Guild Wars 2

I would have to disagree.
The build you posted would give me a slight increase in power and condition damage and would I would also then be dependent on critical hits for movement speed. I would then lose 15% Crit Damage, 25% Movement speed while wielding a melee weapon, and 5%-15% Crit chance depending on Adrenaline

Eiland.1405:

KeyboardCowboy.8465:

Greetings!

Perhaps I can assist you on your dilemma on a Sword/Shield Build.

I too refuse to be another Hambow clone like everyone else and have always been a sword and board kinda warrior even in my WoW days. So I have been brewing a build to aid me in SPvP/WvW. My initial attempt was more of a burst Sword/Shield which worked really well for single targets, but when focused by multiple targets I would melt. So after doing some more testing and reading up on different builds this what I came up with.
My Build :Sword and Board and I got the defensive changes from this thread Knightmare Build

The build works great and gives you the defensive capabilities to withstand and enough CC to pretty much shutdown most players. I personally use Bullrush instead of Bolas from the original build, because nothing is sweeter then bull rushing a fleeing target that is trying to heal knock them down then follow through with a 4-6K Final Thrust to finish them.

How does same build with those traits:
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vIAQNAseTjMdUFaZHOewJagAz4KV58IJTZ86D2B-T0Ag0CvIKSVkrITRyisFNuYRwhgJBPCA

is not better in anyway?

For strait up comparison you can change to 0/25/25/0/20 to take ‘warrior sprint’ instead of ‘Furious speed’, but IMO taking ‘Furios’, ‘Last chance’ or ‘Destruction of the empowered’ would be better choices anyhow.
You allready got 30/48 swiftness uptime and sword 2 makes it ez to stick on ppl.

I apologize, but I am not sure exactly what your trying to say..

Greetings!

Perhaps I can assist you on your dilemma on a Sword/Shield Build.

I too refuse to be another Hambow clone like everyone else and have always been a sword and board kinda warrior even in my WoW days. So I have been brewing a build to aid me in SPvP/WvW. My initial attempt was more of a burst Sword/Shield which worked really well for single targets, but when focused by multiple targets I would melt. So after doing some more testing and reading up on different builds this what I came up with.
My Build :Sword and Board and I got the defensive changes from this thread Knightmare Build

The build works great and gives you the defensive capabilities to withstand and enough CC to pretty much shutdown most players. I personally use Bullrush instead of Bolas from the original build, because nothing is sweeter then bull rushing a fleeing target that is trying to heal knock them down then follow through with a 4-6K Final Thrust to finish them.

I actually don’t the Hambow build for my Warrior in sPvP and have been doing very well with a Sword/Shield Crit build. I run Bull Rush, Kick and Signet of Fury as my skills with the Signet Ultimate which keeps me at about a 50-70 Crit chance which may be a little over kill but a 2.5K crit on a kick to the face and the lovely 5-6k crit on Final Thrust is amazing. The build allows me to CC my target pretty well between Shield Bash, Kick and Bullrush to get their health at about 40-50% to finish them off with a Final Thrust. I do carry a long bow, but typically only use it to take down runners when they are at a sliver of HP for the kill. I can also utilize Bull Rush, Kick and SB to stop those pesky enemies from finishing off my teammates. The only classes I have difficulties fighting are Zoo classes such as Mesmers, Spirit Rangers and Necros just because of the targeting issues that I will eventually get better at. I honestly do not care for Hammer/GS, because when I made a warrior I wanted to be the gallant Knight style character and through some brewing have managed to develop a very competitive Sword/Shield build that I enjoy playing.

My Build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vIAQNAseTj8cU2ZVH+dwJaAwo4HiOKoaK1D6mrNA-TsAg0CnI0SplTLjWStsaNGZxxMAA

I would have to go with old saying “No Honor among Thieves” and use what ever is available to give you an edge to assure your victory. We are already hated for our different play styles so we might as well become “Infamous” as well.

Thieves for the most part are the rogues of GW2 and as Webster’s states rogues are:

“a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.”

So why bother with honor as a thief?

I honestly do not understand why your getting so upset about others complaining about your build. In any MMO there is always someone that will get upset if things do not go their way. So what let them rant and cry because their tears taste ever so sweet. Any MMO I have ever played people always bash the classes with a stealth mechanic. AoC it was the Ranger, WoW it was the rogue and so forth. They cry because not only do they stealth, but have very high burst. People will complain relentlessly especially in a PvP format because human beings are competitive by nature and most do not take losing very well. Honestly I would not take their snide comments to heart for there is an ignore feature and if I am to be “Infamous” for my play style so be it. Publicity bad or good is still publicity and by all means stay classy and continue doing it from behind. Just my two cents!