Guild Wars 2

To be honest, the way defense works in this game its not like most people expect it.
GW2 was for PvP was designed for people to die.

Defense doesn’t scale that high, thats why its a comedy of people arguing over having 900 toughness vs 1300 toughness, the difference is very little.

Vitality > Toughness.

I could see why the appeal of 1s immob is useless but with your set up, it be used as a hiccup more to players who are highly dependent on always being on the move, such a thieves or kiting necro’s and etc.

I replaced Stomp with Kick, which made things a little bit more interesting, knocking the foe out of the ring and then following up with a pistol smack. And swapped For great justice for On My Mark.

Going well so far! Just wish i could be more annoying like i am with my Mace Shield / Mace+ Mace build for point control.

Cempa what are you talking about? Mesmers are easy to kill if you use you call to target.

Annoying as hell but if you line up those illusions by LoS you should take em out with an auto attack or two.

How can any of you as Rifle Warriors not take On My Mark.

Thats where a CHUNK of your damage comes from as a Rifle Warrior.
Stacking Might on a Rifle Warrior is a waste of time, because it’ll never get higher than 10 unless you’re buffed by team mates.

Vul > Might

Vul not only helps you out but your team.

Anyone with 15 stacks of Vul is going down, i don’t think any class can do that right now in two button presses, with just 1 class.

Kyokara, the build you posted is great for tournies, as it allows you to assist holding a point or disabling one but I must say this is a pretty balanced spec for a warrior.

Although you have high crit, the damage looks like its just about in the middle.

I think i’ll test this build tonight for tournies with the guild, and give you feedback.

Be careful what you mean by damage and DPS

DPS does not mean damage.

Greatsword has a higher damage output than Dual Axe’s

Dual Axe’s has a better sustained DPS than greatsword doing more damage over time.

But people forget that with a high crit build on a greatsword you can maintain a 20 stack of might, when built correctly… which would probably bring the fight close.

Besides Greatsword warriors do not use their burst skill, where as Dual Axe’s do – they have Whirling Blades and Eviscerate.

The only reason GS appears better is because it people see the total damage of Hundred Blades and think that 1 attack did about 9k damage, when really it was a series of several attacks.

Dual Axes would only be truly better if it could get 20 stacks of might independently from the player alone, which it can’t – where as Greatsword can.

The Rifle Warrior build should really be called Sniper Warrior for many reasons.
It is a very very easy set to play as, and although you’re highly squishy the damage output is amazing.

The Line up should be this way:
Brutal Shot (5 stacks of vul) -> On my Mark (10 stacks of vul) -> Frenzy (Quickness buff) -> Volley (Channeled Damage) -> Kill Shot (Charged Burst Skill)

[ In between attacks you should apply additional vulnerability stacks, bleeds and a lightning strike ]

Now my reason for this as follows is this build revolves around having that 15 stacks of vulnerability at the start of the fight.

This makes it hella easy in Tournaments to take down a marked man as fast as possible and be a true sniper; of course you don’t have the range of a real sniper but the damage is very true.

Now Mending over Healing Surge; why?
Because it removes two conditions on you, and since you’re going to be squishy as hell, can’t afford to not have bleed stacks on you – prevention is better than cure

http://www.gw2build.com/builds/simulator.php#1.2.8.3.0.19.20.31.0.32.29.40.49.46.50.2.2.6.80.0.0.95.97.101.0.0.0.0.0.0.142.141.146.10.30.0.0.30

Here’s the build, please note when i do tournaments I do switch from BeserkerAmulet (Default ) to Knights Amulet w/ Beserker Jewel to swap from sustained to squishy in long lasting team fiights, and I encourage you to frequently do gear swaps depending on your game

It makes a big difference when the would be thought glass cannon becomes a little bit of a hassle to take down. Beserker Amulet is only equiped when im ambushing and when im not discovered, since you really cannot afford to be 2v 1’d in this single target build

Trait points:
As little did you know most of you are using the High tended focus trait in the Discipline Tree. From reading around on the forums it has been pointed out that his trait tab is bugged as it doesn’t update the skill window.

Instead I put in signet recharge so that I have Signet of Rage up every 18s which is hella useful when you need a kick start of damage.
Also note that i have Sweet Revenge, it helps a lot to be just a little bit more annoying and with this burst build it can make a hella of a difference if you get focus fired leaving a buddy to a very nasty 2 v 1 situation.

Changing out the build
Now some would say that having a GS is better than a sword and war horn why?
Whirlwind and Rush are awesome for travelling the map with ease.

I do recommend if you do take up the GS over Sword and Horn, put 10 points in Tactics (Vitality) over Power and take the Leg specialist so whenever you use a cripple you immobilize your target, which is plenty of time for you to do a Frenzied Hundred Blades
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Cliffs:
- Maximize DPS on Rifle Warrior / Sniper Warrior
- Explained Mechanics
- A bug pointed out in the Discipline Trait tree
- Suggestive planning
- Encouragement of swapping amulets in game
(Note Amulets give the largest stats in sPvP and make or break a build)
- Does more damage in WvW than sPvP ( Just raising awareness – not a lot of people know this )
- Guarantee’s 10k Crits.

A pic for your time

Edit: Fixed the link

Because its designed to hold points, Guardians are better off suited for teamwork team mitigation.

Warriors are indirectly selfish kittens – which is why this build works.
It isn’t designed for even killing people its a designed to keep a really kill hungry player occupied, while you maintain a 2 cap lead.

On my tournie build I go Mace/Mace with Mace Shield.

The offhand tremor strike is really good at cc’ing people if you’re 3 stuns are on CD.

