This class needs more viable 5's builds

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Posted by: DJPenguin.6945

DJPenguin.6945

I’ve tried the following builds so far (not all in tourney):

trillion blades
hammer shouts / banners / physical utilities
dual wield swords / axes
rifle bleeds
sword n board dps / bunker
mace n board bunker

simply put, nothing I’ve tried is as viable as greatsword, both as roamer and bunker.

in regards to the bunker builds, shields don’t provide enough defensive value. hammers are O.K., but don’t last as long as other class’ bunker builds. regen banner trait just doesn’t provide enough regen. shout heals feels lackluster as well, although the condition removal is nice. if anything, hammer w/ physical utilities served me the best in buying my team the most time to come to my aid. in the end, i’ve had more success in taking and holding points solo with a greatsword, just because i can reliably kill my wanna-be point taking victim. and if it’s more than 1, well, I’m not fairing much better as a hammer build anyway.

and then we come to roamer/dps builds. lets see who’s as viable as the greatsword… no one! dual wielding anything is an absolute joke. hammer dps is alright at best, but shines in small team fights.

So what do warriors have in 5’s besides greatsword?

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Posted by: Cafesoneca.3548

Cafesoneca.3548

got agree if you i cant stand the faceroll greatsword build, i feel like a noob but is the only way to use a warrior in spvp, you can do a tanky/disable build but a guardian can do that in a better way , the support warrior with shouts can be done and used but wy do that when you can take a elementalist for group support or a enginer for conditon removals/stabilty/stealth med packs and etcs.

hammer and mace are fine, they can be used prety well, the are just hard to fit in Spvp teams, you got take out a hoaming or a semi holder and them but a warrior on that place, 2 things can happen the warrior stay and wait on one point and become a semi holder going some times for the midle points(clock/keep/Graveyard) or he stand still on the graveyard and help the holder.

both things can be done by other class,easir and without losing mobility.
the point is greatsword is now the supreme spec for spvp.

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Posted by: Vandal.8029

Vandal.8029

I completely agree with you. As much as I dont want to be a GS warrior, I keep going back to it because it’s the best for mobility and damage. I’ve even had to go to a more defensive GS build because teams are starting to focus fire as soon as they see a GS warrior.

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Posted by: DJPenguin.6945

DJPenguin.6945

off topic but i wanna ask you two this.. when using frenzy, does stomping not work only half of the time? like you have to stand there for a second later to make sure it goes through.

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Posted by: Cafesoneca.3548

Cafesoneca.3548

sometimes it does happen,i usualy stay more 0,5s and they are finished.

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Posted by: Malakree.5912

Malakree.5912

I’ve seen the odd rifle warrior who seems to do quite a bit of damage (with raw power this is) not sure if they are just running it with the greatfaceroll or have a separate build set out for it. It’s kinda hard to judge how warriors stand at the moment since basically 100% of them are all about charging at you and blowing HB.

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Posted by: Teabaker.9524

Teabaker.9524

I think pretty much the same; Against good teams i’m no longer a damage dealer, i’m a baiter with high mobility. I just use Rush and Whirlwind attack to escape and kite my enemies into my friends. Gets old quickly.

Squishy HB warrior is just such an easy target to kill against a stacked team of mesmers, guardians and thiefs (Which are now the majority of warzones). Also tanky speccs just are not nearly as good as guardian’s.

EDIT: Warrior is probably only playable because HB-Damage is completely absurd.

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Posted by: DJPenguin.6945

DJPenguin.6945

I’ve seen the odd rifle warrior who seems to do quite a bit of damage (with raw power this is) not sure if they are just running it with the greatfaceroll or have a separate build set out for it. It’s kinda hard to judge how warriors stand at the moment since basically 100% of them are all about charging at you and blowing HB.

as did i, but like almost anything else they go down in seconds to the greatsword. needing both kiting and offensive utilities, and not having enough room for them, doesn’t make rifles that great imo.