Guild Wars 2

Hi guys,

After leveling every other profession to 80 and finding myself with a spare character slot thought I bought mostly so I could get the Ghastly Wraith eyes for my necro, I decided to roll a Warrior for the heck of it. I gotta say, though, so far I’m really not seeing the appeal. I’ve gotten to level 10 and am still unlocking weapons, but they all seem, well, kinda boring and straightforward to me.

While it’s certainly possible that the Warrior just isn’t my cup of tea, I want to give the profession a fair try before using my lil’ Norn as a collectibles mule. So, when did the Warrior start becoming for for you? Was there a specific level requirement for that? Are there any fun tricks Warriors can pull that aren’t immediately obvious? Which weapon sets are your favorite?

I fell in love with warrior instantly, but then it was my first character in GW2. I love all of the weapons, and the real fun comes when you learn to chain combos together (hammer/mace = GG for PvE trash. SOOOO much stunlock XD). Really, the trick is to get plenty of Utilities, find which ones work well with your weapons, and find a build that works for you.

I actually went condi-warrior for most of my leveling, because enemies typically don’t cleanse, and getting 20 stacks of bleeding at low levels in about 5 seconds is just so cool. Really, you need to be about level 20 or 30 before you start seeing what the class can do (once you start getting decent traits).

Alternatively, you just might not like it. There is some subtlety to how you play a warrior, but it’s a really straightforward class, no matter what spec you pick, save for a few.

WvW with a solid group can be very rewarding on a warrior.

It also a great COF runner :p

usually, i play pve 3 level below recommended with pretty bad gear

i guess i have a puinshment for pain

i found warriors are kinda hard to play since i cannot rely on the class to carry me and my sustain have to come from tricks and terrian advantage

LoBo.1724:

I agree with above post. WvW with a group can be fun, just leave all aspirations of becoming a “solo” lion roaming the field.
Hook up with a Guardian or Mesmer and become a menacing scourge duo of the battlefield.

As for tPvP theres some fun in being the worst class in the game, you’re literally the unhappy clown of the game and will bring several hours of fun to everyone easily dominating you with stray AoE’s killing and disabling you.

Don’t listen to this guy, you can definitely roam solo and win most fights.

I found warrior the most fun to damage with because of their potential in that area, I personally strived for more damage as i leveled so i could face the much more powerful monsters many levels above me. This really covered the whole slayer concept i was going for and I’ve remained entertained ever since, killing 70+ at lvl 55. with battles like those its hard to not have fun!

I’ve played a condition warrior since beta because i didn’t like the 0815 Moldran build.

First i started with the ‘There will be Blood’ Build sword/shield and rilfe and later switched to bow and sword/axe. I was very happy with it and had a lot of fun because usually my opponents expect the 100b one trick pony and got downed by 120er ticks blood….till the patch. THE patch.

Currently this game is more ‘condition wars 2’ and for me i see only two viable builds. That is the the one from Defektive and Matale’s build.
I’ve experimented on my own but through the trait mixing can’t recommend a pure condition build right now.

It’s sad but in my opinion the latest patch killed the diversity in warrior builds.

But back to your concerns…..right now i’am running Matales stunlock build (yeah finally i’am back at square one aka 100b one trick pony) in tpvp pugs and have a lot of fun.

Every Necro, Mesmer and even engis expect you to die fast and without any efforts. And most of them die in surprise because the stunlock/100b combo can turn the tide.

When your opponents whisper you after a match and give you kudos than you know you doing very well.
I don’t say that i beat every player….but every class is no problem. The stunlock build was founded in wvw for roaming alone and looking for 1vs1…i switched a few utility skills around but thats fine.

So all i wanna say is after a short time of disappointments (expensive re-equipping, l2p) i’am having a blast right now. And you should too.

kind regards
Harle Nokin

sanictoofast.9317:

I found warrior the most fun to damage with because of their potential in that area, I personally strived for more damage as i leveled so i could face the much more powerful monsters many levels above me. This really covered the whole slayer concept i was going for and I’ve remained entertained ever since, killing 70+ at lvl 55. with battles like those its hard to not have fun!

