Guild Wars 2

An axe, sword, greatsword? Tell the reason behind it.

Mine personally is a spear. While its does lack a real punch, its offers utilities that other weps can’t match:

- 4sec cripple on the last hit in chain
- Frenzy marine to stack might, remove blocks and blinds pretty effective (naturally blinds olny when in ragnge..)
- A pull – we need more of that.
- Block – even if its not as great as sword 5 block yet, its still great to have that.
- Gap closer – reminds me an axe offhand 5, just with the difference thakittens actually follows very effective ur enemy. Actually impossible to run from that. Moar of that.
- Cc on burst.

Underwater is a whole different ball game and you can’t compare it to “dry land”.

That said, Sword.

Good mobility, decent DPS, great control, and, now, a controllable burst.

Right now it’s tied with GS for our only viable melee weapons, with everything else needing to be brought on par.

My favorite weapon is a 2H Axe. Since we don’t have that, I’ll have to go with Longbro.

-1000 Range, allows me to be a threat without being in melee.
-Burning. Need I say more?
-Blind. PvP, Blind is about as good as Aegis. Bet you didn’t think of it like that!
-Immobilize. Great for setting up burst with Arcing Arrow, Evis, 100b, Final Thrust, or Earth Shaker.
-Combo Field Fire. I love Combo Fields, and I love Fire.

I also love a traditional Sword/Board. Since the Sword buff and Shield trait change, I recently started using this setup with Longbro, and it’s a lot of fun. But Longbro is the backbone of most of my builds.

Dat Longbro.

I think it’s our best PvP weapon if you take Cleansing Ire and it’s mad fun while leveling.

Hammer smashing in wvw.

- Good CC
- Imobilise when traited
- Fun for zerg diving

Other than that, warhorn for those condition removals

Used to be axe/horn pre patch, now axe/shield.

GS, can’t beat that whirlwind.

Sword/WH + Hammer for WvW, sometimes swapping Hammer and Merc Hammer trait out for LB and Cleansing Ire, Usually only while defending.

peter.9024:

GS, can’t beat that whirlwind.

While i love gs, i just can’t use it in pvp anymore..Behind whirlwind it has nothing to offer for me.

GS for me, I managed to find a build that is still useful for me, and I tend to beat people with that build 1v1 actually (clone-abusing mesmers can still be a problem, even if I KO them, they still get all those clones doing the DPS >.<)

My prefered weapon was Sword&Shield until they switched Hamstring and end up with a relative poor Final Thurst that doesn’t work that well in my build.

Now my prefered weapon is Rifle, Rifle Butt all the way!

While I use Greatsword more often I love my Hammer. Hits like a truck, good CC, and has weakness. The only thing I wish is Fierce Blow/Backbreaker hit a little harder, or at least just Back Breaker. Right now they’re only a little stronger than the 3rd auto-attack in my experience

DUAL SWORDS AWWWYEAH.

I have actually taken a liking to the new and improved Sword. The chain is faster, has 2 cripples now (works amazing with leg specialist) and a really hard hitting final thrust that hakitten for 7K+ in sPvP. The old Final Thrust you’d have to be lucky if hit hit 2.5-3K.

If we are talking offhands as well I have taken a huge liking to the Warhorn. If traited, condition removal is ridiculous plus it gives your vigor, swiftness and applies weakness.

Least favourite weapon has to be the GS now. It has gotten so old and stale and is very generic and predictable as a weapon.

Hammer for sure my number 1 favourite.

Good damage, weakness, cripple, knockbacks, knockdown and a stun that you can use every 7.5 seconds with Burst Mastery trait. Hammer has recieved buffs every patch so far, i really can’t complain. Been using it pretty much since launch.

Also a huge fan of the sword main hand.

Mobility, cripples and now a decent damage attack.

Loving warhorn as well of course!

Party swiftness, condi removal, weakness, vigor and a blast finisher.

Favorite? Easily hammer. I just love the look and feel of the weapon.

Most useful? Probably either greatsword or longbow, as these are our only really ‘complete’ feeling weapons… hammer is pretty complete too, but the cooldowns don’t really feel justified for what the skills do and it’s just so friggen telegraphed.

Really liking double mace at the moment as well… unlike the hammer I can actually interrupt things when I see them instead of randomly doing so.

GS/Sword+Warhorn

best for roaming

LB + Cleansing Ire.

Favorite? Hammer.

Maybe not the most powerful or effective right now, but I haven’t found another weapon whose attacks are as satisfying to use as the Hammer’s. It just FEELS powerful to use, like there’s actual force behind each strike.

Second place would be Sword+Shield.

Aesthetically appealing, it’s also just a really useful set of abilities. A leap that cripples, a dash that stuns, a fast auto-attack chain, a block and an execute-type ability? That’s a nice variation of abilities that are both useful and enjoyable to use.

Shield. Any defensive build, and even many offensive builds use it far more than any other weapon. We have one of the best blocks in the game, why not use it?

Axe, sword since they are both awesome. But really wish they can make spear into a land weapon, that will make it triple the awesome sauce.

Devanuze.8734:

Hammer smashing in wvw.

- Good CC
- Imobilise when traited
- Fun for zerg diving

Other than that, warhorn for those condition removals

This, hammer and warhorn <3

I like the new sword. final thrust can be troublesome landing sometimes, but you are often able to line it up with a shield bash.

but the feeling of it seems nice to me. maybe im just a traditionalist.

Pre patch Sword

Post patch Sword

Fav weapon is the GS, Fav skill hoever, dat Savage Leap, So good for jumping around where you’re not supposed to be