Guild Wars 2

Runes on strength
Sigil of intelligence
Sigil of force
on hammer

Sigil of energy
Sigil of battle
on bow

PTV same old 0 0 30 10 30(except not signet mastery, use stance give vigor instead)
healing signet, berserker stance, stamina signet(replace lyssa, you dont need endure pain anyway, stamina singet is far surprior, or switch to endure pain if you want), balanced stance, warbanner.

you can have perma 25 might with runes and sigil of battle and might stacking with bow and hammer, and whenever you switch to hammer you can 100% crit 3 times, you will be criting 3-5k for 3 times(9-15k damage) as PTV war every 10 seconds while AA them for 2k non crit and CC them to death. any squishies with 90% of their hp will be dead with one cc crit chain
Promote more hambow, because apparently that’s how anet want warriors to play.

Lighter.5631

edit: ok heres the complete build for anyone who are new, or cant read my messy post.

http://intothemists.com/guides/3542-lighters_new_meta_hambow

the 25 might thing doesnt sound correct. u only have 2 blast for 3 might you have sigent of rage for 5 and 3 for battle. where is the other 11 stacks come from?

you are able to stack faster gaining might than you lose it, because of the might duration

Warlord.9074:

the 25 might thing doesnt sound correct. u only have 2 blast for 3 might you have sigent of rage for 5 and 3 for battle. where is the other 11 stacks come from?

6 might per 10 seconds, and 2 might from might swaping and 3 from battle
that’s 11might every 10 seconds, simply from weapon rotation.
and these mights last for 14-20 seconds, with 45% duration increase from runes of strength you get 29 seconds of 11 might per 10 seconds, in 20 seconds you will be having 22 might. and you also get might from being attacked from the runes.

i didn’t even count signet of rage, because i replaced it with warbanner, you can use that for more might as well tho

Simon.3794:

Runes on strength
Sigil of intelligence
Sigil of force
on hammer

Sigil of energy
Sigil of battle
on bow

PTV same old 0 0 30 10 30
healing signet, berserker stance, stamina signet(replace lyssa, you dont need endure pain anyway, or switch to endure pain if you want), balanced stance, warbanner.

you can have perma 25 might with runes and sigil of battle and might stacking with bow and hammer, and whenever you switch to hammer you can 100% crit 3 times, you will be criting 3-4k for 3 times(9-12k damage) as PTV war every 10 seconds while AA them for 2k non crit on an engi and CC them to death.

Promote more hambow, because apparently that’s how anet want warriors to play.

Lighter.5631

No they dont,thats how You want to play.There are lots of viable warr builds out there atm.

It is pretty easy to get 25 stacks of might with this build, though it may take 2 rotations.

Blast combustion field with Arcing Arrow and Earthshaker = 6 might
Signet of Rage = 5 Might
Weapon Swap = 3 Might
Being hit = You can probably keep up 2-3 stacks of might if you are continuously being hit

That is 16-17 stacks right there. Do another rotation, you should be able to get 25 stacks of might within 20-30 seconds of a fight. Of course under ideal situations.

They don’t WANT us to play Hambow, they just always end up nerfing other builds whenever they try to nerf it. I had a really solid power-based sword/shield + LB build that could consistently beat certain builds. Post-Patch it doesn’t have the DPS of Meditation Guards or Thieves that it used to have no problem with. I might be able to improve it a bit but I don’t think it’ll ever be as good because other DPS builds didn’t take the hit LB did.

I totally agree with the OP, it’s like forced condi ! not like WvW already infested with condi baddies mesmers,thieves etc .. anyways !

I managed to finish my condi necro, now working on my warrior and going through all my characters .. gonna be a condi fest ! :P

I need suggestions/advise regarding a good LB conid build, I’ve some questions :

1- why ptv not dire, isn’t dire better ?
2- lb is essential we done from that about the 2nd weapon why hammer instead of s/s or s/w or whatever
3- the traits you said 0 0 30 10 30 is that standard how about the increase bleeding traits etc or any other viable traits
4- please help with weapon rotation

Thanks alot in advance.

Caedmon.6798:

Simon.3794:

Runes on strength
Sigil of intelligence
Sigil of force
on hammer

Sigil of energy
Sigil of battle
on bow

PTV same old 0 0 30 10 30
healing signet, berserker stance, stamina signet(replace lyssa, you dont need endure pain anyway, or switch to endure pain if you want), balanced stance, warbanner.

you can have perma 25 might with runes and sigil of battle and might stacking with bow and hammer, and whenever you switch to hammer you can 100% crit 3 times, you will be criting 3-4k for 3 times(9-12k damage) as PTV war every 10 seconds while AA them for 2k non crit on an engi and CC them to death.

