Jade Quarry
Need help developing a viable Build
Jade Quarry
My personal opinion is to give hammer a go. It sounds like you do SPvP. Here is what I recommend. You won’t be a roamer and you’re not going to have crazy burst like prior to frenzy nerf but you’ll serve a purpose on the field with your knockdowns and stuns.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNAS8ejcOxu1QuQMxCAkCr4yUooTBlUKsruUBxA;TsAA1CqowxgjAHLOOck4sKYQw+DA
I picked sword + shield for defense and lunge for escapes. The other alternative is to go GS for mobility or you can go Axe/Mace for knockdown, vulnerability, and a burst attack. To switch to more DPS oriented just pop in a Berserker’s ammy and your choice of gem.
Almost 3k attack with hammer, almost 3k armor, and 25k health will keep you alive even when focus fired to give you time to react and the rampage gem + eagle runes give you precision and crit dmg. Toss in a fury buff and you have nearly 48% crit and +50% crit when you stun someone. Hammer hits pretty hard when you couple it with bull’s rush, frenzy (+endure pain if you’re taking damage), and go in and knockdown again, 2,3, 4 and then you’re burst. Non-bunkers are usually scrambling for a stun breaker or heal while trying to run away.
I can’t claim this design completely for myself. Sanny’s video’s inspired me to play a good hammer build since I found guardian’s to be clunky and lackluster and very situational. Your only weakness is conditions and hopefully but running with the group or a class that can cleanse conditions (i.e. guardian) you will be ok. If not, just pick up mending.
I started out Thief(deleted) got tired of pressing a few buttons to win so then I played a guardian and didn’t quite find the dps I was looking for matched with survival. I found a support bunker to be the optimal build for them (healway). I am thoroughly enjoying my warrior now.
Black Gate – Immortals of the Mist [IoM]
Bad Link. Also I am looking to become a little more of a roamer which is why I run with a warhorn for the swiftness.
Jade Quarry
My Hammer Sword/Warhorn tPvP build for reference.
My Hammer Sword/Warhorn tPvP build for reference.
This build you put u kitten omething similar to what I had come up with since i started this thread, small differences and I am liking the +30% crit damage already. I’m gonna change a few things around but will take your build into high consideration
Jade Quarry
(edited by Bacon Please.8407)
I mostly thief in wvw, and engi alt there. I’ll confirm what you said, warriors tend to run away from thieves. I also have a warrior, and yes I’d consider a hammer build. That would mean at least 20 into toughness and that hammer AOE dropping, with both making a more difficult target for thief melee. At least it would give you the ability to last longer until you have backup show up… or he tires and gives up