So there I was, eating up another PUG IWAY when I thought of something.

Earthshaker has a pretty decent AoE. Most counter-IWAY groups just ball-up and seed each other.
So what about 8 warriors (well, this random build is brand new) with To the Limit , Earthshaker and Warrior's Cunning?

You go in (with pets or not), Cast TTL (which gives you about ~5 adrenaline), get 3 more hits off, then start using (at intervals obviously) Earthshaker. If you have 8 warriors just using this up constantly, they can be knocked down all the time (and Cunning makes Guardian/SoD/Aegis pretty much useless). Now, if you could fit in 4 W/Es with Aftershock in it, you could get some pretty decent damage (as long as you're coordinated).

This build = next FOTM.

and if they dont ball or you run into a good ranger trap team? both of which are growing in Tombs daily

I thought aegis chain and wards were the most common iway counters, or warrior counters in general. With the popularity of iway and popularity of its respective counters, I'm pretty sure it's unlikely that the next fotm will be warrior based.

Cunning will do nothing. Cooldown's too long, and good ol' wasd can be used until its gone, which will be a few short seconds.

Well if you come across a ranger trap team, send in your pet first. Then run the same path your pet does, it'll set off any traps.

Earthshaker's range is heal area range... certainly nothing to get too excited over.

you could do better with thunderclap (while its bugged)

OR you could do the ultimate gale build. gale your opposite number, whoever gets exhausted first is the gay mesmer!

I too have wondered why IWAY haven't gone in with a more knockdown approach.
But I did play in a group that ran constant gale on the orders necro. It made short work of them.

Well I believe IWAY started as hammer but went over to axe for super spiking

Meh, the easiest counter to iway is 3 e/mos doing aegis chain and wards.
Then they do pbaoe earth spike and it's gg.

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