Powerful New World Build 2H Axe / 2H Hammer by Fengrush

Welcome to the New World 2H Axe and 2H Warhammer Build. On this page we are going to take a look at one of the best New World builds that focuses on 2H Axe and the 2H Hammer. The build has been thoroughly tested by Fengrush, the creator of the New World 2H Axe and 2H Hammer Build. Of course you can also adjust the builds to your needs, there are many viable ways to play New World.

Table of Contents

Attributes
Skills
- 2H Great Axe
- 2H Warhammer
Gear Items
Consumables
Gameplay

The builds deals great damage but its main focus is frontlining and initiating fights on the battlefield. The build has been thoroughly tested in group play and outpost rush wars

Great Damage
Frontline Build
Crowd Control
2H War Axe
2H Warhammer

Attributes for the Great Axe & Warhammer Build

The 2H Great Axe and 2H War Hammer build focuses on strength and the constitution attribute. The strength attribute should be maxed out to around 200-250 first, after that you can start putting points into constitution. Once you start spending points in constituation it will give you more defense, a 20% armor buff. You could push up constitution to 250 to get some extra protection from ranged enemies, because you will mitigate 80% of damge when you are full health.

Skills 2H Great Axe and 2H Warhammer Build for New World

Now lets take a look at all the skills and passives that you need for the New World 2H Great Axe and 2H Warhammer Build.

2H Great Axe Skills New World Build

For the 2H Great Axe we use the following skills:

Reap – Extend your axe 5m pulling foes to you and dealing 110% weapon damage. This can hit multiple targets
Charge – Charge 10m dealing 120% weapon damage when you reach a target press LMB. This ability has Unstoppable (you cannot be interrrupted while performing this ability).
Gravity Well – Throw an axe to create a vortex that pulls foes to its center for 3s. Ends with a damaging Burst dealing 12% weapon damage. Range 10m.

Passives 2H Great Axe

These here are all the passives that are listed in the image above.

Reaper

Greed – Light attacks with your Great Axe give you 5% damage for 5 seconds, max 3 stacks.
Death’s Embrace – Great Axe attacks against foes below 50% health: penetrate armor by 10%.
The Collector – Reap range is now 8m.
Critical Gains – When you make a critical hit with a Great Axe: Heal yourself for 10% of the damage done.
Frustration – After one of your attacks is blocked gain 15% damage for 10s, max 1 stack.
Frenzied Momentum – Charge now deals 120-140% weapon damage based on how far you traveled.
Keen Edge – Critical damage increased by 10%.
Hunger – Heal yourself for 30% of damage done by Reap.
Unpredictable Strike – During Charge you may press RMB to execute a swing attack dealing 140-165% weapon damage based on how far you traveled.
Fatal Attraction – after you pull do a spin attack dealing 115% weapon damage.

Mauler

Mauler’s Resolve – If you get hit while holding a Great Axe and below 50% health: gain 40 stamina.
Enduring Strike – Adds grit to to Great Axe heavy attacks and grants 15 damage reduction while the heavy attack grit is active.
Crowded Well – Increase burst damage by 10% for each foe caught in the vortex.
Unyielding – Allies gain 10% Fortify while standing in your well, Fortify reduces damage.
Center of Attention – While holding a Great Axe gain 10% damage when 3 or more foes are within 4m.

2H Warhammer Skills New World Build

For the 2H Warhammer we use the following skills:

Wrecking Ball – Strike the ground around a target with Hammer dealing 120% weapon damage and flattening enemy.
Shockwave – Slam the Hammer into the ground causing a 3 meter radius AOE earthquake that deals 80% weapon damage. Applies Stun to all impacted targets for 2s.
Path of Destiny – A powerful ground strike that erupts a linear wave of energy in front of the player, dealing 110% weapon damage to all targets in its path.

Passives 2H Warhammer

These here are all the passives that are listed in the image above.

Juggernaut

Epitome of Bank! – Increase Armor Penetration by 10% for all War Hammer Standard attacks.
Hammer Time – Gain Empower on a Heavy Attack, increasing attack damage by 20% for 4 seconds.
Exhaustive Attacks – All War Hammer abilities apply Exhaust, slowing target’s stamina regeneration by 15% for 5s.
Hardened Steel – Adds Grit to Warhammer Heavy Attacks and grants 15 damage reduction while the Heavy Attack Grit is active. (Grit is an added stagger resistance that stops attacks from being interrupted).
Safety Measures – On a successful hit, player obtains Fortify, granting 20% damage resistance for 4s.
Breathing Room – All targets within 1.5m of target hit are also Flattened.
Power Through Pain – For 1 second after taking damage, deal 35% extra damage.

