Guild Wars 2

Hi guys, this is a build i came up a while ago, what do you think about it?
http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-s;4NKkO0o-cK-60;9;4TT;0928A049;45;9;5BBGW0-T6;2Vp-wWz12Z8_Ea6Z-870HV8aNX8a;9;9;9;7kkkkkkl
i think that 10 pts in Discipline are better than 10 pts in Defense because, if you consider a full exotic equip with ruby orbs, you have around 80% crit with banner (90% on burst skill due to “Critical Burst” trait which goes up to 110% crit chance with fury) so the 10% bonus to crit damage is actually better than 5% more damage while the enemy is weakened plus you have 10% reduced cd on HB
as a secondary weapon i prefer to use rifle (usually i start the fight with it for the bonus adrenaline on switch)

Any criticism is well appreciated!

pick up 30 str points for zerker’s power. there is a trait in arms that grants quickness it’s a grandmaster I personally use it.

for bosses start off with your rifle try to get a #2 and then a #4. #4 takes priorty over #2 if you can’t get both off. follow that up with on my mark.

if in a team of mostly zerk wars go with banner of disc it will essientally give bonus damage. if in a team with too few (1 or 2) zerks go with banner of power ofc both banners are very good if you can get them.

sig of rage is extremely good but don’t shy away from using battle standard it is essientally a sig of rage for the whole team!.

although I use ruby orbs if you can keep your hp up around 90% use scholar runes.

I also invest in 10 tactics for desperate power as a zerker you do take damage I try to use that to my advantage personally but it also does come with lower survivability and can’t be used with scholars as effectively as ruby orbs.

finaly if you don’t want to go full zerker feel free not too. they are def times when I run full zerk and wish I had a little toughness. this will usually happen in over extended fights and in cc spam areas.

with that said full zerk is the optimal way to do pve but only if your good at dodging and know said dungeon well as well as a big * a team of zerk is the best pve team but when mixed with people who have lower dps you risk over extending the fight and greater risk to yourself which is why a lot of zerk players are horrible elitest.

can’t really offer much more advice other then learn the dungeons well and use what works.

wildfang.9670:

pick up 30 str points for zerker’s power. there is a trait in arms that grants quickness it’s a grandmaster I personally use it.

for bosses start off with your rifle try to get a #2 and then a #4. #4 takes priorty over #2 if you can’t get both off. follow that up with on my mark.

if in a team of mostly zerk wars go with banner of disc it will essientally give bonus damage. if in a team with too few (1 or 2) zerks go with banner of power ofc both banners are very good if you can get them.

sig of rage is extremely good but don’t shy away from using battle standard it is essientally a sig of rage for the whole team!.

although I use ruby orbs if you can keep your hp up around 90% use scholar runes.

I also invest in 10 tactics for desperate power as a zerker you do take damage I try to use that to my advantage personally but it also does come with lower survivability and can’t be used with scholars as effectively as ruby orbs.

finaly if you don’t want to go full zerker feel free not too. they are def times when I run full zerk and wish I had a little toughness. this will usually happen in over extended fights and in cc spam areas.

with that said full zerk is the optimal way to do pve but only if your good at dodging and know said dungeon well as well as a big * a team of zerk is the best pve team but when mixed with people who have lower dps you risk over extending the fight and greater risk to yourself which is why a lot of zerk players are horrible elitest.

can’t really offer much more advice other then learn the dungeons well and use what works.

as you can see from my build i’ve already opted for zerk power and as i said, i start pretty much every fight with my rifle.
i dont really think desperate power is good, it’s pretty rare that i’m below 50% in most of the dungeons bosses but, at the same time, it’s pretty hard to stay over 90% as a zerker. ofc i switch banner and sigil of rage in accordance to the group i have.
i have also a PVT equip for arah skips which i combine with Rampage-Balanced Stance-Enduring Pain-Signet of Stamina.
about the quickness trait i don’t really think it’s worth to sacrifice IX or XI trait for it

The meta warrior build is 30/25/0/0/15 with GS Axe/Ma. If you don’t wanna swap, youre better off auto attacking with axe than camping GS

Carpboy.7145:

The meta warrior build is 30/25/0/0/15 with GS Axe/Ma. If you don’t wanna swap, youre better off auto attacking with axe than camping GS

why would you choose axe/mace over axe/axe? i know mace has 4 stacks of vuln which are 4% damage while axe has fury which is 20% crit but my point is Whirling Axe to me seems better than Tremor and Dual Strike damage is twice Crushing Blows damage

Axe fury is redundant since you already have perma fury with FGJ! and signet mastery SoR. And while Whirling Axe does indeed deal twice the crushing blow damage, but over a very long time. Which makes it deal less DPS than mashing auto. /Axe is inferior to anything you could get.

