Build:W/any Crippling Slash Warrior

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The PvXwiki community finds this to be an excellent build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall rating in the range from 4.75 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great. This build has been designed for the following use: PvP AB PvP GvG PvP RA PvP HA

This build is part of the current PvP meta. Remove this tag if it no longer exists in the current PvP metagame.

This build uses Crippling Slash for its great use of crippling in PvP.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Warrior / No profession 12 + 1 + 1 Swordsmanship 12 + 1 Strength Crippling Slash Nightfall Warrior. Swordsmanship 14 Crippling Slash Elite Sword Attack If this attack hits, target foe is Crippled for 14 seconds and begins Bleeding for 24 seconds. This attack skill has 13% armor penetration. 6 Gash Core Warrior. Swordsmanship 14 Gash Sword Attack If this attack hits a Bleeding foe, you strike for 19 more damage and that foe suffers a Deep Wound, lowering that foe's maximum Health by 20% for 19 seconds. This attack skill has 13% armor penetration. 6 Sun and Moon Slash Factions Warrior. Swordsmanship 14 Sun and Moon Slash Sword Attack Attack target foe twice. These attacks cannot be blocked. This attack skill has 13% armor penetration. 8 Bull's Strike Core Warrior. Strength 13 Bull's Strike Melee Attack If this attack hits a moving foe, you strike for +27 damage, and your target is knocked down. This attack skill has 13% armor penetration. 10 5 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Frenzy Core Warrior. Unlinked Frenzy Stance For 8 seconds, you attack 33% faster but take double damage. 4 5 Rush Prophecies Warrior. Strength 13 Rush Stance For 18 seconds, you move 25% faster. 4 Resurrection Signet Core No Profession. Unlinked Resurrection Signet Signet Resurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost. 3 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Survivor Insignia's.
• Stonefist Insignia on hands
• A Vampiric, Zealous and Elemental Sword of Fortitude with "Strength and Honor" Inscription.
• Strength Shields of Fortitude with a "Luck of the Draw", "I Can See Clearly Now" and "Swift as the Wind" Inscription.
• Rune of Superior Vigor.
• Rune of Clarity.
• Runes of Vitae.

[edit] Usage

• Use Crippling Slash to Cripple your foes, and try to spread the cripple as much as possible.This is your main job.
• Use Frenzy to speed up the attack rate of your attacks, if you come under focused fire, cancel it using Rush.
• When you and other warriors have adrenaline, organize a spike on a suitable target.
• Don't stay on one character for too long, if you see them being enchanted with skills such as Guardian or Protective Spirit, switch targets.
• Use Resurrection Signet to resurrect fallen party members.

[edit] Variants

• One of the most effective choices, Conjure Lightning, or one of the other elemental variants.
• Take Final Thrust, Standing Slash or Body Blow in place of Sun and Moon Slash.
• Healing Signet or another self-heal.
• Replace Rush with skills such as Dash or Enraging Charge.
• You may wish to use Mending Touch for condition removal.
• Antidote Signet for a no energy/fast recharging condition removal that always removes blind.
• Shock
• Disarm
• Savage Slash
• Sight Beyond Sight for anti-blind
• Grasping Earth or Song of Concentration for HA
• For enchantment removal:
  • Rip Enchantment (also causes bleeding which combos well with Gash)
  • Rending Touch