Struggling

[Adoede]

Hi Gimlisk and welcome to PoW.

First of all, that glad is good with nice all-around stats - so there's no fundamental reason why they should be performing so poorly. That means it boils down to vision/gear/skills/strategies to improve their performance.

Second, you need to select an overall build vision and stick to it for a while. Is this guy going to be a defensive tank? Is he going to be an offensive hybrid war?

If you decide to go defensive tank, stack on the heavy armor and get the one-handed weapon and shield. Focus solely on the defensive war tree skills. For your strategy, you should experiment to see what activity level and bloodlust makes your defense more effective. Because the armor is so heavy, you will be very encumbered and slow to attack - basically win your fights by exhausting your opponents.

If you'd rather be an offensive force, then consider branching out of the war tree skills and dabble in the Rage or theatrics skills. I'd suggest taking Devastating Power to start. Beyond that, Brute Force, Blood Drunk, Feint and Adrenaline Rush are nice too - depending on how much you want to take from the other trees. Because you want to be able to attack well, I'd say you're better off in medium armor for now (you need "Light as a Feather" to use Heavy armor without all the major encumbrance penalties). I'd also switch weapons to 2-Handed for more damage (Polearms are agility-based weapons...strength based weapons are generally more effective against armored opponents).

For strategies, you just have to experiment to see what works. Scout out the most effective war glads in the game and watch when they use their strategies and what is triggering them. You'll notice most of the top hybrid war glads have basically the same general strategies and triggers. That said, hybrid wars are a little complicated to run well, so it will take a little effort to figure out how to be effective with them. Hope that helps turn your luck around.

p.s. - War glads happen to be very expensive to run well because of their need for good armor. Rages and speed builds don't rely much on armor so they can get away with being cheap and sticking with green armor. That need for good armor will be a slight obstacle for you since your stable is new and poor.