Needing more energy for a warrior - Guild Wars Forums

Perkunas · Sep 15, 2011, 01:27 AM // 01:27

Using search on wiki isn't helping much, maybe because I am not using the right "keywords". I am looking to add 5 to 10+ energy to my warrior's build. Besides using Radiant insigs, are there other ways of gaining more energy? Swords & shields, premade or makeable?

Any assistance, keywords for search, weapon/shield name, crafter, or collector would be greatly appreciated.

Haggis of Doom · Sep 15, 2011, 01:37 AM // 01:37

Hmm, to better answer your question, could you tell us what you will be using that energy for?

As a rule of thumb, if you want more energy in GW, superior energy management (things that make you gain energy/make you use less energy) is always a better idea than a bigger energy pool (which is only really needed when you try to use single skills that require a lot of energy, something that doesn't really happen to a warrior).

A warrior's energy management consist mainly of:
- Adrenal skills (a passive form of energy management)
- Warrior's Endurance [E], one of the best warrior elites (Power Attack rarely leaves your bar if you go with WE)
- Flourish [E] (in most cases inferior to WE)
- Zealous weapon prefix + optional AoE attacks
- Energy gaining attacks such as Counterattack (few of which are among the best warrior skills)

Radiant insignias, Runes of Attunement, staves, caster off-hands and the 'I have the power!' weapon inscription are all ways to raise your energy pool, but none of them are recommended for warriors outside of specific farming builds. Read Marty's stickied warrior guide for more info

**Marty Silverblade** · Sep 15, 2011, 01:37 AM // 01:37

-Generally speaking, there should be no need to increase your maximum energy. Radiant insignia and the like are not worth using.
-If you encounter energy problems, the best thing to do would be to swap to a zealous weapon.
-Raising your maximum energy is not the same thing as energy management. Unless you need to expend 30e at once (for whatever reason) the size of your pool doesn't matter all that much. You're better off increasing the rate that you regain energy (i.e, zealous weapon mods as stated above).
-If a zealous isn't sufficient, it's almost definitely because you're running too many energy skills that you shouldn't be. From an efficiency point of view, the warriors standard energy pool is fine. You can only consider it small when you start running "creative"/non-meta/etc builds that use energy hungry skills from other professions. What are you trying to do?
-To more properly answer your question, martial weapons can carry a +5e inscription (which would normally be a 15^50). Shields cannot help with energy. Armor can hold radiant insignia (as we know) and attunement runes (which are easy to grab since you only really need str/weapon/vigor runes). There are skills too, but as above, until you post what you're trying to do we can't really help with that.

Perkunas · Sep 15, 2011, 02:23 AM // 02:23

My warrior is a "work in progress". Not too many skills to choose from yet. Running the following skills:

Distracting Blow (5e)
Sever Artery
Gash
Pure Strike (5e)
Hamstring (10e)
Seeking Blade (5e)
Whirlwind Attack
Rebirth

Using Sundering Fellblade of Fortitude ("old school" acquired many moons ago) and Exalted Aegis (str)

My problem; Currently in Tarnished Coast, dealing with the adrenalin blockers and being blocked, and running out energy while trying to fight through the blocks. The Zealous suggestion would help, just a matter of getting one.

I have also been reading the Warrior Guide while waiting for replies. I see some things there that I will try out on my team.

lord norke · Sep 15, 2011, 02:32 AM // 02:32

i would suggest ditching hamstring and taking a ims/ias, that skill is likely the source of your energy problem

Xenomortis · Sep 15, 2011, 02:32 AM // 02:32

Hamstring is junk; don't use it. Take Frenzy and ditch Pure strike as well.
You could do with an elite skill too.

**Marty Silverblade** · Sep 15, 2011, 02:38 AM // 02:38

-In that case, grab Asuran Scan when you can.
-Rez skills belong on midline characters like Rits and Necros. There are better things to do with slots on a frontliner.
-An IAS is NEVER optional under any circumstance. It's the single most important thing you can bring.

