Guild Wars 2

I’m torn between Berserker and Soldier/Invader for WvW.

I want the power from berserker but I also feel like I die a little too fast.

I know for PVE I might stay with Berserker.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

You’ll definitely want more defense in WvW. Soldiers is good but I have a lot of success with knights. A mix works well too. In PvE zerk is recommended.

could you please show me a decent wvw build using knights?

i have an 80 warrior, but have not played it for a long time.
i tried playing it the other day but was just getting totally wailed on.

i would like suggestions for talent build, skill selection and weapon choices.

thanks

Toughness>Vitality in WvW?

Or are they equal?

Jerry.1893:

Toughness>Vitality in WvW?

Or are they equal?

That’s a good question, something ive wondered..
my assumption would be toughness is better than vitality just because of damage mitigation.

but then again maybe having a bigger HP pool is more of a benefit.

Syke.4712:

Jerry.1893:

Toughness>Vitality in WvW?

Or are they equal?

That’s a good question, something ive wondered..
my assumption would be toughness is better than vitality just because of damage mitigation.

but then again maybe having a bigger HP pool is more of a benefit.

Power, Vit, Toughness or Power Precision Toughness, what would you go for in WvW?

Power, Vit, Toughness or Power Precision Toughness, what would you go for in WvW?

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I think ill be going for more Power, Precision, Toughness.
I did some snooping and found Kalarchis.8635 build.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQJARSjkOBv9OGPMxBE0DNkL2iTBoQ9YOqj4A-j0BBYgCRUGCRZPFRjtMqIasalYaYER1mxFRrGA-w

and i think ill be sticking pretty closely to this.

what do you think?

oh and i only chose precision over vit because i will mostly be running with my guild in wvw, which is usually about 5-10 players. so im looking for more dmg output that survivability. but with that said i still want the toughness for staying power.

Ive been playing my Necro for a long time now and am so used to having 28-30k hp.
so its going to be an adjustment dropping nearly 10k in hp.

Syke.4712:

Power, Vit, Toughness or Power Precision Toughness, what would you go for in WvW?

I think ill be going for more Power, Precision, Toughness.
I did some snooping and found Kalarchis.8635 build.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQJARSjkOBv9OGPMxBE0DNkL2iTBoQ9YOqj4A-j0BBYgCRUGCRZPFRjtMqIasalYaYER1mxFRrGA-w

and i think ill be sticking pretty closely to this.

what do you think?[/quote]

Yeah it looks pretty solid.
I’m lacking the soldier armor because it takes honor badges.

Right now I have 2.1k power, 2.1k precision and 2.2k toughness.

You can also get that armor (or close enough to it) by getting the karma armor at the Temple of Melandru; that’s how I got mine.

with so much access to fury you want to stack power & +crit % damage imo. mix it in with tou / vit / pre with cavalier / valkyrie / berserker as you see fit.

The common setup is Knight armor with defensive runes (i.e. Melandru/Soldier), Knight weapons and Berserker trinkets. This leaves you at ~20k health, 3k armor, 40% crit and 75% crit damage with the cookie cutter hammer train spec.

Morelia.6835:

The common setup is Knight armor with defensive runes (i.e. Melandru/Soldier), Knight weapons and Berserker trinkets. This leaves you at ~20k health, 3k armor, 40% crit and 75% crit damage with the cookie cutter hammer train spec.

what is the cookie cutter hammer train spec?

What I’m doing is I have full exotic / ascended for Soldiers gear because I do a lot of WvW. I use this for fractals and dungeons as well since most groups are total garbage. I am working on making an exotic Berserker set that I’ll be willing to swap over to when I find a speed running group like last night where everyone has above a room temp IQ and knows what they are doing. In those situations I’ll swap to my Berserker gear.

I’ve been using this setup for awhile now, and it’s proven to be pretty effective:
Armor – full PVT + soldier runes since I run shouts
Trinkets – mix of PVT and zerker; all ascended, with three +5 vitality infusions, and three +5 power infusions
Weapons – all zerker (except my mace / shield, those are PVT)