Guild Wars 2

So what’s the new max damage gold farming build? Anyone test out any good max damage builds yet, and what are they?

Anything.

/15char

The update actually buffed warriors in PVE. I’m using 30/25/0/0/15 GS and Axe/Mace swap

30/25/0/0/15

Definitely 30-25-0-0-15 although I wonder if Empowered stacks with 4 Warriors. 150 × 4 = 600 additional damage.

Oreoginal.1580:

Definitely 30-25-0-0-15 although I wonder if Empowered stacks with 4 Warriors. 150 × 4 = 600 additional damage.

Pretty sure none of that type of buff stack (assuming you meant Empower Allies because Empowered is unchanged AFAIK).

LameFox.6349:

Oreoginal.1580:

Definitely 30-25-0-0-15 although I wonder if Empowered stacks with 4 Warriors. 150 × 4 = 600 additional damage.

Pretty sure none of that type of buff stack (assuming you meant Empower Allies because Empowered is unchanged AFAIK).

Haha yes, I meant Empower Allies.

Same as before….

30/25/0/0/15
20/25/0/10/15 (empower allies)

If you want to push your DPS even further
30/25/0/10/5
desperate power.

jul.7602:

Same as before….

30/25/0/0/15
20/25/0/10/15 (empower allies)

If you want to push your DPS even further
30/25/0/10/5
desperate power.

You spend enough time <50% life to warrant trading away 10% crit damage for that?

Someone tested 30-10-0-0-30 axe-mace/axe-mace build? It may become valuable now.

30/10/0/0/30 should be the best option for groups with high vuln and might stacking.
20/25/0/10/15 and 30/25/0/10/5 are pretty bad ideas.

I use 30/10/0/0/30 axe/axe and axe/mace now. I love it. I feel like I do just as much if not more damage than my GS axe/mace build from before.

I am also running 30/10/0/0/30. It’s quite fun dropping a big eviscerate and filling adrenaline right back up.

Eviscerate

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LameFox.6349:

jul.7602:

Same as before….

30/25/0/0/15
20/25/0/10/15 (empower allies)

If you want to push your DPS even further
30/25/0/10/5
desperate power.

You spend enough time <50% life to warrant trading away 10% crit damage for that?

If you know how to play desperate warrior than you should easily get <50% life before any boss fight begins. +20% raw damage is far better than 10% crit damage.

30/25/0/0/15 has been mathematically proven to be the highest effective power and until it gets nerfed, it will still be highest damage build.

my new build is 30/0/0/10/30 and sword/axe and hammer very nice damage, and seems a lot more fun than my old GS and axe/mace (which i think is still viable btw, but many other builds feel ‘as good’ now

Has anyone tried going for maximum adrenaline use? As in highest gain from all sources and the lowest cost per burst attack?

Think im going to test it soon, would be crazy to have some sort of a fake heartseaker build through eviscerate!

I was actually very skeptical of the patch yesterday. However, I really do think that in the end it will be good overall of the game.

I am currently running a 30/0/0/10/30 build with Axe / Mace and Longbow pure glass cannon. Mobility and damage are about the same as before but I like having the Longbow instead of being force to use the GS to maximize my DPS. I do have a few minor complains but I’m sure they will be sorted out in the next patches.

We were always using axe to eviscerate between 100b , this is not new at all….
However most people didnt seem to use it as a secondary set in cof.

Hello guys!
So i used 20-20-0-30-0 shout heal build with GS and a ranged weapon for 8-9 months, but now they nerfed my build so i plan to use something new( new for me). Warrior is my pve main so i do everything with it not just cof. I would miss the GS mobility, but time to try new things. Please check my link and tell what you think:
http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-u;4VK-O0Y4JL-60;9;4T9;0T49A4;628ALoW4S;1CqNYCqNYBBlKN4LWZ;2jVp0t1yY3_9a6o0S70HV8aNX8aB

@Trevos
Looks like your trying to go DPS but holding back for suitability a bit. If your in an organized group or PvE in general its better to just go straight berserker’s as most attacks can be dodged and high level fractals will one shot you anyways.

Also, your 10 points in Arm could be dropped for 10 in Tactics which would give you Empowered Allies for around an 8% DPS boost party wide. Or if you want pick up Empowered since you should have around 4 boons up yourself anyways resulting in about 8% personal DPS boost. Also with tactics you can go Axe / Mace with Longbow for a secondary and drop Axe / Axe since Axe off hand still is lower than auto attack except in PvP (Unless your hitting at least 5 mobs)

This is what I am running now and get comparable DPS to my old build however I prefer it a bit more as I never really cared for GS.

You farmers are a disease on the game.

jul.7602:

LameFox.6349:

jul.7602:

Same as before….

30/25/0/0/15
20/25/0/10/15 (empower allies)

If you want to push your DPS even further
30/25/0/10/5
desperate power.

You spend enough time <50% life to warrant trading away 10% crit damage for that?

If you know how to play desperate warrior than you should easily get <50% life before any boss fight begins. +20% raw damage is far better than 10% crit damage.

