Guild Wars 2

My idea is to set up the sword primal burst in melee range with stun or immobilize for burst damage. I’m not sure what I want for the other weapon set and I’m not sure if I want discipline or not.

here’s what I’m starting with:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJUQRAsf8enMdAdhgddA2kCElillA7IAEBmZKRhiXR4d3GcHuA-ThjAABhcCA67AC8p6Pws/w1K/QWzAAPAApPCAgcAEEUPgkKBj4AF0xBBgPNMBAQAmZZW+kPf7bf7bDdoDdoDdoNzZOzZOzZWKAIGbB-e

I couldn’t think of a second weapon set that I really want so for now it’s just nomad’s sword/shield for escaping.

The goal of this build is to set up the sword primal burst and then follow up with final thrust for a lot of burst damage. The main damage is condi damage but it has enough power for final thrust to be relevant.

Traits:

Savage Instinct: This allows you to follow up Headbutt with the primal burst immediately.

Dead or Alive: It looks like a very strong survival trait so I’m giving up the 150 condi damage for it.

Bloody Roar: At first I wanted to take the stab trait but I think this one would help set up the combo really well. The max range is 300 which is pretty big and that 1 second of taunt will set up Throw Bolas which will set up the combo. This will help against people who dodge Headbutt or stunbreak it. This trait will also add more burning because we’ll have Flame Aura from the torch fire field + leap finisher and the taunt will force the target to attack.

The other traits shouldn’t need explanation.

As for the utility skills, it may be lacking in anti-condi stuff but I think that having an extra leap will help a lot. I’ve noticed that people tend to do whatever they can to create distance in reaction to Savage Leap so Sundering Leap should help with that. But maybe Bloody Roar + Throw Bolas is actually good enough.

Gear:
I don’t think precision is too important because this build can get fury and the 20% crit chance bonus from the sword trait when doing the combo. That’s another good thing about Bloody Roar, don’t need to use sword autoattacks or Flurry before doing the combo. Not sure if Flurry puts Flaming Flurry on cooldown but we’ll see on the BWE.

So anyway that’s why it’s very Carrion heavy. The power is decent which is needed to keep Final Thrust relevant for the end of the combo.

The weapon sigils are meant to increase the burst damage as much as possible. Sigil of Rage will proc before the initial 2 seconds of quickness in berserk mode ends, then the target will drop below half health and we’ll get another 4 seconds which gives us 9 seconds total when we do the combo. Not only will this guarantee the whole combo lands before our CC ends, but it will allow us to continue doing high damage long enough to stomp with quickness.

Any suggestions?

Ranged OH, IMO. Most say LB, but I’m going rifle simply because my Engineer has an Ascended rifle and I have no ascended longbow.

Some fights you really do not wanna melee (like the boss at the end of the reactor fractal) even if you’re specced for defense

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQJASRnMdAlki1kCWhAEliliATpLE9yCGDgHQA4942cfuA-TZxHwACOCAD+AAAOEAi2fQZZAA

This is the build I’m looking to try http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQJARUnMdAVhgdhAmkCEliliATpLE9yCGDgHQA4942cnuA-TpBFABiXGohLAACHBgFeAAts/AAHCAA

Though tbh, I have thought about it and Condi warrior will have ridiculous synergy with some runes and Berserker.

Like Distracting Strikes with Mace is obvious, what is less obvious is Headbutt+Krait Runes. That is confusion, torment, bleeding and poison as long as you count to 10 after headbutt is off cool down. Which isn’t too long.

I mean I really only enjoy power Warrior, but condi is gonna work so well with some of Berserker

Yakubyogami.7586:

Ranged OH, IMO. Most say LB, but I’m going rifle simply because my Engineer has an Ascended rifle and I have no ascended longbow.

Some fights you really do not wanna melee (like the boss at the end of the reactor fractal) even if you’re specced for defense

I don’t think I’d use this build in PvE though. It’s really meant for WvW so it has stunbreaks and immobilizes and stuff.

If I brought ranged I’d use longbow for the burning since this is a condi build. Well, you should carry a longbow in WvW at least in your inventory anyway.

Berserker can work but you aren’t getting the full benefit of the warrior’s strengths. Some berserker is always great but I’m planning on maining soldier’s. Some superior hunter runes are great for adding precision if it feels missing. I’m maining hammer and rifle though for warrior so everyone’s mileage obviously varies.