definitive hammer build

X Apocrathe X

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

W/Mo

ive been searching for a hammer build a good one , every time i find one that looks okay theres always a discrepancy , could any please post the best hammer build they have seen or even a link to somewhere that has a good hammer build, please. any feedback will be much appreciated .

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

[skill]Enraged Smash[/skill][skill]Counter Blow[/skill][skill]"Fear Me!"[/skill][skill]"Watch Yourself!"[/skill][skill]Rush[/skill][skill]"To The Limit!"[/skill][skill]Tiger Stance[/skill][skill]Rebirth[/skill]

16 Hammer
7 Tactics
12 Strength

That's my favorite PvE Hammer build.

<Edit> Just in case you were wondering 2.) - 5.) are NOT meant to be used, just leave them charged to power Enraged Smash.

<EDIT 2> Wrong attributes.

Rera

Rera

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10054842

I prefer 16/7/12 or 16/8/11 (ham/tac/str)

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rera
I prefer 16/7/12 or 16/8/11 (ham/tac/str) That's right, that's what you want. For some reason I thought one of the skills listed had a 5 hit charge to it.

jesh

jesh

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

San Diego, CA

Penguin Village

Mo/

I think Enraged Smash is kinda boring. It reminds me of barrage. One one one one one!
Besides that you only have 1 KD.. meh. To each his own. Enrages Smash obviously creates some nice dps.
I guess I can post what I use.

16 Hammer
13 Strength
2 (or whatever) air magic

For Great Justice!
Devastating Hammer {E}
Counter Blow
Fierce Blow
Hammer Bash
Shock
Crushing Blow
Res Sig

The point is to KD as much as possible with stone gauntlets and.. ok, well maybe that's it. This is more of what people have started to call a "linebacker", in other words your primary role is to protect your squishies.
In PvE I don't think Rush is too important, but you can sub it in for FGJ if you feel so inclined. Really, all the rest of the skills are manditory. Fierce and Crushing do enormous amounts of damage, and if you can play a warrior, tactics is a waste.

heroajax1

heroajax1

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

By Any Other Name [Rose]

W/

I don't like bash due to losing the adren you just build up. Here's my pve hammer bar:

16 Hammer
9 Strength
7 Tactics

(I prolly don't have the attribs distributed right for tactics, but whatever you want to put into it will be fine)

Devistating Hammer [E]
Crushing Blow
Fierce Blow
Staggering Blow
Auspicous Blow
Irresistable Blow
"To The Limit"
Rez Sig/Some defensive stance/Tiger's Stance. depends on other peeps in group

I take staggering since most of the time after the 1-3 combo target is usually dead. I then hit the next one with staggering to power up auspicous blow and keep spamming irresistable.

Tingi

Tingi

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mo/

My PvE hammer build:

Devastating Hammer {E}
Crushing Blow
Fierce Blow
IAS skill
To The Limit
Watch Yourself
Heal Sig
Rez Sig

skillsbas8

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Umm, the most used combo hasn't been listed yet so here we go
1. Devastating Hammer
Dev. Hammer
Crushing Blow
Fierce Blow
Irresistable Blow
Rush
Frenzy
Healing sig
Rez Sig

2. Backbreaker Hammer
Backbreaker
Crushign blow
Bulls Strike
Death's Charge
Frenzy
Rush
Healing sig
Rez sig

tblade

tblade

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

warriors of nightfall

R/Me

Heres my line up devstate hammer, crushing blow, feirce blow, heavy blow irresistable blow, frenzy or attack speed stance heal sig, rez signet or sprint

14 hammer 10 strength 10 tactics