Build:W/any Dwarven Hammer

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A Warrior build using Dwarven Battle Stance to dominate with hammers. Be strong like Great Dwarf!

Attributes and Skills

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Equipment

• Armor:
  • Stonefist Insignia on either head, gloves or feet (one of the three)
  • Full Survivor
  • Rune of Superior Vigor
  • Rune of Superior Absorption
  • Rune of Clarity
• Weapons: Zealous and/or Sundering Hammer

Usage

• Maintain Dwarven Battle Stance using Dwarven Stability.
• Keep "For Great Justice!" up as much as possible.
• Use Crude Swing, Whirlwind Attack and Brawling Headbutt in that order.
• While the enemy is knocked down, hit him 4 times with Renewing Smash.
• Maintain energy with Auspicious Blow (and/or a Zealous Hammer).

Counters

• Stance and enchantment removal
• Anti-melee hexes such as Empathy or Spiteful Spirit
• Blind
• Blocking

Variants

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• Add [["You Are All Weaklings!"]
• Taking [["Save Yourselves!"] instead of "For Great Justice!" [NOTE: This is NOT recommended unless you are sure you are facing 6 or more foes most of the time, eg. HM FoW, DoA, elite missions etc.]

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Notes

• Attack skills activation time with Dwarven Battle Stance:
  • no casting time = ~1.17 seconds (1.5*0.67=1.1725)
  • 1-second casting time = 0.67 seconds
  • 2-second casting time = 1.34 seconds (NOT 1.33 seconds)
  • 3-second casting time = 2.01 seconds (NOT 2 seconds)

• You need at least Deldrimor rank 6 to be able to permanently maintain Dwarven Battle Stance with 14 Strength, but at Deldrimor rank 4 (common rank after finishing EotN), you only have 5% downtime
• At maximum Deldrimor rank 10:
  • Dwarven Stability and Dwarven Battle Stance are maintainable with 12+ Strength
  • 12+1+1 Hammer Mastery and 12+1 Strength are ideal

• With a Stonefist Insigina, Brawling Headbutt will have a 3-second knockdown. Thanks to the 33% IAS from Dwarven Battle Stance, you can use Renewing Smash every 0.67 seconds. Four Renewing Smashes take ~2.7 seconds to make, which can easily be done in the 3-second knockdown, even without spamming. Five Renewing Smashes can also be done, but only with lots of luck, and when the time is exactly right.

This is why this is such a hilariously fun build, and also very effective.