Promote more hambow, because apparently that’s how anet want warriors to play.

Lighter.5631

No they dont,thats how You want to play.There are lots of viable warr builds out there atm.

well, atleast they nerfed my not op build harder then any op warrior build out there. who knows which build will they nerf next

ArabianDude.5128:

I totally agree with the OP, it’s like forced condi ! not like WvW already infested with condi baddies mesmers,thieves etc .. anyways !

I managed to finish my condi necro, now working on my warrior and going through all my characters .. gonna be a condi fest ! :P

I need suggestions/advise regarding a good LB conid build, I’ve some questions :

1- why ptv not dire, isn’t dire better ?
2- lb is essential we done from that about the 2nd weapon why hammer instead of s/s or s/w or whatever
3- the traits you said 0 0 30 10 30 is that standard how about the increase bleeding traits etc or any other viable traits
4- please help with weapon rotation

Thanks alot in advance.

lol this build and condition builds are completely different you can’t mix them together, again this build is power not condition, that’s why it’s PTV, that’s why it’s 0 0 30 10 30.

Simon.3794:

ArabianDude.5128:

I totally agree with the OP, it’s like forced condi ! not like WvW already infested with condi baddies mesmers,thieves etc .. anyways !

I managed to finish my condi necro, now working on my warrior and going through all my characters .. gonna be a condi fest ! :P

I need suggestions/advise regarding a good LB conid build, I’ve some questions :

1- why ptv not dire, isn’t dire better ?
2- lb is essential we done from that about the 2nd weapon why hammer instead of s/s or s/w or whatever
3- the traits you said 0 0 30 10 30 is that standard how about the increase bleeding traits etc or any other viable traits
4- please help with weapon rotation

Thanks alot in advance.

lol this build and condition builds are completely different you can’t mix them together, again this build is power not condition, that’s why it’s PTV, that’s why it’s 0 0 30 10 30.

I agree and totally understand was just asking if you have thoughts on my questions or ever experiment what I was looking for or you can refer me to a recent/decent condi warrior build, thanks.

a t s e.9614:

Hambow is for baddies.

tell me a war build that is not for baddies, oh there used to be one, rarely seen, only dedicated warriors use it, it was viable for having high skill cap posibilities, oh they nerfed that skill cap too, they nerfed all the high combos, if you want an example, if its thief, it would be you can’t steal anymore when channeling other skills, now this build is just as skillful as a hambow and not viable.

all my build buddies either switched to hambow, or just deal with it and getting reckt, because they dont care about pvp anymore.

Hey there Simon!

Gonna start doin some spvp (very noob at it). Is there any videos out there explaining how to play Hambow and how to stack might durin fight times? Thks for the build

Edgar.8063:

Hey there Simon!

Gonna start doin some spvp (very noob at it). Is there any videos out there explaining how to play Hambow and how to stack might durin fight times? Thks for the build

it’s rather simple, you gain Adrenaline, full, then you use longbow f1, and longbow 3 inside of it, then swap to hammer f1 on the fire field, and you can do w/e you want after, just swap to longbow when ever you can again, and repeat, lb f1 3 swap hammer f1.

Simon.3794:

Caedmon.6798:

Simon.3794:

Runes on strength
Sigil of intelligence
Sigil of force
on hammer

Sigil of energy
Sigil of battle
on bow

PTV same old 0 0 30 10 30
healing signet, berserker stance, stamina signet(replace lyssa, you dont need endure pain anyway, or switch to endure pain if you want), balanced stance, warbanner.

you can have perma 25 might with runes and sigil of battle and might stacking with bow and hammer, and whenever you switch to hammer you can 100% crit 3 times, you will be criting 3-4k for 3 times(9-12k damage) as PTV war every 10 seconds while AA them for 2k non crit on an engi and CC them to death.

Promote more hambow, because apparently that’s how anet want warriors to play.

Lighter.5631

No they dont,thats how You want to play.There are lots of viable warr builds out there atm.

well, atleast they nerfed my not op build harder then any op warrior build out there. who knows which build will they nerf next

Well,atm im using a power/crit build and ive gotten a pm while doing pvp from a med class that ive hit him for 11k with evis…Tell me how thats not viable,the guy dropped in 2 sec.

