Teach me how to WAR!

[Kelberos]

Crit isn't that good for WAR since we naturally get a crit chance buff from Defiance. You want to meld for VIT, parry, and (if it's not already at cap) determination. If DET is at cap, go for crit. 10vit/12parry/x is best.

What? Theres a det cap??? What was it again?

[SpookyGhost]

What? Theres a det cap??? What was it again?

Well, cap on each piece since all the gryphonskin stuff already comes with Determination, except for the ring. Not really sure how much you can get out of the Wrists/Earrings/Necklace unless it's default capped is what I mean. There's no actual cap on your DET though, afaik.

On another note, *insert words here*

If you're off tanking, yeah, you want Defiance off. Your OT rotation is basically SP combo -> SE combo, then if your MT is far enough ahead in aggro weave in BB combos. If you want to maximize damage, pop Berserk before Unchained since it's active for longer and will give you more out of your Unchained buff. You'll also want Internal Release because (although it's worse now) it's still an increase in crit rate which you won't be getting naturally since you're going to be out of Defiance.

If you're locking adds out of the Slime boss room, you'll want to stand at the entrance (inside the boss room) and have someone else pull the Slime to you, then Provoke, then raw BB/Tomahawk depending on range. Holmgang won't help you there.

For AOE, OP and Flash are the way to go. Berserk + Bloodbath + Overpower is an insane amount of hate and some nice self healing. If you have 5 Wrath left over from your previous trash pull you can initiate with Tomahawk -> SS -> OP, etc., but that's about the only time you'll be using it.