Lenor.8197:

Axe fury is redundant since you already have perma fury with FGJ! and signet mastery SoR. And while Whirling Axe does indeed deal twice the crushing blow damage, but over a very long time. Which makes it deal less DPS than mashing auto. /Axe is inferior to anything you could get.

Dual Strike (is the one that apply fury) damage is twice Crushing Blows damage and has a lower cast time (1/2 for DS vs. 3/4 for CB) plus DS has a lower cd 12vs.15sec

Hesperon.9687:

Carpboy.7145:

The meta warrior build is 30/25/0/0/15 with GS Axe/Ma. If you don’t wanna swap, youre better off auto attacking with axe than camping GS

why would you choose axe/mace over axe/axe? i know mace has 4 stacks of vuln which are 4% damage while axe has fury which is 20% crit but my point is Whirling Axe to me seems better than Tremor and Dual Strike damage is twice Crushing Blows damage

Because you already have Perma Fury, and Axe #5 is horrible DPS. Mace offers 4 stacks of Vuln and a knockdown. Much better.

Hesperon.9687:

Dual Strike (is the one that apply fury) damage is twice Crushing Blows damage and has a lower cast time (1/2 for DS vs. 3/4 for CB) plus DS has a lower cd 12vs.15sec

Crushing Blow is higher DPS, because of the Vuln. Your statement is only valid if you assumed you only fought with Crushing Blow and nothing else. Dual Strike is still bad damage, and auto attacking with a mace offhand is the best.

@OP, I shouldn’t need to tell you that Ruby Orbs are a horrible rune choice when there are Scholar, Strength, or even Ranger available. If you insist on using a secondary offset as a Ranged weapon, the Axe/Mace will be better than GS.

30 | V, X, X1
25 | V, I
0 |
10 | VI
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Hesperon.9687:

wildfang.9670:

pick up 30 str points for zerker’s power. there is a trait in arms that grants quickness it’s a grandmaster I personally use it.

for bosses start off with your rifle try to get a #2 and then a #4. #4 takes priorty over #2 if you can’t get both off. follow that up with on my mark.

if in a team of mostly zerk wars go with banner of disc it will essientally give bonus damage. if in a team with too few (1 or 2) zerks go with banner of power ofc both banners are very good if you can get them.

sig of rage is extremely good but don’t shy away from using battle standard it is essientally a sig of rage for the whole team!.

although I use ruby orbs if you can keep your hp up around 90% use scholar runes.

I also invest in 10 tactics for desperate power as a zerker you do take damage I try to use that to my advantage personally but it also does come with lower survivability and can’t be used with scholars as effectively as ruby orbs.

finaly if you don’t want to go full zerker feel free not too. they are def times when I run full zerk and wish I had a little toughness. this will usually happen in over extended fights and in cc spam areas.

with that said full zerk is the optimal way to do pve but only if your good at dodging and know said dungeon well as well as a big * a team of zerk is the best pve team but when mixed with people who have lower dps you risk over extending the fight and greater risk to yourself which is why a lot of zerk players are horrible elitest.

can’t really offer much more advice other then learn the dungeons well and use what works.

as you can see from my build i’ve already opted for zerk power and as i said, i start pretty much every fight with my rifle.
i dont really think desperate power is good, it’s pretty rare that i’m below 50% in most of the dungeons bosses but, at the same time, it’s pretty hard to stay over 90% as a zerker. ofc i switch banner and sigil of rage in accordance to the group i have.
i have also a PVT equip for arah skips which i combine with Rampage-Balanced Stance-Enduring Pain-Signet of Stamina.
about the quickness trait i don’t really think it’s worth to sacrifice IX or XI trait for it

I’m point of desperate power is that scholars runes are inferior to ruby orbs if your lower then 90% which may not take too long. because of that I opted for desperate power because if your that low it does give you even more dps.

the quickness I personally appreciate it honestly it does give me a great deal more of dps in a short time although since the quickness nerf not as good as it used to be.

with that said I just specified my build because idc much for meta builds.

Hesperon.9687:

Carpboy.7145:

The meta warrior build is 30/25/0/0/15 with GS Axe/Ma. If you don’t wanna swap, youre better off auto attacking with axe than camping GS

why would you choose axe/mace over axe/axe? i know mace has 4 stacks of vuln which are 4% damage while axe has fury which is 20% crit but my point is Whirling Axe to me seems better than Tremor and Dual Strike damage is twice Crushing Blows damage

If u take 30 in strength you can either choose slashing power for 10% more GS dmg or you can choose axe crit improvement. However with only 15 in burst mastery you can’t choose sharpen axes for cool down reductions on axe. It makes more sense to axe/mace so the first trait in strength you take is duel wielding. When this is combined with the vulnerability you can stack for yourself and team and quick hands your rotation is 100 blade>swap>vulnerability>evis>swap>100 blades…rinse-repeat.