30/25/0/0/15 has been mathematically proven to be the highest effective power and until it gets nerfed, it will still be highest damage build.

When and how as this proven?

9 or so post down

do you cof farmers not even know how to put your own character together?

In CoF I’ve been doing some testing with 30/0/0/10/30 and GS-Axe/Mace is alot better than 30/25. I was only getting like 35k at 30/25 build and I’m hitting over 40k with 30/0 build

Wow there’s a lot of hatred for warriors.

Some people just love telling others they suck for how they choose to entertain themselves. : (

ok so with all this talk there is so far not been a community agreement on the “BEST” build Im seeing some say GS others say a/a or a/m and then the traits are either, 30/25/0/0/15, 30/10/0/0/30 or 30/0/0/10/30.

Anyone tested each of these build out yet? out of these what is the 100% “BEST” trait with the weapon choice?

The reason 30/10/0/0/30 partial or full Signet build is the strongest is because you can get 100% crit chance in all berserkers (or knights, but then you already aren’t doing max dps). Once you hit 100% crit chance, 1% crit damage = 1% damage. So, you have nearly maximum power, and effectively, a 30% damage bonus from Discipline because you, literally, always crit. Neither Desperate Power nor Attack of Opportunity come close to equaling that damage bonus. However, if your group comp (Ex. Ranger running Spotter) or food (Master Maintenance Oil and Bowl of Curry Butternut Squash) allows you to achieve 100% crit without needing 10 in Arms for Deep Strike, 10 in Tactics would push your dps even further.

As far as your weapon choice, Axe/Mace and GS, stacking Vulnerability with Axe 2/Mace 4 and alternating 100b and Axe auto-attack should give you the best dps, but if you ever have to leave melee, that changes pretty fast. I always ran Axe/Shield and Bow so that I could continue to DPS in the event that I got hit and had to back off.

Ive been doing 30/10/0/0/30 and 30/0/0/10/30 it seems the 2nd one does less damage, but I make sure to do 20+ runs to get a good idea per trait line.

I would test in pvp but you dont get all the buffs/bonuses as you would with the mesmer and warrios give 25stack of might and the vul+banners.

Now I just need to know/figure out if a/a or a/m is better than GS. (besides eviscerate, that is just a great damage attack)

Faux.1937:

Ive been doing 30/10/0/0/30 and 30/0/0/10/30 it seems the 2nd one does less damage, but I make sure to do 20+ runs to get a good idea per trait line.

I would test in pvp but you dont get all the buffs/bonuses as you would with the mesmer and warrios give 25stack of might and the vul+banners.

Now I just need to know/figure out if a/a or a/m is better than GS. (besides eviscerate, that is just a great damage attack)

I edited my previous post for weapons.

1) Pure Axe cant keep up with the GS Axe mix, im not sure if pure GS beats Axe but it doesnt matter since GS Axe mix is superior.
2) 30/0/0/10/30 is superior to 30/25/0/0/15. This is assuming equal amount of might. If your group cant give a constant 22-25 Might then run 30/25/0/0/15.

So since in CoF you should be might capped 30/0/0/10/30 is the build to go.
What if you are pugging. 30/25/0/0/15 is an option to do self max dps if your group mates arent the best (this is prob what i would run outside of CoF in pugs). 30/0/0/10/30 is overall better for the grp since you give then 150 power so if you think your groupmates can play well enough to make use of the 150 power go for it.

Zayle.7253:

You farmers are a disease on the game.

You haters are a disease on the world.

Puandro.3245:

1) Pure Axe cant keep up with the GS Axe mix, im not sure if pure GS beats Axe but it doesnt matter since GS Axe mix is superior.
2) 30/0/0/10/30 is superior to 30/25/0/0/15. This is assuming equal amount of might. If your group cant give a constant 22-25 Might then run 30/25/0/0/15.

So since in CoF you should be might capped 30/0/0/10/30 is the build to go.
What if you are pugging. 30/25/0/0/15 is an option to do self max dps if your group mates arent the best (this is prob what i would run outside of CoF in pugs). 30/0/0/10/30 is overall better for the grp since you give then 150 power so if you think your groupmates can play well enough to make use of the 150 power go for it.

The power doesn’t stack either, so you could make the same argument its group utility

Paprikaspice.8462:

Puandro.3245:

1) Pure Axe cant keep up with the GS Axe mix, im not sure if pure GS beats Axe but it doesnt matter since GS Axe mix is superior.
2) 30/0/0/10/30 is superior to 30/25/0/0/15. This is assuming equal amount of might. If your group cant give a constant 22-25 Might then run 30/25/0/0/15.

So since in CoF you should be might capped 30/0/0/10/30 is the build to go.
What if you are pugging. 30/25/0/0/15 is an option to do self max dps if your group mates arent the best (this is prob what i would run outside of CoF in pugs). 30/0/0/10/30 is overall better for the grp since you give then 150 power so if you think your groupmates can play well enough to make use of the 150 power go for it.

The power doesn’t stack either, so you could make the same argument its group utility

You run empower if you are the 2nd or more warrior in the grp.