Guild Wars 2

If you go 30 into tactics and not get Shout Heal, it’s a waste. If you go Shout Heal, then Soldier runes is pretty mandatory. The downtime of boon on Signet of Rage is a couple of secs but conditions pretty are not a problem unless 1 v 1 with condi engi or necro.

Perma fury, swiftness and might are pretty good to have though.

Because most of engi skills are AOE therefore it will hit more than you expected eg. SD will bounce off to nearby mobs, nades explosion will also hit on nearby mobs if within range.

I don’t understand most people always think of landing a full 100B. GS 100B is great even if it hit for 2 to 3 strike. WW enough said, evade plus gap closer best used after you cast 100B.

Even way before patch, I never expect Rush to deal damage but used is as a gap closer to add on pressure. Best used before Blade trail.

Guardian GS wise is the synergy is more to utility but actual combat harder to add on pressure due to little mobility compared to warrior GS.

If all Hammers skills takes ½ activation instead of now, I will be a very happy man. Plus Hammer 4 skill don’t root us though the rooting does have its advantage in zerg.

Gain 5 seconds of retaliation and protection when struck by a critical hit. Cannot trigger more than once every 15 seconds.

This would be nice since it’s Defense. If Anet give us this, I have nothing to complain.

I just want to explain on my point “Warriors are good in specialised offensive support”. What I mean is warriors provide perm fury and good number of might around 15 to 20, and soaking up damage as frontline melee and dishing out mass chain CC, supplementing with little AOE heals and conditions cleanse.

Warrior best role is to mass chain CC and soak up damage as frontline melee. The rest comes as a plus points. I never believe in banners in wvw.

Mesmer are like boon bots ranked slightly below guardians. However their portals and veil give wvw tactics a new perspective, eg. flanking on veil, pbombs and etc.

By the way, my views on based on wvw on average 25 to 30 man zerg, not small scale groups. Therefore warrior banners may be very viable for small scale group, but I don’t know and never try out on that point.

Oh thanks Puandro. So the warrior 230/s regen comes from Dogged March right?

DargorV.8571:

Xsorus.2507:

Rym.1469:

From what I’ve experienced on my warrior, Adrenal Health doesn’t benefit from any stat, it’s flat 360hp/3sec (unless there was some epic change in last weeks Imissed). Also, keep in mind that regeneration is provided only in range of banner they plant. Tertio; Nobody plays healing power warrior, so you won’t spot any serious in pvp or wvwvw(I agree some may run in zergs, however they’re meatshields). It’s because even if warrior can get that regeneration, he has to stand still, don’t use his burst skills, can’t kite/chase and is very vunerable to poison. Without protection, still worse tank than normal guardian by far.

It gets healing power bonus, Adrenal Health does, with a paltry 1100 healing power you’ll knock it up to around 520hp/3 seconds. Natural Healing which is a 30 point Beastmaster Trait heals for 180/3 seconds by Comparison. There are multiple Ways to stack Regen on a Warrior, lets not kid ourselves. Hell I stack it on my Ranger Mainly from Dyawana Runes. You can also use your burst skills, I’ve done it, You can regen your Adrenal Bar up very quickly as a Warrior. You can Kite and Chase just fine if you use the right weapons (Sword or Greatsword, so pretty much the same as a Ranger) and all classes that use any type of regen are vulnerable to poison. Warriors don’t use Healing Power gear because they’re so use to 100b exploding people.

Rangers learned to use Healing Power Gear cause we simply didn’t have any better options

Don’t even need 1100 healing to break the 1k barrier, I’m currently running 800 healing from only trinkets and I’m at 1k/sec

Sure I kill stuff slower, but it gives way more breathing room and is easier on the nerves. You also don’t need to be hitting something to heal up, that is just priceless in some situations.

Not only that, Banner is the most OP heal in the game IMO, the range is ridiculous compared to guardian heals and its a fire and forget spell on top of the stat bonus.

But glass warriors will always dump on anything that isn’t clad in full berz and god forbids you dare trait into Tactics/Defense

Just curious on the calculation. How 800 healing power end with 1k/sec? If you don’t mind breaking it down for me.

