Guild Wars 2

I wanted to do a Solo roaming vid for awhile now and here it is! Some typical Axe/Shield warrior gameplay and even with the crit dmg nerf incoming, I will continue to use the axe as it is my favorite weapon on my warrior and that will never change. Anyways, hope you enjoy!

Solo Roam Vid 1

The Build that I am running

Hey nice video. It really highlights how fun an axe warrior can be! shield bash and eviscerate is a very satisfying combo

Another nice vid!

Agreed. Stubborn old me is sticking to Axe and Shield even for PvE. They just look and work great!

Just one thought. Desperate power is so niche. If you changed it to leg specialist, #3 is essentially a second shield bash in setting up eviscerate.

Baron.7436:

Hey nice video. It really highlights how fun an axe warrior can be! shield bash and eviscerate is a very satisfying combo

Thanks! Yeah, it is a satisfying combo especially when you finish someone off with it.

weister.6275:

Another nice vid!

Agreed. Stubborn old me is sticking to Axe and Shield even for PvE. They just look and work great!

Thanks! I can’t enough of that Axe/Shield xD.

Nil.4320:

Hey,

I really enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work!

However, I have one question: Do you stack Bloodlust or Perception?

Thanks in advance!

I appreciate the compliment it means a lot. I use perception to stack more critical chance before swapping to my real weapon set.

Carpboy.7145:

Just one thought. Desperate power is so niche. If you changed it to leg specialist, #3 is essentially a second shield bash in setting up eviscerate.

I like to running Desperate power because it bring as a twist to my spec and allows you to take a risk when you falling behind on dps in a fight since you deal addition 20% more damage when you are at a 25% health and gives you the chance to turn a fight around. Since I have 2 endure pains, by staggering the endure pains I can stay and make use of desperate power when I fall around 25% health without having worry about taking damage for awhile and it also feels good to see your eviscerates crit 3k-4k than it normally does. Also I have the applied fortitude buff in WvW so my health is like 24-25k during the middle of the week so it increases the health threshold by just a little bit more. Leg spec is an nice trait to apply 1 sec immobilize on cripple, but I don’t feel its that effective since the current meta of WvW is a lot of people are running conditions and most people I run into have a decent amount of cleanses. Not to mention it is on a 5 second cd. Then again, it all comes down to personal preference when it comes to choosing what major traits to use and I found out what works for me. That is just my two cents on leg specialist trait.

All I saw was what happens when you decide to run all melee. A lot of reaching for brass rings with all the range, AoE and particle blind. When you need to keep 2 xslotted gap closers and have a leap finisher, and 2 movement skills attached to greatsword..that’s when it is clear you’ve made range far too effective at running circles around melee and they have to not run what they want, but what they too just so they can stay in contact.