Build:Warrior - Spear DPS

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Strike damage and Dps

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on August 30, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A Warrior build for WvW. Combines high personal damage and good personal survivability.

Skill Bar

Greatsword

Spear

Utility

Variants

Weapons

• Spear good DPS option with high range and utility

Heal

• "To the Limit!" - fill Adrenaline for Harrier's Toss
• Healing Signet - for stacking Signet Mastery, if you're having trouble keeping it stacked

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Equipment

Head
Dragon

Shoulders
Dragon

Chest
Dragon

Hands
Dragon

Legs
Dragon

Feet
Dragon

Backpiece
Dragon

Accessory
Dragon

Accessory
Dragon

Amulet
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Greatsword
Dragon

Sigil

Sigil

Spear
Dragon

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Variants

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy

Usage

Priorities

High

• Winds of Disenchantment
• Spike Damage

Moderate

• Sustained damage

Low

Surviving

• This build has moderate passive defense
• This build has high mobility skill access
  • Use Whirlwind Attack to move out after spiking
  • Rush can be used for repositioning or gap closing
    • Drop your target if using it defensively
• This build has low active defenses
  • Balanced Stance gives Stability and makes you immune to critical hits for its duration, but is very important for protecting Winds of Disenchantment
  • If you think you're likely to completely die with no chance of being rezzed, use Balanced Stance to survive, but if you're likely to be rezzed by an allied Illusion of Life or Signet of Mercy, consider saving the cooldown for Winds of Disenchantment instead

Active defense priority

• Balanced Stance - for stunbreaking
• Warrior's Sprint - for Immobilize
  • Whirlwind Attack
  • Rush
• Dodge
• Defiant Stance
• Whirlwind Attack - general use
• Balanced Stance - general use

Detailed Explanations

Spike damage

• For ranged spikes use Maiming Spear ⇒ Harrier's Toss so both skills land at the same time
• Use Spearmarshal's Support immediately before using either of your Burst skills since the 1 second fuse time will let you combine the burst
• Use Signet of Fury to get full Adrenaline for Harrier's Toss
  • Avoid using Signet of Fury for Arcing Slice since its damage doesn't scale with adrenaline

Sustained damage

• Hundred Blades is situational. You stand still during channel, which means hitting CC'ed, movement impaired and downed foes is the ideal setup for this ability.
  • Making good use of Hundred Blades is critical to maximizing damage, look for any chance to get multiple ticks off
    • Delaying your Arcing Slice combo for Hundred Blades is worth it in low pressure situations where proccing Full Counter is not guaranteed
  • A stow weapon keybind is very useful to cancel Hundred Blades after enemies move out of the way
• Use Rush for single target damage even when already in melee
• Use Signet of Might to make Disrupting Throw unblockable and only cast Disrupting Throw with Signet of Might
  • Avoid casting Signet of Might while Spearmarshal's Support is pulsing as it will eat the charges

Skill priority

Greatsword

• Arcing Slice
• Hundred Blades
• Rush
• Bladetrail
• Whirlwind Attack - save to disengage

Spear

• Harrier's Toss
• Maiming Spear
• Spearmarshal's Support
• Signet of Might + Disrupting Throw