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Weapon sets need to have good synergy meaning they actually need to compliment each other. In other words if one of your weapon sets is meant to enhance mobility (GS, sword main hand etc.) your other set needs to do something else like condition cleanse, defense etc.
Additionally your weapons need to aim for the same damage type. Although its acceptable to mix weapons for power and conditional damage its almost always preferred to maximize one type of damage. GS/sword + shield is weak on that point because GS is exclusively making use of direct damage yet your other weapon set has sword main hand which is almost exclusively a condition damage weapon (mostly through bleeding).
Axe+axe/axe+shield is also somewhat problematic because axe is mainly a direct damage (power) weapon which is almost exclusively used for quick bursts (Eviscerate) when equipped in main hand. Now if you go for that kind of build its almost imperative to have an adrenaline building / conditions cleansing weapon in your other hand which will make sure you don’t have blinds on yourself when switching to your axe main hand and bursting (otherwise you lose adrenaline and your sigil, usually Sigil of Intelligence wont proc). That’s why majority of warriors use longbow in their other weapon set. As an offhand weapon axe is pretty sub-par in sPvP.
So basically sword main hand and axe off hand are combinations you want to avoid on warrior. If you insist on melee weapons and want to avoid cheese like hambow etc. you could go for GS/mace+sword (you stun with mace then quickly burst with GS, sword for additional Torment condi damage), axe+sword/mace+shield (axe for building adrenaline, sword for Torment condi damage, mace for stun and shield for defense, preferably with “Missile deflection” trait because of the annoying pew-pew rangers) etc.
The basic rule however is you need to try out yourself what’s viable for you. However meta or no meta there are still some facts about warrior builds which are viable and capable of sustaining you long enough in the game to learn something. Sure, you could go for a rifle Killshot build, but anyone who spent at least a couple of hours in sPvP will know how to dodge the attack you are relying your whole build on and make it unusable. And that is probably not falling into any ones definition of “fun”.
Thank you for this well thought out response with detailed explanations. This was the type of answer I was hoping to get. I now understand why my weapons were sub par. I will try the GS/ Mace-Sword you suggested, as you said I would rather not go the hambow route. Are there any well known trait guides for GS/Mace-Sword or axe+sword/mace+shield or are the ones currently on enterthemists fine to use?
Thanks again
Wait what weapon sets give condi removal? I thought for condi warrior use beserk stance…
I’ve decided I’m going to main warrior for sPvP. I’ve read here and there warriors are easy to kill and most warriors suck, I don’t want to be a typical warrior.
Any advice on what to practice/ general strategies in order to be an above average warrior? Specifically I plan to play GS/SwordShield and Axe-Axe/Axe-Shield. I don’t care whats viable or meta, those weapons are what I prefer and I believe more in outplay and fun than meta weapon sets. (At least I’ve seen warriors do well with non-meta weapon sets)
I’m noob, any help would be great, thanks!
Just started playing this game a monthish ago and I’m just starting to get into crafting my first ascended weapon. I did a bit of googling and came across some topics where people stated gw2 may be expanding soon as in higher lvl cap, thus making ascended weapons completely obsolete…
I plan to finish my first ascended wep within the next month, does anyone know if its still worth it? I don’t want to craft it and then 2 months later its obsolete…
I know most people use gw2crafts for guides but I also found this site and was wondering if anyone knew if it was still legit or not, or which is better?
http://pwniversity.com/gw2/crafting/weaponsmith-guide#weaponsmith-level-1-100
Perhaps gw2crafts is not the best? I just got into crafting, just want to get off at a good start.
Ahhh i didn’t know you could get it with sPvP, i’d much prefer that that, thanks for letting me know!
Im new and was browsing armor sets and I really like the grasping dead armor set. Is this set considered hard to get or time consuming?
Specifically I just want the chest and leggings. I want to make sure it isn’t as hard to get as say the legendary greatsword.
I’m more of a casual gamer, I can’t spend 8+ hours a day gaming, so I want to know if this set is a realistic goal.
Thanks~
GUHH…i just noticed that other thread with a similar title…I thought he was talking about PvP so I ignored it but when I read the comments people were responding in terms of PvE…sr, delete this plz. Sorry!
I’m not much of a PvE person but since I want to unlock a lot of the expensive skins, getting lvl 80 and farming lvl 80 content is a must + unlocking order armors, karma etc. I do also want to at least experience all the PvE content at least once.
I mainly play thief pvp and thats what I started with, but I rly dislike thief PvE as I find myself backing off most of the time and unable to take on multiple mobs. I’ve tried all the classes and narrowed it down to guardian and ranger.
Which, between guardian and ranger, will allow me to smoothly play through all the PvE content as well as yield the most efficient lvl 80 gold farming?
Thanks~