Guild Wars 2

I dont know if this is a meta thing or not, but I came up with two closely similar builds today and Im wondering which you guys think is better:

Version 1:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNAS3ejMdUFaZIehwJagqABdlAPUfMYuUbA-TpBCwAAeAAYOIAUOCAiLDc5CA4a/BA

Version 2:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNAS3ejMdUFaZIehwJaAlgC9KcBlwxZOAU2FXBA-TpBCwAAeAAYOIAUOCAiLDc5CA4a/BA

Version 1 has more reliable burst skill potential and a little bit more cc with immobilize, whereas Version 2 has some pretty nasty burst damage potential with unsuspecting foe (can get an entire hammer aa chain off while they’re stunned.

Its nigh impossible to kill this 1v1, and Ive had success holding out for long periods of time 1v2, I do die though. Team fight potential is great with the group hammer cc. I will say Ive had the most trouble agains cele shoutbow/sword warriors as is its hard to attrition them down and the condis eventually outstrip the cleansing ires. Those fights still last a long time however. Thoughts?

It’s not horrible but the problem is that it doesn’t stand out as a superior class vs hambow or shoutbow. You don’t have the mobility and survivability of shoutbow, and shutdowns/area attrition the hambow does better.

You also don’t have to group support mechanics of a shoutwarrior to help cleanse party condis and gives buffs.

It’s not horrible though and would be viable for pick up games.

I didn’t realize that v1 was literally the exact same trait/utility skill setup as hambow. Now I feel very unoriginal.

So essentially longbow is favored for the aoe burst which is a very reliable way of clearing condis, and does large aoe attrition? So if am essentially swapping longbow for axe shield, and I should think about what that gets me vs what I lose by giving up longbow. Ok ty.

You really can’t be too original on Warrior…or really any class atm. Some traits are going to be required and support is just needed in many cases. With a Hammer you basically have to go 6 in defense cause you need Cleansing Ire as well. Burst Mastery is needed even more now that adren has been nerfed, that or you need some other source of adren.

Until ANet provides Warriors with a more useable Mending we’re going to have to put a ton of focus into countering condis, which means you’ll almost never go more than 2 into the Strength line except on Greatbow builds. Even with 6 in Str the dps gain you get isn’t generally worth all the sustain you lose. Basically, right now there’s only a few builds that don’t have most of their points in the bottom 3 trait lines with the occasional 2 in Str.