Guild Wars 2

runeblade.7514:

The only thing I want is to play axe/axe as a viable build.

Amen. I love running axe axe. I have been experimenting with a fire field and axe 5 skill. I was hoping for more burn stacks… only seem to get 8 or so. I suppose its good for condi, but i prefer the power playstyle.

emkelly.2371:

johnny lafata.4670:

I was dueling in our Guild Hall with Vanilla War and it felt weaker than Zerker. i was barely getting 9k eviscerates with Strength runes. Decap consistently hits for 10-11k if you run The 7%/14% and 10% taunt traits. Zerker not only hits harder than vanilla but also has the spam bursts.

your not wrong, but remember that berserker is only more powerful when you enter berserk. At least damage wise. Remember that core warrior fights very different than Berserker. a skilled vanilla warrior can eassilly kill a berserk warrior any day of the week simply because their power is not gates behind entering a berserk. if you miss you headbut as a berserker you basically have to build adrenaline the normal way, which delays your big burst. meanwhile the core warrior can be spamming 2 bursts every 5 seconds CONSTANTLY. And they don’t need to rely on building 100 adrenaline. A vanilla warrior always has their damage bonuses. I can’t tell you how many berserkes have found out the hard way that headbutt is completely useless against stability and then got very angry with me when I constantly burst them down before they can build their adrenaline to 100.

Having said that, every elite spec is more powerful by design than their vanilla companions. this is because anet wants people to buy HoT. they basically have adopted a model. I’ve said before that I don’t agree with it, but i guess anet needs to make their money somehow.

Definitely a good point. Maybe i dont come across enough Vanilla Warriors, but Berserker owns Vanilla everytime in my experience due to RR and Outrage.
Take your standard Gs/Axe warrior, and they only have shield bash and MAYBE bulls charge. Outrage is plenty good enough to deal with both, and you are left with so many kiting options to build adrenaline and weapon swap. I might be missing something, but to me Vanilla has no place beating a warrior with outrage. I tried running vanilla again and the auto proc on Last stand felt so tacky and awful. I can never go back. Feels better to get rewarded for proactive play.

I am on BP so I am linked with CD. I normally roam the hostile BL’s, and I am outnumbered most of the time.
i just try to avoid the Zerg. However SF tends to never roam in groups of less than 5 since they can’t win a fair fight to save their life. lol
Found some pretty cool people on DH though!

I was dueling in our Guild Hall with Vanilla War and it felt weaker than Zerker. i was barely getting 9k eviscerates with Strength runes. Decap consistently hits for 10-11k if you run The 7%/14% and 10% taunt traits. Zerker not only hits harder than vanilla but also has the spam bursts.

Nice gameplay man. Well done. I havent done vanilla since HoT but looks promising still!

Cerby.1069:

ya my bad, thought the video description was expanded alrdy when i saw it.

I would think of changing to something like this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJEQJAURjMdQfH2FC2dAnIW6BMjAwHICo0GCfph3rb297C-TVCEQBXU5Tb01AgjEgbuAALS9Hms/QTUCxgHBQgUCGAAB4m3MbezADdoDdoDdodzbezbezbWKgBGDA-w

Then if the extra vitality is enough you can lose the endure pain and pop in some other utility slot (berserker stance might be cool for more bursts or whatever you want). You might even consider taking heightened focus afterwards since ur gs F1 isn’t rly that relevant to this build style.

is what I would do. Sigil of force is kitten. Most of ur killshots are from weapon swap. Ur crit rate is 70% but you want 100% for ur killshot…..everything else is a feign or just cleave. By that logic you could go 0 crit rate with 6 100% crits and do better than a constant 70% crit.

Sigil of air isn’t really reliable for ur killshot so who cares.

I mean its easy to see what the build does and what shuts it down. Given the sniper playstyle I don’t think you will lose anything by removing ur precision. difference on blood reaction is 50….so 100 lost ferocity when in berserker mode. but ur gaining power from ur stones with the extra vitality. Frees you up to use blood reaction….which can be quite amazing for wvsw especially when ur running a gunflame.

And since u seem to be wanting to maximize damage wherever viable. Use 2 red rings of death (zerker rings) with power infusion. You can do that by infusing 1 of them and leaving the other normal. You can add power infusion to both of them so long as 1 ring is infused….lol @ this game and its lingo.

Sorry ive been away. That build would definitely maximize Gunflame. I keep the zerk stats just because i like having a decent crit rate for Volley. Sometimes that will get 25k lol. Thanks for the tip on the Ascended infusions!! i never knew that.

Cerby.1069:

Video was good. I’m sure if you spent more time you could make the intro even better.

