Guild Wars 2

Is it even worth going for a healing support role with the warrior if I’m just going to be PUGing?

I started off using a healing shouts build. While the condition removal is really nice with soldier runes, the amount healed seems extremely little, especially in a group of range dps when sometimes the whole group isn’t effected. The main utility with the shouts seems to be their ordinary effects, the gain for speccing into them seemed very little

I then tried healing banners – if I used healing signet + adrenal healing + the banner regen, I personally was extremely tanky, and I feel like it brought a more reliable and constant support to the group, as I could also use two utilities for shouts alongside it. But in the vast majority of groups there would be atleast one guardian/elementalist, and it seems like 80% of the time, my regen would be overriden by theirs. Or atleast they would have regen up most of the time on their own, meaning my support was pretty much redundant.

So the question seems to be: 1) lack-lustre shout healing, that works alongside other classes heals or 2) more reliable banner healing that is often redundant.

Any advice/opinions for a disheartened warrior? Have I rolled the wrong class if I want to focus on support? Is it better to go as full DPS as possible and let that be my contribution to the group?

I would say, I tested these in half knights/half berserker gear – is the damage loss in switching to +healing gear worth it?

Here’s my build from another thread: with Knight’s gear, healing shouts and shield block, I find it’s pretty darn tank-y with some well-timed dodges and brings great support. It could be made more tanky if you wish, but I felt it was worth sacrificing some shield traits/health regen for some more DPS – often the best support can be killing a dangerous mob as quickly as possible.

My build is:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNBHdD7kzhmHTeQKImIDAGFFFkSRbuleQGbpB
(have to copy link into your address bar)

Axe/Shield with Warhorn offhand, swapping to rifle or LB situationally (E.g before bosses were you expect to need range). With Healing Surge + Shake It Off / FGJ / OMM + Rage Signet

It’s based around building up your adrenaline bars, then leaving them full with the %dmg boost and the crit chance boost, which fits in nicely with the axe traits. Brings support through the Warhorn cleansing conditions and the swiftness/vigor buffs, alongside healing shouts.

I’m currently wearing mostly all knight’s gear with berserker accessories and weapons and I find it strikes a really good balance between DPS (through the axe auto-attack and full adrenaline bonuses) and defence (through healing shouts and shield block/interrupt) while still bringing support to the group (through warhorn and shouts).

I run an Axe/Shield warrior, but my build is a bit different to yours, mainly because I think a lot of the traits in the arms tree aren’t really that great, and if you spec away from the defense tree, you can gain a lot more DPS/utility. I think Furious Reaction, Rending Strikes and Last Chance can all be replaced with things much better, without losing too much.

My build is:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNBHdD7kzhmHTeQKImIDAGFFFkSRbuleQGbpB

Axe/Shield with Warhorn offhand, swapping to rifle situationally (E.g before bosses were you expect to need range). With Healing Surge + Shake It Off / FGJ / OMM + Rage Signet

It’s based around building up your adrenaline bars, then leaving them full with the %dmg boost and the crit chance boost, which fits in nicely with the axe traits. Brings support through the Warhorn cleansing conditions and the swiftness/vigor buffs, alongside healing shouts.

I’m currently wearing mostly all knight’s gear with berserker accessories and weapons and I find it strikes a really good balance between DPS (through the axe auto-attack and full adrenaline bonuses) and defence (through healing shouts and shield block/interrupt) while still bringing support to the group (through warhorn and shouts).

Anyway, didn’t mean to hijack your thread – just thought you might be interested in an alternative axe/shield build!

EDIT: For build links you have to copy and paste URL into your address bar.

Is the axe burst considered not worth it? I leveled with a build focused around building adrenaline quickly to get the big dmg from Eviscerate as much as possibly, and it worked really well.

Quick question: I’m wondering if anyone knows if you can get the full set of “Strong” heavy armour, which you get from rewards for the personal story 50+. I’ve currently got the hands and the feet- it has a leathery look with a band of fur around each. I can’t seem to find it anywhere.

Thanks.

I was thinking the exact same thing just yesterday. I’ve taken to just adding the horn sounds over the top myself, but kitten does my cat give me funny looks.