Regarding your choice of energy skills:
-Seeking Blade is worth 5DPS.
-Pure Strike is worth 3.5DPS (although you're taking it to avoid the blocking, presumably).
-Hamstring is expensive and doesn't provide any meaningful benefit.
-Distracting Blow is a bit pointless when running Mesmer heroes is so viable.

Swords don't offer much when it comes to energy based attacks. If you do want to do something to fix the problem, perhaps try removing the block stances, switching targets, and removing anything that's stopping your adrenaline buildup (in the reverse order, preferably). That way there isn't really a need to compromise your build as much as you have. If that still doesn't do it, honestly the best advice I could give is to just bear with it until you get AScan. It shouldn't be too far away. I don't recall having a problem with it when I went back and vanquished it all.

turbo234 · Sep 15, 2011, 04:02 AM // 04:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perkunas

My warrior is a "work in progress". Not too many skills to choose from yet. Running the following skills:

Distracting Blow (5e)
Sever Artery
Gash
Pure Strike (5e)
Hamstring (10e)
Seeking Blade (5e)
Whirlwind Attack
Rebirth

honestly, if you're running with a sword build why not savage over distracting? just an option.

if you're running on issues with energy i would suggest either a zealous mod or warriors endurance as the elite. the WE build i typically run on my war is
WE
savage slash
wild blow
power attack
prot strike
frenzy/BoA
sprint
res/optional(i suggest asura scan)

and are you dying so much that you need rebirth? i would just take sunspear res sig over it. you don't lose energy, doesnt restrict you to w/mo, they come back with full health and high energy to full energy.

Perkunas · Sep 15, 2011, 04:11 AM // 04:11

Made the following skill changes and doing the quest to get Asuran Scan (to swap out with Final Thrust).

Wild Blow
Sever Artery
Gash
Berserker Stance
Power Attack
Whirlwind Attack
Final Thrust
Battle Rage

Also made several changes to heroes bars.

Thank you for your help.

cataphract · Sep 15, 2011, 05:32 AM // 05:32

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Sep 15, 2011, 01:27 AM // 01:27	#1
Perkunas Jungle Guide Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In my own little world, looking at yours Guild: Only Us[NotU] Profession: E/	Needing more energy for a warrior Using search on wiki isn't helping much, maybe because I am not using the right "keywords". I am looking to add 5 to 10+ energy to my warrior's build. Besides using Radiant insigs, are there other ways of gaining more energy? Swords & shields, premade or makeable? Any assistance, keywords for search, weapon/shield name, crafter, or collector would be greatly appreciated.

Sep 15, 2011, 01:37 AM // 01:37	#3
Marty Silverblade Administrator Join Date: Jun 2006	-Generally speaking, there should be no need to increase your maximum energy. Radiant insignia and the like are not worth using. -If you encounter energy problems, the best thing to do would be to swap to a zealous weapon. -Raising your maximum energy is not the same thing as energy management. Unless you need to expend 30e at once (for whatever reason) the size of your pool doesn't matter all that much. You're better off increasing the rate that you regain energy (i.e, zealous weapon mods as stated above). -If a zealous isn't sufficient, it's almost definitely because you're running too many energy skills that you shouldn't be. From an efficiency point of view, the warriors standard energy pool is fine. You can only consider it small when you start running "creative"/non-meta/etc builds that use energy hungry skills from other professions. What are you trying to do? -To more properly answer your question, martial weapons can carry a +5e inscription (which would normally be a 15^50). Shields cannot help with energy. Armor can hold radiant insignia (as we know) and attunement runes (which are easy to grab since you only really need str/weapon/vigor runes). There are skills too, but as above, until you post what you're trying to do we can't really help with that. __________________

Sep 15, 2011, 02:32 AM // 02:32	#5
lord norke Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2011	i would suggest ditching hamstring and taking a ims/ias, that skill is likely the source of your energy problem Last edited by lord norke; Sep 15, 2011 at 02:33 AM // 02:33.. Reason: expanding on my post

