PvP Tournament...

[FireIceTalon]

What sort of gear on the various characters? The warrior appears to be low ac. Is he wearing resistance armor? Strange Falchion of haste? I know almost nothing about pvp. I know in battling monsters useful to hit reaches a maximum so that a strange sword vs a kings sword would not be helpful for a level 50 warrior. Is this also true for pvp?

yea most warriors use low ac in dueling, except maybe in WvW, though even then low ac is quite common there as well....using low ac on warr is pretty beneficial since vs a rogue or sorc, your ac doesnt matter anyway. Using something like an Obsidian Stars Armor or a Ruby Whale is better then an Awesome full plate in these situations, cause in dueling resistances become far more important for the warr then armor class. By using low ac armors it frees up a jewel slot for mana and allows the warr to be more flexiable. I play my warrior with low ac in PvM as well, but thats a whole other matter. Blocking also works a bit different in PvP as well. In PvM, the formula is 220-clvl*2= dex required for perfect block, but in PvP only 100 dexterity is required for pb assuming both chars are same level. For each lvl difference, it is +2 dex required, so a lvl 45 warr for example would need 110 dex vs a lvl char that uses melee or bow.

The warr you saw using flachion I believe was Emelaldo's warrior, which indeed uses a Strange flachion of Haste. In player vs monster, Kings is indeed better then Strange, but in many instances in dueling, a Strange will be required to be able to hit the opponent if they have a high armor class value. And in the case of a high armor class rogue, not only will you need a Strange weapon, but you will also probably need 1-2 decent gold jewels as well, such as a Gold Stars/Heavens or Perfection (Gold Heavens is the holy grail for many PvP warriors).

My rogue uses 287 ac vs warriors, so you will need about the same amount of "chance to hit" as her ac, to be able to acquire auto hit on her. In duels, auto hit is pretty much required for the warr if he wants to win. Her setup vs warriors: Awesome Stars full plate, RC for hat, 2 Dragons Zodiac ring, Drakes Zodiac Amulet....on bow i switch off between Massive Swiftness/Merciless Burning. Note, the 0% resists. Rogues do not need resists really vs warriors, for if a warrior tries to cast on a bow rogue in dueling, he is a dead man :) The warrior, on the otherhand, should have fire resistance maxed when dueling rogues. Many rogues use fireball as a secondary offense on occasion in addition to their bow, and cause they have a range advantage and a faster caster rate, they are able to afford to do this, whereareas a warr cant. On the warr side of things, id suggest the following set up when dueling a high ac bow rogue: Ruby Whale armor, RC, Strange Haste, Gold Heavens, Dragon Zodiac x 2, Emerald Shield of the Tiger. In some cases you may need to replace one of those drag zodis with another gold jewel. A Obsidian Stars armor with a Whale helm of sorts also works, and is especially useful for rogues that use a thunder bow as you will have more resists maxed in this case then with ruby whale/rc set up...but most rogues prefer to use a swiftness bow of sorts in duels so often the warr only need fire resists which allows him some extra mana. Heal, teleport, and phasing are really the only spells warr uses often in pvp.

vs a Sorc: my rogue uses similiar set up to what she would vs a warrior except I change my armor class in for resistances: Obsidian Stars armor, Obsidian Stars crown, Massive Swift, jewels the same as vs warrior. Warrior vs a standard Artillery Sorc (Naj's, TC, DF/AA Wiz, etc), the following setup is good for the warrior: Ruby whale armor, Diamond Whale hat (many sorcs use flash, so this is a good idea to have rather then RC), Kings Haste/Speed, Emerald Tiger Shield, Dragons Zodiac, 2 x Dragon Life/Lion jewels......note here, the warrior can use Kings rather then Strange since this type of sorc has low ac and relies on high mana and spell lvls rather then ac/blocking. Vs such a sorc, high life and max fire/magic resistance is important for the warrior. Now if you are dueling a high ac Sorc that uses an Awesome full Plate of whatever and Stormshield, warrior will need a setup pretty similiar to what he would use vs a high ac rogue with some slight differences perhaps.

I didnt even touch on same class duels, but eh, these arent nearly as exciting as interclass pvp anyway. Warriors as you can see are the most item dependent class, in both Pvm and PvP. But in all my years dueling, ive found they are probably the strongest duelers overall, given they have all the right items. All 3 classes are pretty balanced for the most part. Rogue is my all time favorite though, they are a excellent and flexiable class and very fun to duel with, and their movements are just beautiful to watch (given the person using her knows what they are doing:)). Sorry if this was long, but hope it answered all your questions.