So I have gone through the suffering of playing a warrior in s/tPvP cause I admit it, the warrior is my favorite class, and I think I may have finally found a build that I enjoy and is rather effective in a general sense as a damaging/burst build WITHOUT relying on Frenzy and EP just to not instantly die while using it.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNAnZTjgOxuxQCPMRCAkCrAzooogUKsruUhyA;TsAg0CnoKyUkoIbRuikFtsYYxMCA
(for those who don’t know, you have to copy & paste the link to see it, this site for some reason doesn’t link directly….)
It focuses Primarily on the Axe with a heavy focus on vulnerability from both the Axe MH and Mace OH.
As my previously posted build a few weeks back a quick Bull’s charge —> Axe#2 --> Mace #5 —> Mace #4 does lots of damage alone but applies a lot of vulnerability for continued damage from Axe#1 spamming, which in and of itself does a lot of damage.
The differences with this build are as follows:
- The longbow is the secondary. This can ofc be interchanged for GS or MH+Warhorn for more mobility or even rifle if you prefer more single target damage. I personally find the LB the most useful simply cause LB#5 is an amazing skill that can lead into many combos as well as stop runners, while LB#3 does a lot of damage to anyone on a point and LB#4 is an AoE blind, so EXTREMELY useful in team fights as well as 1v1s. The bust skill is mainly just to force people off a point and give your bunker some support or a break, you shouldn’t use your adrenaline in this build on this skill simply cause it’s way to easy to avoid.
- The condition removal is actually… adequate, for once. With mending you can remove 2 condis, which isn’t a lot against condi classes/builds but for most cases it’ll save you from high stacks of w/e. On top of that is both the Signet of Stamina and Signet of rage with the Runes of Lyssa, both being full condi wipes. These methods ofc aren’t the best but they’ll save you from being roflstomped by the most basic of conditions like most warriors naturally will be.
- The strongest part of this build in my opinion is the combination of the Runes of Lyssa and Empowered. With those specific runes for 5 seconds on the use of Signet of Rage you’ll have EVERY boon in the game. That in and of itself isn’t bad at all, but put that together with Empowered and you’ll get some incredible results. You’re damage output literally sky rockets.
I’ve gotten 10k Eviscerates on semi-bunkers, 8k Arcing Arrows on multiple targets (averaged out ofc), and I’ve even gotten a 21k Tsunami Slash in a hotjoin against a necro with little toughness but a lot of vitality (I know underwater means nothing in tourneys, just that number was so high I couldn’t leave it out lol). Ofc this takes timing and you need to save Signet of Rage for your burst, or at least use it early and save your burst for when it comes off CD (48 secs).
There are obvious weaknesses with this build and your burst is quite predictable if you always save it for Signet of Rage usages, so you’ll have to hard a bit to fool your enemies.
So all in all I’ve found this to be a very effective warrior damage build with decent survivability, for a burst build that is (23k-ish health, 2.3k-ish armor, stability, and decent condition removal). It’s stil not AMAZING but as a warrior we simply can’t get to that point anymore, not until Anet gets their butts in gear and fix us.
Let me know what you guys think, I’ve only run a few tourneys with it so far so I don’t have extensive play time with it, and atm it’s Spirit Watch so you won’t be able to get all that accurate of a feel for the build anyway.
Any suggestions or tips I’m all ears.
Thnx for reading