I’ll horn 5—>horn 4—>FGJ—>Push forward—>Full hammer #1 rotation—>Bomb—> hammer 3—>hammer 4—>rinse and repeat from full hammer rotation. Hopefully, this is an efficient rotation for zerg busting (feel free to correct if I am wrong =D).
What would be the more zerg busting alternative? or if you have other ideas, please enlighten me. Also what would be the rotations of hammer + X and other wep sets that are suggested?
FYI – You are using Warhorn 5 at the wrong time. Use it while in the zerg enemy crowd at the very beginning of the rush, it may be less visually effective but you are typically blasting some field of your allies, adding Weakness to enemies (don’t underestimate how good that is) and giving yourself/others Vigor boon at exactly the right time (you/allies with likely have dodged at least once by now). With Vigor, ‘the great escape’ from the middle of the enemy zerg comes from stability/dodging (as opposed to a Whirlwind from GS or similar withdrawal and regroup means). Also, if you take Warhorn condition conversion trait, all the better since you or your allies will have conditions to convert (but I understand that this competes against Empowered Allies in Vitality – which I personally see as far more effective and leave the massive condition clearing to the Guardians/odd Necro).
The root of your issue is you are trying to find a more damaging role within the zerg that still provides the level of support/CC and you won’t find it with Hammer Sw/Warhorn. That just isn’t going to happen.
Also, I would never take Axe offhand for Whirling Axe as you’ll kill yourself against Retaliation and/or typically cancel out of it before its finished anyway to avoid major incoming damage (animation is too long, just like 100 Blades).
Using ranged (Rifle or even Longbow as suggested up a few threads) is relatively a very different build entirely and you’ll lose all support; and quite frankly, Warrior is way less effective at 600+ range than pretty much any other ranged class at this point (thanks to LB nerfs – it was a different story pre-Arcing arrow/Combustive Shot tick changes) with the exception of Kill Shot – a one trick and very boring gimmick since Rifle is very low sustain DPS otherwise.
My suggestion is try GS (I currently run a GS/Hammer build) but it’s because I break off and roam a fair amount in havoc squads/solo/duo (and join back up with the zerg when near major objectives). In zerg v zerg, it’s more quick offensive punch style (use Bladetrail, Rush and Whirlwind offensively), switch to Hammer, and do your CC cycle, then switch back to GS and get out (or clean up) – you need Stability and Berserker’s Stance running or you’ll probably be dead. It also requires more attention to the flow of the zerg v zerg fight since you need to know where your commander is at all times and heading so as not get too far out of the box and you being stranded (so it isn’t a setup for everyone).
