Guild Wars 2

Hey fellow WvW roaming Warriors, this is my first video compilation after the April 15th patch using Hammer/GS weapon sets. During the video, you’ll probably notice variations of Sigils and traits from the clips. Previously, I was using Hydro+Energy on GS and Para+Intel on Hammer but have switched to Air+Fire on GS and Para+Energy on Hammer to set up Hundred Blade/Whirlwind bursts. Air+Fire also makes up for the Crit Damage nerfs.

As for traits, the difference was between 4/0/4/2/4 and 4/0/6/0/4 choosing either Merciless Hammer vs Leg Specialist. Both are powerful traits and it’s merely a matter of taste/comboes you want to do with them.

I apologize if the fights may seem stale since the video consists mostly of Thieves/Warriors. They are one of the most popular roaming classes after all. From what I recorded, those were the best I found. Most other classes/players I fought had underwhelming skill levels. Questions are welcomed and feedback is appreciated. Hope you guys enjoy the video!

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYrgJDjmrGc

You should consider 0/4/6/0/4 for unsuspecting foe. I use hoelbrak runes with that. Destruction of the empowered, armored attack and unsuspecting foe will boost your damage. You will gain about 200 power, and you will use the hammer 75% of the time and land a stun with paralyzation sigil and then swap to your gs with sigil of impact. that’s even more damadge than the 10% traited gs damage. Consider it

This is what my build with gs looks like.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQJASRjMdUGaVIOewJaAlgCdofBlwxGIAUmFjOA-T1CCABDfEAw4CAEwhA4IlYUp8AgHAANq/kiuAIUCugJuc2fgUALpMC-w

I also have another armorset with Strength runes to swap for duels if I come up against something I need A. More nuke power and B. less soft CC coming at you. They would work better against Eles and Guards for example.

Yeah that build looks pretty solid. I have a Hoelbrak set as well and tried it with my current build. The damage is great but I felt it wasn’t as balanced for roaming/being outnumbered. I may try out your build, but I like Reckless Dodge too much to drop it though. It’s hilarious body slamming people for 3k+ damage.

Gamgee.8612:

You should consider 0/4/6/0/4 for unsuspecting foe. I use hoelbrak runes with that. Destruction of the empowered, armored attack and unsuspecting foe will boost your damage. You will gain about 200 power, and you will use the hammer 75% of the time and land a stun with paralyzation sigil and then swap to your gs with sigil of impact. that’s even more damadge than the 10% traited gs damage. Consider it

This is what my build with gs looks like.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQJASRjMdUGaVIOewJaAlgCdofBlwxGIAUmFjOA-T1CCABDfEAw4CAEwhA4IlYUp8AgHAANq/kiuAIUCugJuc2fgUALpMC-w

I also have another armorset with Strength runes to swap for duels if I come up against something I need A. More nuke power and B. less soft CC coming at you. They would work better against Eles and Guards for example.

Exactly the same as mine, but without the useless Deep Strike trait. Use Furious Reaction (VI), it is awesome.

Also, sigil of hydro>vulnerability duration on GS.

Harkan.9017:

Questions are welcomed and feedback is appreciated. Hope you guys enjoy the video!

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYrgJDjmrGc

Very nice video, I enjoyed it!

Cygnus.6903:

Gamgee.8612:

You should consider 0/4/6/0/4 for unsuspecting foe. I use hoelbrak runes with that. Destruction of the empowered, armored attack and unsuspecting foe will boost your damage. You will gain about 200 power, and you will use the hammer 75% of the time and land a stun with paralyzation sigil and then swap to your gs with sigil of impact. that’s even more damadge than the 10% traited gs damage. Consider it

This is what my build with gs looks like.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQJASRjMdUGaVIOewJaAlgCdofBlwxGIAUmFjOA-T1CCABDfEAw4CAEwhA4IlYUp8AgHAANq/kiuAIUCugJuc2fgUALpMC-w

I also have another armorset with Strength runes to swap for duels if I come up against something I need A. More nuke power and B. less soft CC coming at you. They would work better against Eles and Guards for example.

Exactly the same as mine, but without the useless Deep Strike trait. Use Furious Reaction (VI), it is awesome.

Also, sigil of hydro>vulnerability duration on GS.

Yeah I tend to switch deep strike/furious reaction/furious speed depending on what I feel like. You know why I would use Deep strike for the time being, in a few weeks I will probably go back to normal…

I use hydro on my hammer and my GS but I was thinking about switching it out sincce it doesn’t proc too consistently. I just put it on in that build to fill the spot that I really don’t know which sigil will be there in the near future.

Deep strike is very, very mediocre as you will usually burn SoR when it comes off of cooldown for maximum fury uptime. That leaves you with Healing Signet and Dolyak. Dolyak, after you used it, takes 48 seconds to get back up. Thus, Deep strike will, on average, give you like 3% extra crit chance (1 signet = ~2%). Furious reaction procs quite reliably, and will give you very high Fury uptime (close to perma, like 85%) and sweet vigor as well. When comparing these two, I can not think of any reason to ever not use FR over DS outside of PvE maybe (in which rending strikes is better). Quite frankly, DS needs a buff.

Cygnus.6903:

Deep strike is very, very mediocre as you will usually burn SoR when it comes off of cooldown for maximum fury uptime. That leaves you with Healing Signet and Dolyak. Dolyak, after you used it, takes 48 seconds to get back up. Thus, Deep strike will, on average, give you like 3% extra crit chance (1 signet = ~2%). Furious reaction procs quite reliably, and will give you very high Fury uptime (close to perma, like 85%) and sweet vigor as well. When comparing these two, I can not think of any reason to ever not use FR over DS outside of PvE maybe (in which rending strikes is better). Quite frankly, DS needs a buff.

While I agree, take a look in your inbox

Furious reaction is situationally superior.

Yep, Deep Strike’s is bugged … if you know what it is, you’ll see it in one of the clips in my video.

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