Fever (Fire-only Meme Weaver) [DPS]

2025-08-23T00:00:00+00:00
This build was initially written as a meme build. Tempest is still the ideal build for DPS, but this build may see situational use where Tempest is disadvantaged. That being said, it still performs surprisingly well.</p>
Notes</h2>
This build is the Weaver alternative for Inferno Elementalist. With the addition of Major Grandmaster trait </span> Inferno, burning you do now scales off of your Power instead of Condition Damage. Although Tempest does more damage, this build offers a few small advantages against Tempest in niche conditions and decent DPS in the following conditions:</p>
Being locked out of melee range (Pylon Kiting, Flak Kiting)</li>
You have only standard power food</li>
Multiple reset phases (e.g. All the EOD Strikes)</li>
During CC phases where you can't deal damage</li>
When you are constantly forced to cancel your overloads</li> </ol> </blockquote>
This build attempts to maximise this trait by staying in </span> Fire Attunement as much as possible while, while phase resets allow you to reset your opener, triggering </span> Elements of Rage. Although this is a power build, there is a ramp-up time.</p>
Gearing</h2>
Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td>
Berserker's</td>
</span> Flame Legion</td></tr> </tbody></table>
Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>
</span></td> Scepter</td> Berserker's</td> </span> Smoldering</td> </tr>
</span></td>
Focus</td>
Berserker's</td>
</span> Bursting</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>
</span></td> Back item</td> Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td> Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td> Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td>
Accessory</td>
Berserker's</td></tr> </tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>
</span></td> Ring</td> Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td>
Relic</td>
Fireworks </td></tr></tbody></table>
Food: </span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak or </span> Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup</li>
Food: </span> Plate of Coq Au Vin with Salsa may have higher DPS if weakness uptime is not 100%</li>
Enhancement: </span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li> </ul>
Alternative offhand weapons</strong></p>
</span></td>
Dagger</td>
Berserker's</td>
</span> Bursting</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
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Rotation</h2>
Opener:
Start in </span> Fire Attunement/</span> Air Attunement</p>


</span> Dragon's Tooth (🪄🔥2)</li>
</span> Firestorm (Optional)</li>
</span> Fire Attunement (🔥/🔥)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>

Then press all of your skills off cooldown. It honestly doesn't matter too much which order you push your buttons in, as long as you try your best to hit them off cooldown. I personally press most of my buttons from left to right on the keyboard for this build, as it is easier that way.</p>
Do take note that some skills have no cooldown and can be simultaneously cast with other skills. These are:</p>


</span> Fire Shield</li>
</span> Primordial Stance</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Alternative traits/skills</h2>


</span> Arcane Echo (in ranged fights (Fire Wall x 2) or when more CC (Gale x 2) is needed)</li>
</span> Stone Resonance (open world or for survivability)</li>
</span> Lightning Flash (for kiting/ball collection)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Crowd Control</h2>

You have to prepare your CC skills in advance. Staying in air is a DPS loss. You do play DPS catch-up after doing the necessary CC and resetting your opener which triggers </span> Elements of Rage.</p>
CC Rotation 400-800:</strong></p>


</span> Air Attunement 🌩️/🔥</li>
</span> Fire Attunement 🔥/🌩️</li>
</span> Arcane Echo (Optional)</li>
</span> Gale (🌩️5)</li>
</span> Gale (If Echoed)</li>
Opener</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Use Fire-only skills and utilities while you are attuned to 🌩️/🔥 or 🔥/🌩️. Due to the nature of how Weaver works, on certain fights where there is no damage during CC phase, this may result in a DPS increase. However repeatedly doing </span> Air Attunement will result in a DPS loss because of how Inferno works.</p>

It may not be worthwhile to echo </span> Updraft if you are taking dagger because it does a lot less CC.</small></li>
Additional CC can be done, for example attuning to water and bringing arcane wave, but these will result in a massive drop in DPS.</small></li>
</ul>
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Our benches are 39.2k DPS without infusions and 40.5k DPS with infusions.</small></li>
You can surpass 41k if you delay Primordial Stance charges till when the boss is below 50% health, this is a golem gimmick and serves at most minimal effectiveness on actual fights.</small></li>
</ul>