Plus its a cone it hits anyone in its path

Since Offhand Mace has some really CC’s

dpandakun.3174:

i think its pvp amulet only, but i may be wrong

Nope you’re right they are sPVP amulets only.

If you want powerful amulets in PvE talk to your 400 jewelcrafter with 4g-5g in your pocket.

Cheers Mrhappyclam.

I’m just waiting patiently until Hundred Blades Warrior gets an adjustment, which will make us more poweful than before, since at the moment, not a single Greatsword user uses their burst skill, and that sucks. I would rather play with 10 attacks (not including utilities) than 7.

Anyways if you’re getting bored with Greatsword I highly highly suggest you go for Sniper Warrior.

Killshot and Volley does a lot more damage than Greatsword. As soon as I get my exotic Rifle i’ll post some screenshots – but for now below is the target im going to be beating.

PS – On your Mark is a must have on a warrior i’d say, along with signet of rage.

Update:
Finished my berserk gear and reskined my mystic claymore

I’m sorry you’re an elementalist, master of all the four elements.

If you’re coming here claiming there is nothing you can do against 1 cc with 20 powers at your arsenal (not including utilities) You clearly don’t know how to play your class.

Ever seen a GS Warrior fight another GS Warrior its funny as hell.. why?

Because only 1 of them will know what to do if their combo fails.

Let me list a couple of anti-cc’s you may have overlooked upon.
Arcane Shield
Clensing Fire
Armor of Earth
Blinding Flash (Little did you know this can be used in stuns)

Oh and whats this? You have CC’s as well
(THAT ALSO STOP BULLCHARGE AND HB)
Blinds – Earth Element is litteredwith them
Signets – These can be used during stuns, knock downs whatever and are instant

Treat a player like Trashmobs and you’ll get get treated like trash from other players.
Learn how to play yourkittenclass before you come over to any forum and claim their crap is broken when your gameplay is flawed. The game is new, get good then come here raising valid points.

I can sympathize with you, but you have plenty of utility to avoid situations like that.
And HB builds are glass cannons anyway after that, they don’t have anything else to play with.

Oh and a tip, never blind HB it only makes you evade the first attack of the six that flurry in.

You basically want to blind the bull charge, and then blind the eviserate.

Please note that Flurry HB warriors take 50% EXTRA damage.

Do your research and counter, thanks for reading.
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Cliffs
- OP is a moron
- OP doesn’t know how to play ele’s
- Tips given to OP
- Advice left for curious readers.

Here’s a pic for your time.

Admiral Levi – I feel like the dark knight….

superkeggles.4617:

thats off the 100 blades, what will get nerfed off people QQing , what build did you go? would be nice if i could compare to what i have cos like you said one little thing can break a build

I went 0 – 30 – 0 – 20 – 20

The main thing that helps with damage is the extra damage from boons in the vit trait and the final power in precision where it gives me might everytime I crit, I independantly stack up to 17 or so might. Been using it in dungeons too, and i’ve been able to use HB on multiple mobs making clearing a lot easier.
But you can only achieve such goodness with good gear. I’ve been using my exotic gs since, before that i wouldn’t even break 10k let alone 8k.

Headhunter.2687:

For my part I prefer Axe/Axe. Whirlwind is just awesome, and the main attack with the axe deals some serious damage and is way faster than 2hand. Ability 2 give some nice vulnerability bonus. So I use them all the time. Off weapon I use the mace/horn combo to receive some nice warhorn buffs, when I need them.

IMHO the 2hands are just to slow, and spaming 100 Blades can’t be the solution

So what is your choice?

Really now?
I’m just gonna leave this here.
If 2h is slow, why don’t you pop Frenzy? Or make a mesmer friend and use timewarp.

This is by far the highest i’ve done, if you build it right you can get 10 stacks of might without even popping any buffs.
You’d be surprised how many of the traits seriously make or a break a players build.

I sacrificed burst and speed for higher damage output and hp.
And its worked out pretty great for me so far.

Valhingen.4957:

Man, you really need to learn to play. I got annihilated by a specific Necro in my last games. Maybe they need some love from the developers, but if you know how to play them they kickkitten I did not look much into that class, but wasn’t Plague extremely strong in PvP?

Have you ever engaged a Moa-Transformer Mesmer or a Pistol Whip / HS Thief? Compare this to a Warrior and you see how out off place your request is.

I’m with this guy right here, there are faaar worse skills than HB warrior.
tbh you’re going about playing Necro’s all wrong. Necro’s are not designed to produce big raw damage numbers, they’re designed to be the master of condition damage and boons.
You can easily strip off the boons on a warrior causing his Fury and Might buffs to vanish. You probably didn’t even know that Necro’s have 2 hp bars, yes two.

Death Shroud is an independent hp bar. And All HB warriors are pretty close to glass cannons, the Necro Pet Elite skill is awesome for warriors..

Oh you’re going to burst me down? Let me play the song of my necro people spams elite skill Knocked down warrior, no more burst. and from there i would kite him with my Staff, and then finish the chase with my scepter + axe combo.

I’d suggest before you come over to our forums and whine about how OP stuff is, you should learn how to counter said problems, because at the end of the day SPvP damage is no where near as much damage as you can pull off in WvW.

There are plenty of things worse than HB, and like any claim i’ll back it up;
Look into Ranger Short bow builds.
Also look into Moa Mesmers
And finally try come up against a thief with thieves guild AND Sword and Pistol flurry.

Need i mention that they get a quickness buff every 30 seconds when they crit.
If you knew anything about warriors, when we get our quickness we take 50% MORE DAMAGE. 50%.

Thats all i’ve got to say, Shell. Use this information wisely.