Shroud.2307 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Defense still has it's value but after the patch I don't feel as attracted to it as before. Wanting to give other things a try I decided to go for Tactics as a replacement for the durability Defense used to provide. With the synergy that "For Great Justice!" has with numerous traits, the low cooldown of Mending when traited and the damage bonuses from Tactics I feel it's a good trade off. The block from Riposte will be cancelled if a melee attack strikes it which is an obvious drawback, but with nearly half the cooldown of Shield Stance I have been enjoying and having success with it. Tactics provides a pretty significant amount of sustain and is a much less autopilot option compared to Defense which I think makes playing Warrior a lot more engaging. If anyone is interested in trying it out I highly recommend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedShark.9548 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 What gamemode are you talking about? In pvp defense already wasnt used in any metabuild. Spb used disci and strength and core used str, disc and tactic. In wvw i havent been roaming, only played in a zerg and used str, tactics, spellbreaker and that worked very well with my worker build, the king of might post patch. I can imagine that with lowered damage you are able to drop defense easily even in smallscale, even tho dmg in wvw is still quite high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YuiRS.8129 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 It's okay, but what's the role of this build? It can't 1v1 on side nodes against condi builds and decap engies, it's not great in team fights, not that great for support... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lan Deathrider.5910 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Well, At least you have extra damage on that melee block, and an extra ranged attack with Impale, and Rip hurts. I don't see OH Sword becoming meta anywhere unless they update it's skills, but axe/sword or sword/axe generally pair well together if you are wanting to drop shield out of boredom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasai.3549 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Impale would at least be good if it had a cripple on it. If not I rather just yolo with Axe/Axe and take down the target while they ate my full CC spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lan Deathrider.5910 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 > @"Yasai.3549" said: > Impale would at least be good if it had a cripple on it. > > If not I rather just yolo with Axe/Axe and take down the target while they ate my full CC spam. BC -> Axe4 -> Axe5 -> Stomp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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