Some help with my W/N

I currently use strength, swordsmanship and tactics (11, 10, 7) (I haven't yet done the attribute point quests), and my skill setup looks something like this;
Sever Artery
Gash
Galrath Slash
Sprint
Gladiator's Defense
Vampiric Gaze
Plague Touch
Resurrect Signet

I rarely change between PvP and PvE, although I occasionally ditch Vampiric Gaze (and put trust in my healer) for hamstring to catch those pesky monks.
However my problem lies in the fact I take a lot of damage, and can't heal myself.

Any suggest any improvements?

Thanks.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=16868

You can change your necro skills to curses instead. You can use these as a base. [no need to go axe, just stick to your trusty sword]

Also, self-heals are a joke. You gotta have FAITH... [ah, that song...] in your team and your healer.

At most, all your self heal will do is make life a tiny bit easier on your healer. For my builds, I only use ViM! and that's not really for the healing [though with the large tactics it does one hell of a job] but it's for energy management so I can utilize plague touch more. [I always get nailed with conditions, just spreadin' the love]

Ah, thanks a lot, I'll try some stuff out

(I've already gone with axe due to a chaos axe found in the fissure )

Ah boy, I don't suggest going to a weapon just cause it looks cool. I chose axe due to disrupting chop utterly raping my foes but hey, glad you hopped on the axe-wagon.

Heh... Plus chaos axes are dirt cheap, unless it's 15% damage. As for pve, practically every warrior i see goes swords.