Guild Wars 2

My shoutbow still works pretty good, but with all the new changes I’ve decided to come out of the comfort zone and try some new builds. Any suggestions on some solid builds right now?

Idk if sword has any good builds but that would be cool too xD

Hi,

DrDivine.5378:

My shoutbow still works pretty good, but with all the new changes I’ve decided to come out of the comfort zone and try some new builds. Any suggestions on some solid builds right now? Idk if sword has any good builds but that would be cool too xD

If you want to get out of your comfort zone and use a sword, then what about going straight into the Berserker zone?

1) Sword+Shield/Greatsword.

High mobility, high damage with sword #3 and various GS skills, can combo Sword F1 into Sword #3 or GS #2, traited physical skills for Rampage and another physical skill of your choice (Bull’s Rush to benefit from Warrior’s Sprint, Throw Bolas for shorter CD). Many tweaking options:

• I play it with Rousing Resilience to better resist physical damage, but you may switch that to Cleansing Ire if you want to focus more on conditions.
• Instead of Bull’s Rush or Throw Bolas, slot in Endure Pain if you think Sword F1 is enough for your combos.

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-wFwg;1NKVP0f4oKkQ0;9;4dfh;0246038157;4Rwl3L;1F-03F-035t

2) Sword+Axe / Mace+Shield.

My preferred Berserker sword build, which tries to balance the strong offense of sword/axe with the active defense brought by mace/shield, with the bonus ability to down opponents under 50% HP (synergies of Sword #3, Heightened Focus and Signet mastery).

http://intothemists.com/guides/5777-the_finisher

There are many other nice berserker/marauder builds around (GS/Bow, GS/Hammer, GS/Mace+Shield), if you’re okay to sheathe your sword and pick up other weapons. Don’t hesitate to post your preferences in terms of weapons/gameplays, many people around here have lots of fine ideas to share!

Have fun.

Spvp or WvW? 15 letter thing

xbutcherx.3861:

Spvp or WvW? 15 letter thing

Spvp preferred

You could try the Juggernaut!

I tried this in hotjoin today, having never really played GS in PvP before. It was chaos, along with all the condi madness and super-Engis and so on, but surprisingly fun, and I felt so mobile and dynamic compared to the old longbow builds. I’d say I’m a mediocre player, but when people made mistakes against this it was usually gg.

I think I’d like GS/sword+shield even more though, so I’m going to try Elegie’s suggestions next.

GS Sword/Shield is a decent 1v1 but really, at this point, you’re better off just going with max health, max power, and popping all three stances, and then popping into Rampage and just melt people.

GreyerSkies.6287:

You could try the Juggernaut!

I tried this in hotjoin today, having never really played GS in PvP before. It was chaos, along with all the condi madness and super-Engis and so on, but surprisingly fun, and I felt so mobile and dynamic compared to the old longbow builds. I’d say I’m a mediocre player, but when people made mistakes against this it was usually gg.

I think I’d like GS/sword+shield even more though, so I’m going to try Elegie’s suggestions next.

I actually like this one, as much as I love shoutbow and being tanky, I always found it odd the previous meta warriors were the tanky heal supports while the guardians were the glass cannon in your face dps xD

I was never great with gs on warrior, but it’s definitely a lot of fun and I need to learn to abuse rampage more, any advice on this build? Another thing is I actually take bull’s charge, stomp and kick/endure pain as being an interrupt warrior is a lot of fun and has saved me many times.