Power Vindicator2 years ago Power Vindicator is a bursty power build that excels at encounters with large hitboxes, as Eternity's Requiem scales with hitbox size. The rotation is forgiving and easy to pick up. This build only uses Greatsword, which allows for a Staff Weapon Swap in encounters that require a lot of CC. Alliance Tactics swaps your Legendary Alliance Stance from Archemorus (Red/Orange) to Saint Viktor (Blue). Always stay in Archemorus since Spear of Archemorus and Nomad's Advance are part of your rotation. Be aware that dodging during the channeling of any skill will cancel it. Use Dodge regularly to spend your endurance and apply buffs: Dodging grants to you and your allies via Song of Arboreum and upkeeps the strike damage buff from Forerunner of Death 100% of the time. Imperial Guard is a 2-second channel block to be used if you… Power Spellbreaker2 years ago Hammer Spellbreaker is a DPS build that provides constant Crowd Control (CC) and consistent damage, with good self-sustain thanks to the Defense trait line. Hammer Spellbreaker gains a massive damage increase from Attacker's Insight, as disabling foes or removing boons grants 50 Power, Precision, and Ferocity per stack. Using Crowd Control abilities on Hammer increases your damage for the period of time you will be on Dagger/Axe. To gain additional stacks of Attacker's Insight, daze your enemies by using Aura Slicer and Breaching Strike to leap through the lightning field created by Winds of Disenchantment, or by using Full Counter. Thanks to Attacker's Insight, hitting enemies with Full Counter resets your Earthshaker or Breaching Strike, granting you extra opportunities for CC or damage, respectively. Backbreaker Staggering Blow Earthshaker Bull's Charge Disrupting Stab Full Counter (counter-attack) Magebane Tether will pull targets… Booster Herald2 years ago This Celestial Booster Herald is a great offensive support made for open-world and is beginner friendly. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes, weapons, and sigils. If one does not have the level 80 booster available to them then the equipment can be obtained through crafting or purchasing directly from the trading post. This build utilizes the Herald elite specialization of a Revenant. Specifically, this build will allow you to provide you and your party with 100% , , , , uptime and up to 25 stacks of .Booster herald also possesses excellent sustain, defensive options, and control abilities so it can survive almost all situations and performs well in almost any solo or group scenario! Legendary Dragon Stance abilities are called facets, activating… Booster Tempest2 years ago This Celestial Booster Tempest is a great beginner-friendly offensive setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. The purpose of this build is to support allies with excellent healing, , , , , and as well as provide very strong condition cleanse. This build functions well as a burst healer. "Wash the Pain Away!" is a strong heal and condition cleanse. Other options for healing include Tidal Surge, Water Globe and Overload Water. Support starts with the use of "Aftershock!". Finish your overloads in Fire Attunement, Air Attunement, and Earth Attunement while using your warhorn skills off cooldown. While in… Power Chrono2 years ago Power Chronomancer is one of the highest damage spec. Power Chrono is unique in its ability to ‘oneshot’ multiple opponents in a row with Continuum Split. Power Chronomancer is played as a high-damage Roamer, meaning your job is to +1 a duelist or to get quick kills in teamfights. Avoid taking 1v1s or staying in extended fights, once Chrono starts running out of cooldowns its lack of defensive utility and condition cleanse makes it easy to focus. Always have a priority target in mind before you engage in any fight, and be proactive about leaving before you feed and die. Chronomancer changes the standard mesmer shatters and gains new ones. The relevant changes for us are Split Second and Continuum Split . Split Second splits the damage from Mind Wrack into 2 parts; Continuum Split lets you set up a… Booster Mechanist2 years ago This Celestial Booster Mechanist build is a great beginner-friendly offensive setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. This build will allow you to provide permanent , , and uptime and some . Being a pet build makes it very strong as it allows your mech to tank for you. This build supports allies with , , , , , and . Use Crisis Zone and Barrier Burst when available to upkeep . Using Crisis Zone off-cooldown is unnecessary and, so save the skill to break stuns or cleanse conditions. Giving and is achieved by using Barrier Burst and letting… Booster Mirage2 years ago This celestial booster build is great offensive support made for open-world and is beginner friendly. The equipment above is designed to be played with no modifications from the exotic gear obtained by the level 80 booster. If one does not have the level 80 booster available to them then the equipment can be obtained through crafting or purchasing directly from the trading post. This build utilizes the elite specialization of a mirage. Specifically, this build will allow you to provide support as well as maintain survivability during solo content through the utilization