Guild Wars 2

Hello! First of all, I’m new to the game. I currently have a lowbie warrior at level 19. I’ve levelled him purely in PvE, not wanting to try WvW until I had a grasp of the character. WvW is, however, my main reason for playing.

I know what I want from a warrior – or at least, what I’ve enjoyed in previous games (I know this is a different game!)

Basically, I’d like to be able to soak up some damage, CC a lot and/or do some decent burst in melee to take down squishy enemies.

I played WAR for a few years and had a Knight and an Ironbreaker – the knight was specced for defence and CC, and the Ironbreaker for damage and CC (with a 2h). With my knight I would typically cause as much havoc as possible in the enemy ranks, knocking enemy healers into my friends or off cliffs. With my Ironbreaker, I’d run into the back lines and drop a few healers and casters or at least shut them down completely. Both styles of play were great fun, although the knight was more fun in keep sieges.

I’d love to play my warrior in a similar way, but I have no idea, as a newbie, where to start. If anyone knows a spec that would work like this – or plays their warrior in a similar way themselves, then I’d be very grateful for your advice.

I’d also appreciate some general tips on playing a warrior in WvW.

Oh, and I’m not keen on playing as a ranged class except for plinking foes from keep walls, or perhaps catching a runner.

Definitely a Hammer build.

If you’re adamant on using melee weapons, you can try Mace & Shield, Axe & Shield, or Axe & Mace as your secondary weapons.

As for WvW, since your build will be a bit on the tanky side, although you can cause chaos and reek havoc against enemy zergs your damage will not be enough against non-Glass Cannons, so just make sure that you have team mates to back up your CCs.

[Edit] Also, the best part about the Warrior is that you can be BOTH the Knight AND the Ironbreaker at the same time. I’d suggest going Hammer as your main weapon, and an Axe & Shield as your secondary weapon. The Axe is a great DPS weapon that works really well with the Shield. As for the Hammer… Well, I’ll let you see that for yourself.
Because the Warrior has one of the highest base health pool in the game, you can afford to just focus on Toughness for your gear. The best gear for that would definitely be the KNIGHTS set (Power, Precision, Toughness). You can go full Knights if you want and watch you deal a TON of damage while at the same time being really tanky from all your armor.

Just to show you what Warriors are capable of:

I have….
3.3k attack damage
48% critical chance
44% critical damage
3k armor
21k health

TL;DR Hammer + Knights = You.