Guard/warr/mes
Go with warrior without a doubt. Does everything you wantperiod
I would use other weapons more if they gave me that evade, it’s much needed in lots of fights
30/30/0/0/10 what?!
20/25/0/0/25 Ftfy
I used to hate cursed shore but since they nerfed it I love it (not the events but the mob density etc..)
Boon stripping & cc – spam it asap
Eternity ATM is a joke and the account medal is a bigger joke. Why greatswords get this extra epicness but yet epic fail at the same time idk
I would like some people with AR to chime in and say if they notice this as well. I’m thinking about getting some recordings of it but idk if that’d even do anything. Don’t think it’s necessary if others noticed as well
I know I know I should L2P right, I haven’t put in the time to be experienced enough to know how to dodge the circles, actually just learned I could dodge them. Thanks for your input I’ll go practice dodging the easiest agony in the game so I can uberpwnz roflstomp fotm.
Now re read my OP and try to catch the sarcasm, then try to figure out the real problem
@swift – no zerker warr & I have done the unequip/equip thing, I’ve even relogged as well as restart client! Also, I melee him every time and I’ve always thought of it as a luck kind of thing, sometimes I don’t get hit at all and sometimes I get nuked. It doesn’t make sense, I got the AR to not take damage! Anet fix yo kitten! I want to stand still and 100b’s like I should be able to with 40 AR
So I’ve noticed this for a while, bloomhungers agony hits hard and I have ar, maybe I need some more ar, but 40 ar on level 26 is still death wth? Why do I have ar if I’m not going to resist his agony? According to the lil chart on the wiki page I should not die from his agony at lvl 26. O and yes I was sure to have my agony rings on, I have 3 sets of infused rings, as well as my other ar items…O and yes I did enter fotm with my ar items on so idk…i know I’m a lil lazy but, I shouldn’t even have to dodge his aoe agony. So, what gives tell me how to L2P. Maybe I have too much ar I’m getting DR from all this ar
I guess since this last patch you can’t stack the skale venom consumable with other nourishment like sharpening stone, oil, or crystal. Is it just me or does it make this consumable completely useless now? Why, just really…was it OP? Did it “trivialize” content? Another consumable I’m destroying from my collection which is down to the last of my spy kits and a couple grawl totems. I guess thanks anet for clearing some space from my inventory…
Could you list some of the fights you are having trouble with? Because I don’t want to say it sounds like a dodging problem, but it sounds like some dodging practice is needed. If you could give some examples of some of the bosses & champs you are talking about i could give some tips…
I want to know ab bloomhunger, jellyfish, if ghost slaying is for the charr one, mossman, and if they even work at all…c’mon ANET help us out!
One time
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I use it for some fights like the harpie/asura for reflect
3 gear sets, 3 diff types of rings, 1 of each weapon and a few doubles for dual wield and diff sigils for diff fights….all exotic of course
This what I do on my guard, not sure if it’s the best, I’m more experienced and higher fractal with my warr, but I make sure to have my scepter/focus out before bubble with weapon swap NOT on cooldown, I auto attack with scepter and right as the shield pops I use smite and focus block, then I gs leap in and spin. Seems to work well, on my way out I use the pull to get me some larva..
Yea that’s my post in the link, didn’t get many responses…I tried searching through the wiki and nothing. Idk why anet can’t throw us a bone…
Don’t believe it, you’re in denial, this is true all around. Good post OP. Now the rest of you in denial do yourself a favor and go level up a warr/guard/mes.
Wanted to add, I never am picky about the professions I run with, except for maybe cof, and high leve fractals needs a guard. When I get a group of warr/mes/guard I get excited for a good smooth run.
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Mesmer = pro, necro = con
IMO
I’m sure others have more to add though, too late for me to go into detail.
Warr, guard, ele, necro are good at tagging of you ask me. Warr and guard is what I prefer (I play both).
I have 2k I think, if not very close, and I still don’t feel like I’ve done everything. Dungeons, wvw, map complete, level other professions…
Warrior. Always wanted, straight up play style, easy leveling, and IMO fun (some say it’s boring). Guardian too, same as warr, not as much damage (close tho). Ranger easy to level but not wanted like the other 2.
Take like 50g and buy up some rare gs’s forge em if you don’t get lucky then start farming gold to buy it.
I know what you mean by saying they have it easy but doesn’t mean you can’t have it easy too. When farming Orr events was popular way back when I had a main, my first 80, Mesmer. Mesmer is terrible for tagging so I leveled a warrior for event tagging mobs, you can do this too. You are more experienced so you can level much faster. You can use this warrior for cof too. It may not be what you want to hear but even having multiple 80’s is so beneficial in itself…I am personally sick of cof p1 spam so I don’t do it anymore, there are other dungeons (maybe not as fast) that are quick and make good gold. Also it’s not hard to join a cof group not looking for the warr/mes speed runs…
20/0/30/20/0 or maybe some in discipline for burst traits but I’m pretty sure this is the hammer build for wvw endure pain/stability/hammer trait…soldier gear but depends on damage you want and energy sigil on swap
get an offensive set and a defensive set, practice with the defensive set and in time you can start using the more offensive set (berserker = offensive, soldier = defensive).
acquire all the weapons and learn the traits and utilities to use for diff fights. imo this is key to a good warrior, knowing which to use and when to use it. a lot of people seem to forget you can change your traits when not in combat, learn the traits you have for the build you are using and swap for what you need. try 20/0/30/20/0 build for now and eventually you can switch to a more offensive build…
Maybe try 30/0/0/10/30
V, X, VII
IV
V, IX, XI
You get the axe power in strength, longbow range in tactics, the burst for eviscerate…
This is just top of my head, not sure if it’s best but utilizes axe traits and gives range on longbow
Protein build (pve/pvp)
pve – zerker gear w/ ruby orbs, soldier back, cavalier earrings w/ exq ruby, zerker neck, soldier rings, 20/0/30/20/0. The versatility of this build is amazing, you can swap traits for many different fights. In strength you want V & IX or any of the others for particular situation like, more vitality, using axe, confusion on interrupt w/ hammer, falling damage. In defense you want turtles II, VIII, XI, these are what I mostly use and it lets you stay in the fight much longer, but again you can swap for others like, shield reflect, shield cooldown, and hammer damage, endure pain always stays. In tactics you want VI and IX…this is what I mostly use but again you have many options with tactics like longbow damage/distance, SiO auto, shout cooldown, and desp power. The key to this build and really imo being good at this game is knowing what weapons and traits to use for what fights. I put out massive damage with this and stay up in melee always.
PvP – wear soldier gear. You can go axe/shield with sword/wh for wvw, axe/shield gives you good damage a stun and the block. Sword/wh gives u mobility and escape plus some condition removal. You can also go hammer or greatsword or longbow, theres many, many ways to utilize this build. I don’t have success with the zerker gear in wvw, mostly with zergs, 1v1 yea but never 1v1 in wvw I rarely get that oppurtunity. Even with this build and soldier gear I can 1v1 even 1v2 no problem, it takes a lot to take me down.
With that I just wanna say I have all of the weapons and always keep my bag window open for quick swapping weapons like in wvw I like to constantly switch in the gs for 3 & 5 just to get across the map as fast as possible while spamming SoR and warhorn. When the gs skills go on cd I get out my main which would be hammer or axe/shield. I know the traits that are available to me with this build and swap them in and out in a quick second for what I am about to fight.
and im too tired re read this make sure it makes sense so ask questions if u have any, ill try check back
Free auto mouse clicker?
@kittenm, I would like to use axe/axe for the 5 skill but gs3 is just too awesome for an extra dodge as I usually have aggro and need to dodge a lot.
