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Power Warrior

Guild Wars 2 Power Warrior - Mace & Axe / Dagger & Mace Meta build for open-world: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

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Power Warrior is a single target Open World build that provides good crowd control and sustain. Great for general PvE with easy gear and rotation.

Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Plenty of CC
  • Provides self boons
  • Sustained damage
  • Easy to learn
  • No ranged DPS
  • Relies on specific boon
  • Easy to cancel skills
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

伤势愈合 图标伤势愈合 can be replaced when needed:

"为了正义!" 图标"为了正义!" can be replaced when needed:

盛怒纹章 图标盛怒纹章 can be replaced when needed:

  • when mass Resurrection is needed

When playing with a group where Quickness, Might and Stability are covered by teamamtes, you can run the following traits instead:

In low-level areas, your stats get reduced due to level scaling in open world zones. However,天降奇兵 图标天降奇兵 will always grant its full bonus, making it much stronger in these scenarios.

In later, level 80 zones, you will have much more Precision, so the 碎裂爆发 图标碎裂爆发 trait in the Arms Trait Line can be taken for additional Vulnerability when needed.

Sword can be taken instead of Mace in the Main-hand for more mobility.

超级隔离法印 图标超级隔离法印 can be replaced by:

海盗女王古物 图标海盗女王古物 can be replaced when needed:

Janthir Wilds Relics:

Secrets of the Obscure Relics:

Core Game Relics:

  • 雄鹰古物 图标雄鹰古物 flat 10% Damage to enemies under 50% Health
  • 潜行者古物 图标潜行者古物 is an easy to maintain Damage buff.
  • 骁骑兵古物 图标骁骑兵古物 grants Condition Removal when you use a shout.
  • 流水古物 图标流水古物 grants Condition Removal when you use your Heal skill.
  • 骑兵古物 图标骑兵古物 grants you Aegis, Quickness, Swiftness, Resistance and Might when you hit an enemy with your mount engage skill. (Hint: the Skyscale engage skill will leave a pulsing field that will give boons on every strike!).

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

This build heavily capitalizes on Disabling foes. Using your Crowd Control skills and raining a flurry of fast blows thanks to 双持专精 图标双持专精’s increased attack speed will be your bread and butter.

Disabling a foe will:

The other important part of your kit is Burst skills, which are your profession mechanic and change according to your current Main-hand weapon. Using a Burst skill activates the following traits:

You can cast a Burst skill when you have enough Adrenaline, which is gained by the following sources in this setup:

Dealing Damage

All three of your utility skills give you a boost right before entering combat, and casting Signet skills will grant you a long-lasting Ferocity buff thanks to 纹章专精 图标纹章专精. Use these to facilitate initiating combat on enemies.

You also gain a lot of damage from having Stability on yourself and striking enemies that have Weakness, which are readily available in this build.

When fighting, focus on frequently disabling foes to activate your Strike Damage boosts, then use your other weapon skills to deal heavy damage once you’re buffed. Your disables all have a fairly low Cooldown:

While on your Dagger/Mace set, use your gap closers 突破打击 图标突破打击 and 光环切片 图标光环切片 to engage, then quickly burst down your enemies with the following heavy damage combo:

When on your Mace/Axe set, your Burst skill is also a Disable! Use it on an unfortunate target, then follow up with both of your Off-hand Axe skills to quickly cleave through packs of mobs.

This weapon set is also very good at upkeeping Weakness and Stability for your Strike Damage modifiers, which will keep you primed and ready to burst enemies down again should any survive and you need to swap back to your Dagger/Mace set.

Burst Rotation

Cast 孤注一掷 图标孤注一掷, 盛怒纹章 图标盛怒纹章 and "为了正义!" 图标"为了正义!":

  1. 怒气纹章 图标怒气纹章突破打击 图标突破打击
  2. 干扰戳刺 图标干扰戳刺
  3. 碎裂重锤 图标碎裂重锤大地震颤 图标大地震颤碎裂重锤 图标碎裂重锤
  4. Weapon Swap
  5. 锤柄重击 图标锤柄重击碎颅 图标碎颅
  6. 双重打击 图标双重打击回旋斧斩 图标回旋斧斩

Defense

You will gain a lot of passive sustain from 怒气恢复 图标怒气恢复 and 双持专精 图标双持专精 as you keep attacking, but you have a few other tools while under heavier pressure:

  • 伤势愈合 图标伤势愈合 is a low-Cooldown heal skill that will also Cleanse 5 conditions and grant you a few seconds of Protection, which can reduce incoming pressure.
  • You’ll have lots of Stability from 英勇神行 图标英勇神行 and 顽强力量 图标顽强力量, so don’t be afraid to really get up close and personal. If any Disable comes through, you can also use 孤注一掷 图标孤注一掷 as a Stun Break.
  • You’ll have some extra Endurance from Burst skills, so don’t be afraid to burn some Dodges. These will even deal damage and grant Might thanks to 野蛮闪避 图标野蛮闪避.
  • 格挡反击 图标格挡反击 on your Main-hand Mace will Block the next incoming attack and strike back with a heavy hit. It also has a pretty low Cooldown, so you can use it often.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
干扰戳刺 图标干扰戳刺100–250Dagger
锤柄重击 图标锤柄重击100Mace
大地震颤 图标大地震颤300Mace
碎颅 图标碎颅125–325Burst