Guild Wars 2

Originally I rolled my Warrior to have something to fall back on in sPvP when something tanky was needed.

But I’ve had far more fun with her zerging in WvW. It seems to be an environment ideally suited for Warriors. My guild is fairly casual about WvW so we get to run any build we like. But most of the time I zerg in PuGs, following a random Commander with the occasional roaming and small scale fights.

Since I was most familiar with my Hambow build and it worked rather well, I took it into WvW as well. All I really did was move 10 points from Tactics into Strength because Leg Specialist didn’t strike me as all that useful in zerg-fights.

Now I run Hammer + Longbow most of the time, just because it seems to work best for me. Hammer is obviously the backbone of zerg-warfare and thus more or less a given and Longbow has some nice AoE that allows me to tag lots of enemies. The ranged DPS also comes in handy when encountering guild-zergs that train everywhere and we just all spread out to avoid while picking-off their backline.

And yet somehow I’m not that happy with my build. Access to Swiftness is limited and I often find myself falling behind the zerg and thus missing out of caps or getting picked off by roamers.

On the other hand Sword + Warhorn feels so useless except for the AoE Swiftness. It’s also rather crap in small scale fights where the Longbow would be much more useful.

My current gear is 80% Soldier’s with a few Berserker Accessories tossed in for added DPS. I use Melandru Runes and a 10/0/30/0/30 build. Most of the time I use Omnomberry Compote to sustain myself during zerg clashes.

So what I’m really asking for is a build that gives me the AoE, mobility and sustain I need to be useful in zerg fights without making me an easy target in small scale combat. Sounds like I’m asking a lot but I really just need more build inspiration.

At the moment I would use this for zerging.
http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/warrior/?8.0|2.5g.h2.0.0.0|c.5g.h8.g.1g.h1l.0.0.0|5c.7r.5c.7r.5c.7r.5c.7r.5c.7r.5c.7r.0.0.0.0.0.0|2s.0.2s.0.3s.0.2v.0.3v.0.2v.0|0.0.u29a.k28.k58|16.1|6u.69.6g.6c.6k|e

and something like this for roaming

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/warrior/?8.0|2.5g.h2.0.0.0|c.5g.h8.e.1g.h1l.0.0.0|5c.7r.5c.7r.5c.7r.5c.7r.5c.7r.5c.7r.0.0.0.0.0.0|2s.0.2s.0.3s.0.2v.0.3v.0.2v.0|0.k67.u29a.0.k53|16.1|5x.6i.6h.6c.6m|e

When Anet rolls out Ferocity on the 15th it will change a lot of things so I wouldn’t spend any money on gear and stuff.

I can’t give you a build right now but drop longbow for sword+warhorn or GS. If you’re in a zerg there are plenty of others who can range a lot better than you. You job is to sit on the frontlines.

Sword+warhorn is used a lot because of its mobility and blast finisher. Spamming your #2 will keep you from falling behind if you can keep up – make sure you turn off auto targeting. Use your #5 to blash fields. Its a semi-reliable blast finisher, it also grants vigor/weakness which I wouldn’t just write off in zerg combat – especially vigor.

GS gives you a lot of personal mobility via your 3 and 5 skills. Its also good at tagging people in zergs. Again, turn off auto targeting for your movement abilities or you’ll end up losing control of where your player goes. Its very to remain on the front lines with GS.