Guild Wars 2

Hi and thanks for the time!

I’m having trouble with the multitude of slight variance warrior builds around at the moment and figuring out which are up to date. I do the full scope of everything GW2 has to offer however this post is specifically about having a strong performance in the harder PVE content, (Fractals T4 and Raids).

After reading through guides it sounds like Warrior needs a different 6 piece stats + rune set for every party composition, boss, activity etc. etc. I’m willing to make some extra sets especially with weapons but I’m not interested in building 8+ different full armor sets for every PVE occasion.

Basically I want to be a solid warrior that people like to group with without 1 million armor sets. I keep a berserking and viper set at the moment and have good results with the viper in T4 Fractals and raids. My viper set is based on this:

https://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Berserker_-_Support_Condition

- I’m curious for opinions from experienced PVE warriors: Would the above build serve as a good option for a single end game build? This refers entirely to armor / rune combos that would require new sets of gear, switching traits around per encounter / setting is no problem at all.

- Is there a better build to choose for a single “main” end game PVE build?

- Are there any must have extra sets to go along with this that would make a huge difference to strive for? (Within reason)

I’ve returned recently after a very long break so I don’t have many ascended armor boxes to gear with. The price tag is high for me to craft entire new sets just to swap around some runes.

Final question: Is Aristocracy runes the best choice still if so?

Thanks!

The most commonly used build is the Condi PS.
Other options are:
Power PS – used when condi build doesn’t work because of its massive ramp up time.
Condi DPS (2 variations, same gear) – when you already have another warrior stacking might.

Even if you go for all 3 of them, you only need 3 gear sets (with trinkets shared between 2), not 8. You don’t need to have multiple gear setups for power PS.

Thanks Ozzrel, nice answer and exactly the info I wanted. I’ve got a Zerk and Viper set so I’ll set up for Condi/Power PS and work on the condi DPS set in time. Good point about the trinkets.

I haven’t played since Zerking was the only gear anyone used so it’s a bit frustrating still managing so many sets even simply from an inventory space point of view. The 3 mentioned including weapon sigil variations and then throw in my wvw gear the system gets clunky.

Thanks for your time and the nice reply!