Exothermic Stimulus[DPS]
2025-08-22T00:00:00+00:00
Notes</h2>

With the addition of Major Grandmaster trait </span> Inferno, burning you do now scales off of your Power instead of Condition Damage. This build attempts to maximise this trait by staying in </span> Fire Attunement as much as possible.</p>
This build does basically 50/50 split of your total damage in Burning and Power, making it a Hybrid DPS build.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Scepter</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Smoldering</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Focus</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Accuracy</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Fireworks </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Plate of Coq Au Vin with Salsa or </span> Plate of Truffle Steak</li>
Enhancement: </span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
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Rotation</h2>

Your rotation consists solely of a priority list of buttons to press.</p>
Priority:</strong></p>


</span> Deploy Jade Sphere --> </span> Relentless Fire (skip if </span> Relentless Fire is on cooldown)</li>
</span> Phoenix (Scepter Fire 3)</li>
</span> Dragon's Tooth (Scepter Fire 2)</li>
</span> Flamewall (Focus Fire 4)</li>
</span> Fire Shield (Focus Fire 5)</li>
</span> Transmute Fire (Focus Fire 5 Flip)</li>
</span> Glyph of Storms</li>
</span> Signet of Fire</li>
</span> Flame Barrage</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
It is important to press </span> Phoenix (Scepter Fire 3) and </span> Dragon's Tooth (Scepter Fire 2) as much as possible as they are both blast finishers. In an actual fight, there will be many fields placed by your allies that you will be continuously blasting, but on the golem the only fields you have are from </span> Deploy Jade Sphere and </span> Flamewall (Focus Fire 4). Therefore you might find yourself doing more damage in a fight than on the golem, especially since this build is not designed to maximise self blast finishers.</p>
However, outside of </span> Phoenix (Scepter Fire 3) and </span> Dragon's Tooth (Scepter Fire 2), it honestly doesn't matter too much which order you push your buttons in, as long as you try your best to hit them off cooldown. I personally press most of my buttons from left to right on the keyboard for this build, as it is easier that way.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are:</p>


</span> Shatterstone (Scepter Water 2)</li>
</span> Freezing Gust (Focus Water 4)</li>
</span> Comet (Focus Water 5)</li>
</span> Blinding Flash (Scepter Air 3)</li>
</span> Gale (Focus Air 5)</li>
</span> Dust Devil (Scepter Earth 3)</li>
</span> Magnetic Wave (Focus Earth 4)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
This may seem overwhelming at first, but you can simply follow the below simplified CC rotation.</p>
Simplified CC Rotation:</strong></p>


</span> Earth Attunement 3 4</li>
</span> Air Attunement 3 5</li>
</span> Water Attunement 2 4 5</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Swap back to </span> Fire Attunement as soon as it is off cooldown, and continue your rotation from there. You can continue pressing every skill off cooldown while you are waiting in </span> Water Attunement.</p>
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The Auramancer [aHeal]
2025-08-15T00:00:00+00:00
Step based heal alacrity support with easy access to both Aegis and Stability.</p>
Notes</h2>

With the recent changes to </span> Elemental Bastion, Tempest now both heals and gives Alacrity to allies you grant an aura to. As a whole, Elementalist has lots of auras in its kit, and Tempest adds even more. Together with </span> Powerful Aura, this allows Tempest to constantly apply auras onto its allies.</p>
We are also abusing changes to </span> Inferno to deal damage as part of the boon/healing rotation. </span> Inferno makes it so that Burning damage you deal scales of Power instead of Condition Damage, and by taking a full set of Harrier's equipment (Power/Healing/Boon Duration), we are maxing out the efficiency of the equipment.</p>
Boon Coverage</h2>

