Warrior - Dodging Makes Right

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The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good.

Focused on: Direct damage, Mobility.

Designed for:

Roaming

A core roaming build expanded on the PvP build. This build gains high sustain with the recently changed trait

.

Skillbar

GreatswordHealingUtilityElite

Axe/Shield

Variants

• Higher passive endurance regeneration.

Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of Strength

18x

Mighty WvW Infusion

Consumables

Food

• mandatory food, further increases dodge frequence and guarantees healing.
• option in small group fights when being comfortable with reduced endurance regeneration.

Utility

Usage

General

• Playstyle: this build is about weaving hard hitting skills into chains of block and evade frames. The combos aren't set in stone, rather you'll need to adapt based on what CDs are available. Minimize melee contact, dodge/block/evade as many things as possible, and spike targets when an opening shows. Examples:
  • from outside melee range ⇒ dodge to your target ⇒
    ⇒
  • ⇒ weapon swap ⇒
    ⇒
• causes Might applications to heal you and grant a tiny bit of endurance.
• If possible, dodge into enemies to damage them with
  and generate Might. This is especially useful if you're Blinded as the damage of the dodge will miss, consuming the condition and allowing you to immediately follow up with something.
• Use
  and
  as often as possible while traveling between capture points. In combat these skills can also get you out of Immobilize because of the trait
  .
• Swapping weapons in the middle of a burst cancels them and retains the adrenaline. You can use this to your advantage by baiting dodges with
  or to keep your adrenaline if you know a burst won't land.
  can also be stowed instead of weapon swapped.
• Burst skills -
  and
  :
  • These are vital skills for the build and you should do your best to land them. CC targets beforehand with
    or
    , time them to hit just after the target has dodged, etc.
  • You gain 15 endurance via
    and a further 1 stack of
    per adrenaline bar consumed upon a successful hit.
  • Most of your adrenaline should be spent on Eviscerate, as its damage scales with adrenaline level. For Arcing Slice it doesn't matter, the damage is always the same - only the Fury duration scales.
  • Try to land Eviscerate right (or shortly) after swapping to Axe to benefit from
    .
• can be your make or break skill during duels or downing an opponent. Try to use it at the end of a player's dodge or stability to make it even harder to dodge, and make the most out of it. Alternatively, this can be used defensively for the evasion and mobility to avoid damage or disengage from a fight.
• is borderline useless except for 2 situations:
  • Your target is trying to escape, in which case the snare can be useful.
  • The target is below 25% health which increased the damage of this skill significantly, making it fairly powerful.
• Try to block as many attacks with
  as possible.
  synergizes rather well with the defining trait of the build,
  .
• and
  will be used to manage condition levels before resorting to mass cleanses.