warrior class?

[haxo]

i'm new to path of exile in general. i'm kind of interested in warrior because i like sword and board look/feel in general.

my question is, how is playing warrior in PoE2 exactly? is it kinda meh, is it satisfying to play? can you solo late game as warrior or is he nowhere near the meta for end game?

[Amalgamut]

Mid.

[WallaceTheSane]

Unless you're one of the top 5% of players pushing the absolute hardest content as fast as possible, anything you pick will be viable. All 6 classes feel different to play in terms of early game palystyle. Warrior feels awkward until mid teens when you get more skills that veterans are used to in PoE1.

[Morgrum]

Warrior is rough in the beginning but turns around near 40.
Id say it is the most gear dependent class.
Unfortunately by the time you get to maps the other classes have well exceeded what you can do unless you go the hyper specific stamped break armor route.
But thats not my idea of a warrior so I didn't go that way.
Better to set your own path instead of following others anyways.

[Ant Ra]

With a shield, as a tank, it's fun. With a two-handed weapon, it's no different than any Diablo barbarian. Always the same move with elemental stuff. Button mash. My opinion.

And yes, just try them all out. You can actually give each starter class your own spin, mix classes together. The skill tree is big...

[Poyzo]

Campaign is fine (both Normal and Cruel). Starting in Map Tier #10+ you'll need to switch to mid-range attacks instead of strictly melee.

[Dwane Dibbley]

PoE hates melee. It hates melee so much that viable melee skills are actualy ranged. Gameplay is all about not getting hit.

[RawMeatDiet]

Originally posted by Dwane Dibbley:

PoE hates melee. It hates melee so much that viable melee skills are actualy ranged. Gameplay is all about not getting hit.

True. I am playing Warrior and I like it, even though I would get destroyed in maps so I will probably be stuck in Tier1 mapping in Hardcore.

[Thornburst]

there are no swords yet. better wait until full release

[Dwane Dibbley]

Originally posted by Thornburst:

there are no swords yet. better wait until full release

How are swords gonna fix issues with defense? Its problem within core of game mechanic that allows every class use everything and spec into everything. If you give swords some magic property that allows user to facetank hits, everyone will be forced to use sword as cheap defensive layer. Monks got acsendancy skill that give them armor from evasion and its probably the most broken thing in the game.

[Dthomaz]

I also want to play warrior, but i hate the mace skills, they are boring and too slow. I'll wait for swords to be introduced to the game, i hope Reave, Cleave, sweep and Blade Flurry makes it into the game.

[The Real Fragamemnon]

Don't play melee in this this game. Whatever great DPS/clearing you are doing, some other class is doing it 5 times faster already.

[anm767]

I had the easiest time with warrior and bone shatter with leap. clears campaign easy. for maps im not looking to be #1 in the game, so also fine

[kekkuli]

I don't think it matters all that much if you play trade league. In ssf it's much more of a struggle.

[ShivaX]

I found Warrior utterly unfun to play.
Everything is slow and clunky about it. You're Basic Attacking forever. It's all predicated on stunning stuff, but don't stun too good or your abilities don't work! Enjoy dying to stuff while animation locked, possibly and probably the guy you just killed!

[TyCobb]

Originally posted by anm767:

I had the easiest time with warrior and bone shatter with leap. clears campaign easy. for maps im not looking to be #1 in the game, so also fine

Almost done with the Act 6 with Warrior and using Boneshatter/Leap. There's only two things that have actually been a nuisance. It took me way too long to learn about Resolute Technique in the passive tree (Hits can't be evaded) and if you go way too heavy on stun, every time you upgrade your weapon, you'll end up with too much stun and leap won't let you use boneshatter.

Warrior is fun, but slow. If you don't care about speed and laugh watching yourself never be one shotted, it's a good way to be able to soak some damage and learn the boss mechanics a little easier.