Guild Wars 2

I just recently returned to GW2 and am looking for some build advice for a Warrior.

Back in the day, I used to play mainly as a Mesmer and Ranger as I could severely punish players that just spam buttons (especially as Mesmer) which allowed me to win 2v1 and 3v1s if it wasn’t skilled opponents (I hate losing due to numbers when there was obviously a lack of skill in the pack that rolled me over).

As such, I’ve been curious what are good Warrior builds for sPvP / WvW that can compete 1v1 but abuse opponents who just “push buttons as soon as their off cooldown” (or heartseeker spam for an example of a horrible button spammer, lol).

One thought I had was simply stacking CC and keeping them stunned/KD’d with Hammer, Mace, Bull Charge, etc.

Another thought was to rotate through blocks and CC, particularly looking at MH Mace and OH Sword’s blocks since they punish an opponent … just not sure about that window between when you block & when you retaliate after blocking.

Also, I was curious what builds people have been running when using MH Sword. I’ve always been attracted to the Warrior’s Sword and was noticing that it now cripples not only on the #2 leap but on the 3rd attack of the chain. This seems to have good synergy with Leg Specialist (Immobilize when Cripple) and Opportunist (Fury when Immobilize) which then synergizes well with Bleeding on-crit (and on-crit Sigils, if any) as well as Vuln on-crit.

I’ve always thought that Celestial was the way to go with Warrior MH Sword since it is a bit of a hybrid between Power (auto-attacks are similar DD to other classes’ and #3 is DD) and Condition (bleeds for days).

Thanks in advance!

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Also, I was curious what builds people have been running when using MH Sword. I’ve always been attracted to the Warrior’s Sword and was noticing that it now cripples not only on the #2 leap but on the 3rd attack of the chain. This seems to have good synergy with Leg Specialist (Immobilize when Cripple) and Opportunist (Fury when Immobilize) which then synergizes well with Bleeding on-crit (and on-crit Sigils, if any) as well as Vuln on-crit.

I’ve always thought that Celestial was the way to go with Warrior MH Sword since it is a bit of a hybrid between Power (auto-attacks are similar DD to other classes’ and #3 is DD) and Condition (bleeds for days).

Thanks in advance!

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These are the best sword builds, full direct damage. Final Thrust is a very good skill, so is the burst F1. Except for that it’s used mostly for the leap and ability to pair it with a shield. I don’t think there’s any viable build for a warrior with celestial gear.

Also, you may want to get back to forums after the feature pack of 9 September which will bring changes to the warrior.

That’s a pity to hear about the Celestial since it gives more total stats overall than the others.

I figured Warrior was well-suited for using Celestial well given that:
… Healing Signet and Adrenal Health benefit from the +Healing
… +Toughness & +Vitality increase the already high base amounts Warrior has,
… the Sword makes good use of Power, Precision, Ferocity, and Condition Damage since it has solid Direct Damage coupled with good Condition application

Aye, Manuelito, I’ve looked over those changes a few times. I still can’t believe they are finally putting a condition on Mesmer’s scepter’s auto-attack … though Torment seems a bit nuts to have on an auto-attack … especially with clones able to leverage it from theirs as well.

Here’s what I’ve been running in PvP recently http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQJARTjMdU5ZrHeewJagqgC7iHA6uh0nQXnCA-TpRGwAAeAAJOEADuAAA3fwwRAYZZAA I don’t know that it fits as a CC build, but the person I absorbed the build from was just conquering in the 1v1 arena, and I’ve had really good success with it in TPvP. You might be able to weave a sword into it somehow.

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That’s a pity to hear about the Celestial since it gives more total stats overall than the others.

I figured Warrior was well-suited for using Celestial well given that:
… Healing Signet and Adrenal Health benefit from the +Healing
… +Toughness & +Vitality increase the already high base amounts Warrior has,
… the Sword makes good use of Power, Precision, Ferocity, and Condition Damage since it has solid Direct Damage coupled with good Condition application

I agree, it is a bit of a pity. I guess you could kill people with a celestial build but for roaming or duelling or group play there’s no celestial build I know of that would compete with direct damage or conditions.

Thing is that you get stats like healing power which is really useless unless you run something like full healing power build with conditions, because it scales so poorly. It doesn’t make a difference.

Maybe something like this could be doable in a duel:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNAT8cjMdU4ZVImhwJagfgyaAkAXrgUQ5bk7A-TFSEABrp+jaKNSSZQa6GUSJGAm/oZ/hQVCSKAIGWB-w

No need to go full celestial, I know people that balance out their builds with a few celestial pieces. But that’s not warriors usually.

If you’re talking WvW Celestial is pretty bad, but Celestial Amulet in PvP is very nearly broken in power level and is pretty much the go-to amulet for warrior.