Guild Wars 2

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this build is designed for maximum dps as a warrior. it utilizes axe/mace to put as many stacks of vulnerability on foes as possible while dealing massive damage and having some control for sticky situations with mace 5, which also hits like a truck.

with this build and gear, your axe auto attacks hit for 2-3k with a final hit of 5-8k depending on might stacks/vuln stacks, and eviscerated averages betweeen 12-22k for me depending on buffs, mostly between 14-17k.

you can use the lifesteal food to do even more damage as well as having more survival from the self heal, this was nerfed in the past but is still very useful.

i have been running this build in dungeons recently and have never seen so much damage, and personally i hate how faceroll greatsword is so im glad to see greatsword become less useful.

it may seem a bit squishy at first, but if your a good player and know when to dodge i find dungeons fly through easily with the amount of damage i put out.

rifle has no traits in the build, but its obviously for those all-too-common pve situations where ranged is required simply because melee is suicide. i still crit for 15-24k with kill shot so rifle is a valid ranged option

i use the signet of fury to get my crit as high as possible, because due to the 120% crit damage, most of your damage comes from crits, for example, a 20k eviscerate crit is only around 4-5k damage non crit, and axe attacks are only around 700 whilst critting for 2-3500.

for great justice and disc banner are not only great to boost your dps, but also boost your allies. other warriors could use other banners, or simply go all out damage with signet of might or frenzy.

considering how expensive divinity runes are, runes of strength and ruby orbs are also very viable. personally i use ruby orbs as i too cannot afford div.

note: due to precision being our best stat because it bring out the damage of power and crit damage combined, fury is very important in this build to max out your crit %.

let me know what you guys think! enjoy the massive crits

If you switch 10 Points from Arms to Tactics, you can choose “Inspiring banners”.
These 30secs without Banner of Discipline hurt the group more then 10 points lost in Arms+some vul. stacks – thats my opinion since Banner buffs are for the whole group and traited you got it all the time

true, i like going full dps but that would help the group more and the uptime of the banner would outweigh the crit. ill miss the vuln but that makes sense

Take the 10 out of Arms and put it into Tactics for “Empowered Allies” 150 power boost for your whole team is much better than a negligible crit boost (which you can get from fury). Also replace Rifle with a Longbow, the DPS from a LB is higher than a Rifles as well as having more utility and the ability to stack might.

As for runes you want to run with Scholar Runes, if you’re not comfortable with your skills in being able to stay above 90% hp 24% of the time then Ruby Orbs are for you albeit at a slight DPS loss.

As for your traits you should have Heightened Focus for your Grandmaster, in the Discipline line, instead of Burst Mastery as Eviscerate should only be used at the end of the fight, when the boss is just about dead, for a slight DPS boost.

incorrect. Eviscerate, like the burst skill on EVERY warrior weapon, is the bread and butter of the build and does the most damage per second by far, a 17-20k crit in 3/4 of a second far outweighs 5 2-3k hits in 1 and a half seconds, you may lose 10% damage from the trait but the way the build works your adrenaline bar will be full almost all of the time and you should be able to eviscerate with 3 bars on a 7 second cooldown. i agree that the 20% banners trait should be taken however, although that makes the build supporty and you would lose damage, although that does do better for the group.

15% crit will almost never outweigh burst mastery. that is one of the best traits warrior has right now.

You lose both a 15% crit boost and a 15% damage boost FOR ALL ABILITIES. Quite frankly using it on a skill that, if it doesn’t crit, is completely worthless is revolting. The damage is negligible as you can very well deal higher DPS when you have a full adrenaline bar to take full advantage of both passives. I’ll also reiterate what I said above you should be Eviscerating ONLY at the end of the fight to maximize your DPS.

As for traited banners, while decent, is no where near the efficiency of running “Empower Allies” having a 150 power boost (8% according to Nike) for your whole team. However if another Warrior is already running “Empower Allies” then I would take Traited Banners.

If someone else is using Empower Allies you should use Desperate Power. If you can handle it.

Cestus.8425:

As for traited banners, while decent, is no where near the efficiency of running “Empower Allies” having a 150 power boost (8% according to Nike) for your whole team. However if another Warrior is already running “Empower Allies” then I would take Traited Banners.

With the amount of running in dungeons, i wouldn’t take traited banners if you can figure out when to summon it.

I agree. Traited banners is nice but you don’t need the buff 100% of the time. I’d say empower allies is best and if another warrior already runs it than empowered or the original 10 points in arms for vuln on crit would be best. I didn’t think 15% crit would outburst evisc but I will definitely try it. It also removes the need for the signet for extra precision and you can bring on my mark, frenzy or signet of might. Also rifle does do less auto attack/ aoe damage than longbow so I think you are right if we are going to abuse the 15% bonuses from a full adrenaline bar longbow would be best. Thanks for the input. As for scholar runes. They are definitely a strong dps option, but the amount of damage you take from bosses, agony and generally tanking in melee can easily put you below 90% in zerker gear. I find my survivability to be fine as long as I know when to dodge, heal, and stay out of melee so I would expect other skilled warriors to be the same

How do you deal with conditions? You have no condition cleanse so when you get poison or bleeds dropped on you, especially in dungeons, what do you do?

Astewart.8415:

How do you deal with conditions? You have no condition cleanse so when you get poison or bleeds dropped on you, especially in dungeons, what do you do?

Team play.

And this build is probably the worst dps of the three main dps build options for warrior. FYI.

Good axe build

I don’t think Eviscerate builds are good DPS, let alone max DPS.
By dumping Evis you lose your 15% for a single-target hit – in most situations just autoattacking and stacking vuln does way more DPS.
Also, H.Focus gets you a lot more DPS than B.Mastery.