Guild Wars 2

Hey fellow warriors was just kind of thinking about traits and skills and obviously the shield. I wanted to see how much warriors were using this off hand and what they trait wise to support it. I myself have been level 80 warrior for about 4 months now and can say I am used to most dungeons. I am a shout support tank warrior and in pvp I run between glass cannon and bunker depending on what my team needs.

For just about everything (wvw pvp pve etc…) I use my shield to hold off attacks while buying time for shouts to pop back up and mending and well….to mitigate dmg but I was taking the clock tower the other day in pvp with the always annoying ranger that places himself on the roof opening and launches arrows and I found myself thinking man I was I had the trait for reflecting arrows. Has anyone actually put this trait to good use and if you have what kind of reflect dmg it did. I am guessing it does the dmg of his dps?

Anyway using the shield with activate endure pain trait and the 90+ toughness and 20 % cooldwn is a win for me! What do you guys think? I also maybe think they should put a special number 3 skill for certain weapons? But I guess that would take away from the skills that are already there.

TLDR Thoughts on the shield and if/how you use it!

The reflecting trait can be hilarious in WvW if you manage to kitten off a lot of ranged people.

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Ever managed to reflect 2 killshots, the ranger longbow knockback, headshot and a bola in one go? Ridiculously funny, especially the killshots because they make the warriors panic like hell XD

Get mace / shield > find enemy zerg in a chokepoint (like lords room) > run into los > reflect > giggle uncontrollably > run and wait for cooldowns.

Nergrom.7592:

^this

Ever managed to reflect 2 killshots, the ranger longbow knockback, headshot and a bola in one go? Ridiculously funny, especially the killshots because they make the warriors panic like hell XD

Get mace / shield > find enemy zerg in a chokepoint (like lords room) > run into los > reflect > giggle uncontrollably > run and wait for cooldowns.

But shield block locks you in place. Is that skill worth being locked in place in a Zerg?

Knighthonor.4061:

Nergrom.7592:

^this

Ever managed to reflect 2 killshots, the ranger longbow knockback, headshot and a bola in one go? Ridiculously funny, especially the killshots because they make the warriors panic like hell XD

Get mace / shield > find enemy zerg in a chokepoint (like lords room) > run into los > reflect > giggle uncontrollably > run and wait for cooldowns.

But shield block locks you in place. Is that skill worth being locked in place in a Zerg?

You can still walk around with shield block.

^ yup, and if u had mace-sword (dont use this set up =P) you get another two blocks that activate block reflect and its hilarious =)

But I love shield for its subtle affects for some reason. I love shield bashes short gap closing stun, I love the extra 90 toughness (its small but i like it), and with 20% cooldown you get interrupting skill with 1.0 skill ratio coeffecient and is a smooth animation with a 3 sec invuln to physicals every 24 seconds. Its got good dueling and zerg uses. I did wish the cooldowns, were a tad shorter, or a slight increase in the gap closed by shield bash, but i love the use of that offhand.

yea you can move around with shield block and I think it even blocks from behind and everywhere.

i’m an adamant sword an board warrior in WvW for about a month now

i’ve tried a few of the other weapons, greatsword, duel axe, axe and mace, mace and sword, sword and mace, sword and axe, hammer, rifle.

when i finally settled on the sword as my main weapon there was no other choice but the shield. not only is it iconic but the utility both hidden and obvious are amazing.

leap finisher, invulnerability, reflect, added toughness, good looks. the shield has it all.

Yes, as my fellow warriors already said, reflect while blocking is hillarious especially when the ranger starts his flurry of arrows or when a rifle warrior tries to snipe you with a killshot from afar.

Ever seen anyone kill themselves while trying to cowardly kill you from a distance? And to jump in their faces and bash them down if they are still breathing to finish them? No?
Get a shield!

yup i recently started running sword/ shield in wvw and im finding that im killing people off and surviving a hell of a lot more not the best dmg in the world tho but my chain crits for like 1.5k first 2 attacks then like 3.5k for final thrust i think its called. and this is with full PTV armor 6 dolyak runes then berserker’s assc one ascended ring

The shield reflect is great in Southsun Cove versus karka who always open up with that ranged tail-shooty thing. Hit FGJ, casually walk into a pack, hit Shield Stance, watch them damage themselves to a pixel of health, one or two hits to finish them, loot.

On that note, it seem that the chance to crit with the reflected shots is based on your crit chance (in PvE anyway). When I’m all raged up and 80ish % crit chance, pretty much every reflected shot will crit for ~2500.

I’ve been playing mace+shield from day one and I never really got over it. =) I’m not sure I would recommend this setup for anyone, but I’m very very defense-oriented so it fits my playstyle like a glove.

The reflect trait is very fun. It rewards you for being good at defense. Not sure what I blocked (probably Kill Shot) but I got a 14,000 reflect once in WvW. It’s also a lot of fun to have button that makes you almost invulnerable for 3 seconds if you get caught by surprise. (Yes it blocks from behind and you can move while blocking. And nearly everything can be blocked.)

It’s also very powerful in PvE. I was soloing a bunch of level 80 champions the other day. It took ages but they never stood a chance.

Also, thumbs ups to Warriors for actually having their best block skill on a shield. It’s kind of absurd how Guardians block with their focus and buff with their shields.