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RANDOM ARENA/ALLIANCE BATTLES The Lightning Hammer PvP build focuses on the stance renewing ability of "On Your Knees!" combined with a powerful ranger stance that increases attack speed and evades attacks. With high elemental armor and near constant physical evasion, this build is highly resistant to most damage.

Attributes and Skills

Ranger / Warrior	Attribute Rank
Hammer Mastery	12
Expertise	10 + 1 + 2
Wilderness Survival	8 + 2

Irresistible Blow

Devastating Hammer

Crushing Blow

"On Your Knees!"

Lightning Reflexes

Optional

Troll Unguent

Resurrection Signet

Variants

• For the Optional Slot:
  • Dryder's Defenses can give you an additional 10 seconds of evasion, as well as very strong armor increase versus elemental damage. Whirling Defense is also useful and long lasting. Remember that you have +10 armor and possibly +15% damage while in a stance.
  • Storm Chaser is useful to chase down fleeing foes, to quickly engage in melee range, to regain energy, and to escape if necessary.
  • Antidote Signet can remove blindness.
  • Distracting Blow can be a useful interrupt.
  • Nature's Renewal is useful if your team uses few enchantments and hexes.
• For Alliance Battles, Storm Chaser is a must, but the res signet can be replaced with any of the above option skills, Dodge for running to capture control points, or Healing Spring for large, concentrated battles.

Equipment

Armor:

• Sentry's Armor for additional armor while in a stance.

Weapons:

• Any max damage customized hammer with either +15% damage while in a stance or +15% damage always, energy -5. Energy will likely never be a problem with either build unless you encounter very heavy energy denial.

Suggested Weapon Mods:

• Sundering Hammer of Fortitude for the Lightning Hammer build.
• Furious Hammer of Fortitude for the Crazed Carpenter/Shakey Tanker builds.
• It's often beneficial to bring along an extra hammer with an elemental damage mod such as an icy hammer haft to help damage Warriors.

Similar Green/Unique Hammers:

• Kanaxai's Mallet
• Vera
• Victo's Maul

Usage

• Open with Lightning Reflexes only after you are in melee range, as its duration is short.
• Spam Irresistible Blow whenever it's recharged. With 13 expertise you can easily manage your energy and deal consistent extra damage.
• If your attacks are not interfered with, you should be able to use Devastating Hammer before Lightning Reflexes ends.
• Immediately use Crushing Blow to cause deep wound and extra damage.
• Immediately use "On Your Knees!" to recharge Lightning Reflexes. Then reactivate it as soon as it times out.
• Use Troll Unguent only as necessary, as the 3 second delay will cause your stance to end before you can renew it.

Counters

• On hit hexes such as Empathy or Spiteful Spirit work, but are less useful than they seem. The high damage and slow attack speed of hammers allow the Lightning Hammer build to out damage any individual hex of that type though this may have a greater impact on the Crazed Carpenter build as it tends to hit multiple enemies with Crude Swing.
• Blindness and Weakness
• Heavy life degeneration.
• Adrenaline drain or prevention.
• Defensive stances, though Irresistible Blow can cause damage through them for the Lightning Hammer build and the AoE damage from Earth Shaker and Yeti Smash will still connect with adjacent targets for the Crazed Carpenter.
• Damage reducing hexes such as Faintheartedness or Spirit of Failure
• Anti-evasion skills such as Rigor Mortis, Griffon's Sweep, Warrior's Cunning, or Unseen Fury.

Mesmer / Assassin	Attribute Rank
Illusion Magic	12 + 1 + 3
Shadow Arts	12
Dagger Mastery	3

Illusionary Weaponry

Deadly Paradox

Death's Charge

Feigned Neutrality

Dark Escape

Return

Illusion of Weakness

Resurrection Signet

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This Build uses the Bear's skill Brutal Mauling which activats on "Next Attack Skill" chants/shouts

Attributes and Skills

Paragon / Ranger	Attribute Rank
Leadership	12 + 1 + 2
Beast Mastery	10
Motivation	8 + 1

Brutal Strike

Bestial Pounce

Burning Refrain

Blazing Finale

Leader's Comfort

Comfort Animal

Charm Animal

Signet of Return

• Brutal strike is optional, you can replace with and condition or special animal attack skill.(eg. Maiming strike, Feral Lunge
• Can Replace almost any skill except Charm Animal with Glowing Signet for energy recovery

Equipment

Any Max Spear Use Health armors

• Use a Major Rune of Leadership

and a Minor rune of Motivation

Usage

Make sure you have a bear as a pet, by attacking a target, once your pet gets adjacent to your target, start with Burning Refrain then Burning Refrain, then spam Bestial Pounce untill your target is below 50% health, Use Brutal Strike Repeat

• Use Glowing Signet when a foe is burning to reclaim some lost energy

Make sure you use Bestial Pounce on spell casters

Counters

Heavy use of extinguish or related. Empathy could quickly kill the pet because of its AI

Variants

Self Heals and pet attacks