Warning: Wall of text incoming.
Hi, i am a veteran warrior and have been playing this awesome class since day 1, with 3500+ hours on it . I always read the official forum and reddit to keep myself informed about the game, mostly current meta builds and living stories. Talking about warrior builds, i have seen a lot of good ones in this forum and i surely have learned a lot from reading these guides.
However, for this post of mine, i would like to post a build for PvX. Meaning a build that u can, not just use for PvE as well as WvW, but also with any different types of weapons. FYI, this build is more tailored to direct damage warrior, rather than condi warrior. However, sword (skill #3 i s awesome) and longbow, imho, are hybrid weapons that also go well with dps build.
This build is great for those of u that are similar to me:
1). You are a PvX player, meaning you play 50% PvE (Dungeons, Open World and Living Stories) and 50% WvW. Hence, you are too lazy to visit the Traits NPC and reset your traits every single time. I just hope that one day Anet can bring in Permanent Traits Reset to the game, we already have a consumable version in the gemstore.
2). You carry all weapons for your warrior in your inventory for different situations. Also, you find that using 1 or 2 types of weapons all the time are simply boring (warriors are fun becoz of their awesome varieties of weapons anyway). Hence, you want a build that are flexible enough that by just changing a little bit of the trait lines, u r good to go with any weapons.
3). Since there are so many kind of situations that you face in PvE and WvW. You need a hybrid build that can fit well with whatever role that you currently are (dps, tank, support, etc).
The Build:
Please keep in mind that the link that i will post is the ‘default template’ build that i mostly use. Again, the purpose of this build is to introduce flexibility and still be effective to whatever situation, role, or even weapons that u r using. Hence, the weapons sets, utilities and trait bonuses are okay to be changed according to your liking.
Explanation:
Weapon Sets:
Since this build is accommodated to most of the warrior’s huge array of weapons. So feel free to use whatever weapons u like. For myself, I usually bring a mellee weapon and a ranged weapon (in this case GS and LB), this is because i want to be ready for whatever situation i will be in. For mellee weapon, i always go for berserker stats with superior sigil of force and for ranged weapon, i also go for berserker stats with superior sigil of fire.
Utilities:
Again, these are my default utilities, so u r free to change whatever utilities u want. The reason why i use mine is because:
- Healing Signet is the best healing skill a warrior has right now, mostly becoz of the great passive hp regen that scale well with the high armor stats that my build has and to negate small stacks of conditions (poison, bleed, torment, burning, etc). If traited, can be a great cc removal as well.
- FGJ: Damage Boost for u and ur party.
- Dolyak Signet: Awesome passive, short cd with trait, and one of the longest stability in game.
- Stamina Signet: Awesome passive (3 dodges at ur disposal) and one of the most powerful condition removal in game.
- Signet of Rage: Damage boost and your swiftness source. If traited, u will have perma fury with FGJ.
Armor:
I choose Knights with Ogre Runes and Cavalier Trinkets for its hybrid effectiveness.
Since warrior has a huge default hp points, i prioritize toughness over vitality. Plus, I want to have huge dps and high survivability at any time. Hence, Knight with Ogre Runes (for its simplicity and effectiveness) and Cavalier stats combinations would give u Power, Precision, Crit Damage, as well as huge Toughness.
With an effective power of 5550 and effective health point of 33679 (according to the default template build calculator linked), this will make u a force to be reckoned with in both dungeons, fractals, as well as WvW.
(edited by Fenrir.3821)