Hi, I saw the Specializations Twitch Stream Today.
A build I currently use on my warrior 2/0/6/0/6 with Merciless Hammer in the Grandmaster Defense slot and Burst Mastery in Grandmaster Discipline Slot.
Here’s the issue I have with both Merciless Hammer and Burst Mastery as Grandmasters together on the Discipline Specialization.
Part of what made Merciless Hammer useful was it’s synergy with Burst Mastery, was that we were able to make use of the 25% increase damage to Disabled enemies from the spare adrenaline we had from Burst Mastery.
Without that, there is way less incentive to use Merciless Hammer for two reasons:
1. The extra damage is only of use when disabled
2. The recharge and extra damage only applies to the Hammer, so this forces us to use Hammer to make use of this trait
The whole theme of the Warrior is that its a Weapons Master, and can utilize many weapons as possible.
So since that synergy is gone, here is my suggestion.
Change it from Merciless Hammer to “Merciless Lockdown”: Doing 25% extra damage to any enemy that’s disabled, with any weapon.
And make the 20% recharge to Hammer baseline.
This will solve many issues, one is that this will give Mace combinations, including shield, some much needed love. I see you are going in that direction already, but with the Maces lack of gap closers and slower attack speed, this will encourage us to use Mace/Mace or Mace/Shield or X/Shield, X/Mace, Mace/X
And not only that, this will give more synergy and Love to Physical skills, like Stomp, Kick, Bull’s Charge, etc. (which you gave some needed love already by putting Physical Training in the adept in Strength line, clap clap)
Merciless Lockdown will not only retain the synergy this build has, but open up new builds for those Warriors who like to stun and knockdown, but would like to use it with other skills OTHER than the Hammer. (Again, Mace, shield, and Physical Utilities, etc.)
Hope you take this Functionality into consideration, THANKS ANET