Guild Wars 2

So let start by saying i have every profession and played all of them extensively. I usually play as a full tank warrior in wvw. So i wanted to make a solo zerk build. I am full zerk except for runes which are runes of hoelbrak. my traits are 25/0/10/10/25 with Great sword and axe/shield. My heal is healing surge and skill bar includes bull rush, for great justice, shake it off and signet of rage. Now i know being a zerk build requires different game play. I fought 1vs1 and won all of them except for this one thief who was a shadow step spammer. I know i am not suppose to win ever fight because some professions have better solo capabilities. I just feel when i am fighting ppl sometimes all my skills miss them and am like wtf. It’s not even an evade or missed, it just a big nothing. Bull rush goes right through ppl sometimes. I threw a bolas at a targeted enemy and it threw the bolas at the ground opposite side of the target. I don’t if it’s just me but some of these skills are glitche. It makes wonder how ppl even enjoy zerk warrior build in wvw. I been trying different traits and styles of play and it just feels meh to me. Maybe i just suck as a zerk warrior. I have no problem in dungeons. i have a full set of orrain heavy armor which i just completed getting and did p3 with a hiccup. Maybe you other zerk warriors can share your build and advice with me. I just feel like i did all that grinding arah dungeon for nothing. I am really trying to enjoy it but it’s hard. Well am done crying now.

ionic.2106:

So let start by saying i have every profession and played all of them extensively. I usually play as a full tank warrior in wvw. So i wanted to make a solo zerk build. I am full zerk except for runes which are runes of hoelbrak. my traits are 25/0/10/10/25 with Great sword and axe/shield. My heal is healing surge and skill bar includes bull rush, for great justice, shake it off and signet of rage. Now i know being a zerk build requires different game play. I fought 1vs1 and won all of them except for this one thief who was a shadow step spammer. I know i am not suppose to win ever fight because some professions have better solo capabilities. I just feel when i am fighting ppl sometimes all my skills miss them and am like wtf. It’s not even an evade or missed, it just a big nothing. Bull rush goes right through ppl sometimes. I threw a bolas at a targeted enemy and it threw the bolas at the ground opposite side of the target. I don’t if it’s just me but some of these skills are glitche. It makes wonder how ppl even enjoy zerk warrior build in wvw. I been trying different traits and styles of play and it just feels meh to me. Maybe i just suck as a zerk warrior. I have no problem in dungeons. i have a full set of orrain heavy armor which i just completed getting and did p3 with a hiccup. Maybe you other zerk warriors can share your build and advice with me. I just feel like i did all that grinding arah dungeon for nothing. I am really trying to enjoy it but it’s hard. Well am done crying now.

Well, how about we start with the fact that your traits are crap? Here’s a few things I can’t figure out:

1. Why the hell 25 in Strength? Stick and Move isn’t a gamechanger.
2. Why the hell 10 points into Tactics? There’s nothing there for your build.
3. 10 points into Defense was for Shield Mastery, I believe. Well, that’s not really a reason to go to Defense, especially not in WvW.
4. Again, why 25 in Discipline? That 25 minor isn’t going to change anything.

To me, it just looks like you took a typical 30/0/0/10/30 dungeon setup and swapped around to accomodate your Shield.

Personally, I am running 0/30/20/0/20 in WvW with Axe/Shield and Longbow for now. My gear consists of Berserker armor with Hoelbrak runes and Knight trinkets with Rubies.

But honestly, you have to ask yourself one thing: Is Greatsword with Axe/Shield the setup you want to run? Because there just isn’t one setup that is king in WvW. For example, here you can see Callahan running Sword/Shield with Longbow, which is the current big thing in sPvP. There’s also been fuss about Mace/Shield with GS since they buffed Skull Crack. But currently, we basically have:

• Hammer lost a lot of its usefulness due to changes to Leg Specialist and Blind
• Longbow has been adopted because it averts the Blind issue, allowing Cleansing Ire (20 points into Defense, a major trait) to cleanse you well
• Sword/Shield has gained popularity because of high mobility and Final Thrust having Eviscerate’s damage
• Axe as a mainhand is down in popularity because they shifted about 50% of the autoattack damage to the final three hits, which are difficult to land on a moving target. The fact that Final Thrust has Eviscerate’s damage on a much more mobile weapon is also a contributing factor.
• Mace/Shield with Greatsword seems to be the current go-to for 100 Blades lovers. Skull Crack was recently buffed to 3 seconds for 3 bars, which means that if you stick in a Sigil of Paralyzation, it can help you land a full 100 blades without Frenzy. Throw in the abundance of interrupts (2 stuns, 1 daze) and blocks, along with access to Weakness and it’s a solid set.

Zerker with Longbow/GS is really fun and effective in large-scale fights, I usually run that, and switch to sword/mace/GS for smaller stuff.

Dalgar.6721:

Zerker with Longbow/GS is really fun and effective in large-scale fights, I usually run that, and switch to sword/mace/GS for smaller stuff.

pft. As if anyone cares about ZvZ builds…

they improved rush a lot in recent patch, I’m hoping they take a look at bulls rush as it also rarely connects for me in wvw, goes through people, misses etc (im sure my latency doesnt help)

Maybe this will help you?