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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

12 + 1 + 1
12 + 2
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  • Death's Charge - for instant movement and also a self-heal in split situations
  • Iron Palm - for an additional, cheap knockdown
  • Grasping Earth - especially great for hex builds
  • Warrior's Cunning - for an unconditional, unblockable chain.
  • Wild Throw - to remove important stances such as Balanced Stance.
  • Sand Shards - 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

[edit] Counters

  • Melee shutdown
  • Anti-knockdown skills