Boon</th> Uptime</th></tr></thead>

Alacrity</td> 100%</td></tr>
Might</td> 25 Stacks</td></tr>
Fury</td> 100%</td></tr>
Protection</td> 100%</td></tr>
Resolution</td> 0%</td></tr>
Resistance</td> 30%</td></tr>
Regeneration</td> 100%</td></tr>
Swiftness</td> 100%</td></tr>
Vigor</td> 100%</td></tr>
Aegis</td> Yes</td></tr>
Stability</td> Yes</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Scepter</td>
	 Harrier's</td>
	 </span> Smoldering</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Warhorn</td>
	 Harrier's</td>
	 </span> Transference</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Harrier's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Harrier's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Harrier's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Harrier's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Harrier's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Harrier's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Monk </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Bowl of Fire Meat Chili</li>
Enhancement: </span> Bountiful Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

Heal Alacrity Tempest follows a fixed rotation. Starting in </span> Air Attunement, you want to cycle through the elements as shown below.</p>
Elemental Order:</strong></p>


</span> Water Attunement</li>
</span> Fire Attunement</li>
</span> Earth Attunement</li>
</span> Air Attunement</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
You should use your skills in the following order in each attunement.</p>
</span> Air Attunement:</strong></p>


</span> Lightning Orb (Warhorn 5)</li>
</span> Cyclone (Warhorn 4)</li>
</span> Lightning Strike (Scepter 2) (can be skipped)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Water Attunement:</strong></p>


</span> Shatterstone (Scepter 2)</li>
</span> Water Trident (Scepter 3)</li>
</span> Tidal Surge (Warhorn 4)</li>
</span> Water Globe (Warhorn 5)</li>
</span> Water Trident (Scepter 3) (can be skipped)</li>
</span> Shatterstone (Scepter 2) (can be skipped)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Fire Attunement:</strong></p>


</span> Wildfire (Warhorn 5)</li>
</span> Phoenix (Scepter 3)</li>
</span> Dragon's Tooth (Scepter 2)</li>
</span> Heat Sync</li>
</span> Overload Fire (Warhorn 4)</li>
</span> Phoenix (Scepter 3)</li>
</span> Dragon's Tooth (Scepter 2)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Earth Attunement:</strong></p>


</span> Dust Storm (Warhorn 5)</li>
</span> Sand Squall (Warhorn 4)</li>
</span> Dust Devil (Scepter 3) (can be skipped)</li>
</span> Overload Earth</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Although the rotation may seem daunting with many steps, it can be simplified down to</p>
Simplified Rotation:</strong></p>


</span> Air Attunement 5 4 2</li>
</span> Water Attunement 2 3 4 5 3 2</li>
</span> Fire Attunement 5 3 2 4 Overload 3 2</li>
</span> Earth Attunement 5 4 3 Overload</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Notice that the skills are arranged to be casted mostly from either left to right or right to left. It is actually not critical to cast the skills in each attunement in the specified order, as long as all of them are cast, it will result in very similar results. This means that you can choose to cast all of the skills from left to right or right to left, whichever is more comfortable for you.</p>
Do take note not to accidentally cancel your Overloads as a large part of your boon uptime relies on successfully completing them.</p>
On top of this rotation,</p>
Press off cooldown:</strong></p>


</span> "Feel the Burn!"</li>
</span> "Eye of the Storm!"</li>
</span> "Aftershock!"</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> "Feel the Burn!" and </span> "Eye of the Storm!" have no cast time, and can be used even while overloading.</p>
</span> "Wash the Pain Away!" and </span> "Rebound!" are both not used as part of your rotation. </span> "Wash the Pain Away!" can be used whenever you need additional healing, and </span> "Rebound!" is your emergency button, and should be your goto button to press whenever you feel a sense of impending doom.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are</p>
CC Skills:</strong></p>


</span> Cyclone (Warhorn 4)</li>
</span> Tidal Surge (Warhorn 4)</li>
</span> Dust Devil (Scepter 3)</li>
</span> "Aftershock!"</li>
</span> Overload Earth</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Ensuring that you will almost always have some form of CC available on your bar. Although these are used in your rotation, you can delay your rotation if you know a CC bar is about to happen, as you are mostly overcapping on all of the boons that you provide.</p>
Advanced Tips</h2>