Chaos Archangel, I have read on your build on support mesmer and that build rocks just like a support guard.

Your build basically a buff bot giving a lot of boons with relatively long boon durations. Warriors in other hand give support if built for offensively. They provide mainly Fury and Might but with long duration and constant 15 to 20 stacks of Might with 2 warriors and Perm Fury. They can do little heals 1.5K to 2k per shout and cleanse conditions.

In short Warriors can do well in specialised offensive support whereas guards and mes can cover a wider range of support. In zerg context, we need both wide range support and specialised support, plus warrior is a beast doing specialised support and CC chain.

My bad, I didn’t try after the patch. Sorry for the confusion.

Hi all, I am not too sure if there is a guide on this. I will provide my tip on T3 and T4 so as everyone can complete it with ease.

Number 1 rule to clearing T3 and T4 is to do it solo. Why? Because this event scale harder with more people in it.

How to do it? You only need to remember 2 timing. T3 is 4 mins 15 secs and T4 is 5 mins 35 secs. The objective is to kill the 2nd plunder after 4 mins 15 secs for T3 and 5 mins 35 secs for T4. If you do it correctly, the right side will NOT spawn plunder.

Go to the left spawn where the plunder is. For the 1st plunder, try to CC and damage it a bit but don’t kill it. Let it come back then kill it. For the 2nd plunder, do it the same as the 1st plunder BUT don’t kill if before the timer goes lower than the above mentioned timing. It’s ok to let the 2nd plunder to steal once or twice the gold.

Once you do it right, the right side will not have plunders and you can clear it easily. Remember to deaggro all mobs after killing the plunder. Run from the left to the pillar behind the mortar gunners to deaggro. FYI the mortar and the gunner will not attack you if you don’t attack them even they are red.

That’s all I got to offer. Cheers.

Forzani.2584:

Seriously, you should try it for yourself. I think you would be disappointed in your results.

I tried it and the results is as you mentioned. Puandro’s skills is up there for his ele and ranger.

If your design of traits is being used by Anet, I would be so happy. Good ideas and insight in these trait designs.

Fenrir.5493:

Bunker warrior…. there is no such a thing.

There is. Only exist in wvw and in group that is more than 15.

bishop.7596:

Vashti.8179:

JakobGW.5730:

Edit: Also, apparently you weren’t up to my challenge regarding that 10 v 2 boasting we allegedly do?

So this one time, me and 37 others in my FEAR/TKVA havoc squad were taking camps and stuff and we saw these two upleveled guys and we killed them. I forgot to take screenies but trust me when I say that it was pretty epic.

I can help with that.. here’s one of the many battles since reset but this ones ytd, reminds me of one of the scene from The Patriots Battle of Yorktown when redcoats charge our rearguard but our main force fixed bayonets and were waiting!!

Wow nice, I see myself in the screenshot. Bloody nice wvw last night.

Turbo Whale.1738:

berserker stance has too high a cd? well if i recall correctly you can trait to have it activate when you gain 5 stacks of might. so activating SoR will give you berserker’s stance also. also you can trait to have stances last longer.

lets not forget that berserker stance also sticks you adrenaline so its not like we are doing all of this just for blind spammers

Hi buddy, no such trait.

Unfortunately I am not pro enough to survive throughout FOTM without dying when I am in full zerkers full glass traits. Therefore I prefer tankier build. I am just a old man with slow fingers. Cheers.

Zivsof, just take a rifle as a backup for parts of FOTM that need ranged. Some other area you can use Doyak Signet for stability eg. harpy that can knock you off the ledge.

I replied to your post because you have used Avlis’s build before. I also used to use the 0/25/25/0/20 build and it rocks. However, I took a dive to try out shout heal after this patch and surprised that DPS took a 10 to 15% dip whereas our sustain gain is at least 50%. Try it to be able to feel it.

Armor PVT, the rest, weapons and trinkets zerker.
Use Hammer/GS
Rune of Soldier
Sigil of Energy on both weapons.

Traits: 0/0/30/30/10
Def, II, IX and X
Tactic, II or III, VIII, XII
Disciple, III or IV

Skills, Healing Surge, On My Mark or Fear Me, FGJ and Shake it Off.

