Guild Wars 2

I like the great dmg of the GS but also I like the 1h-shield way as secondary,
is there any decent build that I can use? I want to switch to GS for big dmg and again to 1h-shield for protection+dmg

My armor has toughness-vitality and condition dmg with Rune of the soldier.

I would not go for condition damage at all if I were you. GS and Sword both benefit from power and precision, but only sword benefits from condition damage. If you’re going condition damage on a warrior, its either all or none, meaning go s/s+ long bow, don’t half kitten it or your just gonna be sub-optimal.

Can work for PvP, doesn’t work for PvE.

In PvP you’re going to use Sword for two things – Leap to chase/escape and Flurry, using it and then immediately switching to Greatsword and doing 100b. Which means you do not take any Sword related traits and build like your usual DPS GS user.

So for PvP is better to use GS and sword-shield with power and precision.
What build should I use for that? 30-30-0-10?

20-30-0-0-20 or some variation of this is somewhat standard. And as mentioned, you don’t go sword for condition damage unless you’re going ALL-IN on condition damage weapons.

You can pair anything up with a shield tbh (and a shield offset is required for spvp). I personally use mace + shield; serves a similar function as a sword in that i can use the mace burst skill then to gs for 100b. Sword works well for this, and even axe is fine (won’t have the extra setup potential for 100b, but you get more damage from an axe overall than a sword or mace)

25 on Arms (longer bleeds, greatsword might skill), 15 on Defense (adrenal health), 30 on Tactics (boons give damage bonus, faster shouts, shouts heal) is what I use with knight’s gear. Allows me to tank, dps, and give out heals and condition wipes.

Sword + Shield for large team fights
Mace + Shield for duels/forcing people out of the point in small skirmishes

I even enjoyed Axe/Mace with greatsword combo.

Stack the vulnerability on your target with Mace4 and Axe2. Knock them down with Mace5, switch to great sword and push the I Win button.

I have been thinking about this. Are all three 1h weapons viable with the 20/30/0/0/20 setup, or are trait changes necessary?
Talking standard
strength (damage buff and gs damage buff)
Arms (vulnerability, gs buff, auto quickness)
Discipline (crit damage buff, move from immobile)

I figured for mace/shield would use (+50% crit in arms) but for sword/shield do you think any changes are necessary?

Nope, cause I’d use Shield Bash to land an HB on a target that I know has no stun breaks even with Sword + Shield. I’d still take unsuspecting foe if I was Sword + Shield.

My warrior goes 10 / 30 / 0 / 30 / 0

Berserker power : free 10% boost with full adrenaline
Deep cut: longer bleed, benefit both greatsword and 1h sword (33% bleed rate on crit)
Blade mastery: 10% crit rate on 1h sword
Forceful greatsword: a must for greatsword
Leg specialist: both 1h sword and GS benefit in dungeon/WvW/PvP
Shung it off / Lung capacity: depend situation if heavy condition or not
Shout heal: make you and your allies more durable

suggest with soldier rune

This build is very flexible, i am able to switch around with regen banner and shout heal; extremely flexible weapon choice: GS + 1hS / GS + R / 1hS + R / GS + LB / 1hS + LB / R + LB by tweak around the trait slot in ARM and TACTICS; 10 Strength, switch to death from above when i need to jump off a cliff, switch to restorative strength when expecting high immobilize hostile.

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I have been thinking about this. Are all three 1h weapons viable with the 20/30/0/0/20 setup, or are trait changes necessary?
Talking standard
strength (damage buff and gs damage buff)
Arms (vulnerability, gs buff, auto quickness)
Discipline (crit damage buff, move from immobile)

I figured for mace/shield would use (+50% crit in arms) but for sword/shield do you think any changes are necessary?

Pretty much any 1h can be used. I actually run 20/20/10/0/20 now instead of the 30 in precision, mainly for the projectile reflect when using shield stance (pretty kitten good sometimes, i get people to 1/2 life with just the projectile reflect)

I also use sweet vengeance instead of movement skills break immobilize. Sweet vengeance is easier to take advantage of in sPvP, and i see the movement breaking immobilize as a more of a WvW trait since getting binded in a bad spot there means insta-gibed (where as getting binded in spvp isn’t so much so)

Between 1h weapons though id take either a mace(what i use) or a sword, since both will give you an extra option when it comes to setting up a 100b. Axe gives you access to a lil more damage on melee swings and an adren dump though, so its still a solid option. Mace/shield has enough cc built in that you can often get them to waste a stun-break there, which will make a bull rush combo more likely to land.

Yeah I wanted to use the mace, but when I did, it felt clunky. I think it does not benefit as much from 20/30/0/0/20. I agree that reflect is a boss.
glass war without eviscerate felt like I was cheating myself in damage.

And going mace without any defense line I was not sure about.

Mace is clunky for a good reason. Its also the main reason why HB is fine as is.

Well the mace isn’t for damage its for self-preservation. You get an extra block, daze, and stun. The stun is useful for setting up HB. The weakness of mace is lack of cripple, so it is possible to be kited if they dodge your daze and/or shield stun. Takes a bit of time to get used to mace, but once you do, its hard to go back.