You gonna post the build though? I can guess alot of it from what the video showed. Sigils have me somewhat interested though.

I hardly ever see any gunflame warriors anymore. I always enjoy looking through videos like this to spot the best way to time the dodge. I hardly ever find it though. I mean do people literally dodge as soon as they see the projectile? Its hard to differentiate if ur using that weapon skin though and its fast with quickness. Do you just dodge as soon as you see red flames like with most berserkers? But then a good gunflamer will cancel and then ur really in hot water lacking a dodge.

The build is in the video description on YouTube
The Sigils i chose were Night and Force for 15% more at night. I could run air or something else, but I like seeing those big numbers!

As for Dodging: I made thsi toon specifically because I think its harder to see it coming. Asura in general are hard to see haha. But i like to mix it up. Sometimes I open with an immob. And sometimes if i can tag a deer or something and get in combat then i can Cast SoF for adrenaline and then i can open with Gunflame from 1500 range. It can really catch people by surprise

eXruina.4956:

That was an awesome vid.. cheers!! ^^ I swear you used to be a Charr tho.. o____O

I have 5 warriors lol. My main is a Charr!

Hey all! Gunflame is not dead.
Made a new roaming video! My favorite one by far. Build was pretty much the most DPS you can get. Hope you guys like it. Still working on my editing skills.

Heres the link if you want to watch it. The 22k is the last clip.

https://youtu.be/61DWP6hQSyw

Hey everyone.
Finally got a new computer and celebrated with making a new Warrior. Decided to upload some footage from this weekend! Hope you all enjoy. Sorry for the crap editing as I will be putting out better videos as time goes on. I did this in a few hours so dont judge :P
https://youtu.be/meqJwuMe9mY

Oh and i play on BP with Fort Aspenwood. Hopefully i meet a lot of you in game!

With Hoelbrak Runes and CI you shouldn’t be as pressured. Just make sure you land your burst skills. Arc Divider can be used both offensively and defensively because its easy to land with all their illusions. Lately in WvW I’ve been running the 40% Endurance Regen food with Signet of stamina. Its great for emergency clears. But i also run Eternal Champion so i don’t really need that extra stun break.

I love charr. Hes my main and i love the eviscerate animation. Asura is really good too because you can hardly see them charge up Gunflame

Hey all,

So when I first read the forums i was a little bummed. I expected the damage nerf but not the piercing one. That really hurts considering I love to roam and the outnumbered fights were so fun to set up with a piercing Gunflame. Before the patch i was able to get around 20k opening gunflames and 25k+ on my second one thanks to BP. Its been a few days and after running around I’m still able to one shot a lot of people so that is nice to have considering basically any class can keep up with a warrior now. I guess we will just have to deal with it, but solo roaming became much more challenging with a rifle, which is the most fun to play with lol. Nothing is more satisfying than downing a Condi player in a few seconds.

I’ll post my build below, With all my damage modifiers, I am able to get up to 79% more damage. I could run Destruction of the Empowered but brawlers recovery has saved my life so many times from Confusion stacks.

Always angry 7%, Blood Reaction 10%, Burst Mastery 7%, Stick and move 10%. Berserker’s Power 20%, Night sigil 10%, Force Sigil 5%, And finally food 10%. Not to mention all the extra Might.

I will have a video coming as soon as my gaming computer is working again. My backup isnt the best quality. But in the meantime i hope you enjoy my build!

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQJAURjMdQfH2FC2dAnIW6BMl2Q4LN8OdzufXjAwHICA-TxSBAB8s/gZKB34QIQ+BEAPdNA8AAW4IBoxBIgS1fy7CAclyvyBHAv9Wu9Wu92bv1bvNgb79WpAGYMA-e

Great idea! Some teams I know were planning on not playing to keep their spot and play it safe, so this is perfect

Agreed! I love the classy look. the new skins look good and The Mists weapon set is amazing.

This is a great post OP…

I originally made a set of Ascended zerker/scholar runes for my rev because of the hammer. I cant believe how much damage CoR does with all the defensive abilities herald provides. I took that set on put it on my main (Warrior) to see what numbers i could get. For my warrior to hit that hard, I have to run absolute glass. I’m talking Signet of Might, On my Mark, and Signet of Fury/ Heal skill. Killshot i can get a 14k still. Easy as hell to see it coming, and if it misses im basically dead. Gun flame i can get around 12k on a low CD. For Evicerate I feel lucky if i get a 12k now. For a melee burst. But lets give Rev a 8-15k 1200 range with lowest CD in the game. Its a perma Gun Flame warrior basically. Warrior is outclassed in almost every way.
BRB Rerolling Rev as main