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Unstoppable Axe (posted by Pyxis)
Class: Warrior / Mesmer
Assumed items:
+1 to Strength
+1 to Axe Mastery
+1 to Tactics
Attributes: (cost)
Strength: 3+1 (6)
Axe Mastery: 11+1 (77)
Tactics: 8+1 (37)
Illusion Magic: 11 (77)
Total attribute points used: 197/200
Skills:
1) "Watch Yourself!" (availability) - (4a,0,0) Party members near you gain +20 armor for 9 seconds.
2) Flurry (availability) - (5,0,5) For 5 seconds, your attack rate is increased, but you deal less damage.
3) Rush (availability) - (4a,0,0) For 11 seconds, you move 25% faster.
4) Penetrating Blow (availability) - (5a,0,0) This axe attack has 50% armor penetration.
5) Dismember (availability) - (7a,0,0) If it hits, this axe blow will inflict a deep wound on the target foe, lowering that foe's maximum health by 20% for 17 seconds.
6) Axe Rake (availability) - (7a,0,0) If this attack hits a foe suffering from a deep wound, you strike for +8 damage, and that foe becomes crippled.
7) Leech Signet (availability) - (0,1,45) Interrupt target foe's action. If that action was a spell, you gain 3 energy.
8) Illusionary Weaponry (availability) (elite) - (15,1,40) For 30 seconds, you deal no damage in melee, but whenever you attack in melee, target foe takes 32 damage. This is an elite skill.
Unfortunately I didn't think to try this build out last BWE. He wouldn't do very well in the Arena anyways, really needs a healer behind him to achieve anything as he has no healing himself. The whole idea here is to be a dedicated Axe warrior, missing 1 skill that is dedicated to Illusionary Weaponry.
Illusionary Weapon can bypass a lot of the skills that are designed to render a warrior ineffective. It is still weak to a few, and can always be disenchanted, but it works as a good alternative for times when you find your attacks have been countered and you are going nowhere fast. Other than that, just a running flurry axe warrior.
Keep in mind that Flurry does not effect the damage of IW.
So this is just a basic warrior build with 2 tricks up his sleeve. 1 is IW and the other is Leech Signet. Really not using Leech for the Energy gain, just for the interrupt. Really using Energy on Flurry and will bring Focus for IW when I need it, if I don't have enough energy to cast it already. Watch Yourself is great for a team environment as well.
IW is not countered by:
Armor
Block
Evade
Miss (Blured Vision, Blindness)
Soothing Images
Sympathetic Visage
Life Bond
Shield of Judgement
Weakness
Insidious Parasite
Still Weak against:
Empathy
Disenchant spells
Amity
Pacifism
Shadow of Fear
Spiteful Spirit
These buffs may still work with it, but all others will not:
Vigorous Spirit
Dark Fury
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posted by Greentongue
When I saw the build title I thought you would be using or Wild Blow.
Pure Strike [5/0/8] (Sword Attack) If Pure Strike hits, you strike for +(1..24) damage. If you are not using a Stance, Pure Strike cannot be "Blocked" or "Evaded".
Wild Blow [5/0/5] (Melee Attack) Lose all Adrenaline. If it hits, this attack will be a Critical Hit. If Wild Blow is "Blocked" or "Evaded", any Stance being used by your target ends.
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posted by Pyxis
IW ignores armor, blindness, and several other key skills that Wild Blow would not. It is really in response to the Monk build I was running with Armor of Earth/Ward against Melee/Healing Hands last weekend. This build would cut through that monk like nothing happened, but without it, that monk could probably take on 2 or 3 such warriors for quite a while. Plus blindness just sucks, and this is a way of countering it.
I just saw all the IW builds with Mesmer Primes and wondered why not go with a Warrior prime and just throw it in as a fix for all the Warrior Counters. As you can see from the list I put together, it doesn't fix all of them though, I am pretty sure Empathy and Spiteful Spirit still would have effect.
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Re: Unstoppable Axe (posted by Pyxis)
In my ongoing search for a better faster tank with my war/mo i tried many of the skills and found beserker stance much better than flurry as there was a boost of +20% with each melee hit and you also attack at 33% faster than normal for 5-11 seconds. Whereas flurry is only 5 seconds and you lose out on damage. The only real drawback that I found to beserker stance was the 30 second recharge which is only noticable under extreme conditions for me. For everyones pleasure to rip or appreciate I will post my build for my war/mo which is effective, but needs a few touches for improvment.
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Re: Unstoppable Axe (posted by Pyxis)
Axe 15
Healing 10
Strength 3
Tactics 9
The main skills that I use are as follows:
Cyclone Axe, Executioners Strike, Bonnettis Defense, Gladiator Defense, Live Vicariously, and Vigorous Spirit. In answer yes there are other skills that I use, but they are of little consequence in this post. With this build I can solo alot of areas and gain as well as keep agro from leaving me. I am then able to place or change things quite efficiently to help in whatever area I happen to be in. In particular for pvp i tend to use eviscerate in place of glad. def. and beserker stance for cyclone axe then i fill out the skill bar with other essentials (rez). Any comments be them good or bad will be appreciated as I will use them to fill out a more effective tank for future use.
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Re: Unstoppable Axe (posted by Pyxis)
In my ongoing search for a better faster tank with my war/mo i tried many of the skills and found beserker stance much better than flurry as there was a boost of +20% with each melee hit and you also attack at 33% faster than normal for 5-11 seconds. Whereas flurry is only 5 seconds and you lose out on damage. The only real drawback that I found to beserker stance was the 30 second recharge which is only noticable under extreme conditions for me. For everyones pleasure to rip or appreciate I will post my build for my war/mo which is effective, but needs a few touches for improvment.
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