Guild Wars 2

I’ve recently started a Warrior, and my intent is to play mostly at range. On my Thief I can very nicely aggro a bunch of mobs, lure them into Caltrops and then bomb them with Shortbow AoE skills.

Does anybody have any tips on how you might do this is as a Warrior? Longbow’s F1 + 3 really work nicely, but usually mobs are all over me that I’m firing that at point blank range. There’s got to be a better way… maybe?

If I did throw my hands up and tried the same with a melee weapon, which one is best for AoE damage?

Thanks!

SpaceCowboy.1398:

I’ve recently started a Warrior, and my intent is to play mostly at range. On my Thief I can very nicely aggro a bunch of mobs, lure them into Caltrops and then bomb them with Shortbow AoE skills.

Does anybody have any tips on how you might do this is as a Warrior? Longbow’s F1 + 3 really work nicely, but usually mobs are all over me that I’m firing that at point blank range. There’s got to be a better way… maybe?

If I did throw my hands up and tried the same with a melee weapon, which one is best for AoE damage?

Thanks!

Probably the Greatsword, bladetrail cripple, then #3 AOE dmg through the group of mobs and finally 100b to finish them off

Wouldn’t a Hammer work?

There’s a trait for 25% damage when an enemy has a disability, which is easy enough on hammer and the hammer is aoe by default.

Hammer is AOE, however the knockdown #5 ability is single target, so this trait is more of a PvP thing, or if you will depend on some utility skill for that…
But GS outdamages Hammer greatly I think…

Or you can find something with an off-hand axe, #5 is a nice AOE ability, but quite long CD compared to 100b.

Longbow with hammer or greatsword will work. Build adrenaline. Use the aoe cripple on the hammer or greatsword. Then use the aoe abilities on the longbow to nuke everything. Switch back to melee to finish stuff off.

I use axes to mass-tag groups and build adrenaline. You can even be pretty glassy because in axe 5 you can dodge without breaking the skill, so just activate and dodge through some enemies. Then set them all on fire with the bow, then fire that explosive thingy into the middle.

Longbow + Sword/Axe

Longbow F1 + Bomb arrow ~~~> sword 2, then axe 4 and 5
you can skip the melee 2 or 4 if you want to get the full whirl combo off though.