Guild Wars 2

I am a level 13 warrior. I have 9 unspent slot skill points and 3 unspent trait points. I guess this will sound dumb, but, I don’t know what to spend them on. Why buy a slot skill if I don’t have a slot to fill, you know?

The only skills I have purchased so far are the bolo thing and the stand up for justice team buff.

I am building a longbow warrior. I have always liked archers but dislike ranger pets, so I’m hoping this can be a fun pve character that could also be decent at pvp and wvw. I also generally carry around a sword/shield.

Any advice of what to spend my points on? Thanks.

I would suggest going melee at least until level 60 just to get used to close quarter combat and dodging.
Signet build (+40 precision per signet trait in arms line) and get 20 in strength/arms first.
Use weapons as you get them. Always do map completion as it is easy EXP.

Tell me when you hit 60 and I’ll give you a good 60~80 build for Longbow and then a nice end-game build depending on what you want your secondary set to be

So, should I just save my skill slot points until then? Are there a certain few that are indispensable no matter what the build? I feel like I am missing something important about GW2 build strategy because I don’t yet comprehend why I should buy slot skills I have no open slots for.

Thanks

In terms of SP usage, aim to get all the signets first. Especially the elite signet once you reach higher levels. A couple other skills you should get are: for great justice, balanced stance, endure pain, shake it off, banner of discipline, then afterwards just get whatever. You’ll get enough skill points during the game that you can buy every single skill anyways.

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So, should I just save my skill slot points until then? Are there a certain few that are indispensable no matter what the build? I feel like I am missing something important about GW2 build strategy because I don’t yet comprehend why I should buy slot skills I have no open slots for.

Thanks

Use your skill points. You can get an infinite amount of them.
Get all the signets first and trait +40 precision.
Beyond that, just get at least 20 in str and precision or just play around.
Warrior is arguably the easiest class to level with