Hi all, I love playing warriors, so here's my
Warrior Class General Guide
At creation: 1 str, 1 end, 1 agi, (1 awareness) optional, I add it cuz I want the 5% chance of detecting secrets. Skill must be whirlwind, super useful.
For every level up, you get 2 trait points and 1 skill point. In order to improve your stat, you need 1 more trait point than that current stat, for example, from 2 str to 3 str, you need 3 trait points. Save the points to add to your main stats instead of wasting it on minor stats
Tank Warrior: main end, then str, all other stats keep at 0 or 1 at most.
Tank skills: shield mastery, whirlwind, bash, resilience, fury, extra recovery
Berserk Warrior: main str, then end, all other stats keep at 0 or 1
Berserk skills: whirlwind, fury, two hand sword mastery, cleave, charge , extra recovery, resilience
Equipment choice: as a warrior/tank, you need lots armor and resistance, I suggest to equip more resistance type ones even if they are 1 armor less, though stick to high armor valued equipment when you are below level 5. Weapon can be any non-light sword with bonus damage, depending on what you are grinding on, I suggest to bring a spare weapon in case you get to kill the same elemental enemies as your weapon.
Companion Choice: both are okay, but I suggest to use the thief because his skills synchronize well with warrior's skills. I had been using the female warrior, but often I use bash while she uses whirlwind, both knock back, and one skill misses the damage on enemies because the other skill already pushed enemy back.
How to grind: when you have decent levels and armor, health, etc. You can just keep walking around the enemies, and lure a bunch to surround you, and then whirlwind, attack, bash, resilience, keep attacking till you can use whirlwind again.