Guild Wars 2

Fade.9124:

Hey Titan..thank you for these. Question, where do you get cavalier weapons, FOTM?

thanks are they random drops or in chests?

Hey Titan..thank you for these. Question, where do you get cavalier weapons, FOTM?

thanks for your insight guys really good read here and some great build concepts. I come from a tpvp environment so it’s completely different and you can’t get as creative as yo u can with pve/wvw builds.

My next question would be in regards to gearing up, i do have ascended items and on my way to being able to get more soon. But for armor, etc would u just build off the soldier set from the wvw armorsmith (invaders iirc) or what would you recommend that wont cost a fortune?

Thanks again!

Phate.4871:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNBMhJaE0JGu2x5BHSggeohVhAaP8D6DvRqgYA-jUyAoLBR6DIVAgQAl9KiGbZsIas6FMdJRUtHvIa1A-w

This is in my opinion, the best wvw warrior build out there. Sword/x (I like warhorn). Hammer. Melandru Runes, PVT gear. PVT trinkets with azurite jewels(find a sutible toughness/healing substitute if you cant afford that) Warrior with so much HP is better to stack toughness than vit, because they can heal a greater percentage of their max HP and the toughness takes away from incoming damage, making heals more effective. The build revolves on the F1 skills burst mainly for hammer and Longbow when you swap out a weapon set for a longbow with a fire sigil. You cleanse conditions, 3 stunbreaks is critical, you maximize your own stuns. Battle standard or rampage is good for either group rez(super helpful for a zerg) or the stability, which you also get with balanced stance(a stunbreak). Also, a weapon swap sigil, whatever one you want, is super awesome to have for the 5 sec weapon swaps.

Also, spiked armor is not a mistake, it procs every 15 seconds, or multiple times per battle, granting extra retal, where as endure pain isnt super helpful and a long CD on the trait. Merciless hammer is also a good choice

interesting..do you feel you’d give alot more team support going full 30 in tactics with shouts? seems like thats what alot of people do but id like to get your opinion on why you differ. Thanks.

why write all that stuff out when you can link to a build? I dont see what traits you posted nor and sigils, runes, acessssories, rings, etc. I get the general idea though.

been reading alot of threads and it seems like the best (or most optimal) build atm zergs/groups is soldiers/invaders gear, hammer, s/s or s/w or something else using 0/10/30/30/0 (shout build) or some small variants of that. Am I correct? Just curious before I invest badges and coins into this. I do see how this brings the most utility and value to a group as a warrior.

the client keeps saying ‘1 file remaining’ and the speeds starts off at 500+ and goes down to 0.0 kb/sec. I cant get the ‘play’ button to show up either it just gets stuck at this last file it’s trying to download.

lol sorry i meant 30-20-20

Sola.7250:

Well I finally got it, turns out the video I saw on Tribulation Caverns was either old or just wrong, on the starting location, went back and completed it, got the Shiverpeak Explorer!

thanks Sola that was mine as well it’s always that very last one Anet is sneaky funny thing is i did the previous jumping puzzle that takes you up there already and totally missed that path lol.

nothing new really 0-30-20-0-30, rabids, undead, s/s + LB and dual stances. He’s a very good player though was in top 50 of lb’s at one point so i think skill >> build imo and yeah..its hotjoins lol. I dont think he’ll stick with this very long though he changes builds like i change underwear..weekly

He’s in my guild (OP) he plays different builds, classes, etc all the time as you can imagine the grind to 70 is absolutely insane so he changes things up all the time to keep things interesting. He was using LB and Hammer last week but he probably changed again. He also plays engi, thief and sometimes Ele. I’ll try to see what he’s running with these days and post it.

pretty good im aiming for a similar build and i think you could sacrifice a little armor/toughness and hp for some additional crit%/crit damage but that would be my personal choice. I think 2800-3000 armor is the ‘sweet spot’ from what ive been told.

thanks penguin. overall im noticing moderate to high toughness/armor. Is this what you ideally wanna have in wvw regardless of the build/spec?

hey rez and jaret thanks a bunch appreciate it. ill look into these in depth and see which one i will start to invest in. I may come back with more questions

Hi everyone ive recently started getting into WvW coming from extensive t/spvp experience and unlike spvp where u can try things, i want to get some advice before investing time and gold into a build and gear. Can you recommend some viable WvW builds to roam solo or in a small group of 3-5 with guildies? Im NOT looking to join big Zergs. I was leaning towards a zerker build but it would seem too squishy? Im considering a mix/hybrid maybe or going shouts/toughness.

