Guild Wars 2

I still think Anet needs to take the six lowest ranked servers out of rotation and force all those players to pick a new server. Six servers worth of players (even if they are low pop) transferring into tiers 6-2 should go along way towards closing the tier gaps.

Rune of the Guardian warrior is super trolly fun in spvp, easily my favorite solo queue build.

I have an old build thread with a bunch of great input on tactics of playing that type build. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/warrior/WvW-Warrior-Way-of-the-Burning-Rampart/first#post4207284

I run a stone heart conjures on a fairly regular basis in wvw, works pretty well bit low on damage but boy can it take a beating.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/WvW-Elementalist-Stone-Heart-Conjuror/first#post4221362

Deli.1302:

If you think wvw is just zergs and pvd, then you’re either in T1 NA or don’t play very much.

Nope just doesn’t play much cause, there are plenty of non zerg fights in T1 NA.

Evasive purity … bye bye poison. Yes its very mid range focused but it also has plenty of ways to close the gap. 1v3s can be dodgy if the enemy players are good but we all know how often you find players who are actually good. And even if you do find 3 skilled players you have to option of just leaving, as long as you don’t get hit by a skull crack or hammer combo from a warrior, chances are you will get away just fine.

I play a very similar spec to Donee (Xaras spec) and in 1v1-1v3 yea its pretty over powered if you are any good at all.

Jeknar.6184:

Telemin.7380:

Tier 6-8. Full of solo roamers.

It’s funny how “full” and “solo” go on the same phrase…

Thats what we call mag style roaming “were not zerging were all just roaming in the same place!”

DUDE this is gonna make my condi evade ranger stupid op…..

Honestly if I were to command on my ele, I would just to kitten with any damage of my own and go as tank as I could.

Something like this
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJArdhMMKcW5wzBf0AeAG5QwEoDM+AEAigluBA-TFyGABAcCAgV9HOVCKryvWN/5qeAO2fg4HAApA8aYE-w

Signet of might…that is all.

I roll docMeds build in wvw (KS’d him with it more than once xD) you gotta be very comfortable running a glass cannon. But if you have to chops to handle it, its a blast!

Oh and he has KS’d me at least as many times as I have him.

You roll up to a point on a zerker necro, dump wells under the ele and smack him with lich form….see how long the little staff user ignores you.

So I recently picked this build back up after some guildies finished leveling their eles. I changed a couple traits and 3 of us were rocking around wvw and….oh kitten !

With 3 of us running flame axe we could maintain at least 15 stacks of might on all of us at all times, and if we really tried for it we could hit 25. The perma stacking might combined with a couple trait changes gave us enough punch to burst people down surprisingly quickly.

Stone splinters and an extra two points in fire magic give you that extra bit of damage.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJArdhMMacW4w0Bf0ADAGxrQSIYA4AMuGcDOiA-TFCBABmq+jg7P0wDA4MlgYpEzLlHAcCASRPApAEVYE-w

I never really thought of running multiple of these but the might stacks combined with insane ability to tank make for some pretty silly outnumbered fights. The three of us ground down 7 BG and a tower lord in their tower, the lols were real!

I posted a while back about my Stone Heart build, I recently (last night) picked this back up and was having a blast. Changed a couple traits from the original thread but still mostly the same.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJArdhMMacW4w0Bf0ADAGxrQSIYA4AMuGcDOiA-TFCBABmq+jg7P0wDA4MlgYpEzLlHAcCASRPApAEVYE-w

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/WvW-Elementalist-Stone-Heart-Conjuror/first#post4158230

Yes, I want my spear back!!!!

If weakness is the best thing you can bring to the party, they might as well just bring a necro along it has better weakness application and WAY better dps than hammer warrior…

I think over all the best is regen condi ranger IF its in the hands of a skilled player, those things can be unbeatable to most classes.

What about taking the bottom 6-9 servers out of rotation, and force all the players from those servers to choose a new one. I realize server pride is a big thing but I think it would normalize the population of all servers and hopefully reduce/remove the huge gaps in man power between the tiers. If T4 servers could actually go toe to toe with T1 servers and not just get completely roflstomped it would make for more varied and interesting match ups for everyone.

