W-any Fierce Hammer

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This build has been designed for the following use:

This is a fairly versatile hammer warrior build. Easily suited to pressure or spike playing. Pairs well with another sword or axe warrior in GvG.

Attributes and Skills

Use full Gladiator's Armor with Stoneskin Gauntlets.
If using a PvP character, use a Vampiric or Zealous PvP Hammer of Fortitude and an Ebon PvP Hammer of Fortitude. Sundering is also useful for the chance of getting sundering hits on spikes. Use a wand/spear/bow for building adrenaline.

Upon entering battle, begin building adrenaline. When you and any other warriors on your team have adrenaline, organize a spike on a suitable target.
Try to spike down low health targets.
Don't stay on a target if he gets enchanted by skills like Protective Spirit.
Use Flail to speed up your spikes.
Use Rush to catch kiting targets and to cancel Frenzy if you come under focused fire.
Use Healing Signet to keep your health up and to ease pressure off of your monks. Don't use it when under focused fire.
Use your Ebon weapon to bypass enemy warriors' resistance to physical damage.
Of course, use Resurrection Signet to resurrect dead party members.

All the usual warrior counters apply, such as snares, blind, weakness, Empathy, Faintheartedness, etc.

You can replace Bull's Strike with Hammer Bash or, to utilize the Weakness condition from Devastating Blow, Heavy Blow.
- NOTE: If you are doing this, it is advisable to replace Rush with Sprint, since both Hammer Bash and Heavy Blow cause you to lose all adrenaline.
Rush can be replaced with Enraging Charge for quicker adrenaline gain.
Healing Signet can be replaced with another utility skill such as "To the Limit!", Plague Touch, or Distracting Blow.
You can replace a skill with Way of the Fox to ensure your spike hitting.
You can replace Mighty Blow with Heavy Blow for an additional knockdown.
With a Dervish secondary, you can replace Rush with Pious Haste for a quick recharging cancel stance. As well, W/D allows you to make use of Rending Touch.