Helps you a mile in FOTM and WvW.

I have confirmed that this trait do not stack. However it’s working as advertised 150 power.

Do empower allies stack? Eg. 2 warriors side by side running Empower Allies. I haven’t done the testing and will do it tonight.

I agree with Daecollo’s idea. Warrior main problem is lack of protective buffs and low healing at the moment. HS currently heal barely 9k and that’s only slightly less than 50% of our HP. There is no other way to sustain as compared to other classes. Giving us higher heal like 12k and also lower CD is the only way to balance up warrior.

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Veritas.6071:

zTales.4392:

I think it really comes down to this:

How much Vitality and Toughness do I need to survive attacks from 5+ people for at least 30 seconds?

That won’t happen.

I can do it on my Ranger with 2.9k Armor and 18k HP with about 160 hp/s regen and a 5k heal every 30s. That’s why I said what I did, lol. :P

I’m guessing that a Warrior with 2.9k Armor and 20k HP with a 6k heal every 20s could perform similarly, right?

Unfortunately, a warrior do not have a 6k heal every 20s. Please do not quote shout heal build as an example. In terms of sustain, a bunker ele/guard/mes and ranger do it so much better. 5 to 10 focus fire can still survive. Warriors are no way near the sustain even with shout heal.

XII, it’s 0/25/25/0/20 by Avlis and you are totally right about it being balanced DPS. I simply love this build as there is so much flexibility in changing your eq to fit situation or even weapons without re-trait. Changing traits on the fly makes this build balanced, eg. if you use Hammer just change Last Stand to Merciless Hammer.

The thing is people tends to miss GS best skill is actually WW. GS 3, 4 and 5 when used properly makes it one of the most mobile weapon for warrior.

I realised most people tends to use GS 5 (Rush) for damage. Use it as gap closer and before the final strike, cancel it. You would have close up the gap and free to use GS 4 or 3 depending on situation.

Thanks again for your advice. What would you suggest as your build? Mind sharing?

Thanks for the feedback. Just one question (I am a new thief), when you combo stealth (Black Powder + HS). Does your HS consider an stealth attack, meaning after executing HS you will be revealed? If so, crit chance will not be important as Hidden Killer ensure you 100% crit chance while stealth.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

Normally I on Assassin’s Signet to gain 5 mights plus 15% extra damage then go 3 BV Dev Venom 5 2 2 2

Thanks guys for your advice. Any advice on my current build?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQNAoaVlUmaNXcS5E/5Ex2DfKUiy9wpJtpaFuJA-jkyAYLI81QGJKAEIEqg0Y6rIasVwioxqYwUmER1ujioVLFQEjBA-w

Anyone who use Basilisk Venom frequently tried Runes of Lyssa? If so, any advise on its pros and cons please?

Axe/Shield. Shield as off hand wins hands down based on Shield Bash for CC and Shield Block for life saver.

When the battle gets too heated, use Shield Block to get you out plus you can heal while channeling Shield Block. Shield Bash to setup your burst.

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ChaosDoom.8459:

I can’t live without Mobile Strike. In situations where I got chain CC by zergs, Mobile Strike saved me at least 65% of the time. Without Mobile Strike, I die almost 100% in those situations.

25 Defense (5% toughness to Power) actually gives more Power than Berserker Power.

1. With Melandru runes, Lemongrass Poultry Soup and Dogged March, you get a total of -98% on cripple/chill/immobilize, effectively making them non-existent.
2. Untrue. First off, Avlis runs GS most of the time, so we should consider Berserker’s Power at full adrenaline. With the setup that Avlis is running, he’s at 2164 Power, thus Berserker’s Power gives him 259 Power. If he spent 50 points to get the 25 trait in Defense, he’d be at 1,614 Toughness, thus the 5% bonus would yield 80 Power. However, to get that, he lost 50 Power and the 259 he gained from Berserker’s Power. So in total, he’d lost 229 Power.

You may think Mobile Strike is useless due to -98% reduction on conditions, however all these are on paper. In those situations where you get outnumbered 1 to 5 or more and you need to get out alive. Mobile Strike saves you, not raw power. Of course that’s only my view. Everyone is entitled to their own view since one man may view an item as treasure whereas other may view it as worthless item.

