Guild Wars 2

I was curious about what the community thinks of my build. I used to run one similar to this at release but it seems a lot better with all the changes lately so I thought I would try to redesign it. If you have any critiques let me know, I would love to hear them.

Skill calculator websites aren’t updated yet, but the build is;

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20 – VI, IX
30 – II, IX, X
10 – I
10 – III

Hammer/Axe/Mace

Berserker Amulet and Jewel, Hoelbrak or Melandru Runes, Sigil of Fire x2 Bloodlust x1 (though I am considering trying to use something besides Bloodlust).

Skills are; Stomp, Balanced Stance, Signet of Stamina, Signet of Rage. Also trying out Berserker stance in place of Stomp on occasion. I think I prefer the stomp currently, though Berserker stance is pretty nice as well.

Main point of the build is to have loads of cc with decent damage and reasonable condition removal/reduction. I thought about switching Axe out for Mace for the stun and weakness but I think it would kill damage too much with as often as the third mace attack gets dodged. It would be nice to have another source of weakness, but I am not sure I want to give up my mace 5 for warhorn 5. Especially since I have the new 25% speed in the build and don’t feel Warhorn 4 is as important for getting around. I wish I could afford 25 in Arms, but not sure I want to give anything up.

Here is the build I am running today. Got rid of the 20 in Arms. Changed Leg Specialist out for Desperate Power and put the 20 from Arms in Discipline. This version seems to play a lot smoother so far. Also switched out Hammer CD reduction for Defy Pain. Not sure how I feel about that. Though Defy Pain does seem to have synergy with Desperate Power.

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30 – II, IX, XI
10 – III (sometimes I)
30 – III, VIII, XI

Hammer/Axe/Mace, also trying Hammer Mace/Mace. May also try Hammer/Mace/Shield and Hammer/Axe/Shield.

Zerker Amulet, Hoelbrak or Melandru Runes, Sigil of Fire x2, Paralyzation x1

Skills are; Healing Surge, Stomp, Balanced Stance, Signet of Stamina, Signet of Rage (I occasionally use Berserker stance instead of Stomp also).

Im in the same boat as you, running a gs/hammer build with lb just in case, and a 0 25 30 0 15. I dont really pvp, mainly pve in the form of dungeons, etc.

Im also looking for a synergy between a hammer and something else. Have heard good things about the sword/shield combo. Still looking to upgrade

@Nandor. In PvE I love Greatsword/Hammer. I run 30/25/0/0/15 now, all traits and stuff focus on Greatsword, but after Hundred Blades/Whirlwind Attack I like switching to Hammer and can pop 5-8K crits with 2/4/5.

I run Healing Surge/For Great Justice/Banner of Discipline/Banner of Strength/Warbanner (replace discipline or strength with OMM with another Warrior who will bring one of those banners). You basically stack alot of Might with Greatsword then switch to Hammer for big burst hits as well as CC. Running full Berserker gear

wow, thanks for the info Grok, that’s cool of you. Been talking to ppl in game, and they keep saying that the hammer isnt bursty. It does good damage for me but they all keep saying that double axe combo is more dps.

What do u use when you need a ranged weapon, for example the fire boss in fotm? do u pick hammer or gsword?

Got around to messing with Hammer/Mace/Shield (with the second build). Enjoying it so far, main problem I see with it is the new overpowered blind, specifically against thieves that are specialized for ridiculous amounts of blind. Pretty decent though.

Only solution I came up with for dealing with the blind spammers is switching out hammer for rifle if a lot of them are around. I talked to Defektive and he also recommended that I could use a faster weapon for getting rid of the blinds. I tried out sword/mace as the offset with that in mind but I am not sure how I like it.

I also switched my second sigil to stun duration (second build) and go back and forth between Melandru and Hoelbrak runes atm. Going to update the post to reflect that.

I run this in WvW: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNAS3ejcOxutQyQMRCEkCNkLOKUilQpYOcjUBxA-jkyAYLBZyCAhBiKAn8KiGbZsIas6HM15iq1nAejioVLDAzYA-w

If you’re asking for an spvp build: well I wouldn’t ask me.