Guild Wars 2

I’ve played my warrior on and off in spvp but only just leveled him to 80 for roaming around wvw solo. The problem I’m having is that greatsword seems necessary for escaping, but I really don’t enjoy the weapon. I think I’m hoping for something that doesn’t exist, but I figured I’d ask the more experienced warriors,

Is there any kind of combination of weapons/traits/utilities that will give me enough mobility to escape from groups without gimping me for when I do fight? Sword/warhorn seems like the obvious second choice, but is it actually enough mobility to get away?

One of the most important things is proper movement impairment condition mitigation. Just being chilled for 2 seconds is enough to get the zerg to swarm you. There are a few ways to do this. dogged march + hoelbrak or melandru runes + lemongrass poultry soup is a good start. i don’t like warhorn for removing condis because by the time you switch and activate the skill, you’re already 6 feet under. go from there

Sword/warhorn is ample mobility for getting away.

Warhorn clears all movement impairing conditions (except stuns/daze, of course) and Savage Leap is a 900 range leap that is unaffected by cripple/chill. And of course, there’s Vigor for extra dodging on the Warhorn as well.

Sword/Warhorn and GS + Bullsrush + boon duration and Signet of Rage.
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Sword leap, warhorn swiftness, greatsword whirl, greatsword charge, bullsrush and low cd on weapon skills allows for long chains. You would only use this setup when you are not expecting to be engaging in pvp and can afford to waste some cds but you go absolutely flying across the map.

Gs alone is more than enough.

Ajaxx.3157:

Gs alone is more than enough.

say that when you are chilled or crippled

Turbo Whale.1738:

Ajaxx.3157:

Gs alone is more than enough.

say that when you are chilled or crippled

That’s why we use dogged march/runes/food

I too hate GS. Just switched to this last night, and so far so good in duels and skirmishes. The glaring obstacle is still blind spam though.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNAS8ejkOxu1OGPMxBE0DNkLqiTBlQ9wO2w4A-jkCBYLCy0yAkFQECwZPFRjtMqIasKGYqSER1eDER1uDYyAwMGA-w

You could easily swap Destruction of the Empowered to Warrior’s Sprint as needed.

I tried roaming with sword/warhorn and bull’s charge, but it just wasn’t enough to escape. It’s great sustained mobility, but low burst mobility, and that’s often more important. I ended up just going back to the greatsword. Maybe if I use it enough I’ll stop hating it. :|

Laceration.4290:

Turbo Whale.1738:

Ajaxx.3157:

Gs alone is more than enough.

say that when you are chilled or crippled

That’s why we use dogged march/runes/food

Even without Dogged and Melandru, its fine.

But yes you get the point

Join the GS bandwagon. Best weapon in the game for the last 12+ months. If you don’t like it, don’t play warrior.

Maybe one day they’ll balance some of the weapons and figure out how to fix their broken condition duration mechanics. Not holding out much hope though.