of clones. While playing mirage your dodge is replaced with Mirage Cloak, which is a very strong ability. While Mirage Cloak is active you gain powerful abilities depending on the weapon you choose to use. Your main weapon on this build for applying boons to yourself and others… Booster Firebrand2 years ago Booster Firebrand is a great, beginner-friendly offensive support for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with no modifications from the exotic gear obtained by the level 80 booster. If one does not have the level 80 booster available to them, then the equipment can be crafted or purchased directly from the trading post. This build utilizes the elite specialization of the Firebrand. Specifically, this build provides excellent boons, and can swap seamlessly between full healer, hybrid support, or even solid damage, functioning well in solo and group content. The Booster Firebrand seamlessly combines condition damage with the ability to support allies with sustained healing, , , , , and while using and burst healing when required. Boon application is fairly straightforward: Use Potent Haste and "Feel My Wrath!" as often as possible and Restoring Reprieve about every… Booster Harbinger2 years ago This Celestial Booster Harbinger is a great beginner-friendly offensive support setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. This build will allow you to provide permanent ,, and 25 . In addition to bringing boons, this build also has a large amount of Crowd Control and boon corruption. This build is able to maintain permanent , ,and 70% on allies while maintaining 25 . Unique to Harbinger is the Blight mechanic . Blight reduces your maximum health while providing you with offensive bonuses. You will be using Elixir of Promise and Elixir of Anguish to maintain some stacks of .… Booster Renegade2 years ago This Celestial Booster Renegade is a great offensive support made for open-world and is beginner friendly. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes, weapons, and sigils. If one does not have the level 80 booster available to them then the equipment can be obtained through crafting or purchasing directly from the trading post. This build utilizes the Renegade elite specialization of a Revenant. Specifically, this build will allow you to provide team support, amazing crowd control, boon removal, and much more. You can provide 100% for up to five allies. Energy is the unique mechanic of Revenant, it is replenished over time as indicated by the arrows to the left and right of the energy indicator. Almost every skill except for auto attacks costs… Booster Catalyst2 years ago This Celestial Booster Catalyst is a great beginner-friendly offensive support setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. This build provides , , , , , and . These boons make this build great for both group and solo content. Catalyst is unique because of the mechanic Deploy Jade Sphere. The Spheres deal damage and give boons to allies. To build energy to cast the spheres, hit enemies with skills and auto-attacks. We also gain energy by swapping attunements thanks to Energized Elements. Your main source of generating energy quickly is by upkeeping Hammer 3 skills that hit often (Crescent… Booster Scrapper2 years ago This Celestial Booster Scrapper build is great offensive support made for open-world and is beginner friendly. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. This build utilizes the elite specialization of scrapper. Specifically, this build will allow you to provide permanent and uptime while also having great utility through the use of gyros, a Hammer, and a Mortar Kit. Using Impact Savant makes this build very durable while also dealing sustained damage. This build sustains allies with , , , and . To generate , use blast and leap combo finisher skills over combo fields. Function Gyro Rocket Charge Blast Gyro Spare Capacitor Function… Booster Scourge2 years ago This Celestial Booster Scourge is a great beginner-friendly offensive setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. The Scourge’s unique mechanic involves Manifest Sand Shade. Up to three Shades may be used at a time. Sand Shades allow you to deal damage to your enemies while providing some support to allies. All Sand Shades also inherit the effect of Shade skills (F1-F5) Manifest Sand Shade, Nefarious Favor, Sand Cascade, Garish Pillar, Desert Shroud. The Scourge uses life force to cast these skills. Maintaining life force is very important when playing Scourge: You gain life force by actively using Devouring Darkness,… Booster Berserker2 years ago This Celestial Booster Berserker is a great beginner-friendly offensive setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. This build will allow you to provide permanent , , and to yourself and nearby allies. It also provides fast-paced gameplay via Fast Hands allowing you to swap between weapons very quickly. Heat the Soul allows your Burst Skills to provide to yourself and nearby allies. "For Great Justice!" provides and to yourself and nearby allies. Shattering Blow provides you with a block, , and extends the duration of Berserk. The last utility skill you take is Outrage, this utility not only provides… Core Necromancer2 years ago The following build is