Guild Wars 2

Hi everyone,

so far I’ve been playing PVE with my berserker-fitted warrior using two axes (and a rifle when I needed range). I was thinking of starting to play WWW intensively. If I understand correctly, a PVT build is a best bet, but what weapons?

Thanks

If you mean in raids: Hammer/Axe+Warhorn or Hammer/Sword + Warhorn.

Buran.3796:

If you mean in raids: Hammer/Axe+Warhorn or Hammer/Sword + Warhorn.

Yes, in zergs. So, a warhorn is a must? For the speed buff?

Meehael.8240:

Buran.3796:

If you mean in raids: Hammer/Axe+Warhorn or Hammer/Sword + Warhorn.

Yes, in zergs. So, a warhorn is a must? For the speed buff?

Speed buff is a plus but if traited correctly you can also convert conditions to boons with both the 4 and 5 skill. And less recharge time with a trait. I believe the convert also works on allies in the area.

I run hammer (bloodlust) and sword/horn. I also carry an axe to switch otu with the horn for bigger fights, that number 5 is too good for widespread damage when whirling around. I also have a rifle I switch out with the hammer for those times you need a little range. Never liked the longbow so I never use one.

The main thing is to try everything and figure out what works well for your playstyle. Use the build templates as a baseline and then experiment. Play to your strengths…

Axe/Horn or Sword/Horn are common because (1) low-CD Blast finisher on the horn 5 skill, for Might stacking or heal spamming over water fields; (2) two low-CD condition cleanses on horn 4, 5 from one trait; and (3) always on Quickness (you’ll need to spam 4 when solo, but not so much in the zerg because it stacks duration when > 1 people have it, which is always the case).

Axe gives better raw damage in a full power build, but lacks in mobility and pin down capability.

Sword will be a bit weaker on damage since it relies on bleeds, you’re not stacking condition damage, and most groups have loads of cleansing to negate your bleed damage anyway. But Sword has awesome mobility with the very long range, low-CD leap on sword 2, and (assuming you can land the immobilize), also has a burst with built-in pin down to give you a better chance of landing it all (though, again, it’s a burst that relies on a stacking bleed, so damage will suffer with lots of cleanses getting thrown around to wipe it right off again.

Your second weapon can be either the ever popular Hammer for AOE and crowd control hilarity, or Longbow to give you fire fields and AOE + ranged damage for kiters and targets on walls.

Some like Greatsword for the two mobility skills, but its major damage skill being a long self-root is a liability. Mace/Shield is awesome for stuns but has weak damage. And some people do run Sword/Shield, but you’ll see it only rarely compared with Sword/Horn.

Rifle seems to be rarely used due to the lack of AOE. But if you just want to stand in the back and snipe for bags like a little kitten, then it works for that.

Thanks for the advice. Will sure try it out.

My advice is to only change half of your gear to PVT, leave the rest zerker. Change enough gear to get 2700 armor rating (i think 2800 is the new soft cap but 2700 works still).

It depends what you want to do. We have an assortment of roaming builds to choose from if that is what you want to do. If you want to zerg, Hammer SwWh for the win. I like roaming with Hammer SwSh and then swap out for warhorn when zerging. That way I don’t need to constantly be changing gear and traits when I switch from 1 to the other. PVT is fine, I prefer having more offensive power so my build is a Valkeyrie, Cavalier, Zerk, PVT mix which gives my really nice DPS without sacrifice too much survivability. There are different state thresholds to look for depending what role you want to play.

PVT is great zerg armor for a shout warrior. PVT isn’t particularly good roaming armor because it lacks spike damage necessary to win fights against hardened opponents. The only weapon that sucks on the warrior is the axe offhand. Everything else is relatively efficient although the hammer and the warhorn are zerg standouts.