Zealous or Furious axe mod? - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

jwai

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

Overclockers Australia [OCAU]

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02 Apr 2007 at 02:40 - 1

I'm currently using the following build for my Warrior with PVE:

Cleave
Penetrating Chop
Cyclone Axe
Watch Yourself!
For Great Justice!
Healing Signet
Dolyak Signet
Rebirth

At the moment, I'm using a Zealous Axe, but I'm wondering whether I might be better off using a Furious axe mod.

Additional critique about the build itself is also welcome

Dutch Masterr

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Long Island, NY

Elite Knights [SWAT]

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02 Apr 2007 at 02:43 - 2

hmmm...well you don't have either high adreniline costing skills or many energy costing skills, so i would have to say neither. for this build, i would use vampiric or even sundering.

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

02 Apr 2007 at 06:46 - 3

If you have "For Great Justice!", then furious is a waste of time imo. Use of a zealous depends on how much you want to spam cyclone axe... Either way I'd go vampiric.

Polynikes of Sparta

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

Ascalon Arena

Zero I Hour [ZH]

D/N

02 Apr 2007 at 08:56 - 4

o btw no dismember ftl. go vampiric or sundering. if u have to choose from zealous or furious, take furious.

~Polynikes

jwai

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

Overclockers Australia [OCAU]

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02 Apr 2007 at 09:28 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polynikes of Sparta

o btw no dismember ftl. go vampiric or sundering. if u have to choose from zealous or furious, take furious.

~Polynikes Oh haha, I had Dismember before, then I read something about how Deep Wound isn't so good in PVE. No big deal to change it though

TheLichMonky

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2007

Does it matter?

Im to good for guilds

02 Apr 2007 at 09:48 - 6

yea vamp would be the best just because the damage and the fact that u receive a little health back is always good ~,^

BSSuperman

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

Prophets of Dhuum[wii]

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02 Apr 2007 at 13:51 - 7

General rule of thumb - If you using lots of Axe mastery skills go Furious to spam them more - If you're going more strength skills (or tactics) then choose zealous.

Effigy

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Illinois, US

Heroes of Talia [HoT]

Mo/

02 Apr 2007 at 13:54 - 8

Furious is ok but not spectacular. The one-handed weapon swaps I run are vampiric, elemental, and zealous. Two-handed are vamp, ele, and sundering. The fourth slot is for a bow for pulling (PvE) or a spear/wand for building adrenaline (PvP).

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

02 Apr 2007 at 13:55 - 9

Furious is an absolutely terrible upgrade, unless you have it on a ranged weapon to build up adrenaline before you charge in.

Vampiric is probably your best option, as it works great in almost every situation. Zealous is great if you're in groups of enemies and spamming Cyclone Axe. To get the best benefit from Zealous, you need to bring either Frenzy or Flail to increase your attack speed (and the energy gain).

jwai

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

Overclockers Australia [OCAU]

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03 Apr 2007 at 03:40 - 10

Any comments on the build itself?

Raxxman

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

TEOC

W/N

04 Apr 2007 at 13:02 - 11

Personally I'd stick an IAS (Increased attack speed) in your build. It ups dammage and rate of adrenaline gain so they're very useful.

For PvE I prefer Flurry, you loose a bit of damage but I feel that's a small pay off. However if you want to keep flurry up at all times you'll have to use a zealous weapon.

So I'd say go for a zealous weapon you'll net more adrenaline anyway due to hitting more.

Reinfire

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

Amsterdam, NL

The Guild of Cunning Artificiers [ANKH]

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04 Apr 2007 at 14:23 - 12

Im not sure whether your build is made for damage dealing or for tanking, because it looks like a hybrid to me (can u post your attributes?).

Also I noticed you only got core/prophecies skills, which games do you own? It would help in giving build suggestions

Reinfire

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

Amsterdam, NL

The Guild of Cunning Artificiers [ANKH]

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04 Apr 2007 at 14:30 - 13

EDIT: accidently double posted

jwai

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

Overclockers Australia [OCAU]

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04 Apr 2007 at 20:01 - 14

Axe Mastery 16
Tactics 11
Strength 9

I have all of the expansions, but this is how it's somehow panned out so far.

Utaku

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

Paris, France

We eat pancakes [Yumy]

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05 Apr 2007 at 09:18 - 15

I'd remove dolyak signet and FGJ for frenzy and pious haste/rush/dash
Damage dealing warriors just rock.

About weapon mods, if you can afford some cheap greens, use a zealous (wing's axe), a vampiric (end game factions for instance) and an elemental (chorr's axe). Use the vamp as main, the elem out of fights and agains warriors, and zealous when low on energy.
I only use furious mod on swords for Dragon slash and sun and moon slash.

Surena

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

N/Me

05 Apr 2007 at 10:34 - 16

Zealous all the way. You can IAS the whole day practically, Rob even frenzies.

I would consider using Furious if it was buffed to 20%.