New World Warhammer Build Guide

Welcome to our New World Warhammer Build guide. This guide covers the very best quality points to utilize for the War Hammer, which weapon to pair it with for an effective construct, and the masteries that appear the most strong.

New World War Hammer Build

Finest War Hammer Build – The Tank

We’ve covered a Tank construct extensive here, however there’s no doubt that the War Hammer does favor a more tanky, Strength develop. Here are the best masteries for the different designs of play.

In regards to armor, you can choose a well balanced heavy/medium armor comp. For PVP battles it pays to have that extra mobility, although for the endgame PVE and big PVP fights you may want to lean greatly into heavy armor to keep you alive in predicaments.

PvE And Leveling Tank Build

The War Hammer excels at PvE thanks to its powerful AoE attacks. Both the Crowd Crusher and Juggernaut tree provide plenty in terms of scaling damage, and you’ll finish large groups of opponents, even though the weapon attacks gradually. This makes an excellent choice for Expeditions and for solo leveling.

Best Masteries For The War Hammer In PvE

There is a lot of liberty when it concerns picking proficiencies for the War Hammer. This suggested construct utilize the Crowd Crusher tree predominantly, however the Juggernaut tree – especially the Armor Breaker and its subsequent debuff passives – has its own strengths.

• Active Skills – Clear Out, Shockwave, and Path of Destiny.
• Clear Out – This is the first active skill you pick up and is an essential skill. When used, you swing the War Hammer in front of you, knocking enemies back by four meters and deals 115 percent weapon damage. It’s great for making space and for getting out of a swarm of enemies.
• Shockwave – Shockwave is another essential skill for a tank War Hammer build, especially because it is compatible with taunt gems to draw enemies toward you and away from your allies. It will stun enemies and with the second passive, Frailty, it will also inflict a Weakness debuff.
• Path of Destiny – Just a brilliant PvE ability. It has no limit on how many enemies it can hit, and with the final mastery passive, Stimulated Reduction, you can get a serious cooldown buff if you land a hit against multiple enemies.

Though this recommended build is dominated by the Crowd Crusher tree, you can experiment with the Juggernaut side of things, as well.

Other suggested capabilities for the War Hammer consist of:

• Mighty Gavel, this ability scales massively with its damage passives and is a key part of the Juggernaut tree. We saw a lot of players with this ability during the Open beta.
• Armor Breaker, debuffs galore. Ideal if you’re playing a more support tank role.

Balanced WarHammer Build For PVP Tanking

The War Hammer is not an easy weapon to use in PVP. Utilized properly, you have a great deal of CC and possible damage, however the sluggishness of the weapon and the absence of abilities that can close space between you and the opponent makes it hard to utilize, particularly for single-target PVP. Here’s a recommended develop to make it a little simpler.

• Active Skills – Armor Breaker, Wrecking Ball, Clear Out.
• Armor Breaker – The Armor Breaker skill is ideal for slicing through defensive enemies, and is the tank’s method of taking down another tank. It penetrates armor and the second perk, Indomitable, adds Grit to the attack, which means it is unstoppable by block.
• Wrecking Ball – This CC is better for PVP than PvE, as it “flattens” the enemy in place for a short time. If you manage to land a successful Wrecking Ball the opponent will be held in place, which means you can hopefully land some extra heavy attacks or an Armor Breaker.
• Clear Out – Just like in PVE, Clear Out is a valuable ability for PVP. The CC from the knockback can pin your enemy in place.

You have the alternative to play a more support-orientated role in large-scale PVP fights. Armor Breaker is the essential ability for this type of role. Both the Great Axe and War Hammer saw constant usage throughout the open beta, and are perfectly legitimate for a PVP develop, as long as you can close the space on your opponent.

Finest Weapons To Pair With The War Hammer

There are a couple of alternatives for good weapons to pair with the War Hammer, though we’ll concentrate on some that truly stand apart: the Sword and the Great Axe, although we likewise had fun with a Bow/War Hammer build that we’ll consist of too.

War Hammer And Sword And Shield

This is the develop we talked about in our tank construct guide, and it makes good sense to match the heavy CC of the War Hammer with the defensive abilities of the Sword, especially under the shield’s Defender tree.

• Active Skills For The Sword – Shield Bash, Shield Rush, Defiant Stance.
• The whole purpose of a tank construct is to draw enemies away from your primary damage dealers and healers. The taunt-compatible Shield Bash and Shield Rush are vital for this.
• Guard Rush also provides that extra little movement that the War Hammer is seriously lacking on its own.

War Hammer And The Bow

This is a PVP construct that some players have been explore during the closed beta. It’s difficult to utilize, primarily due to the fact that it blends the roles of a tank with a more incredibly elusive or duelist type of play. You still wish to scale mostly Strength. This does suggest that your Bow is going to be weak, however you’re using it as primarily a mobility tool at this moment.

• Active Skills – Evade Shot, Penetrating Shot, Rain of Arrows.
• Evade Shot is the key mobility skill, and it’s one of the best to use during single-target PVP. Being able to disengage works wonders for the War Hammer, especially as you can back off and wait for your CC cooldowns to recover.
• Rain of Arrows is useful because of its bleed and slow when you max out its mastery tree.
• Penetrating Shot is a great opener in PVP. If you manage to land the shot it can do massive damage, with a buff to damage for the distance covered.

After the Open Beta, we likewise want to include Poison Shot as an important alternative for any Bow build. It’s an incredibly powerful capability in PVP, particularly with the variety of Great Axe warriors we saw charging around. Drop down a Poison cloud in front of you and you can zone aggressive gamers.

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War Hammer And Great Axe

This is an incredibly popular develop throughout the open beta, even when gamers determined that the hitbox on the Hammer was a little bugged. When the problem is repaired for the full release of New World, this weapon combination is going to stand out for both PVP and PVE.

• Ideal mix for PVP. The War Hammer and Great Axe collectively provide some of the best one-v-one CC in the video game. As long as you can close the space with a ranged or duelist character– the Axe aids with this– then you will have the ability to portion down the challenger’s HP.
• You have alternatives for solo leveling, PVP tanking throughout sieges, or concentrating on a construct that works well in Duels. The Mighty Gavel capability for the War Hammer sets well with the CC of the Great Axe. An all-around build that is extremely enjoyable to utilize.