Thanks!

thanks for the info..sorry for being noobish but does it matter if im home borderlands, enemy borderlands, eternal or ?? which one is the best for this?

hey everyone tpvp-er here wanna do some wvw but id like to avoid massive zergs if possible. i watch videos of people fighting 1v1 or 1v2 all the time, can you recommend the best spots/battlegrounds to find these matchups, if there is such a thing?

Thanks!

nope..i know what it is. 30/30/30/30/30 great axe right???

nice builds thanks for sharing played many similar types. Interesting with carrion trapper condi build, have a few questions as I have not tested dps, runes, and ‘time to kill’ on the dummies:

1. wouldnt it make more sense to use rabid/XX for amulet giving you higher crit chance to stack bleeds more frequently?

2. why do you like earth runes more than forge runes? Is magnetic aura viable?

3. does the higher health pool, higher power make up for the (apx) 500 or less points in armor and 200 less points in condi damage you would get from the traditional rabid amulet trap build? I can see that today since toughness does nothing for condi damage just wondering if you’ve tested it out?

4. I find that the canines synergize very well with traps considering the cc’s to keep players in the traps as long as possible. How are the drakes better in your opinion for trap builds?

Thanks again look fwd to your answers and testing alot of this on my own!

My guild who is competitive in tpvp tourneys, etc wont even let me bring a warrior any more and i dont blame them. None of the top teams bring a warrior nowdays and even QT Hman who played a warrior for the longest time has now switched and has been maining an ele. Warriors really have no place in the upper echelons of tpvp.

The builds listed above are good and so is defektives build. the problem with melee builds is that the game is so ranged/condy/cc heavy right now that i think melee is really kitten except for thieves who can still do alot of dmg with shortbow and have on demand gap closers with steal, shadowstep, etc. I think you’ll have a hard time getting close to your opponent if they are a decent player and you’ll get kited and condied alot.

With that said, maybe try different combos. What seems to work pretty good at the moment is s/s with longbow.

tcbear.2357:

Fade.9124:

Tarcis’ Warrior Build Version. 1(Currently Using): Updated 6/28/2013
http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-sg-o;1RKFM0h4cL-60;9;4JJ;0T38-49;55795-k6;2l3IBl3IB5Bs
Current build I am using. updated 6/28/2013

2100 armor
no condy removal at all
no escape options except for gs 3 and 5
no shield or defense

good luck and have fun killing lowbies..

i bet a necro downs u faster than 100b would..

Looks like you don’t understand the PVP community.
Anas Tarcis is probably the best Warrior in NA now, and you guys are teaching him how to play warrior… it’s kinda awkward to see this.

Oh really..im rank 59 with over 1000 tournaments on thief, warrior and ranger. I was in top 100 leaderboards before fading due to inactivity and my guild is a top pvp guild to this day. I think I know what im talking about. If you want to be a hot join hero in spvp, be my guest but im talking about end-game spvp/tpvp here. I’ve played against Tarcis in hot-joins and he’s a good warrior indeed but i’d be lying if I said that his build is good nowdays, its your typical 100b/LB build that Ive run alot before but just does not cut it in the current meta.

My 2 cents..nothing against Tarcis as a skilled player.

