Assuming the leaked patch notes are correct, it looks like I’m going to lose Heightened Focus. I run a 30/20/0/0/20 great sword build. With Heightened Focus changing to a grandmaster trait it’s going to be out of my reach. Any suggestions on a suitable replacement?
“i think it’s an underserved nerf. now we have to slot a stun breaker??”
“berserker stance clears all CC on you and you’re still immune to CC for 8 seconds”
-Excalibur.9748
Move the trait points and change your gear/amulet.
Old HF with full adrenaline = 189 precision.
You can get 100 of that along with another 10% dmg to bleeders from moving 10 to arms. I realize you lose Fast Hands. Decisions Decisions.
I would move the 10 from discipline to arms, as you said. I’m assuming the reason he went 20 into discipline was for heightened focus and signet mastery. If he’s doing a GS build, he’ll likely not be swapping to much so he can just 100b mobs, so he can give up fast hands.
If we’re talking sPvP or WvW, then it might be a bit more complicated than that. There wasn’t much information given on what was trying to be achieved though.
Lose – Heightened Focus
Gain – Warrior’s Sprint @ 25%
My build will change to 30/20/0/0/20 with Strength
Restorative Strength
Slashing Power
Berserker’s Power Arms
Furious Speed (definite 10s of swiftness on 15s cooldown)
Forceful Greatsword Discipline
Warrior’s Sprint (25% speed w/ melee weapon)
Mobile Strikes
The extra mobility will definitely make up for loss of +9% crit at full adrenaline (not even permanent +9%). I may even go to sword main hand with all the extra cripples and damage it gets.
Lose – Heightened Focus
Gain – Warrior’s Sprint @ 25%
My build will change to 30/20/0/0/20 with Strength
Restorative Strength
Slashing Power
Berserker’s Power Arms
Furious Speed (definite 10s of swiftness on 15s cooldown)
Forceful Greatsword Discipline
Warrior’s Sprint (25% speed w/ melee weapon)
Mobile Strikes
The extra mobility will definitely make up for loss of +9% crit at full adrenaline (not even permanent +9%). I may even go to sword main hand with all the extra cripples and damage it gets.
According to these “leaked” notes.
is this for pve/wvw/pvp?
i assume pve since it’s silly to go glass in wvw and pvp.
what’s the use of mobile strikes in pve in terms of dps?
should trait 25 in arms since it gives you 10% more damage instead and ditch mobile strikes
Lose – Heightened Focus
Gain – Warrior’s Sprint @ 25%
My build will change to 30/20/0/0/20 with Strength
Restorative Strength
Slashing Power
Berserker’s Power Arms
Furious Speed (definite 10s of swiftness on 15s cooldown)
Forceful Greatsword Discipline
Warrior’s Sprint (25% speed w/ melee weapon)
Mobile Strikes
The extra mobility will definitely make up for loss of +9% crit at full adrenaline (not even permanent +9%). I may even go to sword main hand with all the extra cripples and damage it gets.
According to these “leaked” notes.
is this for pve/wvw/pvp?
i assume pve since it’s silly to go glass in wvw and pvp.
what’s the use of mobile strikes in pve in terms of dps?
should trait 25 in arms since it gives you 10% more damage instead and ditch mobile strikes
Can’t ditch Mobile Strikes for PvP. Its not ‘silly’ to build zerk in PvP and WvW, its hard. I enjoy the challenge personally. Can’t stand the bunker-and-win playstyle, it puts me to sleep.
Lose – Heightened Focus
Gain – Warrior’s Sprint @ 25%
My build will change to 30/20/0/0/20 with Strength
Restorative Strength
Slashing Power
Berserker’s Power Arms
Furious Speed (definite 10s of swiftness on 15s cooldown)
Forceful Greatsword Discipline
Warrior’s Sprint (25% speed w/ melee weapon)
Mobile Strikes
The extra mobility will definitely make up for loss of +9% crit at full adrenaline (not even permanent +9%). I may even go to sword main hand with all the extra cripples and damage it gets.
According to these “leaked” notes.
is this for pve/wvw/pvp?
i assume pve since it’s silly to go glass in wvw and pvp.
what’s the use of mobile strikes in pve in terms of dps?
should trait 25 in arms since it gives you 10% more damage instead and ditch mobile strikes
Can’t ditch Mobile Strikes for PvP. Its not ‘silly’ to build zerk in PvP and WvW, its hard. I enjoy the challenge personally. Can’t stand the bunker-and-win playstyle, it puts me to sleep.
mobile strike in pvp is senisble, but in any high level tpvp glass warrior is…garbage.
bunker is only for holding points. most people find a balance, there’s no fighter in any pro ring that has no speed technique or power; they have all, some just excel in few other aspects.
