Guild Wars 2

Hello All, recently rolled a Warrior for pvp after getting tired of Guard, and am absolutely loving it. So, the build. First off, I started off with this build off of metabattle, http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Warrior_-_Axebow. I used Sigil of Energy instead of Geomancy on the bow and Rune of Strength over Hoelbrak. I also used Missile Deflection over Dogged March. I found much success with this build, being on to take on other classes confidently. Much unlike my Guardian, where I picked and chose my fights because I was so squishy and predictable as a Medi Guard. I almost never lost any 1v1’s with this build, though there have been some close fights against some players who knew my build’s tricks.

Now, on to my variation of this build. Even though I loved the build, it felt a little lacking. My build looks like this now, http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNAnZTjMdUFaZIGewJaghgC9rXCxgpAQdYE7dBA-TpBHwAGOBAAeAAd2fwZZgBHCgAHBAA I had first switched to the Soldier Amulet after I felt my Eviscerate wasn’t doing enough damage for me, but then this kitten the damage of the Torment for Sword #4. I had debated for a while between Mace and Shield, but ended up going with Mace to keep the extra damage boost from the trait, and threw Dogged March on over Missile Deflection since I no longer had a reflect. The Mace #5 CC is amazing, as it opens up for Eviscerate. I almost always land my Eviscerate with this skill combo, and it hits much harder with Soldier’s Ammy, and even more if I have some nice might stacked, which I usually have around 5+ stacks in combat. Not much, but I’m working on keeping it up.

Keep in mind, I am new to the Warrior, and in no way claiming to be a “Pro”. I just wanna hear what you guys say about my build and if you have any pointers.

(To be honest, I don’t know where all the hate for Warriors is coming from on these boards, I am loving the Warrior and I feel very powerful while using it.)

There are a couple of changable things with your build. Some of my suggestions are based on playstyle and personal preference. So here we go:

Equipment: Im not a fan of battle sigilanymore but should be still fine. Other things are viable. I personally prefer pack runes as I like AoE fury and precision. I’m also not a fan of might stacking on warrior and I do not often activate sigil of rage so I can build up adrenaline faster. I will use it if an enemy is about to die and i need to catch and finish him off. Of course this is just my style. As for the amulet, I really thing soldier is limiting you vey much on landing evis. Your two ways of landing it safely are bow and mace 5. A good player usually dodges bow 5 or will cleanse it directly unless you bait stow weapon. If you take valkyrie however, your evis will hit like a truck! But you will still be dependant on it. Now this works fine against few players, but if you want to smack some decent players i think the way to go is shield and zerk amulet. You will lack armor but have endure pain at 25% HP and block to make up for it. Instead of mace 5 you now have shield 4 to cc which does the same job since you need to be in melee range to land evis anyway. Zerker amu will buff your axe1 and bow3 a lot as well.

Traits: If you use signet of rage for passive like me, warriors sprint is decent. But if you use it actively than u need signet mastery for sure. 33% overwrites 25%. Dodged march is another trait I like. If u are using shield and enemy has 2 ranged like power necro and ranger ill swap it for reflect. The offhand trait is pretty useless. I mean you could take great fortitude instead. Or allocate 2 points to tactics for leg specialist so you can land eviscerate after axe 3.

Utilities: seem pretty solid overall. Depending on enemy balanced stance could be seitched for dolyak. And stamina for endure pain.

The reason people QQ so much these days is cause warrior is now dealing less damage and penalized more for missin burst. Which happens a lot in high level play. So you dont typically see zerker warriors i tourneys.