After your first loop of rotation, you can delay casting </span> "Eye of the Storm!" (for Stability/Superspeed) or </span> "Aftershock!" (for Aegis) if you know there is a mechanic that is about to happen that requires Stability or Aegis.</p>
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</span> "Rebound!" can be used to skip certain mechanics to allow your group to have increased damage uptime on the boss. Examples of these mechanics include, but are not limited to, Deimos Mindcrash and Sabir Shockwave.</p>
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If you are in a fight where lots of condition cleanse is required (i.e Slothasaur), consider swapping </span> Power Overwhelming for </span> Smothering Auras, allowing the auras you grant to cleanse conditions as well. This, combined with the number of auras you are constantly granting your allies, will allow you to passively cleanse conditions from your allies.</p>
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Put Your Hands Together for... [HK]
2025-08-13T00:00:00+00:00
This is a specialized build, intended for use in the final fight of Raid Wing 4 (Deimos). Often people shy away from
doing the handkite role, because it appears complex. This build, however, has a few tricks, and it's a very selfish
handkite that doesn't worry about the rest of the squad. They're adults, they can take care of themselves.</p>
It is still a bit more challenging than other builds on this site, but if you're interested in picking up special
roles, this is a good one to try.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Sanctuary</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Sanctuary</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Sanctuary</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Sanctuary</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Sanctuary</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Sanctuary</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Mace</td>
	 Harrier's</td>
	 </span> Transference</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Shield</td>
	 Harrier's</td>
	 </span> Concentration</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Giver's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Giver's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Giver's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Giver's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Giver's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Giver's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Defender </td></tr></tbody></table>

Gear Alternatives</h4>

You swap around between Harrier's (least toughness), Minstrel's (more toughness), and Giver's (most toughness) stats to finesse
toughness. Aim to have less toughness than your group's tank, and possibly also less than a backup tank.</li>
</ul>

Consumables</h2>
Changing food for handkiting is optional. If you decide to do so, choose any of the following.</p>
Food</h4>
</span> Oysters with Pesto Sauce
</span> Delicious Rice Ball
</span> Kralkachocolate Bar</p>
Enhancement</h4>
</span> Holographic Super Drumstick</p>
Build</h2>
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Handkiting 101</h2>
The goal for a handkite is to stay on the opposite site of the platform as the tank (and group),
since the hands spawn at the furthest-away target. The tank will have to move Deimos to avoid oils,
so the handkite will move to continue to be on the opposite side.</p>
In an ideal world, you will want to stack 5 hands in the same spot. But we will just do our best.
It's better to have a messier cluster of hands than to get downed far from the group. If you're having
a hard time with damage, move early.</p>
There are a few things to worry about: Autocasting, Hands, Mind Crush, and Tears. Read on...</p>
Autocasting, Setup</h2>
Before the fight, set the following</p>

Autocast (Ctrl-Right Click) </span> Utility Goggles</li>
Set mech to peaceful to keep it near you.
Warning: avoid targeting Deimos to allow the mech to stay nearby</strong></em>.
The mech will go after your target when you press F2/F3</li>
</ul>
Staying in a kit will also proc </span> Backpack Regenerator. I find it helpful to just stay in
</span> Tool Kit most of the time so I don't accidentally use </span> Static Shield (Shield 5).</p>
Hands</h2>
Almost immediately, Deimos will start spawning hands. They spawn on the furthest player, 5 spawn at a time (every ~1 second), then
there's a short break. Then 5 more, etc. There are several ways to deal with hands:</p>

Facetank hand 1, use </span> Gear Shield (Tool Kit 4) to block 2 hands, sidestep and dodge the last two.</li>
Facetank hand 1, use </span> Elixir S for hands 2-4, dodge hand 5.
Warning: if a mind crush happens while Elixir S is active, you cannot block it.</strong></em></li>
Sidestep/dodge plus outheal with </span> Elixir H and </span> Elixir Shell (Mortar Kit 5)</li>
</ol>
Bonus Healing During Hands</h4>

