Agreed with bigmonto.
Here’s a couple things too:
Warrior has some of the largest telegraphs, which leaves it open to a lot of counterplay from skilled players. The short story is that it’s typically strong against low skilled opponents, weaker against high skilled. That said, there’s things you can still do to play at a high level with it:
-Cancel casting: Not going to land an ability (hammer #5, for example)? Cancel it, save yourself the cooldown. Some warrior combos can only be executed with cancel casts as well.
-Count dodges: Applies to every class, but especially important for warrior with the big tels. Against a good opponent you should try to bait/wait for them to use their dodges, then use your big hits.
-Timing: A funny phenomena is that many warrior abilties sync well to the duration of dodge rolls. The absolute best time to land an eviscerate is immediately after seeing your opponent dodge.
-Use your utilities as tools to accomplish a goal, not spam. With a few exceptions I think you should rarely ever open with berserker stance, for example. It should be saved to anticipate a condi spike, or to guarantee landing a combo of abilities when needed (without getting blinded, kited, or feared).
-Anticipation hits: This is rare to see, but it’s the mark of an excellent player imo. I’ve seen Tarcis precast earthshaker in anticipation of a thief teleporting to him, landing the ability as soon as the thief arrives. Earthshaker and skullcrack are excellent abilities to precast because they can open the door to initiate a combo or juggle, but also have a low penalty for missing.
The theme here is that while warrior is open to a lot of counterplay, there’s steps you can take to ensure that your hits land when you need them too.