Caedmon.6798:

Simon.3794:

Caedmon.6798:

Simon.3794:

Runes on strength
Sigil of intelligence
Sigil of force
on hammer

Sigil of energy
Sigil of battle
on bow

PTV same old 0 0 30 10 30
healing signet, berserker stance, stamina signet(replace lyssa, you dont need endure pain anyway, or switch to endure pain if you want), balanced stance, warbanner.

you can have perma 25 might with runes and sigil of battle and might stacking with bow and hammer, and whenever you switch to hammer you can 100% crit 3 times, you will be criting 3-4k for 3 times(9-12k damage) as PTV war every 10 seconds while AA them for 2k non crit on an engi and CC them to death.

Promote more hambow, because apparently that’s how anet want warriors to play.

Lighter.5631

No they dont,thats how You want to play.There are lots of viable warr builds out there atm.

well, atleast they nerfed my not op build harder then any op warrior build out there. who knows which build will they nerf next

Well,atm im using a power/crit build and ive gotten a pm while doing pvp from a med class that ive hit him for 11k with evis…Tell me how thats not viable,the guy dropped in 2 sec.

1st of all,PPC axe build is bad in 5v5, it’s just bad, you either go far 1v1 all the time, or you are going to have a hard time in team fight and being lees effective, it does not matter how hard you hit, rifle can killshot some one 19k at 1500 range, oh it’s viable now, no, rifle is the worst weapon in any serious tpvp matches for warrior.

2nd of all, who tells you that i play axe build, i play gs/lb 20 0 20 0 30 bullcharge frenzy balanced stance, the only reason i dont need berserker stance or endure pain, it’s because of that trait allows me to stay alive if well played. but nerfed anyway.

i’ve always think this build as warrior’s shatter, but hey they nerfed shatter too, while buffing PU mesmer from what i heard, gg anet.

3rd of all, if you don’t know how strength warrior are nerfed harder then any OP hambow w/e build out there, then you are just casual warrior, and if you think PPC axe or even any thing axe is anywhere close to what a hambow can bring, you have no idea. they litterally just bring down the skillcap of strength warrior to match the hambow, while nerfing its damage and survibility (by nerfing that single important trait), so the build does not play anything more complex while being way less effective( they already are less effective pre patch) then those op builds, while these op builds are hardly nerfed

4th of all, have fun 3 hit ko engis and squishies with this new hambow build

Lighter.5631

Simon.3794:

Caedmon.6798:

Simon.3794:

Caedmon.6798:

Simon.3794:

Runes on strength
Sigil of intelligence
Sigil of force
on hammer

Sigil of energy
Sigil of battle
on bow

PTV same old 0 0 30 10 30
healing signet, berserker stance, stamina signet(replace lyssa, you dont need endure pain anyway, or switch to endure pain if you want), balanced stance, warbanner.

you can have perma 25 might with runes and sigil of battle and might stacking with bow and hammer, and whenever you switch to hammer you can 100% crit 3 times, you will be criting 3-4k for 3 times(9-12k damage) as PTV war every 10 seconds while AA them for 2k non crit on an engi and CC them to death.

Promote more hambow, because apparently that’s how anet want warriors to play.

Lighter.5631

No they dont,thats how You want to play.There are lots of viable warr builds out there atm.

well, atleast they nerfed my not op build harder then any op warrior build out there. who knows which build will they nerf next

Well,atm im using a power/crit build and ive gotten a pm while doing pvp from a med class that ive hit him for 11k with evis…Tell me how thats not viable,the guy dropped in 2 sec.

1st of all,PPC axe build is bad in 5v5, it’s just bad, you either go far 1v1 all the time, or you are going to have a hard time in team fight and being lees effective, it does not matter how hard you hit, rifle can killshot some one 19k at 1500 range, oh it’s viable now, no, rifle is the worst weapon in any serious tpvp matches for warrior.

2nd of all, who tells you that i play axe build, i play gs/lb 20 0 20 0 30 bullcharge frenzy balanced stance, the only reason i dont need berserker stance or endure pain, it’s because of that trait allows me to stay alive if well played. but nerfed anyway.

i’ve always think this build as warrior’s shatter, but hey they nerfed shatter too, while buffing PU mesmer from what i heard, gg anet.