Just a thought, please don’t flame.

I like the bird, “God why” * you ask in horror * well because it has a butt ton of hp, stack 25 stacks of bleed and 15 stacks of torrent, poison, burn and some confusion and let your necro bro epidemic that kitten.

Good night sweet prince XD

Johje Holan.4607:

JLoco.6218:

yanniell.1236:

TC would steamroll the other servers in T2. Would be less funny than now.

t1 comedy material

all tc’s guilds would quit the game realizing how terrible they are at the game, one after the other as they get one pushed by t2 guilds half their size

Actually I’d bet all T2’s guilds would take the week off after complaining about the zergs that TC has. And then stating that they took time off to let TC PvD their way back to T1.

The T2 kiddies don’t seem to remember we were just fighting T2 servers in season 2 … the roflstomp was real man…

Its part of the game learn to deal with it or accept not being able to complete the map. If you wanted the dungeon master title but sucked to much to beat all the Arah paths, so you asked that one of the paths be removed…..you would get laughed off the forum.

They had better learn, with the massive drops in wvw population (at least in T1) after pushing so hard for so many weeks just to get kitten all for reward … that couldn’t even be delivered on time….

Another few seasons like that and they wont have to worry about wvw at all…

All 4 are quite often up for the opening of a fight thereby increasing condi burst.

As I said in the op Deep strikes is not a ideal trait but, combined with 100 condi damage, 100 precision and a 10% increased crit chance for burst skills it is offensively a better choice than signet cool down , which as I also explained in the op, I tested and didn’t ever feel it was really needed.

Personally I think a better implementation of your suggested changes would be this.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQRAsc5ejMdU2ZjHGewJigjgCZI0BGDgb+WBoLLA-TVyCABpofBgjQAOq/glyvm2fYiDCgEnAgpfAAjpEkUAwMNC-w

You maintain some of the arms stats the 10% burst crit chance, gain fast hands and get added condi pressure off sigils. However again this is not simply put “better” just slightly different.

Well I had a whole thing written up but, Jaz pretty much got it all covered so…

Are any of your changes bad? no not at all, but none of them make any great overall improvement to off set the loss of my choice. Coming to a thread and suggesting a variation on a build is one thing, saying your way is just “better” when it clearly is just a minor deviation, is just silly.

It procs on the phantasm, it would be nice if it hit the Mesmer but…it is a good way to clear out clones.

Lawl that ranger, would be Xara, he is a pain in the kitten on that ranger. I’m the only person that I know has beaten his condi ranger 1v1, I managed it with my zerker necro (that you mentioned above) and it was only because he made some bad mistakes and I couldn’t repeat the victory. His ranger build is linked on his twitch channel http://www.twitch.tv/flotxara/profile

I didn’t say it was for the feint of heart (or slow reflexes) but man will it tear through the enemy’s hp pool.

Even if we don’t have the manpower to be in T1 (which we do you can tell it in our ppt when every one gets on) we have wayyy more than enough to crush T2 servers which would just end up making boring weeks for everyone involved.

Playing this and expecting either confusion or burn to be your primary source of damage is very flawed logic. 80% of the damage comes from bleed and torment, they have long duration’s and short cool downs.

Confusion is great for A Fighting a GS mesmer that’s silly easy to interrupt or B stop a telegraphed skill and force reduced skill usage so that they aren’t hitting you as much while the bleed kills them off. Since when does 9 1/2 seconds in SPvP and 12 3/4 wear of quickly, that is an awfully long time if you have 10+ stacks of bleed on you.

Burn is also not the primary damage dealing condition however if used as you see a rapid fire, whirling wrath, 100blades or any other multi hit attack come up you can stack a solid 5-10 seconds of 800 damage a tick burn for free, they are all attacks you should be blocking or dodging anyway so … where is the problem in getting access to free damage for doing something you should be doing anyway.

Take your wvw kitten elsewhere, I was a T2 roamer for a long time before I became a T1 roamer and I know exactly what its like down there.

