poll--- axe or sword

[angel of death]

my axe warrior/ranger

strength 10
axe mastery 11
wilderness survival 10

eviscerate
axe rake
axe twist
penetrating blow
power attack
beserker stance
apply poison
troll unguent


my sword warrior/ranger

strength 10
swordsmanship 11
wilderness survival 10

power attack
sever artery
gash
galrath slash
final thrust
beserker stance
melandrus resilience
apply poison


I want to do some pve and pvp, which is better do you guys think?

[STINGER]

Interrupt & Speed

I would work on fitting these into your builds.

With the Sword guy you could drop the Melandrus for Battle Rage.

Also for the Sword guy you could go with Hundred Blades as it hits more than one person, it will spread your poison to more targets without have to switch targets. Apply Poison will take a lot of your energy, make sure you dont cary too many skills that will cost you more energy. As a standard for my warrior's I agree with STINGER you should try to work in either a snare or speed boost and an interrupt, Distracting Blow would work for either of your chars and Sprint would take care of the speed boost for you. Those arent the only skills you can use, I suggest testing them all and see what fits your play style best.

[STINGER]

BTW, didnt vote on your post because frankly weapon is a choice, somehting you feel best with.

Personally I like Sword for certain builds and Axe for others and hammer for others.

100 Blades is a good option for the sword guy especially for spreading the poison. Cyclone Axe can do the same wiht Axes.

Battle Rage really suites a sword build as really the only sword elite which is 100 Blades is good but full time 25% run speed and double Adren IMO beats it hands down! Just make sure you dont use Apply while Battle Rage as up as it will end it. Basically charge up to Battle Rage, hit Apply, then hit BR and go nutz! If you go all Adren skills but Apply then you will have much less concern with energy issues.

Beserkers 10E
Apply 15
Power 5
Troll 5

Building like this can put you at no enrgy fast and not being able ot use your skills when you want.

R/W is a good Poison melee build. Wilderness/Tactics/Weapon/Expert, Ranger skills and attack skills are very cheap wiht a build like this. A warrior could run into energy issues at times trying to do Apply Poison. You might give this one a shot some time.



BTW, there is no PvP build I would ever take straight into PvE nor the other way around. Any PvP build can afford to drop damage for healing in a PvE setting. You also dont need "adren charging" skills in PvE you will get it up fast enuff without it.

[Avenger]

I find the Paladin build works great for PvE.. Since its what im using right now

[angel of death]

I thought about going with a paladin build, but they are SO generic. Everybody and their entire family has a W/Mo!

Ok, the sword build is altered a little bit now.

Power Attack (damage with no adrenaline)
Sever Artery (bleeding)
Gash (deep wound)
Galrath Slash (damage)
Final Thrust (big damage as a finishing blow)
Savage Slash (interrupt)
Battle Rage (speed and adrenaline)
Apply Poison (posion)

[STINGER]

Give it a whirl, it looks pretty decent. Should be less energy issues and even when there are your adrn skills will come up more often so it wont matter much. Still think Power attack isnt needed but that is just me, it would be a good place to slap that rez sig.

Still think Power attack isnt needed but that is just me, it would be a good place to slap that rez sig.
or sprint

[Valtars]

as stinger said weapon for a warrior is a matter Of choice... Personally Being a big fan of Vikings I enjoy axe build... I am a Wa/Mo Because I enjoy the thought of a paladin using an axe... Right now i'm using a Gold Max Damage Great Axe of Defense and its working for me quite well... alsoi using 85/10% 1.5k Plate armor... Plan to upgrade to 15k when I get the money to spend... SInce its mearly for aesthetics.. But yeah I can honestly say Both sword and Axe have skills that make them good So it really is just a matter of preferance...

[Mattinator]

I don't play pve, but of those 2 I'd have to say that the sword war/rng will probably work best for you in pvp, it can deal out some pretty heavy damage and still dot with poison, an interesting build you're planning on using none the less, never really see war/rng ers that use their melee weapon and a bow.

[angel of death]

Im not using a bow, apply poison works on all melee attacks. That means I can just apply it on my sword. :D

I think I've bout decided to go with the sword build too, if I change my mind I can always get my hands on an axe and try it out.

And thanks for all the suggestions!

[Litebringer]

Well, between axe and sword i would have to say hammer. I just plain don't like axes and swords....but maybe it's because I'm not a PvE person. I don't RP but in PvP either you use hammer or your probably not going to be the most useful warrior. Now axes and swords can be alright smiting, but hammers are just THAT much better.

Now if I really must choose......axe ftw

[Mattinator]

oh I didn't realize that it worked without a bow, in that case I'd have to agree with litebringer in saying that a hammer would be the best for pvp, hammers aren't very good in pve though