Guild Wars 2

I recently came back to my warrior after taking a break to play mesmer (I know crazy, but I’m having FUN). I mostly run WvW with my guild. Usually I’ll be in a medium to large group charging in on the front lines. We take objectives like keeps and towers mostly. The goal that I have for my warrior is to be able to disrupt the enemy lines and engage their attention to take damage away from other members of the group. I never really solo roam with my warrior and that is not my goal.

Below is the build that I put together and I’ve been feeling fairly effective using. I deal with conditions through shouts combined with 6x soldier runes as well as warhorn trait. I enjoy the “bruiser” feeling and playstyle that this build gives me, as well as the mobility of the offset sword and warhorn.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/warrior/?8.0|7.1g.h8.e.1p.h1h|c.1o.h15.g.1g.h1h|1c.7x.1c.7x.1c.7x.1c.7x.1c.7x.1c.7x|1g.67.2s.0.3s.0.1g.67.1n.64.2u.0|a5.0.u59b.u19c.0|0.0|5y.69.6b.6a.0|e

What I’m looking for input on is this. Ideally I’d like to put 15 points into the discipline line for fast-hands (maybe 20 for mobile strikes). However, I’m not sure where best to take these points from. Clearly I’ve got 10 to take away from the strength line. But for the remaining 5-10, what are your suggestions?

Do you have plans on killing players or just moving around being a mobile sponge?

I mean since you mentioned you go with a guild, you could aim for being mostly CC based and just damage soak. In which case, consider running hammer + sword / shield. Also, since you are sponging, you might as well run with banners instead of shouts, as this enables you to take endure pain / balanced stance and probably the crit banner and elite banner.

I guess the style I’m going for is sort of a bruiser as I mentioned. Strong and tough, does moderate damage yes but certainly isn’t a striker or offensive powerhouse. In the past I ran a much more offensive set-up (glass cannon basically). I could pull off great damage quickly, but also went down just as quickly when anyone looked my way. I feel like the build I’ve got now is more effective for a melee combatant who tends to be on the front lines of large group battles.

I just wasn’t a big fan of hammer. I originally tried hammer + axe / warhorn. The hammer play style didn’t seem to fit for me very well. I have however been loving axe / shield.

I guess my question is more about traits. I’d like some suggestions on how I could be as effective as possible in my role, while switching to include 15-20 points in the discipline line. Does anyone have opinions on excluding Defy Pain or Vigorous Shouts?