Guild Wars 2

Rousing Resilience + Rune of Tempest together heals somewhere in the range of 4k (maybe someone has a more exact figure), every 20s on demand if Headbutt hits and for most CC effects with the 10s cd for Outrage. Also, Rousing Resilience provides 8s of 1000 bonus toughness on stun break (according to the trait description, maybe this is incorrect), so it’s hard to justify saying RR lowers sustain vs. a passive 560 toughness increase. There’s also some condi clear on demand via torch 5.

The point on sword damage I can understand, but cutting power damage in half doesnt seem worth it to me for a 25% increase in precision, which doesn’t effect condition damage, and 560 toughness. With Viper’s, Final Thrust regularly hits for 4-5k and Headbutt for 3k along with the same condi damage.

I’ll test Wanderer’s tonight though. I’ve never tried in on Warrior, and I’m hoping my eyes are opened because I’m always looking for new builds.

EDIT: I just realized my build is pretty much the same as the build Choppy posted in a thread a few posts down from yours. I’m guessing you made this build as a distinctly different condi build from his/mine, which seems pretty standard. I’ll leave my post unchanged, but I can see how what I say might be redundant.

I’m a big fan of condi warrior and run a similar condi build, but with Sword/Torch and a couple different sigils.

The main differences between your build and mine though are that I use Rousing Resilience instead of Cleansing Ire and Viper’s amulet. With Outrage, Headbutt, and the generally huge amount of CC out there, Rousing Resilience is a really nice boost to my sustain (and with the Discipline line, Outrage, and Headbutt I find I usually have adrenaline when I need it.) I also use Rune of the Tempest sometimes if I’m in matchups where my damage output won’t be a problem but need the extra healing, and with RR + Tempest rune Outrage becomes one of my favorite utilities.

But my main point is that I think it’s a mistake to not use Viper’s amulet here. With Viper’s you maintain the same condi damage while doubling your power damage output. I generally end up with about a 2/1 ratio for power/condi damage with Viper’s, and the pressure can really be overwhelming. If I can pull off the combo of Headbutt > Flaming Fury > Shield Bash > Skull Grinder (idea, I know), the power damage + burning + cover condis is usually enough to win me a matchup.

That said, I haven’t been playing warrior long and I’ll definitely give this build a try when I get home. I never tried Rune of the Krait on my condi build before, and the condi/poison application on Headbutt seems very nice. Like I mentioned, I’m a big fan of condi war so I’m happy to see people posting builds for it.

For most people, saying gg is a reflex. Me personally, I only say gg in map chat for games that were actually fun or close. If not, I just say it in team chat.

Either way, if you’re getting upset over people saying “gg” in map chat after they beat you, it reflects more truth about you than the person who said it.

They say Ponce de Leon searched for the secret behind the pip system in the early 1500s, but gave up and decided to seek the less elusive Fountain of Youth instead.

But seriously, a friend mine DC’d in a game while in a 4 man queue and lost 3 pips. His teammates didn’t lose pips due to the Forfeit, but it seems that the system decided to punish him by taking from him all the pips his team would have lost. I don’t understand.