Guild Wars 2

Hi guys, just wanted to ask the warrior community for some tips: how do you stay alive in dungeons against champs and bosses, or against any champs/bosses for that matter when focused/aggro without speccing for shout heals? I have a tough time staying alive in a boss fight after I popped my heal and endure pain. Even when I try to look for animations and dodge roll to the side/behind them, the enemy still manages to take out a chunk of my hp. Also, I find that a lot of times I have to leave combat and wait for heals before going back into the fray. I want to stay active and not have to say hold on I need to heal, every minute.

I tend to run zerker builds in dungeons since I am usually the only warrior in my group, so I try to maximize damage output. Usually when I have an ele in party who gives me regen for a ridiculously long duration I am fine but when I play in a PUG or solo where I have to basically rely on myself, it gets substantially harder.

I see a lot of people post saying that Warriors are gods in PVE, so what am I doing wrong and how can I improve my PvE game? I look forward to your insights. Thanks in advance

Could you list some of the fights you are having trouble with? Because I don’t want to say it sounds like a dodging problem, but it sounds like some dodging practice is needed. If you could give some examples of some of the bosses & champs you are talking about i could give some tips…

For example, the wolf boss in HoTW Path 3 or even fighting something simple like the cave troll/wasp in Queensdale. Sometimes when I am the target during the acolyte part of CoF p1, it is hard to survive.

I feel like I can only dodge so much before I run out of endurance and get slapped around. Whenever I do not have aggro, I am good to go though

Use life steal pies if you aren’t already.

Constant weapon-swapping with one Sigil of Energy and using Burst-skills to restore Endurance are good ways to keep up dodging!

Wethospu.6437:

Constant weapon-swapping with one Sigil of Energy and using Burst-skills to restore Endurance are good ways to keep up dodging!

This is actually pretty solid advice.
Also, what does your skill set look like?

Personally, I use:
6: Healing Surge
7: For Great Justice
8: Endure Pain/Shake It Off
9: Signet of Stamina (extra dodges is amazing)
0: Signet of Fury

1. Learn the fights. This is probably the most important. The more you do fights, the better you will become at them.
2. Dodging. How is your dodging? Are you wasting dodges? I see a lot of warriors using two dodges at once because they panic… and a lot of warriors that dodge for no purpose at all. Conserve your dodges as best as possible.
3. If you want, try Axe/Shield hehehe
I love Shield #5 as it is basically a free dodge that doesn’t require as much timing since it lasts quite a bit. I personally don’t use it as a dodge though; rather, I use it as a means to invulnerability tank after aggroing a huge mob so my team can DPS freely for a bit.
4. Have you tried Warhorn? If you don’t need a ranged secondary, using Warhorn #5 refills your bar quickly. With Signet of Stamina, you’re dodging much more often.
5. When are you healing? Are you making sure you have full adrenaline before healing? Are you healing when you have agony on you? Etc. Etc…

Thanks for all the advice everyone. I bought a sigil of energy for my shield and will use signet of stamina in place of the precision banner I always use.

I see that I often mistime my dodges, usually 1 sec too late when the boss has already landed a hit on me. I guess the main problem here is to look at the animations more carefully.