So what is our purpose?
Believe it or not…. Warriors are Tanks. They are the primary front line class, and made to take a beating. The reason Guard wins (despite being designed as a support class) is that their active defenses and Aeigs sharing are insanely powerful in the game’s meta.
The thing that really hurts the Warrior as a front liner is their weak ability to deal with incoming conditions. Incoming Damage is rarely an issue for them, but the soft CCs wreak havoc on them if too many get stacked.
Warriors can’t tank – not the way it is in just about any other game. The difference between hvy armor and med armor is a measly 150 or so. HS used to be best in class heal; it’s not any more. After this last major patch, some of the heals that got a classification are better at healing when traited than HS. Warriors still don’t have ready access to Protection, either. Warriors have always had the largest health pool, but that only goes so far. Face-tanking won’t really allow a Warrior to take much of a beating and their passive tankiness isn’t that much better than other classes.
In this game, as you point out, Active Defense >> Passive Defense.
And when considering active defenses (Aegis, Evades, Stealth, Blinds, Weakness, etc.), Warriors are WAY BEHIND other classes.
Being top tank class in a game designed not to have tanks is a hollow victory.
warrior is out of meta team comp right now. just don’t play it guys until anet would buff war just like current mes. Mes was out of meta team comp before current patch as well/
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The current GS/Hammer with Rampage meta we have isn’t only for Rampage.
GS – Provide our mobility with great damage thanks to Forceful Greatsword. Plus awesome downed cleave with 100b
Hammer – This is where our support comes, and it comes in the same way as Hambow support did (difference is that Hambow had more sustain, and unless they carried Banner it is the same pretty much) which is AoE CC and damage. Hammer CC is awesome in team fight, and it’s a great set up for 100b
Rampage – Kinda of a fusion of both for 20 secs, and in a team fight is kinda hard to counter it, and if you use it in 1 v 1 is basicly because it was either a mesmer or you did some mistakes that made you use this as last resort (I’ve done it too before, not proud because in 1 v 1 can be OP when there is no/very few stun breaks for the enemy)
I decided to main Warrior after coming back from my break, I main Guardian and Thief before. Still not regreting one bit
Phask - Guardian/DH | Phaskk - Warrior | Phaask - Revenant
warrior is out of meta team comp right now. just don’t play it guys until anet would buff war just like current mes. Mes was out of meta team comp before current patch as well/
how can you consider mesmer out of meta team comp pre patch, allthough 2 of 4 top teams played constantly with a mesmer?
I also wouldn’t consider warrior out of the meta post patch. It’s just that the patch favours the mesmer. warrior/thief/mesmer comp is pretty strong.
Grimkram [sS]
(edited by dominik.9721)
Believe it or not…. Warriors are Tanks. They are the primary front line class, and made to take a beating. The reason Guard wins (despite being designed as a support class) is that their active defenses and Aeigs sharing are insanely powerful in the game’s meta.
The thing that really hurts the Warrior as a front liner is their weak ability to deal with incoming conditions. Incoming Damage is rarely an issue for them, but the soft CCs wreak havoc on them if too many get stacked.
ELES are the new tanks. Critical Damage negation and high heal FTW
Wow, every single profession forum has one of these threads complaining that their class lacks identity, or are outperformed (okay elementalist is tempest QQ and Mesmer is jus roflstomp).
I’ve not really felt useless on any class so far :P