My 3 Axe Warrior builds for both PvP & RP, W/R, W/N & W/Mo

Anarki

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Sweden

Almost Famous

W/N

13 Mar 2006 at 16:53 - 1

These 3 builds are pure offense, and dont get to their full potentional until you have a good healer with you.
All 3 builds always include 5 skills - Penetrating Blow, Eviscerate (E), Executioners Strike, Berserker Stance and Resurrection Signet. Or alternate axe skills, Cleave, Penetrating and Dismember. You can also switch Rush with some healing but note I'm running builds that are made to deal damage as much as possible. Only W/N have good healing, but you need dead bodies.
Also note that I'm using full Dragon Armor so my helmet is +1 strength, which you can replace with +1 axe helmet.

W/Mo - The Inquisitor

10 Smiting
11 Strength (9 + 1 + 1)
15 Axe (12 + 3)

Penetrating Blow
Eviscerate (E)
Executioners Strike
Berserker Stance
Judge's Insight
Rush
Strength of Honor
Resurrection Signet

Runes:
+1 Strength
+3 Axe
Best available Vigor/Absorbtion runes

Weapon:
I use Victo's Battle Axe.

Shield:
The best available. Recommended -2 damage enchanted +45/60hp enchanted.

Armor:
Gladiator with Ascalon/Knight/Plate helmet.

This is the most damage dealing build I've seen. You'll easily deal 100+ damage to monks per hit (monks are my primary target). To cut it short, you will be killing everything, really fast (there is no extra defense against holy damage). It works well against everything, especially other warriors.

W/R - The Savage

9 Strength (7 + 1 + 1)
15 Axe (12 + 3)
10 Tactics (9 + 1)
4 Wilderness Survival

Penetrating Blow
Eviscerate (E)
Executioners Strike
Berserker Stance
Apply Poison
Rush
Healing Signet or Fear Me! or Disrupting Chop
Resurrection Signet

Runes:
+1 Strength
+3 Axe
+1 Tactics
Best available Vigor/Absorbtion runes

Weapon:
I use Victo's Battle Axe.

Shield:
The best available. Recommended -2 damage stance, -5 damage 20% chance (if there are any shields with those mods).

Armor:
Gladiator with Ascalon/Knight/Plate helmet.

This is my favorite warrior build to take out monks. It doesn't do as much damage as The Inquisitor, but poison makes it a major annoyance. I've never seen a monk survive this build. Bad monks would die within seconds, good monks would live until they ran out of energy, which wouldn't take too long.

W/N - Fallen Hero

12 Death Magic
10 Strength (8 + 1 + 1)
15 Axe (12 + 3)

Penetrating Blow
Dismember
Executioners Strike
Berserker Stance
Virulence (E)
Consume Corpse
Soul Feast
Resurrection Signet

Runes:
+1 Strength
+3 Axe
Best available Vigor/Absorbtion runes

Weapon:
I use Victo's Battle Axe.

Shield:
None, use Collectors Grim Cesta in Talus Chute just outside Droknar (or the best PvP death magic cesta available).

Armor:
Gladiator with Ascalon/Knight/Plate helmet.

This is more fun build for PvP, but it works very well in RP. I don't recommend it in PvP because of disease, or unless you have a necro with Tainted Flesh. You can replace Virulence with some other skill (in PvP I replace it with Rush). Try R/N with Pin Down and Virulence, awesome 1on1 character

Have fun. All comments are welcome.

Anarki

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Sweden

Almost Famous

W/N

13 Mar 2006 at 17:21 - 2

Here's one more W/N blood build by my friend. Strict PvP build. She asked me to post it here.

12 Blood
16 Axe
Rest to Strength

Penetrating Blow
Dismember
Executioners Strike
Berserker Stance
Life Transfer
Life Siphon
Demonic Flesh
Res Signet

Runes:
Best Vigor/Absorbtion available
+3 Axe
+1 Strength

Weapon:
Axe with +15% enchanted

Shield:
None just use blood focus

Armor:
Gladiators.

The Real Roy Keane

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Dublin, Ireland

13 Mar 2006 at 17:47 - 3

Most of these builds are decent, though I feel it'd be advisable to swap out Berserker's Stance for Frenzy. And unfortunately, that last W/N is just gimped; Life Transfer on a Warrior is a waste of space.

Anarki

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Sweden

Almost Famous

W/N

13 Mar 2006 at 18:20 - 4

Eh as I pointed out in some other thread, I dont use Frenzy, it's the worst attack increase skill you can get.
I dont care if it can be replaced by spring (which is waste of space) it just might happen that there could be someone targeting you who you couldnt see. Imageine Obsidian Flame hitting you even once while you have Frenzy on.
Also spamming Frenzy drains alot of energy. I wouldn't recommend it for any warriors builds unless you want to die.

Ultimate Sacrifice

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

14 Mar 2006 at 07:01 - 5

Your W/N builds are not too bad, but the blood user W/N, just doesn't work for me.

wheel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

Topeka, Kansas

Tyrian Fo Lyfe [word]

14 Mar 2006 at 09:57 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anarki

You mean "Frenzy is the best IAS stance you can get."

http://guildwarsguru.com/forum/showp...0&postcount=67

Berserker Stance is bad. Frenzy is inherently better.

Berserker Stance (Strength)
For 10 seconds, you attack 33% faster and gain 20% more adrenaline each time you hit in melee. Berserker Stance ends if you use a skill.
Energy:5 Cast:0 Recharge:30

Frenzy (Warrior other)
For 8 seconds, you attack 33% faster but take double damage.
Energy:5 Cast:0 Recharge:4

Frenzy has an effective 4-20s recharge when you count Sprint as a cancel. The recharge is even lower when you're using Rush.