Well a month roaming in T1 and all week playing solo queue with it in my hands say differently, you might just be bad…

Sadly wiki is correct on that one.

JLoco.6218:

Yeah, it is. 20 people from t2 can easily take on 50 from any t1 server.

I don’t care who you are, that’s funny! dream on Mr. Crazy dream on!!

I would always do full zerker, only use scholar runes in SPvP or PvE. In wvw you need the mobility from travelers.

And runes of the guardian are 9 silver, as opposed to perplexity’s 9-10 gold. Perplexity would certainly increase overall damage out put, but you loose a big chunk of toughness and, the ability to continue applying pressure while regening hp under a block makes a pretty huge impact. Sadly reflecting missiles will not proc the burn, otherwise I would have it on there in a heart beat!

There isn’t really a meta trait set for roaming medi guardian, but gear is almost always full zerker with traveler runes. Its very survivable 1vX but ALL of its suitability comes from knowing how to play the build. Cycling blinds blocks and condi clears at the right times takes some practice.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVAQNAR8dlsApcoVDxbI8DRR8QlZK+iW9BVFAX/DBROA-TFCEwAMV+B5hAwS9H77P0R3AgjAAhLAwWlgBAQA4mD9mD9m3sUAjqMC-w

This build has caused more rage in my wvw and spvp opponents than any other build I have ever seen. I cant count the number if kitten spvpers who have called me stupid for my rune choice and a noob for running a cheese build, but as my old granddad always said “if its stupid but it works, it ain’t stupid”

WvW build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQRAsc5ejMdU2ZjHGewJigjgCZI0BGDgb+YBMBqyCA-T1xCwAp0vA4JEgT9HsK/au/gkTCwYlgkCAmpRA-w

SPvP build:
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQRAsc5ejMdU2ZjHGewJigjgC5p3BGDgb+YBMBq+CA-TJBGwAA3fAwTAwZZgCnEAA



Gear:
full rabid armor is stupid cheap (under 1g for most pieces) and sets you up with perfect stats for condi warrior. 3500 armor allows you to stay in the enemy’s face for extreme periods of time and 50+% crit chance lets you proc Precise Strikes (33% chance to cause bleed for 5s no icd) as much as possible. And plenty of condi damage to burn the enemy down with.



Runes/Sigils:
Runes of the Guardian primary toughness secondary healing power keeps you tough boosts your healing signet and adrenal health regen and most importantly causes 1s burn every time you block an attack with no icd. Combining Rune of the Guardian with Sword/Sword Mace/Shield gives access to 3 blocks with which you can proc burns that no one will know to avoid (even my guildie who knows what my blocks do gets hit by it)

I use Doom (poison on swap) and corruption on both weapon sets, I would keep 1 corruption sigil (for obvious reasons) but the others are entirely up to you.


Weapons/Utilitys:
Sword/Sword is the clear winner for Warrior condi application with bleed on aa, crazy leap, ranged 5 stack torrent and bleed+burn on block. Swords burst skill flurry also combos really well with bulls charge. Mace/Shield procs burns on block and confusion on interrupt.

Bulls charge is fantastic for locking down opponents and closing gaps, Dolyak signets boost to toughness and toughness helps tank direct damage and 8s of stability is always fun, Signet of stamina increases endurance regen and clears all condis and finally Signet of rage gets burst skills back up faster. I do swap off Signet of rage for Battle Standard if I’m running with guildies.


Game play:
This build should be played very aggressively, it has the armor, blocks and regen to stay in the enemy’s face. Lead with bulls charge into flurry (arguably a stronger combo than Bulls charge+100Blades) apply torment swap to mace shield and try to stack confusion, if they use a multi hit attack like 100blades, whirling wrath, flurry or any other multi hit attack, go into shield stance and stack 5-10 seconds of burn (I have seen the burn get to 21 seconds once from a guardians GS attacks) then just rinse and repeat until you win.

