Archive:W/D Steady Stance Warrior

The Desperate Scythe Warrior causes AoE conditions and energy denial in order to apply pressure and high damage to the opposing team.

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=Warrior/Dervish Tactics=12+1+1 Strength=3+1 ScytheMastery=12][Steady Stance][Desperation Blow][Drunken Blow] ["Fear Me!"]["Watch Yourself!"][Optional][Healing Signet][Resurrection Signet][/build]


 * The optional slot can be replaced by any skill to fit the desired role. Popular choices are Rending Touch, Rending Sweep, and "Shields Up!".

Equipment

 * Survivor Insignias are recommended. Gaining 7 energy from every Steady Stance-Blow chain will keep energy relatively high.
 * A Sundering Scythe is recommended.

Usage

 * Choose the desired target and activate Steady Stance, followed by either Desperation Blow or Drunken Blow.
 * Activate any of the adrenal skills - "Fear Me!" for energy denial and "Watch Yourself!" to buff the team.
 * Repeat this as necessary.
 * Under pressure, use Healing Signet to heal yourself.
 * As the condition applied is random, the more hits you make with the attacks, the more conditions are applied.
 * Your scythe will hit up to 3 adjacent targets. Take advantage of situations where several foes are close together, for example at the flag stand in GvG and in most PvE areas - Desperation Blow and Drunken Blow will apply the condition to all foes it hits.

Counters

 * Typical anti-melee counters such as blind, crippled and blocking.
 * Anti-melee hexes.

Variants

 * Consider taking Eremite's Attack or Thrill of Victory for PvE use.
 * Consider taking Soldier's Strike and Soldier's Defense.
 * Consider taking Ebon Battle Standard of Courage for use in PvE to offset the lower defense from not carrying a shield.