the secondary of their choice. There are, of course,
exceptions to this rule, but still, the guidelines
usually hold true. Listed below are the ten professions
available, as well as
my opinion of how they synergize together.
Key: W = Warrior, R = Ranger, Me = Mesmer, E = Elementalist
Mo = Monk, N = Necromancer, D = Dervish, P = Paragon,
Rt = Ritualist, A = Assassin
W/R:
Personally, I did it for two reasons: Troll Unguet and
Apply Poison; the former for a pre-battle regen to help
lessen the pressure on Monks, if only for a little while.
I use Apply Poison in conjunction with something like
Hundred Blades or Triple Chop to make the poison spread to
all the foes around me, just to apply pressure to the
enemy monks. Soon I'll dabble in Beast Mastery, but the
small E pool is gonna be hard to overcome...
I'll also never go with Marksmanship, if only because:
a. Skills are E-intensive
(for a Warrior, anyway), and b. The Warrior armor is
too strong to be used on the
backlines, unless your guarding a monk, in which case
you better have an extra
melee weapon and some atk skills. Another bonus is
"I will Avenge you!" which
is often used with a pet to increase atk power and
spd. A killer choice.
My rating: 9/10. Apply poison is just too good to pass up.
W/Me:
I haven't yet tried this, though the low energy pool
could really make this one
suck. You might use conjure phantasm to help you lay
the dmg on your opponent,
but other than that, I honestly don't want to try it.
A (in my opinion) bad choice.
My rating: 4/10. The high energy hexes just don't sit
well with the base Warrior
energy pool. An ok choice if you don't go overboard
on the hexes.
W/E:
This is one of my other favorites. Besides being the
required secondary for the
infamous Shock Axe build, I used some fire spells that
could be utilized well by a
Warrior, especially in PvE. I used Inferno as one of
my two Elementalist (abbreviated
as Ele) skills, due to the natural E-intensiveness of
Ele Magic. Inferno, at a Rank
of 10 in Fire Magic, did 100 fire dmg to all adjacent
(abbreviated as adj) foes. My other
skill I used during this time period was Fire Storm,
which is a Area of Effect (abbreviated
as AoE) spell. At a Rank of 10 in Fire Magic, it did
25 dmg per second to all enemies in
the area. So long as you aren't going nuts in terms
of number of Ele skills, this could
really be a sweet build. An all-around good choice.
My Rating: 6/10. With a few Fire skills, your dmg per
second can really shoot through the
roof. And you save the nuker a little bit of E, too.
W/Mo:
The much hated Paladin setup, used mainly by noobs and
runners. I personally hated the
build; whenever you started to get low on health, you
would cast a healing spell, and then
you'd lose it soon after. That's just my opinion, and
I guess that it wouldn't hurt to have
better timing, but I would much rather let a monk take
care of it for me. Thank You, Monks!
My Rating: 4/10. Unless you realize that Mending sucks
and should NEVER be used for anything
(except maybe casters...eh, still no!) and try to cast
it on yourself, you are stupid. If
you DO realize it, then maybe you could pull it off.
A sub-par choice.
W/N:
I haven't even touched this one, though I think that it
pretty much follows the same
description of the mesmer secondary. Blood magic could
make a very decent choice, though,
considering you could really release the burden on the
few monks that are actually
by humans. A good example would be blood renewal. You
could also utilize Plague touch in
battle...
My Rating: 6/10. A few Blood Magic skills and you might
have a workable build, assuming you
wield a melee weapon. Not too bad, actually.
W/D:
Hmm...Haven't tried this one yet, though I do have some
speculation. You could pull this off
if all you used from the dervish side was Scythe Mastery
(and a powerful scythe,
of course), and then Strength and Tactics from the Warrior.
The Adrenal-based skills would
charge quickly, considering you get adrenaline everytime
you hit with a weapon, and since
Scythes are the "hit all adjacent foes in front of you"
weapon, you can quickly gain
adrenaline for Tactics based skills, such as
"Watch Yourself!" Combine this with
"For Great Justice!" and Berserker's Stance, and you can
spam "Watch Yourself!" over and
over again. This could be brilliant. Plus, if you really
want, you can put Avatar of
Balthazar on your skill bar :). Just keep half of your
skills adrenal, and you can really
make this work.....of course, many Scythe Mastery skills
need to have Enchants......hmmmmmm........
My Rating: This could very easily work, so long as you
have good E-management or just
simply good judgement on skill timing. I say 7/10; it
loses one point because you can't
pump up Avatar of Balthazar. =(
W/P:
Once again, haven't quite tried it, but I have played
both. My opinion: They could really
synergize well with each other. Paragons use shouts or
chants (and various other types of
musical singing..) which can often provide decent bonuses.
This could be used to really
pump up you fellow Warriors and the occassional Assassin
or Dervish. Of course, all shouts
can benefit them, but you know what I mean.
My Rating: 6/10, only because you can't soup up Angelic Bond.
You have the HP and the
durability, so that can really stink. of course, you can use
it to help absorb some of
the dmg and abuse the opposing team hits your monk with.
A very good choice overall.
W/Rt:
This was my original combination, and it can really kick
butt if you can keep weapon spells
on you for long enough durations, or if you spam the odd
spirit to make your job even
easier. The other nice thing is that is has a dedicated
ressurecting skill, which usually
belong only to monks: Flesh of My Flesh. Look that up on
Guild Wiki. It can really save
your butt. Main weakness: Short time frame to _actually_
utilize the weapon enchantments.
Oh well.
My rating: 5/10. You get a hard rez, and you can spirit
spam. If only the weapon
enchantments could be fully utilized!
W/A:
A mixed bag here. you can dual wield (daggers only, sadly),
shadow step, and use three
hit combos that can seriously kill. However, this requires
ample investment in Crit. Strikes
(the Assassin Primary attribute), as well as Dagger Mastery,
and Deadly Arts. I am not
a genius of the Assassin, so I can't help you here. See the
Factions Assassin Guide for
help. Pretty much, by dual wielding, you atk faster w/ less
atk power, and if those combos
are interupted, your entire chain is done for. Keep your
blades sharp, but keep your wit
sharper.
My Rating: 6/10. The shadow stepping is worth at least one
point, even if that is the
only thing you utilize from this setup. Like I said, I can't
really help you here, albeit
just a little.
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3a.9- Playing a Warrior
You, as a Warrior, have a job on the battle field.
If there are two tanks
(a warrior is a tank, along w/ the flash in-flash out sin,
a sword-wielding paragon,
and a Potent Dervish, preferably w/ the Avatar of Balthazar
skill), you will be on
the front lines, dishing out dmg to enemies and soaking up
whatever they throw your
way. You get to be upfront, telling the warriors who to atk
and who to leave alone.
Of course, always listen to your monk; they pretty much
control if the team loses or
wins. Always, always, always, always listen to your Monk.
Get that through your head
and your team will run smoother. Got it? Good.
Depeneding upon your secondary, your _methods_ may
be different. For example,
a W/A might shadow step to enemy monks and unleash massive dmg
(although shadow steps
_can_ be bodyblocked), or you might teleport through the use
of a Necromancer skill,
such as Consume Corpse. Of course, the latter method also
requires that someone by
the Monk dies, so it could be a while....
Another strategy (and perhaps my personal favorite) is
the use of Apply Poison
if you have a Ranger secondary. This can apply pressure over
time, which can kill a team
if their monks aren't used to having every team member be
inflicted with -5 health degen
per second. Conjure Phantasm during the times you want to
inflict serious degen. So can
an Ele, if they are masters of Meteor Shower and/or
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