Disclaimer: I choose to include this Warrior Guide in mine, because it is much
more through that what I had. The content is the sole copyright of Taka, and is
used with his exclusive permission. The same rights that apply to my guide,
apply to this section as well. Hope you enjoy it.
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Hey, welcome to my guide! I'm Taka, and I
am hoping that you are here to (hopefully)
learn something! This guide is dedicated to the most
armored Class in Guild Wars, the Warrior!
To be a proper Warrior, you must realize that you
are designed to soak up damage (abbreviated as dmg)
and dish it out. You are designed to clash weapons
with the bosses,
body blocking them so they don't kill your teammates.
You are the first line of defense, complete with skills
that block attacks, give you adrenaline, and grant
bonuses to the entire party. If people can get through
or around you, they WILL go after your Monks, and you
can't allow that to happen. This guide is dedicated to
telling you about the various tricks,
skills, and strategies that you need to know
(and some you don't really need, but are there just
for fun!). This is, in
a sense, the G4TV of Warriors: The Warrior's guide for
all the stuff you (should) care about.
Table of Contents: At the beginning of the main guide.
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3a.1- A Hello Like no Other
Allow me to formally introduce myself. I go by the penname of Tal, although my
name is Strad. Don't ask me why, that's just how my parents named me. Anyway, I
have one level 20 character in Guild Wars, a Warrior by the name of Taka
Ragranok. And yes, I know it is not the correct spelling of the Sword. I could
explain my reasons, but due to certain laws in my state, I cannot. Anyway, I am
currently working on a Nighfall Monk by the name of Taka of Protection, a
Dervish by the name of Taka The Scythe, a Ritualist by the name of Audrey
Spiritcaller, and a PvP only character called Audrey Battlegirl as well as one
Ranger in Prophecies, which is a guy called Cheney Marr. Through all of these,
I have come to a basic understanding of aspects of almost every class, and will
try to be as well-rounded as possible in my advice.
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3a.2- Contact Information:
If you have questions about a Warrior you can
email Taka directly at the following address below.
Please only send focused questions on topic about
Guild Wars. DO NOT send Taka e-mail asking him if you
can host this guide on your site. Please direct all
emails like that the contact information at the beginning of this guide.
My email address is:
AskTakaAboutGuildWars AT gmail.com (AT = @)*
*For spam control
As noted earlier, anything I assume to be
hate mail or spam will instantly be deleted.
So keep things polite, please!
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3a.G- General Information
Alrighty, so you are a Warrior. This is
good, because you have the heaviest armor in
the game (it can reach an Armor Level
-abbreviated as AL- of 100), not including shield
bonuses. As a Warrior, you start out with very
little energy (abbreviated as E), around 20,
I believe...Do yourself a favor and leave all
of those skills that cost 5 E apiece in your
skill inventory. 5 E is a huge amount for a
Warrior, since you gain only 2 back
per second. Once again, the numbers decieve
the eye, because a caster (such as an
Elementalist, abbreviated as Ele) has a rate
of 4 E regeneration (abbreviated as regen)
per second. In general, focus on having
AT LEAST half of your skill bar Adrenaline based,
and you should be clear. Once you can get armor
that increases E, you can add a few more
E-intensive skills, such as Berserker Stance.
Keep in mind that you will quickly need to
balance your skill set, including Strength
skills, your chosen weapon skills, and (in my
OPINION,) a string of secondary profession
skills OR tactics. Here is a quick reference
to the attributes of a Warrior:
Strength, the primary attribute: Increases usefulness
of related skills and increases % chance for armor
penetration by 1% for each rank. It also lets you
wield more powerful shields.
Axe/Hammer Mastery/Swordsmanship: With more points
here, you can wield more powerful weapons of
corresponding type. Related skills usefulness is
increased, as well as your % chance to land a
critical hit (abbreviated as crit) by 1% for
each rank.
Tactics: Increases usefulness of skills (duh),
which are usually defensive in nature, as well
as let you wield more powerful shields.
Often, these defensive skills can be stances
that provide defense bonuses, or things like
Drunken Blow, which can dmg and inflict
Status ailments.
Please note that Strength is the only
attribute unavailable to secondary warriors,
considering Warrior isn't their primary class.
