Warrior help needed

Ok, so when I started my warrior he was hardcore and could take on several baddies at one time without trouble. Now I'm lvl 24, I use two swords and I have level appropriate gear with upgrades. I seem to be dying a lot more in PvE and I have trouble taking on even two mobs lower level than me. How can I fix my survivability without sacrificing DPS?

Swords are single target, if you want more mobility with more mobs, try two axes to start and work your way up to axe mace for more control. If you want survivability go hammer. I watch my husband Alurl with his hammer and its crazy what he can do with that thing! Hope this helps, *hugs* Dae

Thanks a bunch Dae, I'm going to give that a try at lunch. My ultimate goal is to become a WvW champ. Spartan is my hero lol. Lady Orta and Jexia gave me my first taste of WvW and I'm addicted. I just need to get to 80 so I can hang with the big dogs and start learning some tactics.

I personal use Sword/Warhorn / Longbow

The passive healing from Healing Signet skill and the Adrenal Health trait (15 points defense) together will keep you going through most pve content outside of dungeons. For offense the 4 signet, Deep Strike trait (tier 1 arms) build remains the easiest way to level. You'll have near 100 percent crit rate using it in the early levels. It works well with any weapon set, but most people just use greatsword since it offers mobility and high burst. I liked sword/axe while I was leveling, but all of the warrior weapons are good. All of the melee weapons will hit multiple targets you just have to get used to positioning yourself so that they are in your frontal cone.

Ok, so I went home for my lunch and tried out the Axe/Axe combo and I really liked it. There seemed to be some good, fast damage output. I also equipped the Longbow as my secondary which I love for the aoe. Next, I'll need to get my traits and signets set up. Thanks a bunch guys for the help!

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There really is no wrong way to go with warrior when leveling. I would suggest running ALL weapons through some trials to get the feel for the skills. Sword/Axe is a nice combo for DPS as well. Big DPS good for PvE and PvP, is Greatsword and a "shouting" warrior build. But that isn't until you get enough trait-points to build up and get the skills to have all your shouts add healing to them. As you are leveling, you will need to make liberal use of your "dodge", get used to it now. even end-game you cant stand toe-to-toe the entire fight most times. WvW you definately need ranged attacks as backup.

Thanks for the info Raven, I think that was some of my problem when I made the post. I was cruising around some guides that say to make use of dodging and creating distance then switching to ranged. Coming from a background in WoW/EQ type games, its a lot to get used to lol, but I love it!

i was axe/axe,greatsword for a long time when i was in berserker gear. But i power leveled my warrior to 80 with crafting so i didnt have to do the whole level grind. after a while i found greatsword to be very boring so i switched it out for a rifle and i still use my rifle to this day. the rifle doesnt have any aoe skills but if traited properly at 80 you can do well over 13k crits with kill shot and volley. right now i am in power vitality toughness armor with knights jewelery and i use a hammer main for the huge amounts of crowd control and rifle as my swap weapon. I use banners in dungeons as the do damage when i drop them which is usually around 2k damage for each banner i drop. plus i have the trait that increases damage for each boon on me and when i use all 4 of my banners i have 4 boons on me. when i am in wvw i tend to use shouts and trait them so they heal everytime i use them. they dont heal for a great deal but they have gotten me out of some very tight spots in the past. when i am running my shout build i use signet of rage for the extra damage output and speed increase. i hope this is helpful to you and if you need any help with anything else feel free to ask me on here or ingame :)

I used Axe/Axe and Greatsword for leveling, and now I use Axe/Mace and Greatsword in dungeons. I don't have my build handy, as I am at work, but message me anytime in game and I will help you get your warrior sorted out. For a point of reference, I seem to sit constantly at 25 stacks of might with minimal effort, do a massive amount of damage, and heal passively with Omnomberry Ghosts (or Mixed Berry Pie for a cheaper alternative). With the right rotation, gear and build, you will become a DPS beast who hardly tries and never dies! :P

Just an update. Ive mixed and matched all the info ya'll have given me and at lvl 32 I seem to be an armored power house of death! Thanks so much for all the info. I seem to have no trouble dropping veterans solo or groups of regular bad guys.

I took a more defensive approach with my Warrior, and I love every minute of it. Here is my build: http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/warrior#16|9|10|16754|65|919|246|10|836|0|0|0|0|0|0|30|1084|1535|1491|30|1057|1510|1056|0|0|0|0|2|15|4|28028|28017|53498|53498|53498|53498|53498|21025|48789|48789|48789|48789|48789| I use Mace/Shield for most of the work, as the Mace dazes and stuns. The shield is also great for stun. Healing shouts is the linchpin of the build, and with 6 soldier runes, I remove conditions from my group members. I use Sword/Horn for mobility, but I also keep a Rifle in my pack that I switch to as needed. With the superior sigil of bloodlust and the superior sigil of force on the shield, she has enough damage output to be a terror in PvE. If you use in WvWvW, switch the 'Bersker's Power' trait to 'Death from Above' and watch what happens when people try to attack the gates of your fort... just drop in on them and launch everyone around you without stability, and run back in. This can buy your team some time so that the zerg can come back and defend if they are elsewhere. Offensive warriors are great, too, but try this out and see what you think. For leveling I was offensive, using a Signet Warrior build with the trait that gives you +40 precision per signet, and a greatsword.

i like alot of what im seeing in this thread and yes there is almost no way to go wroung with the warrior , ifur looking into wvw pm me ingame somtime or come to me in rc as well as there are many people who wvw very well . hammer / axe sheild is one of my fav brawler builds hamer/ sword/mace is by far probly the funest ive played so far cause of the massive cc potential you have ps. i dont use ranged weapons but its is a personal thing for me