Swap axe for mace to give yourself an extra stun.
Utilities, Signet of Might, Edure Pain, Zerk Stance
Take Arms 2-1-1 for the autoproc signet of might on <50% HP, 50% bonus crit on stunned foes and 100% crit on burst.
Dogged March or Shield master in Defense. Dogged march gives you regen when chilled from precision strike.
Shield master obviously gives you faster recharge on the shield stun and block + might on block which can be very useful when they use UA or SotM (stun them right after then burst). I’d prefer Shield master personally.
Remember to swap weapons to make use of cleansing ire – watch your vuln stacks from their sword autos.
Either take Eternal Champion for stability in zerk mode or Bloody roar for the taunt. I prefer stability, just because there’s so much CC thrown around by HoT classes.
You can feint out their stunbreaks with shield bash and pommel bash, use block vs UA to gain might stacks. Hopefully you’ll have stab from zerk when they use SotM, as soon as that ends and you’re sure they have no stun break easily available (ie, they swapped to glint or just used it) you can go in with either headbutt > arc divider and maybe 100b. If they do still have a stunbreak, you can bait it with Skullgrinder then use Headbutt into arc divider.
When they pop their shield block, use signet of might and smash them with either 100b or a burst. With both the utility and the auto proc you have 12 seconds of unblockable.
As long as you time your 4 CCs and don’t miss your primal bursts, you should do reasonably well. Since you ahve bonus crit chance when the opponent is dazed you want to load your damage into the windows after pommel bash, skull grinder and headbutt. Use Zerk stance to prevent blinds from causing you to miss key CC or burst windows.
