Warrior - Hambow
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Overview
One of the most common PvP builds for Warrior, Hambow is a strong, easy to play build that brings massive AoE damage and CC to team fights as well as solo fights. The build has decent condi cleansing and passive health regeneration for survivability.
Build
First Weapon Set
½ Hammer Swing Chain. Bash your foe. Damage: 219 Range: 130
¾ 12 Fierce Blow
½ 12 Hammer Shock
½ 20 Staggering Blow
1 30 Backbreaker
1¼ 20 Healing Signet
60 Berserker Stance
60 Endure Pain Stance. Take no damage from attacks. You are still susceptible to conditions and control effects. Duration: 4 seconds Breaks stun
40 Balanced Stance
Second Weapon Set
¾ Dual Shot
¼ 6 Fan of Fire
¾ 10 Arcing Arrow
¼ 15 Smoldering Arrow
¾ 25 Pin Down
Skill Variants
Viable options for the slot:
Battle Standard 2 240 Battle Standard - for more party support.
Signet of Rage 1 60 Signet of Rage - for more damage.
Rampage 1 180 Rampage Physical. Take the form of a massive juggernaut, reducing the damage you take and the duration of incoming movement-impeding conditions. Damage Reduced: 25% 2Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted. Swiftness (3s): 33% Movement Speed Duration Decreased Duration Decreased Duration Decreased Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds Duration Decreased: 33% Duration: 15 seconds - for more CC and safe stomps.
Traits
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Trait Variants
Signet Mastery Reduces recharge on signets. Recharge Reduced: 20% over Warrior's Sprint You move faster while wielding melee weapons. Movement Speed Increase: 25% - more frequent access to your elite skill, but may force you to use your elite out-of-combat for the Swiftness.
Vigorous Focus Gain vigor when using a Stance. Vigor (6s): 100% Endurance Regeneration over Warrior's Sprint You move faster while wielding melee weapons. Movement Speed Increase: 25% - definitely hurts your mobility but gives more sustain.
Sure-Footed Increases stance duration. Duration Increase: 25% over Dogged March 10 Dogged March - with 3 stances it can be handy.
Weapons
First Weapon Set
- Hammer
Superior Sigil of Battle 9 Superior Sigil of Battle Gain 2 stacks of might (20 seconds) when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
Superior Sigil of Intelligence 9 Superior Sigil of Intelligence Your next three attacks after swapping to this weapon while in combat has a 100% critical chance. (Cooldown: 9s)
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Second Weapon Set
- Longbow
Superior Sigil of Energy 9 Superior Sigil of Energy Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
Superior Sigil of Doom 9 Superior Sigil of Doom Your next attack after you swap to this weapon while in combat inflicts poison (6 seconds). (Cooldown: 9s)
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Sigil variants
Longbow
Superior Sigil of Leeching 9 Superior Sigil of Leeching Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat steals some health. (Cooldown: 9s)
Superior Sigil of Hydromancy 9 Superior Sigil of Hydromancy Damage nearby foes and chill them for 2 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
Superior Sigil of Geomancy 9 Superior Sigil of Geomancy Inflict bleeding on nearby foes for 10 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
Equipment
Rune: Superior Rune of Hoelbrak Superior Rune of Hoelbrak (1): +25 Power (2): +10% Might Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 25% chance when struck to gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 5s) (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; -20% condition duration applied to you.
Amulet:
Soldier Amulet Soldier Amulet +1200 Power +900 Toughness +900 Vitality
Equipment Variants
Celestial Amulet Celestial Amulet +460 Power +460 Precision +460 Toughness +460 Vitality +460 Ferocity +460 Healing Power +460 Condition Damage .
Superior Rune of Strength Superior Rune of Strength (1): +25 Power (2): +10% Might Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 20% Might Duration (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might. - increased might duration, slight damage buff but you become more vulnerable to conditions.
Usage
- Longbow skill,
Combustive Shot ¾ 8 Combustive Shot (F1), is the only Burst Skill that cannot be blinded, making it the most reliable way to benefit from Cleansing Ire Gain adrenaline when hit. Remove a condition for every bar of adrenaline spent when you hit with a burst skill. Adrenaline: 1 . Use it as your primary condition removal.
- You can use the fire field produced by the Longbow's Burst Skill with
Arcing Arrow ¾ 10 Arcing Arrow and (after swapping weapons) Earthshaker ¾ 8 Earthshaker (F1) as well to stack might.
- It's possible to make
Arcing Arrow ¾ 10 Arcing Arrow benefit from your Hammer's Superior Sigil of Intelligence 9 Superior Sigil of Intelligence Your next three attacks after swapping to this weapon while in combat has a 100% critical chance. (Cooldown: 9s) - you must swap weapons before the projectile lands - but watch out! - Combustive Shot ¾ 8 Combustive Shot 's fire field might consume your charges gained from your sigil under seconds if it's still up after swapping to Hammer!
Leg Specialist 5 Leg Specialist Immobilize a target when you cripple them with a skill. Immobilize (1s): Unable to move. will immobilize targets when applying cripple with Hammer Shock ½ 12 Hammer Shock . The Immobilize is short, but just enough to prevent him from dodging your CC chain which is any combination of
Earthshaker ¾ 8 Earthshaker
Backbreaker 1 30 Backbreaker
Staggering Blow ½ 20 Staggering Blow
Stack Swiftness for your team before the match starts!
- If an elementalist used a
Static Field ¾ 40 Static Field , use your blast finishers such as Arcing Arrow ¾ 10 Arcing Arrow to stack Swiftness.
Counters
- As every warrior, after
Berserker Stance 60 Berserker Stance ends you are very vulnerable to blinds especially on a slower weapon like Hammer.
- High
Poison uptime.
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Notes
Battle Standard 2 240 Battle Standard rallies allies by healing them in the downed state, which means it's affected by Poison. This can lead to situations where low HP Poisoned allies won't be rallied by the banner however they'll still gain downed HP.
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