Guild Wars 2

solo it is awesome, small PvE groups it is double awesome, and in zergs it just rules!

I never liked the horn, I always went with an offhand axe, but when someone has a horn and uses it well, everyone benefits. And it is a nice stunbreaker. Plus it is purely a stats device. Now that I’ve started using it and learning how to really play it I can see the utility especially specced for sword.

If you play as just another weapon and board person, try the horn; you are almost specced out perfectly already. Or throw it into secondary because it does swap well with other setups, since it is pure utility. Don’t dismiss it without giving it a real try.

Warhorn LOOKS stupid as all kitten.
I’ve used it in W3, it’s ok except for being in the crappy trait line and a t2 trait at that…

But it LOOKS just sooo soo bad.

Does kind of look dumb, but you don’t have to let the animation finish to get the buffs.

the trait part I view as just a reason to ignore traiting for it and spend the points elsewhere.

Horn is okay in some aspects.. but you can’t simply have “okay” in GW2 standards.

You should always lug a Warhorn around with you, if only for getting around faster.

With banner CD reduction and horn you can keep swiftness and banner up pretty much 100% of the time. I love it for grinding DEs and zerg stuff. Plan on using 30 tactics to add regen to the banner too for more support. I use Sword/Horn and Longbow and stack condition damage. Sword provides nice cripple, leap finisher and adds bleeds while longbow does Burning.

everyone uses horns now with sword, so how is that different? With the YOJACKS build floating around..

I’ve been using the horn lately. Here’s the build: 15/0/25/30/0

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIMQNBHhJ6k0hogLewCCmIDAYGWpl9QRpHhx2aA;TsAA1CtosxYjwGrNObk2s4YUwsAA

Some of my concerns lately have been using Cull the Weak or not. Its a build focused pretty heavily on Vulnerabilty, and having that extra bit of vuln helps but I’m not sure I notice it. Also, taking 25 into Defense offers more power than taking 20 Strength.

Using a warhorn is different now?

I used to wield dual axes but noticed that I didn’t use axe 4 and 5 very much. Even when I did use those skills, it was usually more worthwhile to just auto attack anyways. I started equipping a warhorn some time ago and haven’t looked back since.

I use a 20/0/0/20/30 trait build with mainhand axe. Being able to remove conditions frequently is a big blessing in groups and solo play. Also using warhorn 4 with signet of rage you get unlimited swiftness which is very useful for exploration, farming, and wvw.

I tried running sword/warhorn for several weeks. I also enjoyed this combination however your damage is hindered if even a single other person is using a bleed build.

I use a warhorn/axe as my secondary set (GS main).