Warrior - Axe/Axe Arms

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Overview

A Warrior build for running around in open world. This build attacks quickly and deals high AoE damage, making it great for open world farming.

For a simplified version that doesn't use any active skills see Warrior - All Signet Arms.

Skill Bar

Axe/AxeHealingUtilityElite

X/Mace

Weapon Variants

If you don't need the crowd control from offhand Mace, you can go without it and just run dual axes. If you do this, you should put your main hand axe in weapon set 1 and your offhand axe in weapon set 2.
Alternatively, you can bring a Greatsword for more mobility.
Use a Rifle if you need to range something.

Skill Variants

Healing Skills

- if you aren't taking much damage.
- a big heal that also maxes out your adrenaline.

Utility Skills

- more dodges.
- deals more damage than
but tends to knock enemies away from you.
- alternative to
if you don't need a stun break.
- alternative to
if you're taking a lot of damage.
- alternative to
if conditions are a problem.
- panic button.

Elite Skills

- longer duration of boons than
but also a longer cooldown.
- grants stability, mobility, and crowd control.

Specializations

Variants

- if you need healing and have Strength sigils.
- if running rifle.

Tactics Variant

If there are nearby players, you can run Tactics instead of Arms to grant them a lot of increased damage with

and

. If you do this, it's also worth running

and

, and traiting

in Discipline.

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

Standard Equipment

The Standard Variant uses similar gear to the Warrior - Power Bannerslave and Spellbreaker - Power DPS builds for fractals and raids. This makes it a good general-purpose gear set and is the gear that most players should aim for.

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

Optimal Equipment

The Optimal Variant is the best possible gear for this build. It's overkill in most cases, and you should only get it if you have spare gold or you don’t care about fractals and raids.

6x

Superior Rune of Strength

18x

Mighty +5 Agony Infusion

Variants

provides high sustain at the cost of damage.

Marauder Variant

For a tankier option you can run full Marauder stats. You lose about 10% damage but your health is increased by over 6000 (25k up from 19k).

6x

Superior Rune of Strength

18x

Mighty +5 Agony Infusion

Consumables

If you're having trouble you can use the following consumables:

Food

Fried Golden Dumpling

Fried Golden Dumpling

Nourishment (30 m):

+100 Concentration+25% Magic Find during Lunar New Year33% Chance for Might (5 seconds) on Crit

Consumable

if running the Standard gear variant and not might capped.
Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

Nourishment (1 h):

+100 Power+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from Kills

Consumable

,

Bowl of Curry Butternut Squash Soup

Bowl of Curry Butternut Squash Soup

Nourishment (30 m):

+100 Precision+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from Kills

Consumable

,

Plate of Truffle Steak

Plate of Truffle Steak

Nourishment (30m):

+100 power+70 precision+10% Experience from kills

Consumable

, or

Dragon's Breath Bun

Dragon's Breath Bun

Nourishment (20 m):

+200 power for 30s after killing an enemy+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from Kills

Consumable

for more damage.
Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew

Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew

Nourishment (30 m):

100% chance to gain might when you dodge.+40% to your Endurance refill rate.+10 Experience from kills

Consumable

for more dodges.
Scoop of Mintberry Swirl Ice Cream for more healing.

Utility

Potent Superior Sharpening Stone

Potent Superior Sharpening Stone

Nourishment (1 h):

Gain power equal to 3% of your precisionGain power equal to 6% of your ferocity+10 Experience from kills

Consumable

Usage

Damage

Your main damage skills are
,
, and
. You should use these skills whenever available and fill in the gaps with
/axe autoattacks.
- Never interrupt your autoattack chain, as most of the damage is loaded in the last hit of
  .
Activate
and
off cooldown for boons.
Use
off cooldown.
When possible, use
before your burst damage to get the bonus from
.

Survivability

Remember to always dodge and sidestep attacks if possible. Don't get hit by anything you can move out of.
You can slot
,
, or
for more damage mitigation.
You can cleanse conditions by weapon swapping or using
. For more condition-heavy fights you should run