Guild Wars 2

Hi, I’m returning player. And I’m strugling to find some proper math to be able to decide which armor is best for me. I play mainly PvE, and sometimes WvW. So Im aiming for offensive stats ofc (zerk), altho Im not sure if I should throw some def (valkyrie? knight? soldier?) items and if yes – how many.

Any advice / sources of good explanation?

Aim for 2800-3000 armor (not more!) i prefer 3000 in wvw.. but 2800 in pve
And around 50% crit chance

ALL OTHER STATS >
MAIN: power
Second: precision
third: Ferocity (NEVER think you should have more of this but less power.. ALWAYS power before ferocity)

nothing else!

Good mix is:

Berserker ofc
Cavalier or knight.. but only to aim for that armor amount
Assasin (only if you dont have 50% crit chance)

Full in your traits firtst, then aim for the armor around 2800-3000
rest zerker, and if your crit chance is to low swap some berserker for assassin.. thats it

PvE: full Zerker is really your best choice, all PvE content can be done with that gear and proper dodging.

WvW:
If you are roaming, full Zerker is the obvious choice for power builds (maybe mix in some Knights if you want more survivability), for condi Warrior I’ve experimented with Rabid (quite meh), but a mix of Carrior and Dire worked pretty well for me (though sadly power warr > condi warr atm).

For WvW zerging I run Knights armor, Zerker trinkets and Soldier weapons with the Shoutheal build and it works quite well. I know a lot of people run full Soldiers, but its really an overkill on your survivability and your damage will be terrible. But I even know people who run full Zerkers in a frontline build, and manage to survive, but they are really good.

I use Ahamids which is PVT in Zergs.
Full Zerker for pve and roaming.