</span> Elixir Shell creates a water field, use a leap or blast finisher like </span> Energizing Slam (Mace 2)
or </span> Magnetic Inversion (double-press Shield 4) for extra healing and barrier from </span> Chain Reactivity</li>
When off cooldown, press </span> Crisis Zone (F2) & </span> Barrier Burst (F3). Because the mech is set to peaceful,
it won't do this on it's own, even if you set them to autocast.</li>
</ul>
* NOTE: always dodge to the side. You will ideally be on the edge of the platform, so a normal dodge backwards will be fatal.</p>
Mind Crush</h2>
Starting very quickly (at 90% health), you will see the first Mind Crush. This is the big explosion that does a lot of damage. Save
</span> Static Shield (Shield 5) for it. Do not use Shield 5 for anything else</strong>.</p>
If you have the ability to listen to audio cues, Saul will call out for people to go to the shield in the center. Handkite should NOT go,
but will use </span> Static Shield (Shield 5). After the voice line finishes, wait about 1 second, then leave any kit, and pop
the shield.</p>
Additionally, Deimos does the same double handed mace spin animation before mind crush. He'll spin the mace 5 times and then Mind Crush. That
can be used for precise timing.</p>
Tears</h2>
These are a relatively minor annoyance, but they do increase damage pressure. Walk into nearby tears during the hand "gap time"</p>


Power Berserker [pDPS]
2025-07-13T00:00:00+00:00
Simple, priority based, and ranged Power DPS build.</p>
Notes</h2>

Power Berserker is a very strong build for instanced content, even with a simplified rotation.</p>
With the usage of Spear as the main weapon, it further has high range, allowing you to deal great damage with flexible positioning.</p>
It's also a great pick for solo gameplay, as it provides itself with good amounts of the most essential offensive boons: Quickness, Fury, and Might.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Assassin's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Spear</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Air</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Assassin's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Claw </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak or </span> Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup</li>
Enhancement: </span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
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Rotation</h2>

In this build we'll spam the spear primal burst </span> Wild Throw while using most skills off cooldown. It is the most powerful skill in your kit, so you (almost) always want to prioritize it.</p>
</span> Relic of the Claw requires you to apply Control effects to maintain it. With Alacrity, </span> Disrupting Throw is enough to maintain it, while </span> Wild Blow and </span> Head Butt provides additional uptime.</p>
Opener:</strong></p>


</span> Head Butt</li>
Break stun with </span> Outrage</li>
</span> Berserk</li>
</span> Wild Throw --> </span> Blood Reckoning --> </span> Wild Throw</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Blood Reckoning gives you max adrenaline and resets the cooldown of </span> Wild Throw when used. Therefore you want to prioritise using </span> Wild Throw --> </span> Blood Reckoning --> </span> Wild Throw whenever </span> Blood Reckoning is off cooldown. The rest of your rotation follows the priority given below.</p>
Priority:</strong></p>


</span> Wild Throw --> </span> Blood Reckoning --> </span> Wild Throw</li>
</span> Outrage</li>
</span> Disrupting Throw</li>
</span> Spearmarshal's Support</li>
</span> Maiming Spear</li>
</span> Wild Blow</li>
</span> Head Butt and break stun with </span> Outrage</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Outrage extends the duration of </span> Berserk, and should be used off cooldown. </span> Outrage has no cast time, and will not interrupt the casting of your current skill, so you can use it as soon as it is off cooldown.</p>
</span> Wild Blow provides both </span> Relic of the Claw uptime and extends the duration of </span> Berserk. However, it has a range of 170 and should only be used when you are in melee range of the boss.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are</p>
CC Skills:</strong></p>


