Guild Wars 2

Hello all,

I like to roam in WvW and I’ve had the most luck with the standard Metabattle GS/Axe+Shield build. I know, don’t mess with something that isn’t broken but here are some tweaks I’ve been running lately and they’ve been working out for me. I’d like feedback or refinement or really just general opinion to see what people think. Thanks!

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNAncRjMdUFaZIehwJagggC9snCxgxCIAU+G1OA-TVCFAB2oErhDBQ1HBAEOBAA8AAQS5hAKBRR9na2fgMAMbB-w

I changed things around a bit to maximize my Axe/Eviscerate damage, which is what I found most of my DPS came from anyway.

*Switched offhand to sword in order to get another 5% on the Axe set from Dual Wielding trait. Still have a decent block on short cooldown from Sword 5, and Sword 4’s torment still ticks for decent damage even without any condi dmg stats, and Rip hits like a truck on a power build (as much damage as a 1 bar Evis.)

*Gave up Heightened Focus, and added Sigil of Intelligence to Axe set to maximize Evis damage and get the most out of Axe Mastery trait.

*Gave up Furious Reaction, but making up for it with good Fury uptime from Runes of the Pack and Vigor uptime from 3x active and 1x traited stances with Vigorous Focus.

*No Warrior’s Sprint, but as soon as you engage in combat, Swiftness is up 100% of the time from Runes of the Pack, Sig of Rage, and 2x Balanced Stance.

*Lacking Shield 4 for Evis setup is a major drawback, but is negated at least a little bit from decent Stability uptime from 2x Balanced Stance.

*Greatsword is at this point basically just used for repositioning/mobility, and the condi cleanse/leech on swap. Bull’s Charge could always be added in for 100B/Evis setup.

Thoughts?

I actually run axesword a lot, sword is an awesome weapon for power setups.

Take out Axe Mastery. It is so incredibly underperforming. You have only decent crit chance without intelligence, and 10% crit damage is already quite low. 10% flat damage increase on all gs skills is so much better.

Don’t think of GS as just repositioning and mobility. Whirlwind is where a lot of your damage should come from.

Try this;

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNAncRjMdUFaZIehwJaAggCdtvCzgxDIAUGH3OA-TVCFAB2oEr6HAACnAAAOCAIp8QgDBoEEF1fqZ/h00HQGAmtA-w

Air/Fire on GS allows for some pretty funny damage. Switch to axe and evis ftw.

I still think 04604 is better, as you can skip intelligence sigil alltogether and get reduced cooldowns on GS, and more vigor, and more fury, and…..

But, w/e works right?

I’d second Slashing Power instead of Axe Mastery. Also you might want to think about 6/0/5/0/3 depending on on your needs to squeeze out some more offense against opponents who may not be running so many boons.