Build:W/A Steady Axe Warrior

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Contents 1 Attributes and Skills 2 Equipment 3 Usage 4 Variants 5 Counters

This pressure build is made from the Nightfall skill Steady Stance, and Desperation Blow and Drunken Blow from the previous 2 campaigns. The character may look like a gimmick at first sight, however the "Fear Me!" spam causes mass e-denial, especially with multiple copies of this character.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Warrior / Assassin	Attribute Rank
Axe Mastery	12 + 1 + 1
Tactics	12 + 2
Strength	3

Steady Stance

Drunken Blow

Desperation Blow

Critical Chop

Signet of Malice

"Fear Me!"

Healing Signet

Resurrection Signet

[edit] Equipment

• Vampiric and Ebon axes of fortitude (15^50 inscription).
• +5 energy axe (possibly focus too) to counter e-denial.

[edit] Usage

• Use steady stance followed by either Drunken Blow or Desperation Blow.
• Spike down targets by following with Critical Chop.
• Keep yourself clear of condition with Signet of Malice.

[edit] Variants

• Signet of Malice can be switched for Dash or Rush if you have reliable backup.
• The build is as or more powerful when using Hammers, by speccing 12+1+1 into Hammer Mastery and switching Critical Chop for Hammer Bash.

[edit] Counters

• Block skills are not as big a problem as they may seem. Even if the attack skills are blocked, you will gain the energy and adrenaline, so to keep up your "Fear Me!" spam.
• Signet of Humility, by disabling Steady Stance, consistently disrupts this build
• Anti-warrior Hexes