Avlis.1392:

ChaosDoom.8459:

Avlis, I still like your Conditions Nightmare version 1.0 Traits 0/25/25/0/20

I can’t live without Mobile Strike. In situations where I got chain CC by zergs, Mobile Strike saved me at least 65% of the time. Without Mobile Strike, I die almost 100% in those situations.

25 Defense (5% toughness to Power) actually gives more Power than Berserker Power.

I can’t sacrifice the above defense trait for 30 Arms though I admit with Critical Strike gain Adrenaline, you can eviscerate every 10 seconds (9 secs CD) due to Adrenaline full in 10 seconds.

Try back your Conditions Nightmare version 1.0 when you can because that build rocks for my friend and me. Cheers.

I know that Conditions Nightmare rocks but Nightmare build is better in my opinion ( I am always trying to do better build than previous one)

Cheers It’s just me who can’t live without Mobile Strike. Excited with new server matchup so let’s hope I don’t see SOS for a little while as it’s getting boring.

Avlis, I still like your Conditions Nightmare version 1.0 Traits 0/25/25/0/20

I can’t live without Mobile Strike. In situations where I got chain CC by zergs, Mobile Strike saved me at least 65% of the time. Without Mobile Strike, I die almost 100% in those situations.

25 Defense (5% toughness to Power) actually gives more Power than Berserker Power.

I can’t sacrifice the above defense trait for 30 Arms though I admit with Critical Strike gain Adrenaline, you can eviscerate every 10 seconds (9 secs CD) due to Adrenaline full in 10 seconds.

Try back your Conditions Nightmare version 1.0 when you can because that build rocks for my friend and me. Cheers.

Wow Avlis, see you post in GW2 forum at last. Good video

I have transmuted the exotic version to a Berserker stats and it won’t be able to upgrade to ascended. This serves as an notice to players who wish to know whether if they can transmute the backpiece then upgrade to ascended. The answer is no.

25 Arms, 25 Defense, 20 Disciple
Arms III and X, Defense III and VIII, Disciple V and X

Full Berserker setup with GS, Axe/Shield. Use GS for mobility (Rush and WW as gap closer or escape) Axe for DPS (Only use Burst and Axe 1).

Black Lion Trader in Eternal Battleground is not working. You can’t interact with it.

Full zerk or not, full on DPS or balanced DPS or not, it boils down to individual preference. Some perform exceptionally well in full zerks whereas some prefer balanced. To each on it’s own.

Hi OP, the below is my build.
Warrior Build

I prefer 25 Arms because of extra 10% damage to bleeding foes. Your foe is always as long as you hit them. As long as they have 1 stack on them, it’s good enough. So far I find Dogged March better than Embrace Pain. Utilities wise, I am using Shake It off, Endure Pain and Bullcharge.

Though all my equipments are Berserkers, traits wise is more to balanced and I don’t find any problem roaming solo or in 2 man group in WvW. I only wvw by the way so no PVP advice please.

I suggest either of these suggestion to balance warrior issues.

1. Reduce HB damage by 25% but we can move while channeling HB.
2. Replace HB with a healing skill that heals around 9k (We have 2 instead of 1 heal = sustain)

wads.5730:

take leg specialist instead of desperate power, aoe immobilize with hammer, and man arrow carts.

and go 10 in arms instead of strength for unsuspecting foes. you’ll be using your burst skill on hammer everytime it’s available, so the strength trait is useless, and you get like 100% crit chance on your aoe stun.

My suggestion on traits is the same as wads except Defense I prefer Last Stand. For Hammer, I suggest using Hydromancy as it helps to chill your enemies before Hammer burst. To prevent shared CD on sigils, use Force and Accuracy for your Sword/Warhorn.
Armor wise I suggest using Melandru to beef up your toughness and mitigate conditions to the min. Lemongrass+Melandru plus high toughness/vitality makes you hard to die. As a Commander, his/her survival is top priority then follow by CC. That’s my 2 cents.

I have already switched my main to warrior even before the last month patch. Eles have always been called OP and etc.