3rd of all, if you don’t know how strength warrior are nerfed harder then any OP hambow w/e build out there, then you are just casual warrior, and if you think PPC axe or even any thing axe is anywhere close to what a hambow can bring, you have no idea. they litterally just bring down the skillcap of strength warrior to match the hambow, while nerfing its damage and survibility (by nerfing that single important trait), so the build does not play anything more complex while being way less effective( they already are less effective pre patch) then those op builds, while these op builds are hardly nerfed

4th of all, have fun 3 hit ko engis and squishies with this new hambow build

Lighter.5631

You really don’t have to write such a huge wall of text saying how “bad” my build is in pvp,and then even try to say how casual i am.You dont even know my traits,sigils or runes or how my rotations work or even what offhand weap or what secondary weap i’m using….I merely said there are viable builds out there for warrs and gave you a quick example of what i meant. Besides the rest,Cba to bother with it…Goodluck with your bow!

Btw,90% of warrs are running bow..How can you even call me casual ? Make sense.

Hey guys! I just got back to the game, and im very curious.
which traits/slot skills should i use to this build?

And on my equips im focus on Knight`s whit + Power / + Precision / + Toughness

Is this right?

a t s e.9614:

Hambow is for baddies.

True

every build i see ppl complain… O.o
The solution is not play a Warrior them?

I despise the hambow so much yet the warrior (Asura) is one of my favorite classes to play in pvp. It’s really a matter of personal preference. Some of the best players usually run with off-beat games.

New hambow is even better than before lol.

Running 10/0/30/0/30 with cavalier ammy and crit a thief with autoattack for 6.8k.

Leonschiggen.1860:

New hambow is even better than before lol.

Running 10/0/30/0/30 with cavalier ammy and crit a thief with autoattack for 6.8k.

Screenshot or didn’t happen.

Didn’t take a screenshot, but I’ll run the build again tonight and get a screen.

Eviscerate is very powerful but it takes more skill to execute properly. so many variations you can try. Why stick to hambow

KarsaiB.9475:

Leonschiggen.1860:

New hambow is even better than before lol.

Running 10/0/30/0/30 with cavalier ammy and crit a thief with autoattack for 6.8k.

Screenshot or didn’t happen.

There’s no surprise, sigil of intelligence, which is the core of my hambow build, i can crit up to 4.5k with PTV and no crit damage. and it’s 3 crits guaranty every 10 seconds on single target.

tho i won’t suggest using strength line over leg specialist, leg specialist can help you landing your damage, while 10 point in strength gives little to non.

Lighter.5631

Furious.2867:

Eviscerate is very powerful but it takes more skill to execute properly. so many variations you can try. Why stick to hambow

because axe is no where viable in team play, and every single strength line power build got nerfed except bunkers and hambow.

if i would stick to strength power build, i would stick to greatsword instead of axe, where my love belong, but no longer, because they nerfed not only damage and survibility, but also it’s game play, it’s complexity. i would not just quit my build like that, if it was simple damage or/and survibility nerf.
example, if it was thief, it would be you can no longer shadowstep while casting skills, or if it was(censored) shatter mesmer, it would be illusionary persona no longer works without clones. yes it was that game breaking to me

Lighter.5631

The real Hambow…. >.>

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fNAQJATVnMqQrKWLIuCCXLIIPoWHAJwazcDOhX1hrsokFdE-ThTAABKcEAo4CAIwBCwgDQAPq/EwBEQNlgbpMDgHAAXKN4TXTCHAhe2fo7DBAA-e

The big selling point of longbow over axe is it pulls blinds off with the aoe field. That way you have a tool to deal with blind spamming thieves.

Personally I prefer axe though, enough damage to force dodges before even trying to burst someone.

Though question. Does anyone else notice earthshaker specifically does not go off. Usually need to hit it at least 2 times before it will cast. Seems really buggy, causes a lot of rubber banding too and I can’t say I get any lag with any other skill.

Fourth.1567:

Though question. Does anyone else notice earthshaker specifically does not go off. Usually need to hit it at least 2 times before it will cast. Seems really buggy, causes a lot of rubber banding too and I can’t say I get any lag with any other skill.

Yes, I notice this too.
There have been so many times where I had to repeatedly hit F1 because earthshaker wouldn’t go off.

Even if Hambow is full faceroll and for baddies; it’s effective in Team Arena due firefield, blast, stun and knockdown. That’s why even the top 100 teams will still use it. Not because it’s easy and for baddies, because it’s effective in more ways.
In Team Arena it still comes down to rotation between you and your team.