Guild Wars 2

In full verata gear I am finding that dual swords is extremely weak. Is this intentional? I may be missing something.

Anyways I just have some thoughts on Dual Swords. Feel free to add or take away.

I feel like dual swords on a warrior could use some tweaks. Starting with 5 and working my way back.

Skill 5. The block is great. The adrenaline from an unsuccessful block is great. However i think the action that needs to follow a successful block should be replaced with the F1 skill from greatsword. Or possibly making the skill take advantage of enemies opening themselves up during their attack in some way. Possibly adding some vuln stacks?

Sword skill 4 should maybe apply 4-6 stacks of bleed instantly while keeping the torment application unchanged. As easy as this skill is to dodge in wvw/pvp it should really mean more on the rare occasion that it lands. Its damage in full veratas, condi runes, and condi primary accessories is the equivalent of throwing a bag of skittles at someone. Not to mention all those stacks of torment dont count for much when they are continuously being cleansed.

If 4 has to remain untouched then possibly have skill 3 apply at least two stacks of bleed or torment.

Skill 2 i think is fine the way it is especially with how we have two talents that directly change the way it behaves.

Sword skill 1 i dont really care one way or another about. I think the bleed applications from 1 are extremely slow and its made even more painful by the 4 skill being the easiest of skills to dodge. Even when taking the talents for increased 1h wpn speed and bleeds on crit its still painfully slow. I think the base attack speed for 1h wpns could stand to be increased slightly. This would allow anet to alter the 1h wpn attack speed talent to increase animation speed slightly for all 1h skills or change the talent to only increase attack speed animation when dual wielding.

The F1 skill i think is fine except i feel like it could be sped up just a tad. Not too much but some. Although i would prefer the animation perform something along the lines of stabbing your opponent in the neck and doing the dmg and bleed applications RATHER than the current kittened child furiously washing windows animation.

s/s is pressure not a spike weapon set (exluding final thrust ofcoarse). As such it pairs better with celestial setup then glass hybrid.

3 skills of s/s can combo with combustive shot with 2 of them supporting both power and condi.

In short, to get the most out of s/s you will find yourself playing like a d/d ele to some degree.

If you’re going to try a condi warrior build in PvE, you’re going to have to switch to longbow now and again for burning, you’re not going to do enough condi damage with s/s alone to justify the sinister gear.