Hello all! I hope you’re having as much fun on GW2 as I am!
To introduce myself, I’m Kelly aka Knightfall aka Kyllek. I’ve played warrior based classes since I was grinding STR and ATK in Runescape 6 years ago. I’ve always loved the thought of being the powerhouse, the one who doesn’t posses nor need magic to compete in a world of fire throwing demi-gods.
Anyways to the spec, I’ll start with some things you can expect and not expect from this build;
What you can expect
-26k hp While using berserkers amulet, 32k while using Knight’s. Your choice.
-Great survivability
-Great player/group support abilities and options
-Constant 10+ stack of Might makes for great damage
-Superb condition removal
-Superb mobility
-Rage from thieves who saw the warrior icon and thought you were a free kill
-QQ whispers from cookie cutter specs who expected to dodge your bulls rush and win.
what NOT to expect
-Frenzy+Hundred Blades killing someone in 3 seconds
-The extreme damage from glass cannon warriors, this is more then made up for in survivability. Glass cannon warriors don’t work anymore, sorry.
Not that you’ve read a “short” list of pro’s and cons, let’s get into it.
For the trait allocation; It goes
0 – null
20- unsuspecting foe (negotiable) and Forceful Greatsword.
0- null
30- Leg specialist, Lung Capacity and Vigorous Shouts.
20- Inspiring shouts (negotiable) and Mobile strikes
I’ll explain some of the more important choices here; obviously for a shout spec, Lung
Capacity and Vigorous Shouts are a must have. The reduced cooldown plus 1.5-2k heal is self explanatory. Leg Spec is also a must have, makes using blade trai lan absolute monster due to the boomerang effect, and allows for a free bulls rush/hundred blades/eviscerate, guaranteed to hit. (except vs Engi’s, effin cloaking device) Inspiring shout is great for extra Evis’s and mobile strikes is nice. Forceful greatsword is a need. IF you’re using a Great sword without forceful great sword just.. Stahp.. pls.
Gear (Amulet’s, runes, sigils etc..)
I primarily use Berserker’s amulet. Being specced so far into Tactics gives you heaps of HP, and the shouts healing is even more crazy. I keep a Knight’s ammy on me when I need to fit into the role of a sub-par bunker/defender for my team.
For runes I use Soldiers. For any shout spec, no rune beats soldiers. Removing a condition on every shout? That coupled with “Shake it Off!” is a 2 condition remover every 20 seconds, plus a heal. Yeah, for serious.
Weapons/sigils
Finally to weapons, I use Greatsword and axe/shield, for Sigils, I use Sigil of Superior of Fire on my greatsword for the extra 2k aoe damage, (5 second internal CD) and for my axe/shield I use Sigil of Superior air/Sigil of Superious Battle.
And finally! Heal/utilities/Elite
For the heal, either mending or healing surge are great choices, and it is all subjective. You’re choice friend.
The utilities I run are, “For great Justice!” Which will be a 32 and a half second 3 stack of might, 10s of a fury on a 20 second cooldown, “Shake it Off!” which removes two conditions with the Soldier runes, and Bulls Charge, for the Leg spec immobilize into a free Charge, then Hundred Blades.
For Elite, obviously Signet of Rage is a must have for most, but war banner can be useful for some group situations.
Well that about sums it up, thanks for reading the wall of text, I am open to feedback, constructive criticism and tweaks/adjustments to the spec. Let me know whats working/not working, either in a comment or a PM. You can find of on Isle of Janthir at Knightfall.8471.
Thanks and have a great time!
(edited by Knightfall.8471)