Guild Wars 2

Hey there!

I finally got around to making a Warrior, and I used the Signet build and Greatsword to quickly climb to level 80.

However, I’ve heard that this build is no longer viable for level 80, and that there are better alternatives.

I’m already dead set on using Power/Vitality/Toughness (PTV or PVT, I forget.) gear, I’m not interested in using Berserker’s or Knight’s.

I was thinking for runes, to use Soldier’s, and run a shout build, much similar to my Guardian, which also uses Soldier runes and shouts (Mainly cause of Altrusitic Healing though.)

Is this a good way to go? If so, what major traits or traits in general would go good with such a build?

Thanks in advance!

Gear wise you seem to be going in a defensive/support kind of build. I ran a similar build with mace/shield (tank style) using shouts to heal and remove conditions. The build was 10/0/30/30/0 (Berserker’s power/ Cull of the weak, Sundering mace, Shield Master/ Empower allies, Lung capacity, Vigorous shouts). I had ok damage, but the point of this build is to be hard to kill, supporting allies (condi removal, boons, rezzing), and not being the main dps. I used Healing Surge, and 3 shouts (FGJ, SiO, Fear me) + Signet of Rage or Warbanner (though you might want to swap empower allies to inspiring banners trait to make it a lot more useful). Hope this helps

I suggest a 20/30/0/0/20 build with zerker gear and cavalier trinkets, Last Chance+Sigil of Rage for quickness stacking.
You get megadamage and high survivability all in one go.
PVT gear is useless when you can get the same with Cavalier without giving up all your damage.

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

I forgot to mention that I primarily would like to use Greatsword/Rifle, but I understand that I must be versatile, and I will indeed try to get an exotic of every weapon type available in my inventory.

Zerk gear + Cavalier trinkets does sound a bit appealing, I suppose: I still get Vitality and Toughness.