Need a warrior dps build with shield
Use GS main and swap to shield when you’re in some heat
Rifle / Axe-Shield
Why?
Don’t have to sit in melee range and potentially get pummeled on to do good damage.
Sword in main hand with condition damage as your pain stat in your armor will provide some heavy damage from bleeding, the damage you see per hit might not be the largest but with 12+ stacks of bleeding you be adding a huge amount of dps per tick.
Axe is good for building adrenaline and over all bursting, with a crit power build you should be pulling some nice numbers.
The mace which is my current weapon of choice is great for control even if the numbers aren’t that big and it lacks condition damage to back it up. Over all this is a WvW oriented build.
mace / shield — rifle
u already get enough dmg from rifle if u have the right build, mace provides 2 stuns and a block/defense, its much better than axe since you won’t be relying on eviscerate