designed to guide you through your first playthrough, or simply offer you a decent and reliable Core build if you are on Free to Play account. Core builds are not advised to be used later in the game due to superiority of elite specializations. Core Necromancer is a highly self-sufficient build that can supply itself with , , and for good damage output. Additionally, Core Necromancer generates great sustain from life-stealing and absorbing damage using the necromancer profession mechanic Death Shroud which shields your health bar with life force generated by using abilities or from nearby deaths! This build also has excellent burst area of effect damage thanks to staff, Well of Darkness, and powerful necromancer Death Shroud abilities – specifically Life Transfer. A natural followup to this build is Power Reaperwhich takes a lot of… Hammer Catalyst2 years ago Hammer Catalyst is a high damage duelist; its DPS on top of boon support from Depth of Elements allows it to be great even in larger fights where Elementalist typically suffers. Unlike typical Elementalist builds, hammer has a high focus on mitigating incoming damage rather than resustaining through it. Your best defensive skills are Fortified Earth, Conjure Earth Shield, and Immutable Stone. Upkeeping auras specifically and significantly boost your sustain in most matchups, and frequently comboing into them can even win certain duels by themselves. Catalyst also has a stricter attunement rotation than typical Elementalist builds, the majority of the time you will follow the pattern: Earth Attunement, into Air Attunement, into Fire Attunement, into Water Attunement, into Earth Attunement and looping from there. This is because it will generate you the most and while also providing you the best… Condition Quickness Berserker2 years ago Condition Quickness Berserker is a support DPS build that focuses on short bursts of and long-lasting , while providing permanent and . It also brings a good amount of Crowd Control (CC) to the squad. At full Adrenaline, enter Berserk and burn your foes with Longbow skills. Then swap to Sword/Sword to enhance your burst with long-duration bleeds and the trait Blademaster. Use Rage utility skills off-cooldown to increase the duration of Berserk. Use Savage Leap and Sundering Leap in Fire Fields (for example, from Scorched Earth) to create a on yourself. Then detonate it with any Berserker skill to activate King of Fires for more . Heat the Soul shares and in an area around you whenever you use a Burst skill. After the last step in the written Rotation, use your Weapon and Burst skills off-cooldown following the… Power Quickness Herald2 years ago Power Quickness Herald is an offensive support build that provides a group with , , , , and . The wide range of essential boons provided makes this build excellent for filling gaps in groups. A simple rotation and excellent defensive abilities make Power Quickness Herald a good introductory choice for new players. This build also offers strong Crowd Control via Surge of the Mists and the option to provide by using Legendary Dwarf Stance instead of Legendary Assassin Stance. While in Legendary Dragon Stance, activate Facet of Chaos and Facet of Darkness to pulse . While in Legendary Assassin Stance keep Impossible Odds active for damage and . Herald applies via Elevated Compassion whenever you channel an ability that drains6 or more energy per second (upkeep). Whenever your energy is being drained, you pulse around you. Power Quickness Herald… Core Guardian2 years ago The following build is designed to guide you through your first playthrough, or to simply offer a decent and reliable Core build if you are on Free to Play account. Core builds are not advised to use later in game due to superiority of Elite Specializations. While its name could suggest otherwise, Guardian is an extraordinary fighter, smiting opponents with fiery consecration and slicing with powerful and dynamic sword-wielding techniques. This build focuses on dealing heavy direct damage enhanced with boons provided mostly by Guardian’s Symbols and gear upgrades. You gain access to nearly permanent , almost 25 stacks with very decent , some , and a multitude of on-demand defensive boons. Core Guardian shares many fundamental gameplay elements with the end-game Power Dragonhunter build, which could be your next build to unlock. Power Dragonhunter Damage Select difficulty Greatsword Longbow… Tactics Warrior2 years ago Tactics warrior is a core duelist build similar to Bladesworn that takes advantage of shouts and Relic[s] of Zakiros for self-sustain and survivability. Core warrior is not currently meta, but can hold many 1v1 matchups and be effective as a side-noder if played properly. This build is very simple to understand and execute, making it ideal for new players without access to expansions. Tactics Warrior does good damage by buffing itself with 25 might and unique modifiers like peak performance. Some of your hardest hitting abilities are your burst skills, Eviscerate and Arcing Slice , and Throw Axe which can randomly hit up to 8k. You can cap yourself easily with "For Great Justice!" and Forceful Greatsword , make sure to do so for large crits on your burst skills. Your basic combos all revolve around Bull's Charge or Rampage…
