War vs. Derv

both are good, in pvp its warrior all the way, a good conjure eviscerate or shock axe warrior can apply serious pressure, (most top 10 guilds run hammer/axe warriors on frontline, ive seen dervs and sins too but they are rare) and i think a axe warrior with IAS is still the highest sustainable dps in the game? not to mention KD, which can interupt, dissable and snare all in one, then theres adrenalin and the highest base armor...,i love my conjure wounding strike derv right now too dont get me wrong, but they are seeing nerfs now like the recent chilling victory nerf and imho they might nerf wounding strike (a deep wound with bleed cover every 3 secs, when you add free ims and long ias, is a little imba imho when you stack conjure, strength n honour, judges insight, sundering weapon, etc, on top of the deep wound, esp if you throw a crit or two in there, dmg is unreal).

for pve i would take a warrior, i actually have only 1 pve character and its a warrior, mostly bcuz i can also farm good $ on her in uw with solo smites+chaos plains or solo fow beach +cave, and it can be fun running gimmick builds in pve sometimes like iway, and they are so versatile as far as builds and soo much fun to play, and if you decide to make an armor set for pvp, you can pvp on your warrior too and its much easier to get in a grp than the derv. Win.

Please remember this is a discussion forum, thanks, FunkyToeJams for contributing, you make a lot of sense.

Warrior is simpler to play (in most cases) and hard to totally fail at - just keep mending off your bar, ok?

If you don't mind stopping before battles to cast a few enchants than Dervish is sweet too. :d

Imo they both lots of fun and in PVE there equally valid. And dervish is hard to fail at how? [Wounding Strike] there's your bar. You don't really need anything else. Maybe [Chilling Victory]. 1-2 1-2 until things die. You don't really need to pick targets, you hit 3 of them at once. tab-space crit damage is off the wall. Dervish is frontline for dummies.

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Well, let's up the ante then...[eternal aura][aura of holy might], all the avatars...[vow of strength]+[heart of holy flame]<--non undead survives that especially with holy might. So yeah...I think we now have a winner in the DPS department [moebius strike][death blossom][critical agility]ups
never stop believing

Four skills:

- Bull's Strike.
- Rush.
- Frenzy.
- Eviscerate.

This topic is over. We have a clear winner. OP is talking about PvE. In PvE, 3/4 of those skills aren't that great. I'll let you figure out which ones they are.

This topic isn't over, as you really aren't proving anything for PvE.

[moebius strike][death blossom][critical agility]ups
never stop believing Thought this was war vs. derv...not da ub3r pwnz0r sin :P

you posted nothing but inccorect rambles for your cons on warriors, such as "energy management" and "lack of diversity", while one, warriors barely need ANY energy (what game do you play???), and two, warriors, next to necros and rangers, are the most diverse class in the ENTIRE GAME.


dervs are a one trick pony minus orders and a few sub-par farming builds. they stand still, cast only for themselves, offer little to no utility (minus orders), and dish out dps (the only thing they do well.. and warriors still do it better because they offer 80%+ damage reduction).


this is a flame bait-ridden thread to begin with. And ironically you are a big contribution to that flaming.

Warriors do have more diversity, but if a class doesn't have more diversity when having THREE weps tied to it doesnt scream diversity, i dont know what does.

Derv's sacrifice some of this diversity because as stated, they are not a core class and anet has not cared to elaborate on the newer classes as much as i would like. However, they in turn receive the highest max dmg weapon in game, have a primary that provides excellent energy. And have built in buffs for many specific counters.