Build:W/any Earth Shaker Warrior

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A Hammer Warrior with the ability to knockdown multiple foes if they are standing close together.

Attributes and Skills

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• [[Song of Concentration] - Most common optional in HA
• [[Death's Charge@3] - for instant movement and also a self-heal in split situations
• [[Grasping Earth@8] - especially great for hex builds (go with a spec of 14 hammer, 11 strength, 8 earth)
• [[Lions Comfort@14] - adrenaline gain and self-heal

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Usage

• Upon entering battle, begin building adrenaline. When you and any other warriors on your team have adrenaline, organize a spike on a suitable target.
• Try to spike down low health targets.
• Use Bull's Strike to knock people down and set up spikes.
• Use Crushing Blow for an extremely powerful attack on targets you've knocked down.
• Use Flail to build adrenaline faster and to speed up your spikes.
• Use Enraging Charge to gain adrenaline and catch up to targets.
• After knocking someone down with Earth Shaker, it is often useful to 1/4 knock them with Hammer Bash. To do this, you use Flail after Earth Shaker, hit once with a Hammer attack, and then pause for half a second before using Hammer Bash. If done correctly, the target will be knocked down again directly after standing up and not even be able to cast a 1/4 second activation skill.
• Use your Elemental weapon to bypass enemy warriors' resistance to physical damage.
• Of course, use Resurrection Signet to resurrect dead party members.

Variants

• Replace Resurrection Signet with Death Pact Signet for a hard res.
• Equip Protector's Strike for fast, spammable damage.
• For additional damage and possible extra source of deep wound, take Body Blow.
• Take Mokele Smash for additional adrenaline gain and damage.
• Sprint or Rush for additional movement capability.

Counters

• Melee shutdown
• Anti-knockdown skills
• Blackout disables your skills and causes loss of all adrenaline.

Equipment

• Survivor insignias and 1 Stonefist insignia on boot or hand.
• Sundering or Vampiric Hammer, Elemental, and Furious Hammers. Fortitude or Defense mod on either.
• A defensive set with spear + shield. Spear should have +30 health and a furious mod (you'll often want to be in this set to build adren). Keep an assortment of shields in your inventory (all the damage types, cripple reduction, blind reduction)
• Keep a longbow in your inventory to build adrenaline from afar
• Superior Vigor, Clarity, and Restoration runes.