Guild Wars 2

I’ve talked to a few people and has done a small bit of research and have really narrowed my choice in leveling builds down to three.

1) Sword/Sword Crit/Cond build.

2) Greatsword 5 Signet build

3) Axe/Axe 5 Signet build

Out of the three, I feel that the S/S build is the weakest (in terms of effectiveness in leveling) and that (remember: in my opinion) the Axe/Axe build is the strongest. I think that the GS build has more mobility but the A/A build has more in terms of just raw damage.

If you had to level a Warrior (again?) which build would you pick and why? I’m leaning more toward the A/A build because I feel it’s stronger and is a TON more fun in PvP.

I started my warrior out as Sword/Axe-Rifle. It was and still is a pretty fun build. I’ve switched to Greatsword-rifle(or longbow depending on the situation). It’s also a fun build.

I tried all those builds and more during (strictly PVE) leveling. My goal was to learn the class as best I could rather than to plow through to 80 as fast as I could.

While, again, I can’t speak for PVP effectiveness, all of those did fine. Even sword/sword, although in terms of raw power that probably was the weakest of the three. Before Orr, PVE is not difficult enough that it matters much. If I was going for pure leveling speed, I’d say greatsword probably wins out over dual axes. For me, at least, the mobility makes a lot of difference in the open world.

I’m still leveling, I started sword/axe, for the massive bleeds and the whirl. But in the end, I had to add the sword off-hand for the 2 extra bleeds and the block/bleed. The bleeds can be applied in an aoe arc on two of them, and I can get 10-12+ bleed stacks going at one time.

So, you have 4 moves that add bleeds mobility with the jump a block and a slow, I go easy button with all signets and sword/sword rifle. Cond/Precision/Power in gear but I use the magic find stack sigil. Healing/Toughness in my accessories.

I use the regeneration on the healing signet as my primary survival mechanism, but in heavy condition fights I’ll switch to the heal that removes conditions. If you make sure and keep your gear up near level, it’s been working solidly for me. I do huge damage and can switch to the rifle on the rare fight (champions) where I need to not get damaged.

I don’t like having to think too much, and I have a bunch of characters. I tend to build around signets and dodge mechanics and kiting, unless I can get massive damage and good regeneration/avoidance in close.

To be fair I haven’t tried the axe/axe combo for leveling, but I’m not sure about mobility. I use the single weapon speed trait when I’m running around doing hearts, and switch to the rage crit boost when I’m running events/skill points.

Neither of those builds.

Any build works for leveling as long you know how to play a warrior.

I’ve changed builds quite a bit, but eventually decided on Axe/Shield. Good dps and defense ability.

Colru.1658:

If you had to level a Warrior (again?) which build would you pick and why? I’m leaning more toward the A/A build because I feel it’s stronger and is a TON more fun in PvP.

0/25/15/10/20 is my current build for everything except dungeons. If I had to level a warrior again, Id do the same thing. For pve axe is awesome till you get forceful greatsword which gives might on critical. GS can hit up to 5 targets. So if you AOE a bunch of mobs you get tons of might. Axe cant compare to that. no way. This one trait alone is why GS has more damage potential than Axe. While Axe does more damage on basic attacks than GS usually.