Build:W/any PvE Earth Shaker

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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: PvE general PvE hero

This build is part of the current PvE meta. Remove this tag if it is no longer used in the current PvE meta.

This build is used to quickly decimate enemies through heavy damage and rapid knockdowns combined with application of Weakness and Deep Wound. AoE attacks are used to both significantly increase DPS and help charge adrenal attacks.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Warrior / No profession 12 + 1 + 1 Hammer Mastery 12 + 2 Strength Earth Shaker Prophecies Warrior. Hammer Mastery 14 Earth Shaker Elite Hammer Attack Target foe and all adjacent foes are knocked down. (50% failure chance with Hammer Mastery 4 or less.) This attack skill has 14% armor penetration. 8 Pulverizing Smash EotN Warrior. Hammer Mastery 14 Pulverizing Smash Hammer Attack If you hit a knocked-down foe, that foe suffers from Weakness and a Deep Wound for 19 seconds. This attack skill has 14% armor penetration. 4 Whirlwind Attack Nightfall Warrior. Sunspear rank Whirlwind Attack Melee Attack Attack target and adjacent foes. Each attack that hits deals +13..20 damage. This attack skill has 14% armor penetration. 1 6 Crude Swing Prophecies Warrior. Hammer Mastery 14 Crude Swing Hammer Attack Attack all adjacent foes. Each foe you hit is struck for +19 damage. You have -40 armor while activating this Skill. This attack skill has 14% armor penetration. 5 5 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 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. "Save Yourselves!" (Kurzick) Factions Warrior. Kurzick rank "Save Yourselves!" (Kurzick) Shout For 4..6 seconds, all other party members gain 100 armor. 8 Template code

• For heroes, swap Whirlwind Attack out for either Yeti Smash
  Factions

  Warrior. Hammer Mastery 14

  Yeti Smash

  Hammer Attack

  If Yeti Smash hits, target foe is struck for +19 damage and all adjacent foes take 47 damage.

  

  6
   or Mighty Blow
  Core

  Warrior. Hammer Mastery 14

  Mighty Blow

  Hammer Attack

  If this attack hits, you strike for +38 damage.

  

  7
   / Body Blow
  EotN

  Warrior. Strength 14

  Body Blow

  Melee Attack

  If this attack hits, target foe takes +38 damage. If target foe has Cracked Armor, that foe suffers from a Deep Wound for 14 seconds.
  This attack skill has 14% armor penetration.

  

  7
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[edit] Equipment

• Sentinel/Survivor/Knight Insignias.
• Stonefist Insignia on gauntlets, boots, or head.
• A Sundering or Vampiric 15^50 hammer of Fortitude.
• Similar hammers with Furious, Elemental, and Zealous prefixes, if necessary.
• Vitae runes on remaining slots.

[edit] Usage

• Find a group of foes and rush in using Enraging Charge.
• Activate Flail then use Crude Swing to build adrenaline.
• Earth Shaker should be charged. Activate Earth Shaker followed by Pulverizing Smash and Whirlwind Attack.
• Use Earth Shaker again. Follow up with Whirlwind Attack and Pulverizing Smash.
• Repeat until all foes are killed.

[edit] Counters

• Standard anti-warrior such as adrenaline denial and blind.
• Anti-Knockdown

[edit] Variants

• "For Great Justice!" for a heavy adrenal boost.
• Crushing Blow instead of Pulverizing Smash.
• Yeti Smash instead of Pulverizing Smash for extra AoE damage.
• Lion's Comfort can provide a self heal.
• Mending Touch To remove conditions from yourself.
• Rush as a cancel for Flail.
• Belly Smash to inflict blindness on foe and all adjacent foes for 10 seconds
• "I Am The Strongest!" for additional damage.
• Grasping Earth for a manly aoe snare.