Tarcis’ Warrior Build Version. 1(Currently Using): Updated 6/28/2013
http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-sg-o;1RKFM0h4cL-60;9;4JJ;0T38-49;55795-k6;2l3IBl3IB5Bs
Current build I am using. updated 6/28/2013

2100 armor
no condy removal at all
no escape options except for gs 3 and 5
no shield or defense

good luck and have fun killing lowbies..

i bet a necro downs u faster than 100b would..

spvp is not a priority for anet. Just look how much time, effort and energy they put into other aspects of the game. I bet Spvp makes up less than 10-20% of the GW2 playerbase.

i dont pve or wvw much but from a spvp perspective, and im not talking about going up against rank 1-10 noobs, im talking about going up against average-great players, the warrior is a complete disaster and failure.

watched your stream a bit last night. you seemed to struggle against any decent player. You’re a good player though. How do you feel about the warrior today and you feel the changes are still good?

good stuff but wont work for me in spvp unfortuantely

my main question is why would you play a condi warrior in s/t-pvp when there are 2-3 other classes that are much better at condi builds? if you enjoy it great but really condi warriors are probably at the bottom of the food chain when it comes to condition builds and when you can choose necro, engi, etc

Rising Dusk.2408:

Fade.9124:

can someone clarify what ‘modified conditions’ are?

Ones used by players with +X% condition duration so they last longer than normal. This makes sense because if a condition lasts, say, 140% its normal duration, 140-100=40%, so it lasts 40% as long as normal against Warriors using this skill.

thank you!

Berserker’s Stance: Increased the recharge to 60 seconds. Reduced the duration to 4 seconds. This stance now reduces incoming condition duration by 100%, so only modified conditions can get through.

can someone clarify what ‘modified conditions’ are?

working on a dual axe + ??? I’ll post it shortly. I feel 2x axe is gonna be the way to go but its too early to tell

ok thank you so i can keep this install just register new game/account right so i can switch between two accounts back and forth on same pc?

If i wanted to open another account, how would i do it? Would I have to purchase another game and do a fresh install with a different email or purchase the game and create a new account using authentication that comes with 2nd copy purchase?

Thanks!

and me as well..yet another!

Im rank 54 having over 1500 hrs and I play a thief, ranger and warrior.

I tried a few different builds since the patch hit us hard:

- condition S/A, S/S + longbow
- bunker M/S + Hammer
- dps longbow + rifle

None of these were viable to me. The warrior relies on whatever burst they have and the element of surprise to maximize damage output, kill or be killed. We have no ‘get out of jail for free’ card like a bubble, mist, stealth, etc. The survivability and escapability is perhaps one of the worst of all classes. When we go into a fight, we’re pretty much ‘all in’. Sure I was able to kill a few unsuspecting foes here and there but the way I look at it, this nerf affects all classes that may use haste, but none more than the warrior.

For all the people out there who never played a warrior, it was never having kitten or being a ‘noob’ that made most warriors use 100B + bull + haste, it was the fact that as it’s been said over and over, IT WAS THE ONLY REAL VIABLE BUILD WE HAD.

The condition build was decent as a supportive role, but really terrible at 1V1. With only a single condition application with sword (bleed) and 2 conditions on the longbow (all pretty much on CD’s and which the rate of fire is so slow, dodging becomes elementary), I found that most classes were able to wipe any condies I placed pretty effectively rending this build fairly useless. It was decent when staying at ranged with LB at top of keep or in team fights but once I got focused, kited or played 1V1 against a skilled player with evades/dodges or just basic CC, I was pretty much dead.

The bunker build was ok, but if I wanted to bunker, I’d roll a guardian…nuf said.

The ranged rifle/LB build was pretty bad, again if I wanted to play a ranged class, I’d play my ranger.

I went into a server with my guildies trying out the new builds and where in the past I was able to win maybe 50-75% of the duels against their various classes, I literally won 1 out of 20 duels trying out all the above specs, including the ‘new’ 100B post-patch.

I have yet to try a banner build.

So this leaves me thinking this class is now officially and utterly broken and I will be playing my thief and ranger until it gets fixed.

I know it’s early but have any of you found viable builds post-patch?