New to warrior , have questions

[Supermonk.6913]

Hello all. I am rolling a warrior. The fantasy and flavor of a high damaging invulnerable damage dealer sounds good, as well as being able to do shouts and supports with war horn and banners and buffs.

Ok...so i haven't played a warrior since 2015 or 2014 ? i don't remember when the last time i played warrior.

I remember doing queen's dale champion runs for leveling and loot.

NOW ...is greatsword still a thing ? Is a beastly power weapon ? I played an engineer not too long ago and it seems that spellthiefs are meta. That is nice, but i am old fashioned and love my great sword.

Also i haven't tried berserker. Are they decent damage and viable in spvp / wvw / soloing for meta maps ?

I also remember bow condi but i am not very interested in bow. Bow seems fun but i don't like having to split between condi spec and power spec on my gear with weapon swap.

I know spellthiefs are useful for a "bubble" in wvw. Not sure what that is, but sounds fun. I think it absorbs projectiles.

I also want to know how dual axes are. Do they do decent damage ?

I am not interested in shield or mace, as in 2014ish those weapons were useless for pvp.

I also don't want to do fractals or raids. Maybe classic world dungeons i will do.

Can i safely go berserker statline and use stances to cheese damage ?Or should i go mauraders statline?

How is horn support warrior ? is it viable or a dead spec ?

For leveling i want to use greatsword, but it's just an old habit. I probably should unlock spellthief and make it my main spec.

Any ways thanks for all the tips and advice. I tossed my engineer in the trash, and want to main warrior. Probably going to be a charr. Thanks warrior community, cheers :)

[Obtena.7952]

High DPS ... yes ... invulnerable? Well ... not so much.

Honestly, don't overthink it. Choose a class and the weapon you use for it's playstyle you like. That's the whole point.

[Lan Deathrider.5910]

Berserker can do very high power DPS with greatsword, rifle, and axe while in Berserk Mode. They do fairly well while roaming in WvW and in PvE. I cannot speak to PvP. Axe/Axe got an overhaul some time ago since you last played a warrior and is the higher DPS weapon spec a warrior can use. Axe 5 will do more damage than 100 Blades on greatsword.

If you are running any dungeon, raid, or fractal then a mace/shield set will be needed for breakbars. Warhorn is trash.

If you plan on running a Spellbreaker, then greatsword/Hammer would be a great weapon layout.

[RedShark.9548]

Gs is meta in pvp and wvw roaming, some play it in zergs aswell, for pve im not sure, i never play pve really.

Shield is pretty much meta in pvp aswell, because block and stun is quite usefull.

Most ppl play spellbreaker in pvp and wvw, while i believe bersrker is the go to in pve nowadays, but thee im not sure again.

Axe/axe has great dmg, thus is good for pve.

[Lan Deathrider.5910]

To reiterate for PvE. For open world anything works. For raids Berserker is what people generally want, either as condi or power. For Fractals, any competent warrior spec works, but power builds with banners work best there.

[leonmclane.9280]

My personal advice... Play anything else but warrior. The Warrior profession is not suitable for endgame PVE content and you'll kick yourself for working so hard on it. For PVP and WvW, I don't know. I stay away from that. It's another catastrophe.

[Lan Deathrider.5910]

Well Banners are wanted to help maximize team DPS so there is always a slot for at least one warrior. While they are not the top DPS they are needed so the top DPSers can achieve their numbers.

https://snowcrows.com/benchmarks/

[zionophir.6845]

i have a staple warrior build for PvE, another warrior build for PvP and a constant Spell breaker build for anything.

i still have to play with the Berserker line on ultra-glassy mode.

[ChillyKoti.1928]

Just... don't think it's invulnerable. It really isn't. You'll have to sacrify huge amount of dammage to have decent sustain.

[Sobx.1758]

@Edge.8724 said:Just... don't think it's invulnerable. It really isn't. You'll have to sacrify huge amount of dammage to have decent sustain.

Damn, you mean I can't have 40k hp with massive sustain and oneshot everything around? So unfair.

[ChillyKoti.1928]

@Sobx.1758 said:

@Edge.8724 said:Just... don't think it's invulnerable. It really isn't. You'll have to sacrify huge amount of dammage to have decent sustain.

kitten, you mean I can't have 40k hp with massive sustain and oneshot everything around? So unfair.

I know, right?

[Tora.7214]

there are some spellbreaker builds that allow you to solo meta events, here is one by Lord Hizen wich still works today