Any advice for a SaS Warrior or a 2H warrior?

If you are really looking for defense, then sword and shield is the weapon style you want. 2H warriors can be a bit fragile if you don't grab a lot of things from Vanguard or even the SnS trees. Also 2H is a bit more difficult to play if you have friendly fire on, since its best abilities deal FF damage. That said, I sort of like the 2H style more than the SnS style.

Bear Mauls the Wolves in the SnS tree reduces all melee-range flanking damage to 1pt, and is one of the best passives you can get as a warrior. Turn the Bolt gives 50% damage reduction to ranged attack (includes elemental magic attacks like from Wraiths) and is also great. Turn the Blade is another 20% damage reduction for frontal attacks.

Shield Wall is pretty helpful for SnS, and is one of the best blocking powers any class can get since it can block ranged. I like Shield Bash for good damage against guard and a combo detonator. If you have a barrier Mage who has Mana Surge passive, there shouldn't be any shortage of mooks to shatter.

If you wanted to go 2H instead, the build I would recommend would probably be different early game depending on if FF is on or off.

For the squad, I don't ever let the games allocate talent points. A decent build progression from most classes was posted by Matth85 back in the day, and was archived here: fextralife.com/forums/t188491/builds-matths-preskyhold-builds/

I think most of them work pretty well with all the changes, but I am not sure the warrior bits were updated for Trespasser and the Horn of Valor toggle. Also I preferred, and still do, a different leveling scheme on 2H warrior. Otherwise I go with pretty similar progressions to what he posted for companions.

As far as specialties for warrior are concerned, I don't care for Champion and can hardly think of a reason to run it especially in the current game state after the big nerf to Walking Fortress. I think Templar is the best all around spec for utility and damage, but 2H reaver can output a whole lot of damage.

There was a recent related discussion, check it out here: bsn.boards.net/thread/4176/first-time-warrior

2H all the way, unless you want to go 100% tank -- which implies downplaying damage dealing. If you are going for Champion, W&S is best, but for any other warrior run, I do 2H. The 2H skill tree is just more viscerally hack-and-slash fun IMO, and the animations are cooler.

I mean, check out these action shots of The Iron Bull wielding a 2H sword (no spoilers). Kazaaaaaaa!





A couple of Cassandra 2H: