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[Naglifar]

Here's a pretty fun well-rounded PvE Warrior Build I've been experimenting with:

1h Sword/Horn & Rifle or Hammer (colors indicate synergy/complementary traits)

25 Arms
5pt - Precise Strikes: 33% chance to cause bleeding on critical hits.
V    - Rending Strikes: 33% chance to cause vulnerability on critical hits.
15pt   - Critical Burst: Burst skills have a 10% increased critical chance.
iX   - Opportunist: Gain fury when you immobilize a target.
25pt   - Attack of Opportunity: Increases damage to bleeding foes by 10%.


30 Tactics
5pt - Determined Revival: Gain 5 extra toughness per level while reviving.
i    - Leg Specialist: Apply a 1-second immobilize whenever you cripple a target with a skill.
15pt - Fast Healer: Increases revive speed by 10%.
Viii   - Lung Capacity: Shouts recharge 20% faster.
25pt  - Reviver's Might: Grant might to nearby allies when you revive someone.
iX - Quick Breathing: Warhorn skills recharge 20% faster. Warhorn skills convert 1 condition into a boon.


15 Defense
5pt    - Thick Skin: Extra armor when health is above 90%.
Vi - Cull the Weak: Increases damage to weakened foes by 5%.
15pt  - Adrenal Health: Regenerate health based on adrenaline level.

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General Overview:

- Hamstring and Aimed Shot and Hammer Shock apply cripple > immobilze > fury boon

- vs a boss you can easily maintain fury using only Aimed shot/Signet of Rage

- You can use your adrenaline for burst damage when full, to increase fury duration at lower adrenaline levels, and defensively for health regeneration.

- Warhorn's Call to Arms applies AoE Weakness, on a shorter CD, this skill alone will mitigate  more group-wide damage than a shield.

- Quick Breathing converts conditions into boons:
bleed > vigor
poison  > regen
crippled > swiftness
burning  > aegis
weakness > might
vulnerability > protection
confusion > retaliation
blind > fury

​- because there is decent condition removal & crit on the weapon bar alone, you can be much more experimental with utilities. (ie. more aoe condition removal 'shake it off', banners, signets, etc.)

- I included the 20% shout CD reduction because with 'For great justice', Signet of Rage, and 30% boon duration, you can keep might flowing at 8-11 stacks.

- remember in PvE, most of your damage mitigation comes from moving away from your foes between swings. Perma swiftness and multiple forms of Crippling and immobilize coupled with AoE Weakness are your best utilities for keeping yourself >90% hp (to benefit from the extra armor and health of Thick Skin)

Edited by Naglifar, 09 October 2012 - 06:15 PM.

[Red_Falcon]

The problem with all this is that Warrior does not need to stack Fury.
We have the largest supply of it among all classes.

[Syl]

@Red_Falcon: care to share?

[ben911993]

^ Signet of Rage, when properly traited gives ~80% uptime on fury. Throw FGJ into that and you're looking at perma fury with just two skills.

That said, I actually really enjoy this combo as well. It's a lot of fun to play with, and it still works underwater (which is something I've recently become concerned with) as the spear chain does cripple on the last attack. However, that's all it is: fun. Warriors can do other things much more effectively, but if you plan on running sword main hand then this provides a measure of cc and a lot of fury.

[Syl]

yeah, that's a trade off then. Use 2 signets with the right passive, or use the traits with other skills (like shouts).
That's the build I'm planning to use.

edit: where's the signet of rage?

Edited by Syl, 13 October 2012 - 02:40 PM.