I found that mobs 10 levels higher than me became immune to my damage, I focused on DPS too (on my necro)

I’m having a great time running hammer warrior with my WvW guild. Hammer for control, sword/warhorn for mobility. Probably my favourite thing in GW2 at the moment.

Axe/mace is a good damage/control pair for PvE; axe/shield for bosses, fractal harpies and the like. Off hand mace and shield are both excellent.

Warrior has great gap closers (sword 2, axe burst skill, shield 4, bulls charge…) and a lot of crowd control if you like knockdowns and stuns.

If levelling a Warr again, I’d be waiting to get Dogged March and Adrenal Health – 15 points in Defence. I find both traits really useful. For utilities, I tend towards shout heal builds (XII in Tactics) with Shake it Off and For Great Justice.

Best things about warrior compared to necro: easy perma-swiftness with warhorn and signet of rage. Good structural damage with most weapons. Knockdowns and stuns with mace and hammer. Cleave attacks.

If you want to level, go axe or greatsword or both. It WILL be boring.

If you want to have fun, go hammer or mainhand mace and stun stuff again and again. Nothing like charging into a pack of silver mobs with Earthshaker for your team to DPS safely!

Warrior = versatile. I can play solo or with team, granting good dps and some suport for myself and my team. another good point in warrior are the mobility for capture points and cross the map in pve or wvw.

I don’t like superhuman/semi-god classes like Thieves, Mesmers, Elementarists or Rangers, i like challenger, and warrior are the only class in this game that provides this.

In conterpart, the lack of sustain or/and survival make the challenger heally absurdly hard and stressful, especially against players(sPvP and WvW).

JETWING.2759:

Warrior = versatile. I can play solo or with team, granting good dps and some suport for myself and my team. another good point in warrior are the mobility for capture points and cross the map in pve or wvw.

I don’t like superhuman/semi-god classes like Thieves, Mesmers, Elementarists or Rangers, i like challenger, and warrior are the only class in this game that provides this.

In conterpart, the lack of sustain or/and survival make the challenger heally absurdly hard and stressful, especially against players(sPvP and WvW).

lol challenger class ? open your eyes bro
warriors are sooo easy to play they do great amounts of damage without even trying. there is a reason why everyone wants warriors in dungeons. thieves, eles are squishy ,rangers are underpowered.

Succeeding with a Warrior in tPVP is probably more challenging than with any other profession – I find that challenge, and succeeding at it fun.

Kratos.6293:

JETWING.2759:

Warrior = versatile. I can play solo or with team, granting good dps and some suport for myself and my team. another good point in warrior are the mobility for capture points and cross the map in pve or wvw.

I don’t like superhuman/semi-god classes like Thieves, Mesmers, Elementarists or Rangers, i like challenger, and warrior are the only class in this game that provides this.

In conterpart, the lack of sustain or/and survival make the challenger heally absurdly hard and stressful, especially against players(sPvP and WvW).

lol challenger class ? open your eyes bro
warriors are sooo easy to play they do great amounts of damage without even trying. there is a reason why everyone wants warriors in dungeons. thieves, eles are squishy ,rangers are underpowered.

He said PVP.

PVE is easy with every profession, its PVE.

Kratos.6293:

JETWING.2759:

Warrior = versatile. I can play solo or with team, granting good dps and some suport for myself and my team. another good point in warrior are the mobility for capture points and cross the map in pve or wvw.

I don’t like superhuman/semi-god classes like Thieves, Mesmers, Elementarists or Rangers, i like challenger, and warrior are the only class in this game that provides this.

In conterpart, the lack of sustain or/and survival make the challenger heally absurdly hard and stressful, especially against players(sPvP and WvW).

lol challenger class ? open your eyes bro
warriors are sooo easy to play they do great amounts of damage without even trying. there is a reason why everyone wants warriors in dungeons. thieves, eles are squishy ,rangers are underpowered.

I has preference for PvP (s,/tPvP and WvW), and i don’t see any other class underpowered. If has some class uderpowered are just the warrior that lacks sustain. Its easy play full zerk when some one are healing and pretecting, but in PvP the thing change totally.