Guild Wars 2

Hey ppl,
want to roam again on my warrior and love the GS/sword shield weapon set combo. I had a nice build pre patch but not sure what to do after the patch. I tried to match the build as close as possible… plz lemme know if you would recommend to change anything else on this build:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNAR8ejMdQZHWFCmhAnIGICKs1fhRwCgIYA0vY6nCA-TFDIwADuAAAOCABeAAZ0N0RFhlKB5p8ijaNCOIA9UiEa/BPqCEAABgbuzbe0jezyAsMGA-w

All input is appreciated
-Hollts

Especially for roaming in WvW…

Shield Master over Dogged March, shield builds are almost requiring it given all the lovely perks you will have when blocking things (or more amusingly, reflecting things). Dogged March you would see in the typical GS/Ham builds. Your food and Hoelbrak will handle chills and cripples just fine, and immobilizes will never stop you thanks to Warrior’s Sprint.

For preferences in playstyle, Last Stand and CI determine how you play. Last Stand allows your critical Berserker Stance to last longer and hopefully kill that condi guy within the timeframe, otherwise you will be relying on absorbing some heat and dodging the large condition bursts. CI is useful at removing the conditions however a single well-timed blind on your bursts will be unfortunate. Good news is that Sword Burst is actually a bit easier to hit anything with given its channel.

I would really insist on Shield Master overall though, you can’t miss out on those might stacks especially with Hoelbrak runes.

^ I agree, Shield Master any day over Dogged March when running shield and condi reduction food+runes.

I also recommend getting rid of that random valkyrie/soldier piece and replace them with zerker/knight depending what you feel like your lacking. Warriors base HP + WvW guard stacks should get you up to ~23k already which should be plenty ^^.

Careful you don’t use your movement skills under quickness for getting away since you will travel less distance!

Here are the changes I suggest:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNAR8ejMdQZHWFCmhApIGICK8EehRwCgIYA0vY6nCA-TFDEwARuAAQeAARVGQ4IAsVJITlYSVawS9nOaEarLAwBBI2+DkCYJtWA-w

I made the changes thinking of myself trying this spec so thats why you have Sw Ascended and not shield, because I only have the sword yet

I’ve been running this comp for the last couple of weeks and it’s very effective. I use shield master and last stand, and I’ve also switched balanced stance for frenzy. Full zerk, and very effective.

When you hit that flurry → HB combo hnnng

Operator.6523:

When you hit that flurry -> HB combo hnnng

It’s not as good as it was, unfortunately. Warriors are practically immune to it and people are usually packing lots of condi clear.

But it can be sweet when it sticks and someone has to stand there helpless as you 100b them down.

Yep, Sword/sh is just frustrating against warrior. Flurry is completely worthless since every warrior runs GS. I learned my lesson the hard way now I’ll probably run Axe/shield when I see an enemy warrior since I refuse to use GS/hammer.

Axe/shield is just easy mode compared to sword, but I like both so I’ll just rotate them.