Warrior Build for raids/fractals

[Sarius.9285]

returning Player here.

 

What Kind of Warrior Build is generally accepted in public fractal/raid groups?

[Rico.6873]

Banner slave warrior nothing else

[TheSwede.9512]

The above translates to "DPS with high party support". Basically, you bring Banners along together with a few more important things, depending on whether you're playing Power or Condi. Banners have been changed a bit, they're now easier to upkeep 100% and move around between encounters (Picking them up now simply removes them and reduces the cooldown) while a new trait in Discipline massively increases your personal gain from them. Before, Bannerslaves could be excused for not bringing good DPS. Now, that's not really true anymore.

 

**Power Core warrior** is a CC beast with high burst and relatively low DPS (Comparatively). You're pretty much there to smash Defiance Bars into nothingness and murderfy trash mobs (in fractals) with Axe 5 (And, of course, the obligatory banners). Power Core warrior is better against a few Raid Bosses and generally more useful in Fractals (Basically, whereever Burst damage is more useful than sustained DPS). The rotation is fairly simple and intuitive while using easily attained gear, so it's a great choice to start with.

 

**Condition Berserker** trades the CC loadout for higher DPS and Ranged damage with the Longbow and Primal Sword Burst. Massive range, cleave and AoE Burning makes them excellent at dealing with adds or mechanics such as Gorse Orbs, Overseer adds and Sabetha turrets. Condition Berserker has better DPS so it's used against bosses where Condition Damage is allowed to ramp up to maximum effect and sees more use in Raids. The rotation has gotten a bit more complex and requires good timing, while using gear that is a bit more tricky to get a hold of due to being a Condi Class, so typically Power Core should be the first build you shoot for.

 

**Spellbreaker** was played for a while against a single boss, but overall their kit simply isn't very useful in PvE scenarios due to a heavy focus on Boon Stripping, which is a lot more prevalent in PvP than PvE. Power Core Warrior is simply more useful in just about any situation where you'd consider playing a Spellbreaker in PvE at the moment.

[Edge.8724]

> @"Sarius.9285" said:

> returning Player here.

>

> What Kind of Warrior Build is generally accepted in public fractal/raid groups?

 

This can depends on the people you're playing with.

 

In random groups, people will generally only want you to play what is called "banner slave" (yeah, this can sound dimminutive but this is due to the fact that Warrior are rarely wanted without his banners.)