing a warr as main since launch, and got a special taste for Hammer. Looks cool, and I just love the CC. I’ve been running this build quite a while. It’s sort of a typical shout/hammer build focused on support, CC and condition removal spec, and has served me well in both dungeons, PvE and WvW.

But lately it has felt a bit lackluster… before, almost every thief who jumped me 1v1 made a huge mistake, because they couldn’t hurt me and I just squished them with immobilize, stuns and interrupts. I was on par with bunker guardians in zerg survivability, could stand against 3-5 people (even though I couldn’t dps them all down, obviously) and so forth. In dungeons I would always be the one getting people up when they were downed, just sitting there healing while the mobs/boss mauled at me, using my shouts if I needed a small heal.

Dungeons are still somewhat as they were, people seem to appreciate my support (yes, everyone doesn’t start to yell at you just because “zerker build is the only viable build”), but in WvW… where I could before roam without worry of anything, I’m now just a punching bag waiting to be hauled in by a perma-blind/stealth thief. I feel… weak nowadays.

And yes, I realize there are threads about thieves in WvW, but this will not be another one. Instead of complaining and saying that thieves should be nerfed or blablabla, I ask of you: what do I do now? I still haven’t invested in full ascended, even have some yellow rings, but I have to take a decision: continue with my build and “max it out”, or respec totally?

Thanks in advance.

drop 10 points from tactics and get zerker power, and get warhorn from tactic tree.

traited warnhorn surpised me, the condition remove and buffs I like better than the shouts (you get protection and regen here and there)

you should be using earthshaker anytime its up(in wvw), getting zerker power doesnt make any sense.

I run the same spec within a hammer train. Though, in defense I take the adept trait “embrace the pain” and in the master trait I take “last stand.” The grandmaster trait is a toss up but I chose “defy pain.” The whole concept is to be able to build adrenaline to be able to earthshaker as much as possible. The only thing stopping me from earthshaking more is the cool down on the skill because the adrenaline regen with this build seems almost instant refill. Pair yourself with a guardian and become a god. :P