Guild Wars 2: End Of Dragons - Best Open-World Build For Bladesworn Warriors

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Itching to know the best open-world build for your Gunsaber-wielding samurai in Guild Wars 2?You're in the right place, let us show you how to maximize the open-world potential of the Bladesworn Warrior and master both the way of the gun and blade.

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The Warrior is the brute force specialist of the Guild Wars 2 professions. The Warrior tackled problems head-on and with brute force, they are the master of nearly all available weapons. While other professions use magic, the Warrior relies on strength, skill, and good equipment (nobody said they can't use magically enhanced armor and weapons).

In the End of Dragons expansion, the Warrior gains access to the pistol, a flashy new Gunsaber, and some new martial techniques to kick the Skritt out of more bad guys.

The Bladesworn gets access to a new offhand weapon - the pistol, which gives the Warrior access to 2 short-range damage-dealing skills. You also gain access to the Gunsaber, which works a bit like an engineer's toolkit - it basically acts as its own weapon set, this gives you access to a combination of melee, ranged, and leaping finisher skills. In the open world, the Gunsaber is an adaptable weapon that has very high DPS.

You also gain access to Armament skills, which carry charges or ammunition - enabling you to build up stacks of ammo and then spend them as you need them. It's a very active gameplay experience - you're a lethal fighter, but thanks to trait synergy, you're very hard to take down.

The Gunsaber is an adaptable, hard-hitting weapon that works incredibly well in the open world. The trade-off however is that the Bladesworn elite specialization loses the ability to swap weapon sets while in combat - you