Next, I'll discuss (in much greater depth)
the various attributes in Alphabetical order...
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3a.3- Axe Mastery
Ah, the axe, probably the most fun of
weapons. If you are an axe warrior, you have a lot
of power, especially once you can get to Kaineng
Center. I say this because there are a
lot of powerful skills there, and, while
you probably won't be able to utilize them to the
max for a while, you can still use
them to kick plenty of butt. Take Executioner's
Strike, for example. At 9 or 10 in Axe Mastery,
it does a massive 34 dmg on
top of your axe! That's huge, especially when
you consider that that max dmg can reach up to
around 41! That is a minimum of 47
dmg, or a maximum of 69! Combine that with
armor penetration,
and you might just land a triple digit, or close
to it.
As an axe Warrior, you can also equip shields,
which provide an extra armor boost
(up to 16, which applies to all parts of the
body). This is especially nice if you gain
Health bonuses for being in a stance, or just plain
old health bonuses period.
The best ones to get are ones that require
strength-having more
strength gives you higher chances to penetrate
opponent's armor.
Certain Axe skills are almost Area of Effect (AoE),
the two most prominent being the elite Triple Chop
(in Factions) and Cyclone Axe (core). These two
skills each cost 5 Energy (abbreviated as E) to use,
but can be devastating if you have a
nice axe...
It is always a good idea to coordinate a spike with
your teammates if you are an axe warrior, that way,
you can fully utilize everyone's
power. Trust me, a 240 dmg Lightning Orb
(with 20% Armor penetration,ie AP, to boot) plus the
58 dmg from your axe (which may be crit,
AP, or both), plus the dmg from a poisoning arrow is
no laughing matter.
Think of it this way: they are in dire need of healing,
and they are poisoned. That is effective!
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3a.4- Hammer Mastery
In all honesty, I never really used the hammer.
I honestly couldn't give you a reason, minus the fact
that an experienced player gave me a frickin' amazing
axe on my second day of play. Ah well. Anyway, hammers
are masters of knocking down opponents, as
well as having MASSIVE DMG! I am talking more dmg than
Executioner's Strike! That is a crapload....Anyway,
the max dmg of hammers is somewhere in the 18-35 range,
and almost all of them are blunt dmg dealers. There
are two that are different: and both are piercing dmg.
Many hammer Warriors use Stoneskin gauntlets to increase
knockdown time, which is a viable strategy. I'll try to
give you more information as I start
to play with one..
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3a.5- Strength
In my personal opinion, strength is just about
the best primary skill in the game. Why? As noted earlier,
per rank in this attribute, you gain 1% more chance of AP!
It IS possible to get this rank up to 20, like all others,
but you have to go through (pardon my language)
Hell and High Water. Anyway, it can really turn the tide
of battle if you can get AP at the right time. But you
can't really control it. Oh well.
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3a.6- Swordsmanship
Ah, the sword, my favorite real life weapon.
People who use a sword can often times inflict near as
much dmg as the axe, if not more, because some good sword
skills inflict Bleeding and Deep Wound; Bleeding causes
minor health degen and Deep Wound temporarily lowers
overall health by 20%, as well as making healing spells
used on that character less effective. Swords are also
the other weapon of the Warrior that can
be used in conjunction with shields. Swords have one
drawback: A much lower max dmg cap than axes or hammers.
Swords however, can do better average dmg per
minute than axes.
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3a.7- Tactics
Aside from the Protection Prayers and Earth Magic
attributes, this has got to be probably the most defensive
I've seen. Various stances, such as Balanced Stance and
Defensive Stance, both provide a ample compensation to
armor. This is useful in high pressure situations against
enemies which can deal large amounts of dmg quickly.
Balanced Stance is particularly useful against Hammer
Warriors; it provides knockdown nullification. Defensive
Stance increases your armor temporarily (no, you think?),
and "Watch Yourself!" provides
a nice armor bonus to everyone within earshot
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3a.8- Secondary Professions for Warriors
As a general rule of thumb, Warriors do not work
well having secondary professions that have skills that
require large amounts of energy; instead,
they usually use only one or two E-intensive skills from
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