It's a burst weapon with amazing burst on skill 2-3, it requires set up and it's not an "every day DPS" weapon like GS, yeah GS is DPS and hammer is pure burst and like every burst build..once used you retreat/swap and wait for CD. Your thread made me try the weapon and I was shocked by the dmg burst I could reach with a marauder/radiance in PvP and I am sure now to find a more tanky version for PvP/WvW thx for the head up Skill 3 does close to no damage. GS skill 2 does at least 2x hammer 2 damage (probably closer to 3x in PvE being able to cast it inside the target). Heck, sword burst is much better. In PvE it no doubt is. And in PvP hammer 2 has 10 secs CD, LMAO. Do not play hammer. Okay, if you like the aesthetic knock yourself out in OW PvE, but never anywhere else.I remember the days when hammer was widely used in WvW.