</span> Disrupting Throw</li>
</span> Wild Blow</li>
</span> Head Butt</li>
</span> Spear Swipe</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
As </span> Disrupting Throw, </span> Wild Blow, and </span> Head Butt are used as part of your damage rotation, they might not be on cooldown during the CC phase of the boss. You can delay using them for a small DPS loss if you know the CC bar of the boss is about to come up.</p>
However, as </span> Spear Swipe does 382 breakbar damage on a 20s cooldown (16s with Alacrity), it is usually enough on its own as long as the rest of your squad is also CCing.</p>
If more CC is required (i.e the group is wiping to mechanics due to not having enough CC), you can swap out </span> Signet of Might for </span> Kick to get up to 450 extra breakbar damage. This will result in a major DPS loss, but is ultimately still better than wiping. Do note that if you are already using </span> Spear Swipe to CC and saving either one of </span> Disrupting Throw or </span> Wild Blow, it is probably not your fault that the group does not have enough CC, even if you have the ability to bring more.</p>
Build Concepts</h2>

</span> Berserk and Adrenaline Management</h4>

As the name implies, Berserker is made for angry people. It's probably best described as one of those Uruk-Hai from LotR that hit the gym a little bit too often.</li>
</span> Berserk is the key mechanic of Berserker, which gives you access to Primal Burst skills and reduces the maximum adrenaline you can have to 10 (down from 30).</li>
That means that it becomes much easier to gather up Adrenaline for powerful burst skills, but Primal Bursts count as tier 1 bursts for all traits that benefit from them.</li>
Since you have much more powerful stats inside </span> Berserk mode (higher Power, Strike damage, Ferocity etc.)), you'll want to try and extend its duration by using Rage skills.</li>
Managing </span> Berserk duration requires some practice, as it has a ~8 second cooldown once it runs out before you can enter it again. You don't want these 8 seconds to occur during Burst phases, because that will lose you substantial amounts of damage. Overextending </span> Berserk is therefore not always a good thing.</li>
</ul>
Video</h2>

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Condi Chronomancer [cDPS]
2025-07-06T00:00:00+00:00
A strong condi dps option for the chronomancer. All staff, no swapping, heavy on the signets</p>
Notes</h2>

Condition Chronomancer is a simple build with solid damage potential. Due to the high amounts of Confusion it applies, it excels at fights with fast-attacking bosses.</p>
It has very high range and is able to provide all important Boons to itself in open world gameplay: (Might, Stability, Aegis, Regeneration, Quickness, Alacrity, Fury and Protection).</p>
It can also be turned into a simple Alacrity or Quickness provider with just one trait change.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Staff</td>
	 Viper's</td>
	 </span> Malice</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Torment</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Fractal </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread or </span> Plate of Beef Rendang</li>
Enhancement: </span> Toxic Tuning Crystal</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

In the opener, we're making use of </span> Continuum Split in a simple way to reset phantasms and creating a nice amount of burst damage.</p>
Opener:</strong></p>


</span> Mirror Images -> </span> Continuum Split</li>
</span> Phantasmal Warlock (Staff 3) -> </span> Signet of the Ether -> </span> Phantasmal Warlock (Staff 3)</li>
Fit any other skill you are able to before </span> Continuum Split ends</li>
</span> Phantasmal Warlock (Staff 3) -> </span> Signet of the Ether -> </span> Phantasmal Warlock (Staff 3)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
You can use this opener whenever there is a phase change and </span> Continuum Split is off cooldown.</p>
The rest of the rotation is priority based and should be performed after your opener.</p>
Priority:</strong></p>


</span> Phantasmal Warlock (Staff 3)</li>
</span> Signet of the Ether -> </span> Phantasmal Warlock (Staff 3)</li>
</span> Rewinder -> </span> Split Second -> </span> Mirror Images</li>
</span> Chaos Armor (Staff 4)</li>
</span> Chaos Storm (Staff 5)</li>
</span> Phase Retreat (Staff 2)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Take note that </span> Phase Retreat (Staff 2) teleports you away from your target by 360 distance, and you'll have to move back towards the target after every time you cast it.</p>
</span> Mirror Images has a longer cooldown than </span> Rewinder and will not always be available. Skip </span> Mirror Images if it is on cooldown.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are, in order of priority:</p>
CC Skills:</strong></p>


