Rifle Build
How about trying either sword/warhorn or Hammer?
I am running a 0/20/30/0/20 build with hammer/riffle and am really enjoying it. The hammer is great for lock down, and the burst skill is great to gain distance or jump away. I watched a video of someone owning with that combo – mainly using rifle and switching to hammer in close quarters.
I use sword/warhorn as the secondary weapon set.
Reason – speed boost from warhorn.
It’s just my preference but I won’t play any profession that doesn’t have some form of speed movement because it really helps when traveling around the map in PvE and advancing in WvW.
Plus the sword shares similar bleed characteristics from bleeding which the rifles does as well.
i m leveling a warrior with hammer/rifle and three shouts, fgj+fm+sif. i chose hammer because it looks cool to have a big hammer whopping at my foes, makes me feel like a pure man, and sometimes i burst out laughing hysterically just because of that.