Build:W/any Devastating Hammer Warrior

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A split-oriented hammer bar utilizing Weakness and knockdowns for survivability, while being able to deal good damage and constant disruption.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Warrior / No profession 12 + 1 + 1 Strength 12 + 2 Hammer Mastery Devastating Hammer Core Warrior. Hammer Mastery 14 Devastating Hammer Elite Hammer Attack If Devastating Hammer hits, your target is knocked down and suffers from Weakness for 19 seconds. This attack skill has 14% armor penetration. 7 Crushing Blow Prophecies Warrior. Hammer Mastery 14 Crushing Blow Hammer Attack If this attack hits, you strike for +19 damage. If you hit a knocked-down foe you inflict a Deep Wound, lowering your target's maximum Health by 20% for 19 seconds. This attack skill has 14% armor penetration. 10 5 Hammer Bash Core Warrior. Hammer Mastery 14 Hammer Bash Hammer Attack Lose all adrenaline. If Hammer Bash hits, your target is knocked down. This attack skill has 14% armor penetration. 6 Bull's Strike Core Warrior. Strength 14 Bull's Strike Melee Attack If this attack hits a moving foe, you strike for +28 damage, and your target is knocked down. This attack skill has 14% armor penetration. 10 5 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Flail Nightfall Warrior. Strength 14 Flail Stance For 14 seconds, you attack 33% faster but move 33% slower. 4 Enraging Charge Nightfall Warrior. Strength 14 Enraging Charge Stance For 14 seconds, you move 25% faster. Enraging Charge ends when you successfully strike a target, at which point you gain 4 strikes of adrenaline. 20 5 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

• Death's Charge
  Factions

  Assassin. Shadow Arts 3

  Death's Charge

  Spell

  Shadow Step to target foe. If that foe has more Health than you, you are healed for 92.

  

  30

  ¼

  5
   - for instant movement and also a self-heal in split situations
• Iron Palm
  Factions

  Assassin. Deadly Arts 3

  Iron Palm

  Skill

  Target touched foe suffers 14 damage, and if that foe is suffering from a Hex or Condition that foe is knocked down. Iron Palm counts as a lead attack.

  

  20

  ¾

  5
   - for an additional, cheap knockdown
• Grasping Earth
  Prophecies

  Elementalist. Earth Magic 3

  Grasping Earth

  Hex Spell

  For 10 seconds, all nearby foes move 50% slower.

  

  12

  ¾

  5
   - especially great for hex builds
• Warrior's Cunning
  Core

  Warrior. Strength 14

  Warrior's Cunning

  Skill

  For 11 seconds, your melee attacks cannot be blocked.

  

  60

  10
   - for an unconditional, unblockable chain.
• Wild Throw
  Nightfall

  Paragon. Spear Mastery 3

  Wild Throw

  Spear Attack

  If this attack hits, it deals +8 damage, and any Stance being used by your target ends. This attack cannot be blocked.

  

  7
   - to remove important stances such as Balanced Stance.
• Sand Shards
  Nightfall

  Dervish. Earth Prayers 3

  Sand Shards

  Enchantment Spell

  For 30 seconds, whenever you fail to hit with a scythe attack, all nearby foes take 9 damage.

  

  15

  1

  5
   - for additional damage during knockdown.

[edit] Equipment

• Survivor's or Sentinel's Insignias with Stonefist on gloves, helmet, or boots.
• Vampiric Hammer, Elemental, and Furious Hammers of Fortitude.
• A defensive set with spear + shield. Spear should have +30 health and a furious mod (you'll often want to be in this set to build adren). Keep an assortment of shields in your inventory (all the damage types, cripple reduction, blind reduction)
• Keep a longbow in your inventory to build adrenaline from afar
• Extra runes of choice (clarity/restoration/ect).

[edit] Usage

• Use Enraging Charge as a speed boost and for adrenaline gain.
• Bull's Strike moving targets for damage and knockdown.
• Knockdown with Devastating Hammer and Hammer Bash.
• Apply Deep Wound when needed with Crushing Blow.
• When chaining, use (Bull's Strike)->Devastating Hammer->Flail/Crushing Blow->Quarter-step->Hammer Bash.

[edit] Variants

• Heavy Blow instead of Hammer Bash for more damage, but less utility.
• Replace Resurrection Signet with Death Pact Signet for a hard res.
• Equip Protector's Strike for fast, spammable damage.
• Take Distracting Strike for a quick interrupt with conditional disable.
• Distracting Blow for a fast recharging AoE interrupt.

[edit] Counters

• Melee shutdown
• Anti-knockdown skills