User:Nyktos/PvE Earthshaker

Although hammer Warriors are typically weaker than their sword or axe counterparts in PvE, this build is a quite effective one. It is a great help vs powerful melee foes, as it can supply knockdowns fairly often, as well as applying Weakness to lower their damage, and even preventing a foe from attacking at all for a short time.

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=W/E hammer=12+1+1 strength=9+1 air=9][earth shaker][counter blow][pulverizing smash][a touch of guile][flail][distracting strike][conjure lightning][enraging charge][/build]

Equipment

 * 15^50 Shocking Hammer of Fortitude
 * Stonefist Insignia on head/hands/feet

Usage

 * Activate and maintain Conjure Lightning.
 * Use Enraging Charge and charge into battle. When you make a hit, activate Flail.
 * Go after the melees mostly. Your main chain is Counter Blow -> Pulverizing Smash -> A Touch of Guile.
 * If foes are clumped up (fairly common), use Earth Shaker to knock them all down.
 * Once the melees are gone, go after any casters that your other party members haven't killed. Using Counter Blow against them is harder (though still possible, as they do wand when not casting) so you'll have to make more use of Earth Shaker. Skip using ATOG, as their attacks are not a threat.
 * Use Distracting Strike to interrupt dangerous skills.

Variants

 * Replace Pulverizing Smash with Crushing Blow.
 * Replace ATOG with Low Blow. This will allow you to kill stuff faster and allows Dstrike's disable effect to work, but ATOG's effect is very useful against powerful physicals.
 * Replace Conjure Lightning with a different Conjure.
 * Whirlwind Attack could probably fit in somewhere.