</span> Signet of Humility</li>
</span> Chaos Storm (Staff 5)</li>
</span> Time Sink (Small DPS Loss)</li>
</span> Signet of Domination (Big DPS Loss)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Signet of Humility does 600 breakbar damage, and will almost always be enough CC as long as everyone in your group is doing some CC. You should wait a bit before using your other CC skills once you have cast </span> Signet of Humility.</p>
</span> Chaos Storm (Staff 5) is used in your damage rotation and might not always be available.</p>
Build Concepts</h2>

Like core mesmer, the gameplay on chrono evolves around creating clones of yourself and then shattering them.
Creating clones can be done in two ways:</p>


Directly by skills or traits that create clones on certain actions, like </span> Phase Retreat (Staff 2)</li>
Indirectly by using phantasm skills, like </span> Phantasmal Warlock (Staff 3), which perform an attack and then turn into clones afterwards</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Illusionary Membrane increases your condition damage by 7% for 5 seconds when you apply Chaos Aura to yourself and stacks in duration.</p>
</span> Sharper Images makes your illusions apply bleeding on critical hits, making it very important to have three clones up at all times. This build generates a lot of clones and rarely shatters them, making it relatively easy to execute.</p>
</span> Improved Alacrity makes Alacrity stronger but harder to keep up. With this trait, your skills recharge in ~67% (two thirds) of their original cooldown time. This increases the APM of the build, but is also a very strong boost to everything you do.</p>
</span> Chronophantasma makes your Phantasms exceptionally strong, since they do their damage twice in a row. That's why using </span> Phantasmal Warlock (Staff 3) and resetting it with </span> Signet of the Ether are your main priorities.</p>
</span> Continuum Split</h4>
</span> Continuum Split deserves its own section, as it is one of the unique aspects of  Chronomancer.
It reverts time, in that it will save the skill cooldowns, health and position when you activate it.
Then, for each Clone you shattered with it, it gives you more time to use skills and have them reverted.</p>
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Into the Inferno [DPS]
2025-07-02T00:00:00+00:00
Notes</h2>

Press everything off cooldown while in </span> Fire Attunement.</p>
With the addition of Major Grandmaster trait </span> Inferno, burning you do now scales off of your Power instead of Condition Damage. This build attempts to maximise this trait by staying in </span> Fire Attunement as much as possible.</p>
This build does ~55% of your total damage in Burning, with the remaining ~45% in Power, easily making it a Hybrid DPS build.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Flame Legion</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Scepter</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Smoldering</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Focus</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Bursting</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Fireworks </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Plate of Coq Au Vin with Salsa or </span> Plate of Truffle Steak</li>
Enhancement: </span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

Your rotation consists of a simple opener and a </span> Fire Attunement priority.</p>
Opener:</strong></p>


Always be in </span> Fire Attunement</li>
</span> Dragon's Tooth (Scepter Fire 2)</li>
</span> Firestorm</li>
</span> Flamewall (Focus Fire 4)</li>
</span> Phoenix (Scepter Fire 3)</li>
</span> Fire Shield (Focus Fire 5)</li>
</span> Overload Fire</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Fire Attunement Priority:</strong></p>


</span> Overload Fire</li>
</span> Phoenix (Scepter Fire 3)</li>
</span> Flamewall (Focus Fire 4)</li>
</span> Dragon's Tooth (Scepter Fire 2)</li>
</span> Firestorm (</span> Glyph of Storms in </span> Fire Attunement)</li>
</span> Signet of Fire</li>
</span> Fire Shield (Focus Fire 5)</li>
</span> Glyph of Elementals</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
This build relies heavily on landing </span> Flamewall (Focus Fire 4) to maintain </span> Relic of Fireworks uptime. Each tick of damage from the fire field generated by </span> Flamewall (Focus Fire 4) resets </span> Relic of Fireworks duration, allowing you to easily maintain 100% updtime with just 1 skill and no cooldown management.</p>
You should also:</p>
Cast Off Cooldown:</strong></p>


