Tactics Warrior

October 2024

Tactics warrior is a core duelist build similar to Bladesworn  that takes advantage of shouts and Relic of Zakiros for self-sustain and survivability.

Core warrior is not currently meta, but can hold many 1v1 matchups and be effective as a side-noder if played properly.

This build is very simple to understand and execute, making it ideal for new players without access to expansions.

Build Fundamentals

Tactics Warrior does good damage by buffing itself with 25 might and unique modifiers like peak performance. Some of your hardest hitting abilities are your burst skills, and , and which can randomly hit up to 8k.

You can cap yourself easily with and , make sure to do so for large crits on your burst skills.

Your basic combos all revolve around or to hard cc a target and chain skills on them. Reference the basic  combo sections for some ideas on how to execute bursts correctly. is also an to set up hard cc.

Sustain

is one of the strongest heals in the game, removing 5 conditions and only having a 15-second cooldown when traited with . Both your shouts heal you from and pairs well with  and , both of which heal you considerably over time.

Keep in mind that you have extra endurance regeneration from and , so you can afford to be fairly liberal with your Dodges.

For more traditional mitigation, you have which is a good mobile block and which is an evade.

Tips

• Your shouts don’t just heal you, they heal allies! Use them in teamfights near low team members for free healing and cleanse.

• Take advantage of Sigil of Intelligence, Throw Axe can randomly hit for up to 7k if you’re lucky.

• can be used to revive downed teammates as well as get kills, your and extra health make it hard to interrupt!