Guild Wars 2

alright everyone im a lvl 75 war and throughout the game ive been doing some pretty good damage. but im curious as to why nobody uses this build or weapon set and would like to know if its just bad or is it a unique way to play? also here is my build from gw2db.com

http://www.gw2db.com/skill-builds/3087-unique-mace-axe

grant it im not lvl 80 yet but this is what im working with any ideas would be much appreciated..

Because mace/shield offers two stuns so if you equip a sigil of paralyze you get +2sec stun overall. Not to mention shield block is awesome.

also, axe offhand is one of the most useless weapons that warrior has, as well as mace mainhand being the slowest and least useful mainhand weapon.

mace is just too slow and doesnt provide the tankiness it should, and the axe 5 skill is very terrible in damage and is outdamaged purely by auto attack unless you are hitting 7+ targets.

it will become apparent once you hit 80.

warriors are the burst damage class in this game, we can tank quite well compared to other classes, but gaurdian far outweighs our tankability. with that in mind. axe/mace, greatsword, and rifle compliment warrior the most as those are our burst damage weapons and allow us to burst as effectively as possible.

if you want aoe damage with control and defense, hammer is a much better option than mace/axe. it is faster and does quite a bit of burst damage and has unmatched aoe control. personally as a pvp/wvwer it is my favorite weapon, i suggest you give it a try.

hammer isnt great in pve though, it lacks damage in comparison to other weapons and the control isnt often needed and doesnt really have an effect on most bosses

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also, axe offhand is one of the most useless weapons that warrior has, as well as mace mainhand being the slowest and least useful mainhand weapon.

mace is just too slow and doesnt provide the tankiness it should, and the axe 5 skill is very terrible in damage and is outdamaged purely by auto attack unless you are hitting 7+ targets.

it will become apparent once you hit 80.

warriors are the burst damage class in this game, we can tank quite well compared to other classes, but gaurdian far outweighs our tankability. with that in mind. axe/mace, greatsword, and rifle compliment warrior the most as those are our burst damage weapons and allow us to burst as effectively as possible.

if you want aoe damage with control and defense, hammer is a much better option than mace/axe. it is faster and does quite a bit of burst damage and has unmatched aoe control. personally as a pvp/wvwer it is my favorite weapon, i suggest you give it a try.

hammer isnt great in pve though, it lacks damage in comparison to other weapons and the control isnt often needed and doesnt really have an effect on most bosses

Axe off hand isn’t really useless, in WvW axe #4 can keep your fury on nearly all the time, #5 got buffed abit in PvP and good for building up adrenaline for your stun.

Axe 5 has its benefits. It can build adrenaline quite fast using Furious. It’s also good for on crit sigils/traits. Finally, it allows for two weapons, such as the sword. If you want to use it, I would suggest going mace/shield and sword/axe. The combo would be: mace stun 4 sec, then swap and hit axe 4 followed by axe 5 (which can be done exactly within the 4 sec stun) . You should now have full adrenaline again (if decent precision and Furious trait) and you can follow up with sword 3 if the target is not dead already.