Trying to Buld a Warrior up!

[Arson_king]

So I decided my secondary to be a Warrior! I have no other reasons to use poetics on my Dragoon anymore! So I have to start from ground up with getting relic from zenith to zodiac which shouldn't take to long!

Which pieces would you recommend to buy first from Poetic?

And should I switch from my 30 vit to 30 Str?

By the way, as of Right now I have a Shiva Axe, her accessory, and the WoD 120 Foot drop as of right now

[Galgarion]

No reason not to put those bonus points in strength. Warriors get enough health from defiance and gear.

[SpookyGhost]

30 STR.

Head -> WoD body -> Belt

From there, it depends on if you're in content where you'll actually need more VIT or not. The pants, hands, and body are all really bad in terms of STR gained, but they're fine for VIT. If you're not in content where that matters, invest in STR jewelry. If you already have those, you can buy the Poetics feet for +acc if needed. Otherwise you're basically out of Poetics uses for WAR.

[Arson_king]

Nice thanks! What about right side poetics?

[SpookyGhost]

Slaying:

Neck = if you need more SS to hit 9 zerk
Bracelet = if you need more acc vs Shiva bracelet
Ring = never going to be replaced until 3.0
Earrings = more accuracy

[Arson_king]

I been reading about the 9 hit for Berserk and skill speed for Warriors. Would TP become an issue after a while with the amount of skill speed necessary to pull it off? And what Openers are you guys using?

Btw I have all right side from poetic including a extra ring of slaying and shiva bracelet of slaying

[SpookyGhost]

No, but SS becomes significantly lower weighted once you reach your personal cap. You want anything from 380-420 depending on how bad or good your connection is. 9 hits with all buffs up is a huge boon to your damage and doesn't really dry you out on TP any faster than you normally would have without it. It would take a ridiculous amount of Det/Crit to outweigh getting enough SS for 9 hits.

Opener mainly depends on your weapon. If, atm, you have anything at or over i110, you can get away with opening with:

Overpower > Unchained > HS > Brutal Swing > Maim > IR + Berserk > SE > HS > SS > BB > Fracture > HS > IB > Maim > SE

If you have less than that:

Overpower > Unchained > HS > Brutal Swing > SS > IR + Berserk > BB > HS > Maim > SE > Fracture > HS > IB > SS > BB

[Use Brutal Swing whenever it's on CD unless a boss needs to be stunned, use IR on CD, and save Berserk to pair with Unchained unless you're out of Defiance when Berserk is up or you can afford to turn Defiance off.]

After that, you have two options:

Eye -> Path -> repeat

or

Eye -> BB -> repeat

The former keeps up both of your main debuffs but should only be used if Path is needed and you have enough of an enmity cushion to allow for it.

The latter is highest DPS while in Defiance (the former is stronger for tanking out of Defiance, but I wouldn't recommend that until you're comfortable with WAR) and also has the highest enmity generation.

For any other questions, I'd recommend Xeno's WAR guide as it's pretty much the only concise WAR guide available (at least in video format): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkUuBQ7VPug