Guide to Guild Wars 2 Warrior “Hammer Gun” Build

Posted on 2012 September 15 by Ed Park

As I’ve said before, GW2 builds are all about tradeoffs.

I’ve been considering the main thing that is lacking for each of my current Warrior builds in PVP:

  • “Run and Gun” (RnG) lacks sustained CC to control situations (Axe/Warhorn has no CC capability)
  • “Captain Hammer” (CH) lacks sufficient DPS to apply meaningful pressure

Hammer has continued to grow on me, and Rifle is an excellent ranged weapon, so I decided to pair those weapons together. After experimenting with various builds I landed on the “Hammer Gun” (HG) build. HG works well in sPvP and in WvW, just make sure for WvW to take the falling damage trait (Death From Above) instead of Bersker’s Power.

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Posted in Guide, Guild Wars 2, PVP, Video, Warrior

Guild Wars 2 Video: Mystic Forge PVP Gear Crafting

Posted on 2012 September 8 by Ed Park

I discuss how to craft PVP weapons and armor using the Mystic Forge in the Heart of the Mists in GW2.

I also cover:

  1. What the Glory rank vendors sell and how those items are used
  2. How to salvage (“disenchant”) gear to acquire crafting materials
  3. How to apply dyes to gear
  4. Which two of the four crafting material inputs to the Mystic Forge affect the quality (rarity) of the output crafted item.

I recommend saving your better arcane tokens (i.e. crystals and slivers) to pair up higher-rank Glory or tournament tokens. I crafted the awesome-looking PVP Vigil Rifle in the video using a tournament PVP token paired up with an arcane crystal.

It’s not clear to me how to most efficiently acquire the arcane crystals and arcane slivers, but my guess is that they are acquired by salvaging higher-quality drops.

Mystic Forge = fun :)

Let me know your insights, questions, and feedback.

P.S. Greyf0x created an awesome thread on GW2Guru that tracks the results of crafting with various mats.

Posted in Guide, Guild Wars 2, PVP, Video

Guild Wars 2 PVP Video: “Legion” Mesmer Build

Posted on 2012 September 4 by Ed Park

I introduce my GW2 “Legion” build for the Mesmer class, based on testing in sPvP and tournaments post-launch.

As I discuss in the video, this spec synergizes heavily on phantasms and illusions:

  1. Phantasms deal solid sustained direct damage, have a 72% chance to crit, and apply a bleed when they crit. Clones have a 52% chance to crit and also apply a bleed when they crit
  2. For each illusion, I gain 3% direct damage bonus, 3% direct damage mitigation, and a movement speed buff
  3. When summoned, phantasms provide allies with regeneration, which in turn grants me the protection boon for 33% direct damage mitigation
  4. Phantasms have +70% HP and clones have +50% HP, so the uptime for the illusions is quite high
  5. I get a healing bonus for each illusion when using my healing ability

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Posted in Guild Wars 2, Mesmer, PVP, Video

Guild Wars 2 PVP Video: “Run and Gun” Warrior [Tournament Ep. 4]

Posted on 2012 September 3 by Ed Park

GW2 tournament finals video #4, featuring my “Run and Gun” Warrior build. The competing teams are Maven and Lamentation.

In this educational video, I discuss:

  1. Assessing the enemy team composition to determine initial target priority
  2. Applying buffs before entering a fight so that you can focus your abilities in-combat on attacks
  3. Timing of the Rifle Burst ability

For detailed information on the spec’s mechanics / traits / gear, please see the Guide to “Run and Gun” Warrior Build.

Let me know your questions and feedback.

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Posted in Elementalist, Guild Wars 2, Necromancer, PVP, Thief, Video, Warrior

Guild Wars 2 PVP Video: “Captain Hammer” Warrior [Tournament Ep. 3]

Posted on 2012 September 1 by Ed Park

GW2 is live!

Here’s my 1st post-launch tournament PVP video, featuring my “Captain Hammer” Warrior build. The competing teams are Maven and Pure Glory.

In this educational video, I discuss:

  1. The changes to the stability buff (now a boon) in late Beta
  2. Controlling and countering opponents
  3. Holding objectives under duress

For detailed information on the spec’s mechanics / traits / gear, please see the Guide to “Captain Hammer” Warrior Build.

Let me know your questions and feedback.

For more Guild Wars 2 content, subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me on Twitter.

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Posted in Guardian, Guild Wars 2, Necromancer, PVP, Thief, Video, Warrior
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