Notes:
There are other traits you could use in place of Short Temper and Deep Strike, none of the choices are really great imo. In wvw I take warriors sprint instead of signet mastery because I really don’t use any of the signets that much, seems to me if I’m never looking at my skill bar and thinking “I really need that off CD” then I don’t really need the CD reduction trait. The riposte tool tip really doesn’t tell the whole story, it will block all attacks until it there is a target in range to hit or the channel runs out, which means that if you face away from the enemy it will block all attacks for 2 1/4s. Finally because you don’t have Longbow your condi clear ability isn’t as strong as it could be.

Finally, like most warrior builds this is AMAZING at stomping low to mid skill level players, but it will tend to loose a fight to the death against a really good player on a balanced build. This is just the down side of warriors very passive healing ability’s.

There is really just one real rifle warrior build, some variations in gear/runes/utility’s but the traits are always pretty much the same.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQJAURjMd0FaVI2dwJagfgycAMANw1CfD0lGA-T1RBABXt/o8DPdBLcEAe4SAAwDAgS1fMTJIpAGVZE-w

Just be aware you need to be very comfortable at playing a glass cannon to be able to do much in wvw. If you can handle it though, prepare to blow people away!

Out of curiosity what server are you on? some of the folks in this thread might be on the same server and could help you get some decent gear (P/T/V from Ascalon Catacombs would be good) and run around wvw for a bit with you.

Siege builders are always loved by their servers. Deli is correct 100 is a pretty tough goal no matter what server.

If you are good at whatever you do, roam, havoc or command then yea you can get members pretty easily. We are always in need of more good militia commanders and if you are good at that pugs will want to join.

They are only full at peak times, you can transfer to both late at night or early in the morning.

Yep I made a thread about this on the living world forum!

Anet:

as new Living World and holiday content is released, associated Rewards Tracks will be available for the duration of those events. Once you have experienced and participated in the Living World content, you will unlock an associated Reward Track so you have the option to continue to receive relevant rewards in PvP. This will ensure that PvP is always a part of the bigger story that is unfolding in Tyria.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/pvp-reward-tracks-and-gear-unification/

Of the ones listed I would go with FA, nice big server and I know some really good people on there. That being said I left FA about 9 months ago because there were a bunch of rather, unpleasant people, I have no idea how many if any of them are still on FA though.

I also know some really nice people on SoS so you might look at that as an option.

TC has a really nice community, not quite as nice as before we got a bunch of SoR transfers but its still really friendly. There are also some great people on BG.

Don’t wright off T1 just because the PvFers on here claim its “nothing but zergs” or “crazy long queues” both are just false. At least on TC we barley get queues on reset night these days and even then we never have all maps queued.

Yea absolute resolution is a must have for me on any guard build, kinda annoys me actually cause when I don’t have it I keep poping the virtue and being like “WHY DO I STILL HAVE CONDIS……oh….kitten”

Smite condition can be pretty powerful also as it will always take off damaging condis before impairing ones. Plus focus 4 will clear 1 condi per bounce, so if you shot gun it into people like you would Reapers touch on necro, it will clear 4 condis.

^^ true story

If your servers commanders are no help go it alone. You can really do well roaming with comparatively little knowledge, my advice is look up some twitch streamers. Watch some good roamers play and copy them.

Checkout Oppveretta, flotxara, teamriot, bitcloud or got boons all of them will show you good roaming at work.

When I say roaming in T1 I mean 5 or less anything more is zerg skirmishing or ganking.

Well … no wait, you should … uhh, why would you …. I mean …. rifle … but…..just………never mind…

Chaba.5410:

PvE player? Take off the full zerker gear and put on some knights and/or pvt. WvW is attrition warfare: who can survive the longest not who can dps the most.

Now Chaba … you have felt the pain of that theory being put to the test! your toughness might be nice in a zerg but in small havoc fights well….

Baguuma, always gotta talk trash about others…

I haven’t tried carrion but, I was having a blast last night in a mostly full Rabid condi spec in wvw. No reason why Carrion wouldn’t work.

this is what I was playing with, wouldn’t work to well with hammer but w/e
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQRAsc5ejMdU2ZjHGewJigjgC5p3BGDgb+YBMBqyCA-TFyCwAp0gA4JEgT9HsK/au/AK9DSOJAjVCSKAYmGB-w