New Warrior Armors

I'm getting the 100 al (req 13 str). Already bought a rune of sup strength

LOL bit early :P

Berserker armor may result in viably being able to tack on another superior or major rune to your warrior...with that being said, I can't see myself using anything other than glads for my hammer warrior, and any other energy based hammer warrior.

First off, Healing Signet warriors are dominant in GvG. 13 stregnth = no healing signet, though I suppose Endure Pain is just as much a viable skill as Healing Signet, although very differant uses.

Most hammer warriors are HEAVILY energybased. You'll usually see Irresistable Blow, Frenzy, Crushing Blow and Bull's Strike/Charge on any given hammer warrior.

+5 Energy (or +6 energy when they fix knight's) for a hammer warrior CAN be very important. Not to mention +1 second to knockdowns is generally more usefull than +1 energy or a 12.5 percent chance of having +20 armor, even if you are only using Bull's Strike/Charge.

Defense on a warrior in GvG... Important, but not top priority. I think the higher offense capabilities of Berserker or Gladiator's armor outweighs the defense from Legion and Sentinal armor.

Ofcoarse, this could all change with the new factions skills, as energy may not be as important to a hammer warrior with the new skills. We can only wait and see.

Anyone seeing a day that hammers are going to be used? With that sentinel armor I could see it being used a lot more. I don't know how well it would work solo because 13 strength would elimnate the tactics use.

I'm sure people will get new armors just to have the look. I know I will, but when it comes down to effectiveness, Gladiators will still be the most prefered.

i think the 100 AL (req 13 strength) armour is simply a ploy to get more people into strength rather than the almighty tactics. Sure, you get a bit of unconditonal armour, but you get stuck with 13 in a crap (except at pvp) attribute.

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100 AL straight up is good for solo warriors (who use Dolyak etc-> strength).

Although IMO the Legionaire's Set is perhaps the best...

I use a 14 strength build for farming a certain area that I will not disclose at the moment.

The Sentinel armor will be a fine tool indeed... ;D

^^ and ^ I am loving the Sentinal Armor... Dolyaks will rock evern more for PvE

I want to make use of sentinel armour for PvE, so I've been trying a few things on the training island. Sentinels are really made to just stand there and take it like a man, so here's the attribute template I came up with:

13 Strength (10+superior)
12 Weapon (11+minor)
12 Tactics (10+minor+gladiator's helm)

Obviously I forfeit the sentinel helm right away (much like my necromancer will never see AL70 head scars).

I also decided to make a non-specific weapon build just using Strength and Tactics skills

Distracting Blow (no attribute)
Power Attack (Str)
Desperate Blow (spelling...) (Tac)
Shield Bash (Str)
Watch Yourself! (Tac)
Healing Signet (Tac)
Dolyak Signet (Str)
Warriors Endurance (Str)

Any melee weapon + stance shield (I had a go with axe and hammer)

Desperate Blow is hilarious with Dolyak Signet up - cause a random condition, hit like a truck and DON'T get knocked down - except for the 2 seconds Dolyak isn't up

Warrior's Endurance is there to spam Power Attack and Desperate Blow - the only adrenal skill there is Watch Yoursel!

I think that's a pretty damage absorbing tank there, and you can use any weapon you like the look of.

Sentinel all the way, just wear a damn strength helm and max it out.

The Legionnaire set will be good for a tactics build.

100 AL for sentinel set? Yikes I could think of a few farming places for this set.

I wonder if these are going to have beautified, 15k sets like the current ones?

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ahhh, you guys are knocking one of my favorite skills-Dwarven Battle Stance (strength) not to mention beserkers for charging adrenaline while attacking 33% faster

what about the helmets for warrior armor
no pics are there?

When going up against physical enemies, my W/Me will definitely go Legionnaire. If used with Physical Resistance, you get 150 AL against physical dmg.

On the other hand, I do suppose Sentinel will be supreme for all-purpose tanking armor. At 15 Str, Dolyak can run a constant 40 AL, so that's 140 total AL off the bat.

Sentinel is 100AL always right? and needs 13+ Strength?

Ok that sounds a bit crap tbh, all you gaining over Gladiators is +20 to elemental.

The +HP armour sounds nice though, more health the better on warriors.

Sentinel also works against Chaos, Shadow(/Dark) and Holy(/Light) wand/weapon damage, not just physical and elemental It's not much, but it's useful against Judge's Insight and regular attacks from high level mesmer, necro and monk mobs.

I wonder if Legionaire bonuses are gonna be Global or Local....

Could you imagine 120 armor while in stance vs all types of damage?

dam i want them all beserkers and sentinels grrr