Guild Wars 2

I’m quite new to using my warrior in WvW and have been playing around with the class, finding out what it is good at and what it is not etc. I’ve read around a million different types of roaming builds but very few zerg builds. Does the warrior’s roaming builds work in zergs? Only some of them? Or are they two completely separate things? Also if anyone could give me a brief run down of the different current ‘meta’ builds for a roaming warrior that would be an added bonus.

Technically a roaming build would work in a zerg. You’d likely be a glass cannon. A ‘zerg build’ is a build that is meant to play as part of a big team, and has lots of defense to deal with massive incoming damage. A roaming build is meant for solo play, or a small team. It is meant to deal damage, not take it. Either builds could potentially be lacking in the other role. It comes down to something like a roaming build performs at 100% while roaming, and 80% while zerging. A zerging build performs at 80% while roaming, and 100% while zerging. Not exact numbers, a lot depends on the build, but you get the idea.

roaming builds:

greatsword/hammer zerker
sword/sword longbow condition

zerg builds:
hammer/ sword/warhorn frontline shout tank/control/heal/condi removal/boon support

hammer/ sword/axe stance dps

personal favorite is shout heals warrior, hammer aoe control is awesome, your are invicibly tanky, sword/warhorn is extremly mobile, you have lots of condition removal and the new immobilize meta makes flurry hilarious

you can’t go wrong with any 2 of hammer, LB, sword/shield.