Crowd crusher

Outnumbered – Increase damage absorption by 10% if surrounded by 2 or more enemies within 3 meters of player.
Guarded Sprint – Reduce damage taken by 10% while sprinting.
Frailty – The trauma of the attack causes Weaken, decreasing the damage dealt from the target’s attacks by 10% for 10s.
Concussive Impact – 15% damage against targets affected by War Hammer debuffs.
Meteoric Crater – Expands the effective range of the Shockwave to a 4 meter radius.
Prevailing Spirit – Regain 35% damage dealt as Health when using a Crowd Crusher ability.
Seismic Waves – Path of Destiny now staggers all targets in its path.
Stimulated Reduction – Ability cooldown reduced by 5% for each enemy hit with Path of Destiny.
Aftershock – Whenever a target is affected by a Crowd Control effect, they are slowed by 20% for 4 seconds.

Gear Items for the New World 2H Axe 2H Hammer Build

Now lets take a look at what items you should be wearing on this 2H War Axe and 2H Warhammer Build for New World. It is important to save money so you can craft high level legendary gear later in endgame. Until endgame I used whatever gear was accessible for me at that point of time. For pvp builds it doesn’t really matter what your armor rating is, that is currently how armor scaling works. What does matter are the traits and perks you have on your gear and whatever stat boost you can get. One of the more important traits for example is resilient, which reduces critical damage done to you.

Heavy Helm
Heavy Chest
Medium Gloves
Medium Boots
Light Legs
2H Great Axe
2H War Hammer
Jewelry

For a detailed view on the armor pieces for the New World 2H Great Axe and 2H Hammer Build please scroll through the images below.

Images of the 2H Great Axe and the Jewelry.

Desired Armor Perks

You should try to get the following armor perks if possible, these are best in slot for the build:

Resilient – Reduce crit damage
Refreshing – Reduce max cooldowns
Refreshing Ward – Reduce active cooldowns after being hit 5x
Freedom – Slow/stun/silence duration is shortened

Desired Weapon Perks

You should try to get the following weapon perks if possible, these are best in slot for the build:

Rogue – Increase backstab damage
Vicious – Passive crit damage
Keen – Passive crit chance Keenly
Empowered – On crit, gain Empower increasing damage
Keenly Jagged – On crit, apply a bleed based off weapon damage
Keenly Fortified – On crit, gain Fortify defense
Enchanted – Light/heavy attacks deal more damage

Weapon/Armor Special Skill Perks

You should try to get the following special skill perks if possible, these are best in slot for the build:

Sundering Shockwave – Applies rend on targets hit by shockwave
Penetrating Wrecking Ball – Penetration added to Wrecking Ball
Insatiable Gravity Well – Return health from gravity well damage and add another burst at the end
Leeching Path of Destiny – Lifesteal added to path of destiny
Crippling Reap – Applies 2s slow on targets hit by reap below 50% hp

Desired Jewelry Perks

You should try to get the following jewelry perks if possible, these are best in slot for the build:

Health – Increase max health
Divine – Increase received healing from all sources (includes food/potion)
Keen Awareness – Increase crit chance
Slash Damage – Increase slash damage
Leeching – Passive lifesteal from all damage
Regenerating – Passive HP regen
Refreshing Toast – Reduce potion cooldowns
Refreshing Ward – Reduce active cooldowns after being hit 5x
Purify – Below 50% hp, purge all debuffs (90s CD)

Consumables for the Great Axe and Warhammer Build

Below you can find the list of all the good consumables that you should be using for the 2H Great Axe and 2H Hammer Build for New World. Try to get as many as possible, these are very important in prolonged fights.

Hearty Meal – Base food, 20s regen for reusing
Infused Health Potion – Restores large HP instantly
Infused Regen Potion – Restores HP over time
Gemstone Dust – Grants elemental damage absorption for 20s or until damaged X instances. Varies by Tier used.
Oakflesh Balm – Grants physical damage absorption for 20s or until damaged X instances. Varies by Tier used.
Stat food – Turkey Thigh with pan gravy and spiced wild berries (24 con, 16 str)