Sep 15, 2011, 02:38 AM // 02:38	#7
Marty Silverblade Administrator Join Date: Jun 2006	-In that case, grab Asuran Scan when you can. -Rez skills belong on midline characters like Rits and Necros. There are better things to do with slots on a frontliner. -An IAS is NEVER optional under any circumstance. It's the single most important thing you can bring. Regarding your choice of energy skills: -Seeking Blade is worth 5DPS. -Pure Strike is worth 3.5DPS (although you're taking it to avoid the blocking, presumably). -Hamstring is expensive and doesn't provide any meaningful benefit. -Distracting Blow is a bit pointless when running Mesmer heroes is so viable. Swords don't offer much when it comes to energy based attacks. If you do want to do something to fix the problem, perhaps try removing the block stances, switching targets, and removing anything that's stopping your adrenaline buildup (in the reverse order, preferably). That way there isn't really a need to compromise your build as much as you have. If that still doesn't do it, honestly the best advice I could give is to just bear with it until you get AScan. It shouldn't be too far away. I don't recall having a problem with it when I went back and vanquished it all. __________________

Sep 15, 2011, 04:11 AM // 04:11	#9
Perkunas Jungle Guide Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In my own little world, looking at yours Guild: Only Us[NotU] Profession: E/	Made the following skill changes and doing the quest to get Asuran Scan (to swap out with Final Thrust). Wild Blow Sever Artery Gash Berserker Stance Power Attack Whirlwind Attack Final Thrust Battle Rage Also made several changes to heroes bars. Thank you for your help. Last edited by Perkunas; Sep 15, 2011 at 04:14 AM // 04:14..

Sep 15, 2011, 01:37 AM // 01:37	#2
Haggis of Doom Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: May 2009 Guild: TGB Profession: W/	Hmm, to better answer your question, could you tell us what you will be using that energy for? As a rule of thumb, if you want more energy in GW, superior energy management (things that make you gain energy/make you use less energy) is always a better idea than a bigger energy pool (which is only really needed when you try to use single skills that require a lot of energy, something that doesn't really happen to a warrior). A warrior's energy management consist mainly of: - Adrenal skills (a passive form of energy management) - Warrior's Endurance [E], one of the best warrior elites (Power Attack rarely leaves your bar if you go with WE) - Flourish [E] (in most cases inferior to WE) - Zealous weapon prefix + optional AoE attacks - Energy gaining attacks such as Counterattack (few of which are among the best warrior skills) Radiant insignias, Runes of Attunement, staves, caster off-hands and the 'I have the power!' weapon inscription are all ways to raise your energy pool, but none of them are recommended for warriors outside of specific farming builds. Read Marty's stickied warrior guide for more info

Sep 15, 2011, 02:23 AM // 02:23	#4
Perkunas Jungle Guide Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In my own little world, looking at yours Guild: Only Us[NotU] Profession: E/	My warrior is a "work in progress". Not too many skills to choose from yet. Running the following skills: Distracting Blow (5e) Sever Artery Gash Pure Strike (5e) Hamstring (10e) Seeking Blade (5e) Whirlwind Attack Rebirth Using Sundering Fellblade of Fortitude ("old school" acquired many moons ago) and Exalted Aegis (str) My problem; Currently in Tarnished Coast, dealing with the adrenalin blockers and being blocked, and running out energy while trying to fight through the blocks. The Zealous suggestion would help, just a matter of getting one. I have also been reading the Warrior Guide while waiting for replies. I see some things there that I will try out on my team.

Sep 15, 2011, 02:32 AM // 02:32	#6
Xenomortis Tea Powered Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Profession: N/	Hamstring is junk; don't use it. Take Frenzy and ditch Pure strike as well. You could do with an elite skill too.

Sep 15, 2011, 05:32 AM // 05:32	#10
cataphract Forge Runner Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ashford Abbey Guild: Hey Mallyx [icU] Profession: Mo/Me	If you really want a shield that gives energy visit this guy.