Viable cond setups
Between the cripple on savage leap and the cripple on sword AA it’s pretty easy to land the burst skill. It has a pretty wide attack cone and hits a bit further out then it seems like it should.
Shield is a solid choice because of the interrupt and the superior block over sword, but you’ll be losing out on a lot of dps going that route. Sword is a strong condi weapon so you’ll struggle damage wise if you go a power route with it. If you were to go a condi build with Sword/Shield then you’ll be better on the bleeds from AA’s and Flurry, but you’ll miss out on a lot of damage from sword off hand. My warriors torment starts at 9.8k on a moving target w/o any kind of buff and Riposte bleed is 5.2k. 15k damage between two skills is a good size chuck.
Shield is an overall safe bet, but you may end up drawing fights out longer. You could always try a condi/bunker build with sword/shield, you’ll just have to rely on your team a lot to put out a lot of damage.
*It seemed like you were talking from a PvP perspective, if you were talking PvE then you can go either way, no real right or wrong in that area (dungeons are easy so dont let the people only interested in speed clearing builds dissuade you from your shield!)
Let the dire/rabid sword longbow wars begin !Gg devs.
Shield offhand is more for perplexity rune usage i guess, i’d suggest s/s+lb.
Btw, did you all craft ascended weapons for your condi warriors? As the direct damage is minimal the higher weapon damage wont help much, and its just a very minor increase in condition damage from exotics.
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Let the dire/rabid sword longbow wars begin !Gg devs.
I foresee much of this as well, even though the hammer build will still be absolutely fine lol.