Need GWF PvP Help

maxillion2

OK so i only wish to only pvp with my GWF cause my team Needs One and i quite enjoy the class so i have a few question What tree is good for PvP and should i use a mixed set or a full epic t2 armor set. I looked at alot of guide but not many seemed to answer my questions. I want to have good DPS But i wanna be able to live against at least 2 or 3 people at a point.

gudgeonator

Flavour of the month build is sentinel focussed. A little forum snooping will show you the builds. However - the paragon path is pretty much secondary to the required enchant and base ability setup. High con and + health gear for a high health pool. Stacked full of tenebrous enchants to proc damage based on hit points, and usually a plaguefire on main weapon. Some regen (maybe lifesteal) to stay alive (and at as high HP as possible). Same goes for the GF version (as conqueror).

This combo is responsible for the majority of nerf GWF posts. Which is a shame because without the cash enchants the tanky sent gwf build is still a fun build that makes an honest trade of dps for survivability. The enchant version does not make that honest trade - it takes both and runs with them up into your face and stabs you in the brain region.

I run a sentinel using the full scrapper's set (of all things) and a mix of T6/T5 enchants (mostly dark). Has a pretty flat stat distribution (defense is the highest stat). Lots of damage mitigation - not a lot of damage. I find it fun, some would say it's gimped. For me it's more fun than dying too quickly on my old destroyer build, and I'm not willing/able to spend cash for amazing gear/enchants. But if you have the money and are willing to spend it - you can go flavour of the month and join the rest of the mostly unkillable wrecking crew.

A lot of people suggest mixed sets (two 2 piece bonuses). You can have an extra 3200 hp or more that way - or a mix of +400 crit & recovery bonuses mostly. The T2 PVP set is a nice upgrade to the T1 set, and I'll be saving my GG coins for that. As I personally haven't tried the majority of sets yet I'm just blowin' air at this point. Anyway - have fun with a big sword while staying up for a long time - that's my gwf experience.

drexargin

The only way you will have "good" dps and still be able to facetank 2-3 people is by going full tank, stack hp like mentioned, with a full greater tenebrous setup, plus greater/perfect weapon/armor enchants. (Though, if the said 2-3 people are in greens, like half the pvp population, you can be naked, which is cheap..)

The problem being the tenebrous enchants. Last time i checked the auction house on Beholder there wasnt even enough lessers to make a single greater, not to mention that even if there were it would probably cost 30+ million AD to get a set of them.. Money most of us dont have, especially if we mostly or exclusively pvp. Or well, i guess you could go buy a thousand keys or so and hope to get enough from lockboxes, if you own your own oilfield or similar..

If you are ok with just staying alive really well, but only do decent damage (probably need at least two full rotations unless very lucky with crits to kill stuff (If properly geared opponent)), you could probably get away with like 1.5-2 million worth of gear, instead of 50 or so. Just slap on full titan or something, spec full sentinel, get a plaguefire on your sword to help a bit with the killing.

Then again you could just go all out dps and hope to plow one face before you run away from the other two, rince and repeat, only problem is if you get stuck prone too long.