So far the only viable build is bunker due to more bang for buck as compared to glassy build. You only get glassy but not so cannon :p

First off, use Axe/Axe + GS till level 40. This weapon setup provide you with the fastest leveling speed. Of course always go for equipments that add Power (1 stat eq) then Power and Precision (2 stat eq) then finally Beserkers (Power/Precision/Crit Damage).

Together with Axe/Axe and GS, you can fly through levels. GS HB (Hundred Blades) and Axe burst deal the most damage. Axe 5 and 2 build your adrenaline fast.

Every 5 or 10 levels depending on how much you have, go for Fine (Blue) or Masterwork (Green) eq in Trading Post. Don’t buy them from vendors as they are expensive and useless. Always try to selling your items via Trading Post first then NPC so as to maximize your profits.

Leveling wise, go for dynamic events and personal story. These gives the most experience. Once level 35 onwards go do AC.

Just bring the poison damage from Spider Queen and hatching and you will start to see people going back there. The rest are fine save the bugs.

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ChaosDoom.8459:

In PVE, FGJ+Signet of Might+Battle Roar (If you are Charr)+SOR = 15 stack of Might

Longbow F1 + Baner of Discipline(blast) + arcing arrow(blast) + pick up and plant banner(blast)+FGJ+Warbanner(for good measure) = 18 Stacks of AoE might.

ChaosDoom.8459:

In PVE, FGJ+Signet of Might+Battle Roar (If you are Charr)+SOR = 15 stack of Might

I always find it interesting how people tend to leave out the durations of such things. 15/18 stacks of might is great, but it’s also not obtainable incredibly often. I’m not sure if it ends up averaging more or less damage over time to be honest, but it’s pointless to ignore that its not a constant thing.

True, my build doesn’t get as much sheer power during those 15/18 stacks – but it has sustained damage.

And back to somewhat my other point – if I use GS instead of axe, and just change 2 traits around, i can get a stack of might on every hit with greatsword (the 100% crit rate is useful here). That might not amount to as much since those stacks last.. I think around 5 seconds, but its quite sustainable and against large groups, likely to stack up high.

Edit: After some consideration, and some math, I realized that I could substitute 2 of the signets with other skills, and instead equip a superior sigil of accuracy on my offhand. This would equate to 1% higher crit chance over all (2 signets = 40 precision ~= 4% crit chance, while sigil is +5%).

Since I feel from playing this over the last day that conditions are my bane, I think Healing signet for Mending, and Signet of Might for FGJ.

Still not sure how to compensate for the other approximately 6% accuracy given by unused signets yet – perhaps gear upgrades (for which I need to get the gold first) might offset it enough.

The Might stack will be up often enough. In PVE, any build would work whether it’s 5 signet, high crit or even shout heal build.

In PVE, FGJ+Signet of Might+Battle Roar (If you are Charr)+SOR = 15 stack of Might

To get 100% crit chance, you would need food to achieve. Alternatively, Berserkers eq with Superior Rune of Eagle or Ranger will do the job with 30 in Arms.

Are you building for PVE? If so, this build will serve you well. If it’s for wvw or pvp then it’s good luck as you have locked down your utility slots for signets. No CC or break stuns will get you downed frequently.

From 1.3 gold to over 3 gold per piece. The spike buy after Avlis video is wow.

Hi Nova, I recommend you this build which is from Avlis.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/warrior/?8.0|1.1g.h19|7.1g.h1.e.0.h1l|1g.7r.1g.7r.1g.7r.1g.7r.1g.7r.1g.7r|1g.67.1g.67.1g.67.1g.67.1g.67.1g.67|0.p6a.p18.0.k5a|15.7|5y.64.6b.6i.6m|e

Though you see it’s full Berserkers set, it’s incredibly survivable. He designed this build for WvW but it’s still extremely useful in PVE and Dungeons. This build uses GS+Axe/Shield, however you can use Hammer, Mace or Rifle if situations require. You can even swap out traits without re-traits, eg. Merciless Hammer, Sundering Mace or Crack Shots when you need it.

With Mobile Strike and -Condition Durations, chill is not an issue with the exception in maps like SOD or Cursed Shores. These mobs give extremely long conditions. Hope this helps. Cheers