Old Man Burr (War), Bad Hat Ben (Engi), Manly Manny Manson (Guard)
Warrior 1v1 Build Help
Old Man Burr (War), Bad Hat Ben (Engi), Manly Manny Manson (Guard)
This is a very tanky spec with minimal gap closers. I can see you blowing your shouts just to get in range. But I think I like this and may run with a variant.
It’s an interesting build you have there, looks fun to play. I like the idea of shouts without trying to be a shout healer and you made good use of those points.
As for your question though, I think axe+sh/GS is probably the best war dueling build. Leg specialist should be used to help land eviscerate. I prefer using LB/GS against mesmers (and sometimes thieves) 1v1, but that’s about it.
Also just to throw it out there: I agree 1v1 is important, don’t discount team fighting. I run LB/GS because I think it’s a better team fighting build compared to axe/GS. The build you have here might be alright 1v1, but it should be a menace in team fights.
This is a very tanky spec with minimal gap closers. I can see you blowing your shouts just to get in range. But I think I like this and may run with a variant.
You could run with say a sword for mobility but imho having the abilty to reflect projectiles with your 2 skill is very useful, you can even cause phantasm Duelists to kill themselves.
Old Man Burr (War), Bad Hat Ben (Engi), Manly Manny Manson (Guard)
It’s an interesting build you have there, looks fun to play. I like the idea of shouts without trying to be a shout healer and you made good use of those points.
As for your question though, I think axe+sh/GS is probably the best war dueling build. Leg specialist should be used to help land eviscerate. I prefer using LB/GS against mesmers (and sometimes thieves) 1v1, but that’s about it.
Also just to throw it out there: I agree 1v1 is important, don’t discount team fighting. I run LB/GS because I think it’s a better team fighting build compared to axe/GS. The build you have here might be alright 1v1, but it should be a menace in team fights.
I’ve never found shout heals to be a worthwhile investment, yes it increases your survival a bit but at a huge cost of DPS. You’ll still be less tanky than a guardian while dealing less damage. Maybe if they made the 25 point minor trait actually useful I could see going all in but currently, no thanks.
I have run the GS with leg spec a lot but a good mesmer will always know that if they get hit with it it’s time to block/blind/blink away. If you do manage to land that Evis you can do some 9k HP on a glassy mes but I would still say if both of you are similar skill level the mes will win most of the time.
Old Man Burr (War), Bad Hat Ben (Engi), Manly Manny Manson (Guard)
With such tanky build it must take ages to kill anything. About the mesemers. You can’t do much if they use build for dummies (phantasmal); they will just run around and hide as much as possible, so your only options here is to run away.