Lose – Heightened Focus
Gain – Warrior’s Sprint @ 25%
My build will change to 30/20/0/0/20 with Strength
Restorative Strength
Slashing Power
Berserker’s Power Arms
Furious Speed (definite 10s of swiftness on 15s cooldown)
Forceful Greatsword Discipline
Warrior’s Sprint (25% speed w/ melee weapon)
Mobile Strikes
The extra mobility will definitely make up for loss of +9% crit at full adrenaline (not even permanent +9%). I may even go to sword main hand with all the extra cripples and damage it gets.
According to these “leaked” notes.
is this for pve/wvw/pvp?
i assume pve since it’s silly to go glass in wvw and pvp.
what’s the use of mobile strikes in pve in terms of dps?
should trait 25 in arms since it gives you 10% more damage instead and ditch mobile strikes
Can’t ditch Mobile Strikes for PvP. Its not ‘silly’ to build zerk in PvP and WvW, its hard. I enjoy the challenge personally. Can’t stand the bunker-and-win playstyle, it puts me to sleep.
mobile strike in pvp is senisble, but in any high level tpvp glass warrior is…garbage.
bunker is only for holding points. most people find a balance, there’s no fighter in any pro ring that has no speed agility or power; they have all, some just excel in few other aspects.
In WvW you really need to spec a burst type build unles you want to zerg it. And zerging it is mindless warfare. Me personally I am in berserker gear with defense, tactics, and discipline trained and do well with the hammer and greatsword.
You can roam and do well with zerker gear in WvW if you can react fast enough. Of course you don’t get a lot of room for error. And against other glass builds the fights normally go pretty quick. The only thing you have to watch for really is the troll thieves. They’re still bunker with a lot of movement. I don’t suspect that will last too long though.
In tournaments you probably won’t see warriors at all in the high-end b/c this game’s best strat is to bunker ftw if you can’t spike. Warrior is lacking on the healing side too much to play with the ‘big boys’ as far as bunkers and his only spike is highly predictable and was nerfed.
I don’t play a lot of sPvP though and when I do my zerk build works fine (mostly because you can’t build the same kind of zerk in sPvP). With the upcoming added mobility I’d suspect he’d be even more viable, though still out of the high-end.
But can we stop with all the comparisons to real life in video games? This is a game. If they gave you a skill to one-shot players with ease but you only got it by min-maxing 100% into one stat somehow, people would be doing that. It’s got nothing to do with professional fighting in real life.
You can roam and do well with zerker gear in WvW if you can react fast enough. Of course you don’t get a lot of room for error. And against other glass builds the fights normally go pretty quick. The only thing you have to watch for really is the troll thieves. They’re still bunker with a lot of movement. I don’t suspect that will last too long though.
In tournaments you probably won’t see warriors at all in the high-end b/c this game’s best strat is to bunker ftw if you can’t spike. Warrior is lacking on the healing side too much to play with the ‘big boys’ as far as bunkers and his only spike is highly predictable and was nerfed.
I don’t play a lot of sPvP though and when I do my zerk build works fine (mostly because you can’t build the same kind of zerk in sPvP). With the upcoming added mobility I’d suspect he’d be even more viable, though still out of the high-end.
But can we stop with all the comparisons to real life in video games? This is a game. If they gave you a skill to one-shot players with ease but you only got it by min-maxing 100% into one stat somehow, people would be doing that. It’s got nothing to do with professional fighting in real life.
“omg this is a game not real life”. well, it’s what they seem to be trying to achieve or go closer to if the high-level play is like that.
are you in T1 for wvw? because in T1 you don’t see a lot of berserker for a good reason
Lose – Heightened Focus
Gain – Warrior’s Sprint @ 25%
My build will change to 30/20/0/0/20 with Strength
Restorative Strength
Slashing Power
Berserker’s Power Arms
Furious Speed (definite 10s of swiftness on 15s cooldown)
Forceful Greatsword Discipline
Warrior’s Sprint (25% speed w/ melee weapon)
Mobile Strikes
The extra mobility will definitely make up for loss of +9% crit at full adrenaline (not even permanent +9%). I may even go to sword main hand with all the extra cripples and damage it gets.
According to these “leaked” notes.
is this for pve/wvw/pvp?
i assume pve since it’s silly to go glass in wvw and pvp.
what’s the use of mobile strikes in pve in terms of dps?
should trait 25 in arms since it gives you 10% more damage instead and ditch mobile strikes
Can’t ditch Mobile Strikes for PvP. Its not ‘silly’ to build zerk in PvP and WvW, its hard. I enjoy the challenge personally. Can’t stand the bunker-and-win playstyle, it puts me to sleep.
mobile strike in pvp is senisble, but in any high level tpvp glass warrior is…garbage.
bunker is only for holding points. most people find a balance, there’s no fighter in any pro ring that has no speed technique or power; they have all, some just excel in few other aspects.
I think you got that backwards. If a warriors not glass, he contributes next to nothing in any team fight. A tanky warrior in tPvP is just a punching bag.
problem?