Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone,

as i got a bit bored of doing wvwvw on my main i decided to roll a warrior to have abit more of variety.
I am planning to run a 0/10/30/0/30 spec with hammer and sw/sh. As my guild doen’t do much wvwvw i sometimes run with a pug zerg and quite often find myself roaming solo or in small groups.

My question is which gear should i acquire? rather go for soldiers/valkyrie mix or full knights?
I know that i can’t have the optimal gear and trait setup for both roaming and zerging but i would like to know what experienced warriors would recommend.

soldiers. you will be in the fray taking damage often so you will neee the vitality and toughness. and it gives you enough power to deal equal if not more damage than knights gear without relying on precision for damage.

20 in defense is a must, cleansing ire is a life saver as we are very susceptable to conditions and all the damage you take keeps your adrenaline full, also giving you the regen.

most warriors run 0/0/20/30/20 or 0/0/30/30/10. a lot use shouts heal combined with soldiers runes and for great justice/shake it off.

balanced stance. also a must. stability keeps you from being knocked around.

warbanner. big must. i know signet of rage is flashy and all but rallying 5 downed people in a zerg or small group easily changes the tide of battle.

hammer sword/sheild is almost perfect. hammer is warriors best weapon in wvw with the aoe control. however i only see shield used for commanding. warhorn is the superior offhand as combined with sword 2, warhorn 4 gives you an amazing amount of mobility, and the key factor is the blast finisher in warhorn 5. this is essential in groups.

lightning field + blast = aoe swiftness. have 10 warriors do this and bam your whole zerg has 2 minutes of swiftness.

fire field + blast = aoe 3 stacks might. great for might stacking pre battle

and most importantly, water field+ blast = aoe healing. you will heal you and 5 allies for ~2k.

im in tier 1, and i dont know how valid your server is in wvw, but all of our warriors run this. in small groups it is somewhat less effective but it is king in zergs/following commanders.

Gozzo.7380:

Hello everyone,

as i got a bit bored of doing wvwvw on my main i decided to roll a warrior to have abit more of variety.
I am planning to run a 0/10/30/0/30 spec with hammer and sw/sh. As my guild doen’t do much wvwvw i sometimes run with a pug zerg and quite often find myself roaming solo or in small groups.

My question is which gear should i acquire? rather go for soldiers/valkyrie mix or full knights?
I know that i can’t have the optimal gear and trait setup for both roaming and zerging but i would like to know what experienced warriors would recommend.

Where do you fit?

1. Zerg?
2. Havok?
3. Solo roamer?

It be easier to give suggestions of which you might consider if you state your purpose.

I’m running probably exactly (or darn near it) what you’re planning on. 0/10/30/0/30 with Sw/Sh + Hammer. I run Soldier Armor with Zerk weapons and trinkets. Enough to maintain 30% crit chance pre Fury. I don’t do a whole lot of zergs (lower pop/tier server). Mostly small group/roaming, so if like you say you mostly find yourself in those situations then give it a shot.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNAS8ejkOxu1OGPMxBE0DNkLqiTBlQ9wO2w4A-jkCBYLCy0yAkFQECwZPFRjtMqIas6FYqSER1eDER1uDYyAwMGA-w

Hey there Gozzo,

If you go ahead and head over to my thread post you may find exactly what you’re looking for.