Build:W/any PvE Earth Shaker

This build is part of the current metagame. The community has decided this build is in the current metagame and deserves to be stored. The frequency section describes how often the build is used. This build has also received 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

This build is used to quickly destroy 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.

Attributes and Skills

Warrior / No profession 12 + 1 + 1 Hammer Mastery 12 + 1 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 13% 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 13% 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 13% 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. This attack skill has 13% armor penetration. 5 5 Flail Nightfall Warrior. Strength 13 Flail Stance For 13 seconds, you attack 33% faster but move 33% slower. 4 Enraging Charge Nightfall Warrior. Strength 13 Enraging Charge Stance For 14 seconds, you move 25% faster. Enraging Charge ends when you successfully strike a target, at which point you gain 3 strikes of adrenaline if you hit with a melee attack. 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

Equipment

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

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, etc.
• Maintain Flail
• Repeat until all foes are killed.

Counters

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

Variants

• "For Great Justice!"
  Core

  Warrior. Unlinked

  "For Great Justice!"

  Shout

  For 20 seconds, whenever you gain adrenaline, you gain 100% more.

  

  45

  5
   for general adrenal spam.
• Renewing Smash
  Factions

  Warrior. Hammer Mastery 14

  Renewing Smash

  Hammer Attack

  If Renewing Smash hits, it deals +38 damage. If you hit a knocked-down foe, you gain 3 Energy and this attack recharges instantly.

  

  30

  1

  5
   for additional damage.
• Belly Smash
  Prophecies

  Warrior. Hammer Mastery 14

  Belly Smash

  Hammer Attack

  If this attack strikes a foe who is on the ground, the resulting dust cloud will blind adjacent foes for 7 seconds.

  

  10

  1

  5
   to inflict blindness on foe and all adjacent foes.
• "I Am the Strongest!"
  EotN

  No Profession. Norn rank

  "I Am the Strongest!"

  Shout

  Your next 5..8 attacks do an additional +14..20 damage.

  

  20

  5
   for additional damage.
• "I Am Unstoppable!"
  EotN

  No Profession. Norn rank

  "I Am Unstoppable!"

  Shout

  For 16..20 seconds, you have +24 armor and cannot be knocked down or Crippled.

  

  30

  5
   to prevent knockdown of self.
• Air of Superiority
  EotN

  No Profession. Asura rank

  Air of Superiority

  Skill

  For 20..30 seconds you gain a random Asura benefit every time you earn experience from killing an enemy.

  

  20

  5
   for its various effects.
• Asuran Scan
  EotN

  No Profession. Asura rank

  Asuran Scan

  Hex Spell

  For 9..12 seconds your attacks cannot miss target foe. Killing a foe hexed with Asuran scan removes 5% death penalty.

  

  5

  5
   to attack through blind and block (particularly helpful in areas with lots of rangers, which often do both).

See Also

• Build:W/any Dwarven Hammer
• Build:W/any Earth Shaker Warrior