Guild Wars 2

for more control (read: tanking)
what Mainhand? sword/shield or mace shield?
please help me decide….

pros and cons
auto attack: bleeds vs weakness
bleeds allow you to keep damage and aggro on the mob even on ‘out of reach’ phases of the fight
weakness keeps you alive longer, 50% of time for 50% damage statistically you get 75% damage, almost like having a perma prot boon.

skill2: mobility (leap) vs block

leap is a gap closer to a mob with blast finisher, good to start fights, swich mobs and peel.
block is block, traited also a missile reflect.

skill3: long cripple vs daze

long cripple is a good control for kiting, 7 sec cripple on 15 sec CD, 50% kiting duration.
daze is insta interrupt, good to interrupt special attacks and heals.

F1: immobilize vs stun

immobilize is a good control, keep the mobs at bay also with bleed.
stun is also a good crowd control and an interrupt.

so which is better from your experience? sword or mace?

also, for F1 mace is it better to use interrupt every cooldown for one second stun, or wait for the adrenalin to fill up?

runes:
rune of the soldier? gives nice amounts of vitality and toughness also removing conditions from all your party, designed for warriors.

rune of the earth? gives only toughness (no vitality) but can proc 4 second protection (25% proc)

which is better? is the 25% proc chance enough? is it affected by boon duration?

ty

This doesn’t even seem like a fair comparison. Mace wins hands down for tanking, combo with a shield and you’ve got 3 interrupts and 2 blocks. Even against bosses you cut through stacks of defiant and interrupt their more brutal attacks.

I use rune of the dolyak on my warrior. Mainly because I only use two shouts, one being shrug it off…. And the other For Great Justice. Most conditions IMO are short and not really that harmful anyway, doesn’t seem worth it to give up some extra passive health regen.

Dolan.3071:

I use rune of the dolyak on my warrior. Mainly because I only use two shouts, one being shrug it off…. And the other For Great Justice. Most conditions IMO are short and not really that harmful anyway, doesn’t seem worth it to give up some extra passive health regen.

how much HP is the rune regeneration per tick?
also do you know if it is modified by healing power or it is a flat number?

ty

I believe i heard dolyaks regen was a flat 80 hp per tick, I have not confirmed that yet though.

Nothing beats the Mace for tanking.

You get perma-Weakness (which is huge in mitigating damage), an Interrupt and a secondary Block.

I havnt tested rune of the dolyak but I think 80 sounds about right as said above. Doesn’t sound like much but when you’re in a long drawn battle it adds up pretty quickly.

Rune of the Soldier is a good choice if you’re using healing Shouts.

dont weigh it “bleed vs weakness,” weigh it as swords can close the distance and keep up better, but maces can stun and CC more once in melee range.

so depends on how good you are at getting and staying in melee range. if youre good at it go mace for more CC, but if youre new or not good at closing the distance then go sword.

i mean their damage is fairly similar, mace with its mediocre burst then sword with its non existent direct damage and decent easily removable bleeds.