Ha it censored his name n-e-g-r-o-m
IMO, warrior wvw needs a lot of soldier gear, if you are running with the Zerg and plan on meleeing. If you’re gunna range then you can get away with zerker but if I wear my zerker set and run in the Zerg im done with the quickness. I don’t sPvP so can’t help there. My wvw build is 20/0/30/20/0 – high power/high defense – frontline
I’m in tier 5, 30’s is when it gets a little rough without a competent guard or mes or even a thief. I like to consider myself well above average at dodging and am always the one kiting on the far end so my teammates can rez each other. @Red Falcon, this pretty much exactly what I do, I love having whirlwind as an extra dodge. I also like to use orrian truffle & meat stew for the vigor or the endurance signet. @Grok Korg, great point did not think of that, I can tell the damage the rifle does and used to use it but the aoe on the bow helps my group a lot more, so I’ve switched to that. Guess I’ll stick with what I currently run for it, was just wondering if someone had something better. Now that I know the burst on the bow does the ticking damage I’ll be sure to drop that just before he shields. Thanks for the input peeps!
Just curious…what utilities are you guys running? I like endure pain & frenzy, for either, taking down the shield faster being right underneath the shaman taking no damage from the larva and it’s nice to Rez someone faster. Third utility is a toss up depending on the group I’m with..
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If this is about cross transmuting, be aware they may do a rollback on it, I read a topic with a dev response saying they were going to revert those like they did when you could get t3 cultural weapons from heart vendors for cheap. I don’t remember the topic but I know I read it, I have some cross trans too not trolling, just what I read.
Yea I prefer the bow for the aoe, and I like Greatsword for damage and whirlwind for extra dodge, but idk if gs hits because I see block/miss when I try to hb’s it..
Rifle or bow? Greatsword or what? I’m talking about breaking the shield as fast as possible…Does the bow auto attack count as 2 hits? Does 100b even hit? Does volley hits count as 1 or multiple?
I agree with Oglaf about the hitting all the time than to wait out. This goes with knowing the fights and mastering the profession, in this type of encounter you would want range on weapon swap so when you do have to disengage melee you are immediately ranging while utilities/heal are on cool down. IMO and after many fights the rifle is sooo boring, and the longbow is good for the aoe, I spend as little time as possible ranging with my warrior. I feel it dumbs down the fight..
That’s a good one, nice anet
Sweet thanks dude, I’m gunna check it out.
Both? Some fractal skins look better than others, some legendary skins look better than others.
D/d ele rotation is very distinct in pve. It’s nice to have a staff when you need to range. D/d can go zerker or bunker, the cookie cutter bunker build is really good at support. Watch some of Bit’s yt videos, I think the build is 0/0/10/30/30 focusing on high power, decent condition dmg, great healing power, condition removal, crit & crt dmg low, high tough & vit…this is the bunker build in a nutshell
I’m not going to say learn to play, but I am going to say learn the profession better. I almost never range, only when I absolutely have to. There are skills, builds, consumables, and tactics to stay in melee. Try using a soldier defense set to allow you to stay in melee longer…to learn how to stay in melee longer with a berserker set. Learn/know the fights, save your dodge for the hits that actually need to be dodged and utilize terrain and kiting tactics to give you an advantage, those few seconds before heal is off cd. IMO warriors are ab killing before getting killed and heavily rely on dodging right, try the endurance regen food, use gs 3 as a dodge, endure pain, shield block…You’re not doing it wrong, you just haven’t mastered it, you will in time. Good Luck.
I think I read somewhere that if you got the tonic during the event you can’t sell it but if you got it after the event you can.
I am curious ab this too, the other day I was trying to see if it stacked with the warrior endurance regen signet but it didn’t look like it.
Do you have a link to a video of this in 3rd person? (player actually playing, not screen capture of gameplay)
This is because it has to load allllll that data in an instant, nbd.
I very much agree, it’s quite frustrating not being able to see mob cues and then die…
I’m looking at you dredge fractal boss ground target and you grawl fractal shaman. I would like to tone the effects down but at the same time I like the visuals and stuff, maybe they could implement some type of signal like the skull over your head at jade maw, but have it not last as long, maybe it pops up for a split second or they could have the border of the screen flash or just anything, it irritates the heck outta me.