Guild Wars 2

hi all,

i have took a break from this game for 2 months. i have not played any pvp since the update. i returned to pvp today with my very standard hambow warrior 626 celestial build.

i am surprised to find myself not been able to do what i used to be capable of. face roll necromancers, 1v1 with any class other than mesmers and roam efficiently to cap and decap points.

Is that my problem or any1 has/had the same problem as i do? or hambow is an outdated build or any other reasons. i would love to hear any advice from the fellow warriors in pvp.

i would love to improve and get back on track with pvp. please help me! thx

Hambow is still popular, the adrenaline changes made it difficult to have alot of condi cleanse (less adren = less F1s) this resulted in a number of classes/builds gaining a 1v1 advantage despite minimal build change from a warrior.

engineers, eles and necros have all had their 1v1 ability improved.

alot of tPvP warriors have once again moved away from the class and less and less teams are fielding warriors (being replaced by eles).

PvP Warrior is something like LB+X.
You can be a direct damage, a condition damage or a celestial build but you need always the LB. That’s why you can deal good direct damage, clean conditions easy whitout you need to hit your enemy, obtain the largest Fire Field of the game, that last for 9 seconds. Obtain might with blast skills. Deal Burn damage (is always a good damage) and you can fight ranged enemy whitout problems.
Then you can chose different weapons.
- Hammer, expecially for direct damage (Soldier or Berserker), that grant you some blasts for might, CC skills and good direct damage.
- Greatsword, that can be used in combo with bolas to deal very high damage, expecially in Berserker.
-Axe/Axe(or Shield) for Direct damage
- Sw/Sw, for condition damage or celestial
- Axe/Sw, for celestial or some condition damage builds
- Mace/Sw, for condition damage whit some stun skills.
-Sw/Axe, for celestial or condition

You can use all the weapons you want and be good, expeciallu with the LB as secondary weapon. But you can make different builds and use different mix of weapons.

Actually, there’s always more condition damage (or celestial) warrior with axe+sword and longbow.

For example, I use sword+axe in celestial with banners. it’s a personal build and work well, but isn’t the best. But when everyone cry for the lack of adrenaline I’ve not that problem because i can recharge it faster with Axe skill 5 (expecially if you combine it with the trait, gaining 2 adrenaline every critical).

I’ve also fight a berserker warrior with GS used in combo with Bolas. And it hurt XD

thank you for the inputs, appreciate it. i will look to adjust to axe/sword instead of hammer. hammer just dont do enough damage to burst down in 1v1 for me atm :/