new level 80 warrior need advice
Hey Amirio, I use a hammer/rifle build for PvE/WvW and it works just fine. All melee is tough in WvW though. The gear you want is Power/Toughness/Vitality, most easily gotten from AC exp mode tokens. Accessories you can go that route also or addd alittle crit/ precision.
I dont have a build to link atm, sorry. I run a shouts heal build. 0/20/20/30/0. utilities I use 3 shouts, shake it off, on my mark, for great justice. This will definately make you pretty tanky and handle the punishment.
yeah I already have 1 piece of gear off the karma vender in orr almost have enough for the second, I was thinking the same thing in terms of stats too. Alot of my friends are hitting level 80 so I might as well hit up some Exp modes as well i guess.
I guess I should add that for WvW I do change things up some. I change some traits to the longbow damage and range ones. I remove on my mark and for great justice and add Bulls charge and throw bollas, but these would depend on what ways you play WvW (roamer, defender, solo, etc) I still use hammer/rifle but switch to bow on wall defense.
Go for Pow, Tough, Vit… you will never regret that… and stay away from the dark side (A.K.A. zerk Warriors)
Zerk is the average Joe build. Don’t pat yourself in the back too hard.
If you have a support guardian, there’s no reason to even touch vitality/toughness gear. I’ve been using full berserker’s since the second week, and while my builds change, my gear has never left me wanting more survivability. In fact, I feel like toughness/vitality make little to no difference in WvW regardless. If you get caught by a blob, you’re probably dead. I feel that most of the warrior’s durability comes from a proper trait tree. After you have traits allocated properly THEN having a boatload of life and toughness will start making a difference.
Tanky doesn’t mean anything if you still die. Being able to get away from the damage is more important(most of the time) than just taking the damage. Though your build should really reflect how you can work with your group(or lack thereof).
Hammer is viable in WvW. You have to understand what its weaknesses are, and those are low mobility and lack of burst(not that you cant hit people hard). So I do suggest having something to help you escape. Either a sword/warhorn(my pick) or a greatsword with the trait “mobile strikes” in discipline.
So if I were to run a hammer in WvW. I would probably have a sword/warhorn on switch, wearing full berserker’s and my build would probably be something like 0/0/30/30/10 with healing shouts in tactics, defy pain at 25% in defense, and inspiring shouts in discipline. The rest of the trait’s are pretty flexible. Utility skills would probably be for great justice, bulls charge, shake it off. Elite as signet of rage.
This gives a really tough build that deals good damage. You have a nice threshold at 25% life to pull out the warhorn and Savage leap out.
My 2 cents.
“If you have a support guardian, there’s no reason to even touch vitality/toughness gear”
I stopped reading here… because, we all know you only need 1 guy who supports and survives the battle to finish all content,… rolleyes
Zerk is the average Joe build. Don’t pat yourself in the back too hard.