Guild Wars 2

Hey all. I am a very new warrior and am keen to try a rifle plus sword shield build for WvW solo roaming.
Hoping to have a balanced build that can defend against physical and condi decently.

Also looking for another pure burst build capable of high instant burst to kill the opponent in one combo.

Also what will u consider the better build for a rifle sword shield? Pure burst ignoring Defence or moderate burst balanced with Defence?

Thx!

I don’t know, maybe something like this?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNAU8enMdAVhgdhAmkCElilrA7d0WaXtK5gWXNAJAkASdA-TFCEABtpbAgLAwWKBZa/R5X2HEAGeAAJq+zDHBgAAIA38mZz2MYoDdoDdoDtbezbezbezSBk5CA-w

Do know that I don’t play the build, and just whipped it together on spec. I didn’t spend any time optimizing, and there’s a variety of choices you could make to adopt to what you like. (For example, Sigil of Might instead of Outrage)

It should have decent survivability through decent armour (courtesy of Rousing Resilience) and fairly good condi management, but also has good burst due to full zerk gear, the intel sigil on the rifle, bloodlust, etc.

As a quick tip, if you get stunned in melee range, Headbutt->Berserk->Gunflame is your best bet. It’ll break the stun, heal you for just under 5k (HB breaks the first stun, and then Berserk breaks your self-stun from HB, for double Rousing), and then Gunflame for quickness-fueled carnage.

To your question, definitely Defense. Imo, it’s invaluable when roaming given you’re pretty front and center all the time, and a 1v1 can escalate to a 1vx pretty fast. You could forgo it for burst if you were mid-line fighting in a zerg, but I don’t recommend skipping it as a roamer.

Also, imo, gs/r is a better setup for roaming. I love the shield, but the gs has more utility than s+sh while roaming and does way more damage.

EDIT: I’ve never played this either, but maybe a hybrid version would be more fun since you’re using the sword anyway. More expensive, and it may not work, but I bet the element of surprise (few rifle warriors run condi) might score you some wins.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNAU8enMdAVhgdhAukCElilrADJAkASdK5gWXN4d0WabtA-TVSEQByb/hTqEEAXAgAq+zCeAAxT3gDOCARU5H2OIAbGEAmQEw//fTSSkCIzFAA-w

Then again, it might also suck.

I play this in wvw mostly now, although it’s not a burst build by defaul, it can in fact burst or hit hard. It dosnt use rifle, it’s just core gs/sword sheild. You could go strength runes instead as that will hurt more.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNAR8ejMdQVI2FCmhAnIG6BKLA+gIArheIH02I8TDA-TlSGABEcEAO4BAAwBBoeVCAUdnhU+RmuBDuAAnv/gUKBDAgAczbmNbzghO0hO0hO0uuNv5QH6QLFQgbtA-w

Hi, I played this build for a long time before swapping to something more ideal. I more or less also exclusively play warrior. Keep in mind that this build is more or less a ranged burst build that doesn’t have any viability in a 1v1 situation. It isn’t meta or even a good build in general. But it does do what it’s designed to do well, which is surprise people with sudden and unblockable damage.

Your job will literally be to snipe people who a distracted because they are fighting other people. Prioritize targets with low HP or low base HP.

Gear:
Take Valk’s armor/trinkets, you don’t need precision.
Rifle with Sigil of Force and something else, personal preference.
Sw/Sh with Sigil of Hydromancy and Sigil of Intelligence(setting up sword 3 spikes if necessary)
Runes of the Scholar

The only traits you have to have for this build to work are:
- Smash brawler (-33% recharge on bursts)
- Burst Precision (100% crit chance on bursts)

Skills:
- Blood Reckoning
- Signet of Might
- Signet of Fury OR Headbutt
- Something else. I like balanced stance(stability) or berserker stance(resistance). If you take headbutt, I recommend using Endure Pain(invuln) at the get-go to keep your HP full.

For your elite you can take anything, unless you choose not to take Signet of Fury, depending on your team composition.

How to play:

You initiate combat and then disengage if necessary before taking damage using Sw 2. Until the enemy stops chasing you, don’t stop running. Once they stop chasing you, swap to rifle, use signet of fury to give yourself full adrenaline, select a target activate berserk, then Gunflame, Heal, then Gunflame again. Use Signet of Might if the enemy is blocking.

But normally, if you’ve disengaged and you didn’t have your rifle out to begin with, their guard will be down and they won’t expect a rifle warrior.

Have fun!

SOmething ‘like’ choppy said, but use Viper instead of zerker. And rune of berseker instead of scholar. not saying its a good build but its the condi/power high damage hybrid u said u wanted.

Hi all, what about this?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNAseUnMdA1dgVhAehAEliFjADZEsC+AGBgNYO7N4ucjuA-T1hAQBCSfDM2fYmKB3wpU4Tq/0MlfA4JFQKgFVWB-w

I main sword/shield rifle in WvW and PvP. This is what I’m currently running in WvW. Runes of Durability are key.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNAseUnMdAVhgdhA2dAElilqA7d0mantIFgGQAQpHE7yBA-T1CFABIpMwONBAcECKU9nkU6x++DBqEkgDhQG6ZS4BB0wJEIAACQYzbGYoDdoDdoDtrL0hO0hO0SBUxyI-w