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Power Core Warrior PvP Build

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GW2. Power Core Warrior PvP Build. Core Axe and Spear Warrior PvP Build. DPS Warrior PvP.

How To Fight Warrior

Last Update: September 2024

Axe Variant

The Power Core Warrior is a Duelist or DPS PvP build which outputs tons of damage in melee range while also having many stuns and slows to catch up to its targets. It heals from hitting its targets with burst skills which makes most 1v1 matchups easily won, but it can struggle to survive if being pressured in outnumbered or by classes that are too mobile to catch up to.

Try to swap weapons as soon as possible to keep generating adrenaline in between engagements. Because weapon skills are low cooldown, you want to use them liberally to pressure the enemy, but specific combos should be used to finish them off. The combos often involve landing a CC and then performing a burst while they are disabled.

Always set up a burst by baiting dodges, then landing a CC to ensure your important damage skills land.

Axe Burst

  • Greatsword 4 > Bull’s Charge > Greatsword F1 > Swap > Axe 2 > 3

Greatsword Burst

  • Axe 3 > Shield 4 > 2 > Swap > Greatsword F1 > 2 > 3
Difficulty
25%

Build

Axe / ShieldHeal / Utility / Elite
GreatswordRampage

Alternatives:

  • Utility:
Amulet/Rune/RelicWeaponsSigils
BerserkerAxe/ShieldCleansing/Battle
FighterGreatswordEnergy/Intelligence
Speed

Build Template Chat Code:

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Spear Variant

The Power Core Warrior with Spear is more effective as a DPS in team fights due to amount of damage it can deal from range. It has very high damage modifiers from the Arms trait line which applies a minute-long ferocity buff every time you use a Signet. Also your F1 Burst skills give a 100% critical chance and ferocity buff, allowing you to do reliable burst combos without worrying about Fury.

Skill Combos

  • Spear 2 > Signet of Fury > 3 > 4 > F1 > Swap
  • Sword 2 > F1 > 3

Build

SpearHeal / Utility / Elite
Sword / Shield

Alternatives:

  • Elite:
Amulet/RuneWeaponsSigils
BerserkerSpearOpportunity / Separation
ScholarSword / ShieldEnergy / Cleansing
Claw

Build Template Chat Code:

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5 Comments

  1. Looks like this was updated to take endure pain instead of for great justice? Seems like taking the defense line instead of tactics would give way more sustain since the tactics line provides only 1 shout heal (long cooldown) + shrug it off + mending might for sustain. Compare that to extra condi cleanse from cleansing ire + up to 299 h/s from adrenal health + 33% resolution uptime (10% strike reduction) + either reduced shield cooldowns or dogged march (good regen uptime at 130 h/s).

    Leg specialist would be missed, but a 1s immobilize and a 7% damage modifier don’t seem worth the sustain loss from taking tactics over defense, given not taking for great justice. The way I see it, one can take either:

    Tactics + for great justice + shake it off + stomp (important to have a 2nd stunbreak)

    Or

    Defense + bulls charge + endure pain + shake it off

  2. axe/axe core warrior….no, no, no… replace the strength with arms 3/1/3 or u are wasting the tactics leg specialist, losing an increased attack speed and extra damage to disabled foes… replace discipline with defense, and use 3/1/1, or you will have no sustain and for 2 auto stun breaks, immunity to control and crits and extra vigor, plus u will cause weakness at 50% and do more damage to weakened foes, thus making “fear me” very brutal… make sure you are using tactics 1/2/2 for immobilize, an auto heal plus quicker heals and an autostun break… use the utilities: to the limit, fear me, shake it off, bullcharge and signet of rage… and, why would you use the greatsword if the weakness of the build is catching mobile opponents? replace the greatsword with the rifle/bow….

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