The thing is, the only thing Berserker Stance is good for is building up adrenaline. It doesn't even do that well. With a 30 second recharge, it's total crap. Something like To The Limit! is much better at building adrenaline. Attacking 33% faster when you aren't using any skills is completely useless.

Frenzy, on the other hand, can be used for adrenaline spiking AND building adrenaline. You just have to be smart about using it. The double damage you take from Frenzy isn't an issue because when you see you're about to get spiked, you use Sprint to cancel Frenzy. Also, you use Frenzy less when you're overextending.

Well, you say, "But with Berserker Stance, I can use it when I'm overextending." Well, that's great, but you also don't benefit from it. The only thing that it gives you is that you charge adrenaline faster and do more DPS 1/3 of the time. Frenzy gives you all those abilities except it recharges faster and has spiking potential.

Also Victo's Battle Axe is a terrible selection due to the fact that Sundering is a complete waste of a mod.

Also, 2 of your builds have no runspeed increaser.

Akuma

IRC W H O R E

Join Date: Feb 2006

Australian Trolling Crew HQ, rightful leader and administration

Yale University [Snow]

14 Mar 2006 at 11:29 - 7

For W/R, consider using Tiger's instead of Berzerkers, as it has a 30 second regen, and tigers can be kept up for most of its recharge. I'd prefer sprint over rush as it can be activated at any time, if you have energy.

Trolls would be a good self heal, but if this is PvP, I'm not sure.

The W/N build seems a bit energy heavy, and there's only one condition skill to fuel Virulence, and they should be dead by then, or you'll be slapped with -4 degen.

Oh yeah, Victo's axe isn't too flash.

Anarki

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Sweden

Almost Famous

W/N

14 Mar 2006 at 12:05 - 8

Oh well another Frenzy lover who just doesnt seem to understand why people die while using it.
Give me a break about "I do more DPS with Frenzy than you with Berserker Stance".
How is that possible when someone is attacking you? You'll just let Frenzy on and die in 5-6 seconds? Then again, if you're using Frenzy and someone attacks you and you cancel it by Sprint, what are you gonna do then? Wait 20 seconds until Sprint is recharged again just to be able to use Frenzy again? Isnt that waiting almost as long enough as for Berserker Stance?
Lets demonstrate Obsidian Flame against Frenzy. Normal OF damage 118 at 16 Earth. With Frenzy on - 236. That is half Warrior HP. I wouldn't risk that.
Or what about Ineptitude. Damage at 16 Illusion is 142. With Frenzy - 284.
While focusing on one target you might miss someone who saw you use Frenzy and can pretty much screw you up with only one hit.
Under time I earned my 350k faction points in these 3 months I've been playing Guild Wars, I have not seen a good Frenzy Warrior.
I will never include Frenzy in my builds, it will just ruin them.
It might work well outside Ascalon while you're wearing Droknar armor, but in PvP... I wouldn't risk it.

Here is something that can help you Frenzy warriors understand why you can easily build up 10 adrenaline points with Berserker Stance:
http://www.guildwiki.org/wiki/Adrenaline

I agree about Tiger's Fury, it's awesome, unfortunately I rarely use Beast Mastery in my builds.
If you're smart enough with Rush you will be able to keep it on all the time. It's only 4 adrenaline.
Victo's Axe is what I've chosen for myself.

glountz

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

W/Mo

14 Mar 2006 at 12:14 - 9

Frenzy is a finisher for adrenal spike, not an adrenal builder.
You use frenzy when you are up and unload all your damage in less than 5sec along your warriors comrades (with a hammer it hurts).

Greedy Gus

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Striking Distance

14 Mar 2006 at 12:20 - 10

lol this is a joke right?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anarki

Oh well another Frenzy lover who just doesnt seem to understand why people die while using it.

Another frenzy hater who just doesn't seem to understand why 99% of the top 300 guilds use it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Anarki Under time I earned my 350k faction points in these 3 months I've been playing Guild Wars, I have not seen a good Frenzy Warrior.
I will never include Frenzy in my builds, it will just ruin them.
It might work well outside Ascalon while you're wearing Droknar armor, but in PvP... I wouldn't risk it. Try to watch a few observer mode matches, you'll learn a lot more about pvp from the best players instead of learning from PvE and random arena. Every good pvp warrior uses frenzy, you'd have to be blind not to see it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Anarki Here is something that can help you Frenzy warriors understand why you can easily build up 10 adrenaline points with Berserker Stance:
http://www.guildwiki.org/wiki/Adrenaline Here is something to read for anyone who wants to see good pvp players trying their best to explain to a bunch of scrubs why frenzy is the best IAS skill.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=49922

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anarki

If you're smart enough with Rush you will be able to keep it on all the time. It's only 4 adrenaline.
Victo's Axe is what I've chosen for myself. So use rush to cancel frenzy whenever you start taking damage.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anarki

I care you dipshit.
While I've been farming hard for the past 2 months some people here just logged in and in 45 minutes picked up 3 times worth what I've farmed under those 2 months. I wasted my time.
It's an exploit, it isn't fair, and if they don't reroll I'm gonna boycott. So you're a PvE farmer arguing with wheel, a member of a top 10 caliber guild over a fundamental pvp skill. I'd like to point out that FnlD actually uses ineptitude/clumsiness to punish frenzy warriors, but they still understand that it's the best IAS skill and use it in every build.

Greedy Gus

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Striking Distance

14 Mar 2006 at 12:37 - 11

Also something that has not been pointed out yet, gladiator's armor is much better than your set of full dragons. There is so little scary damage that isn't physical, I'd rather have 5 more armor to physical than 5 extra to whatever else. The added energy also lets you frontload more energy skills in every engagement.