Guild Wars 2

after talking with a guild mate about the differences between warrior and guardian we began to compare some of our shared weapons.

shield and hammer

the shield on the guardian is just not satisfying, the buff on it is good and all but nothing beats [shield bash]ing someone. something about making the solid connect and stopping them in their tracks. that alone makes me love the shield as an offhand weapon.

on the other hand none of the warriors hammer skills quite compare to the guardians [banish] in terms of satisfaction on a clean hit.

what other skills do warriors have that just make you smile a little when you land them? this is a preference question so there are no wrong answers.

Death From Above

alright yeah, [death from above] is an awesome skill.

have you ever tried using [savage leap] to more reliable land it?

The most satisfying skill: all critting 100b! Partly why I love the mace shield GS build thse days.

If your on high ground with a large drop, utility skill kick and yelling right before hand THIS IS SPARTA! than loling when you pick up your bag.

Jayw.1045:

If your on high ground with a large drop, utility skill kick and yelling right before hand THIS IS SPARTA! than loling when you pick up your bag.

This, my favourite was killing an ele of clocktower with kick Muhahahhaha

OHKOing somebody with earthshaker.

Wow i love this thread!
My most satisfying skill is for sure the good ol’ Kill Shot, especially in wvw when i find an upleveled guy, he start to run for his life and…
BOOM HEADSHOT!

Cygnus.6903:

OHKOing somebody with earthshaker.

Gotta pick your fights with the skinniest of squirrels for that.

Most satisfying skill gotta be Backbreaker for me.
I mean, you hit it and your target just crumbles in front of your superior power.
Backbreaker someone in a Zerg situation and he WILL die.

Guardian’s hammer just diesn’t cut it for me, because apart from the occasional banish, there’s just not much play involved. My guardian rarely sees use outside farming world events these days.

Zergbreaking Earthshaker hands down.

Mijo.3274:

Wow i love this thread!
My most satisfying skill is for sure the good ol’ Kill Shot, especially in wvw when i find an upleveled guy, he start to run for his life and…
BOOM HEADSHOT!

You mean, he baits out the killshot and reflects it back at your face?
btw, onehitting a zerk warrior with his own killshot gotta be the most satisfying thing ever.
/thread.

1- Stomp
As a reminder as to why you don’t gang up on a warrior

2- Eviscerate when it crits and you down annoying thieves ^^

3- Earthshaker just for the sheer power of it

Fiorrello.8126:

alright yeah, [death from above] is an awesome skill.

have you ever tried using [savage leap] to more reliable land it?

I totally have since I saw someone talking about it in PvP XD

1. 11k+ Kill shots
2. Wiping the enemy team and winning the team fight with longbow

Fiorrello.8126:

on the other hand none of the warriors hammer skills quite compare to the guardians [banish] in terms of satisfaction on a clean hit.

Sounds like you haven’t quite discovered the joys of Earthshaker in an enemy zerg yet? Especially with high 100% Crit Damage and enough Crit Chance buffs for near 100% Crit Chance.

Also, leap off a keep wall into enemy zerg → Death From Above → Earthshaker → Stomp = is a lot of fun.

Sword leap, gs whirlwind, and BC all have nice movement and feel. I love chaining warrior movement skills.

Greatsword Whirlwind just makes me happy.

obviously rush. i love using rush to surprise the foe by running 200 units toward my enemy, 600 units backward, and then 400 units toward my enemy! It never connects but that’s okay because my opponent is flabbergasted and has no choice but to die at the hands of my backup thief/ele/mesmer

Hammer has easily the most satisfying moves for the Warrior. Combine with Physical Training trait & skills and go to Obsidian Sanctum. I dare you to find more fun time than that.

kurtosis.9526:

Fiorrello.8126:

on the other hand none of the warriors hammer skills quite compare to the guardians [banish] in terms of satisfaction on a clean hit.

Sounds like you haven’t quite discovered the joys of Earthshaker in an enemy zerg yet? Especially with high 100% Crit Damage and enough Crit Chance buffs for near 100% Crit Chance.

Also, leap off a keep wall into enemy zerg -> Death From Above -> Earthshaker -> Stomp = is a lot of fun.

Hammer builds only get that much crit chance on already stunned enemies. Earthshaker is your stun.

shield #5 with tons of BLOCK’s popping up in a zerg fight and thinking… that was close. .

Player Character.9467:

Hammer builds only get that much crit chance on already stunned enemies. Earthshaker is your stun.

According to a 6 month old post of someone that made lots of tests, Earthshaker stuns before applying damage so anything that isn’t under stability should get the 50% crit chance bonus applied.

its actually a well know ‘feature’ of the warrior that any move that stuns; "[earth shaker],[shield bash], [skullcrack] will apply its stun just before the damage.

otherwise unsuspecting foe would be one of the most underwhelming traits ever.

Actually I’m not quite sure if skull crack does. I’m running 50% crit chance and I’ve seen lots of non-critting skull cracks.

Earthshaker > Banish

For me, I toyed with a 0/10/30/0/30 spec with Hammer and Mace/Shield last night fully realizing I’m losing my lovely mobility at will with the greatsword and it’s not one skill that does it for me. It’s the series of skills I do to totally lock down an opponent to death. It’s very funny actually when the opponent has no stability.

Backbreaker, Staggering Blow, Earthshatter, Pommel Bash, Shield Bash, Skull Crack. Bye bye.

That combo when on an unsuspecting foe (no pun intended) = pure fun.

peter.9024:

Actually I’m not quite sure if skull crack does. I’m running 50% crit chance and I’ve seen lots of non-critting skull cracks.

Ur right. Skull crack apllies stun after damage.

I would probably say a killshot that drops someone is still my favorite warrior skill.

Death From Above into a zerg in WvW, as far as I know it ignores 5 player limit, followed by other warriors. So. Good.