</span> "Feel the Burn!"</li>
</span> Flame Barrage</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
All of these skills have no cast time and can be cast anytime, even during </span> Overload Fire.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are:</p>
CC Skills:</strong></p>


</span> Shatterstone (Scepter Water 2)</li>
</span> Freezing Gust (Focus Water 4)</li>
</span> Comet (Focus Water 5)</li>
</span> Blinding Flash (Scepter Air 3)</li>
</span> Gale (Focus Air 5)</li>
</span> Dust Devil (Scepter Earth 3)</li>
</span> Magnetic Wave (Focus Earth 4)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
To CC, perform the following:</p>
Simplified CC Rotation:</strong></p>


</span> Water Attunement 2 4 5</li>
</span> Air Attunement 3 5</li>
</span> Earth Attunement 3 4</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Then return to </span> Fire Attunement as soon as you are able to.</p>
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Power Spellbreaker [pDPS]
2025-03-23T00:00:00+00:00
Notes</h2>

Power Spellbreaker is a priority based build focused on simple combos and pressing them off cooldown.</p>
It does short and decently high burst damage with little or no set up, and is strong on bosses with many short burst phases. It also performs well on long fights due to its high bench damage, and ability to burst often. Furthermore, Power Spellbreaker also ranks very well in damage/action, and is one of our best performing builds in that metric.</p>
However, it has multiple skills with forced movement, animation lock, and long channelling times, increasing its difficulty of play in other aspects than just APM. It also has low CC, making it bad for fights with CC, but that can be fixed by swapping out utility skills</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Dagger</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Axe</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Impact</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Eagle </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak or </span> Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup</li>
Enhancement: </span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

The rotation for Power Spellbreaker consists of a pre-cast, and pressing 2 simple combos, </span> Breaching Strike, and </span> Dolyak Signet off cooldown.</p>
Your pre-cast skills are:</p>
Pre-cast:</strong></p>


</span> Healing Signet</li>
</span> Signet of Rage</li>
</span> Dolyak Signet</li>
</span> Signet of Fury</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
And you should always cast all 4 skills before you hit the boss. As both </span> Dolyak Signet and </span> Signet of Fury have no cast time, it should take around 2 seconds to cast all 4 skills, allowing it to be very consistently cast at the start of each fight.</p>
Listed below are the skills that you should always combo:</p>
Combo 1:</strong></p>


</span> Whirling Axe (Axe 5)</li>
</span> Dual Strike (Axe 4)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Combo 2:</strong></p>


</span> Disrupting Stab (Dagger 3)</li>
</span> Aura Slicer (Dagger 2)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
And the priority you should assign for your skills and combo are:</p>
Rotation Priority:</strong></p>


</span> Breaching Strike</li>
Combo 1</li>
Combo 2</li>
</span> Dolyak Signet</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Advanced players should note that </span> Dolyak Signet does not have a cast time, nor will it interrupt the current skill that is being casted, and can be pressed anytime as soon as it is off cooldown.</p>
While the rotation itself is simple with few steps, do take note that both </span> Breaching Strike and </span> Aura Slicer (Dagger 2) are leap skills, and will have forced movement and animation lock when you are casting them. This may cause you to become badly positioned or hit by some mechanics as you are not able to dodge during this time.</p>
</span> Whirling Axe (Axe 5) also has a long channel time, and while you can move during the channel, dodging or casting another skill will end it prematurely, resulting in a loss of damage. You should thus always hold </span> Dual Strike (Axe 4) until you have finished casting </span> Whirling Axe (Axe 5), and it is better to skip </span> Dual Strike (Axe 4) altogether than to cancel </span> Whirling Axe (Axe 5).</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

You only have one CC skill in this build, </span> Disrupting Stab (Dagger 3), and as it is used as part of your damage rotation, may not be off cooldown when you need to CC.</p>
For fights requiring CC, it is recommended to swap out </span> Dolyak Signet for </span> Kick, and use </span> Kick only when you need to CC. This will result in a small DPS decrease to about ~35.0k, which is still good considering the overall simplicity of the build.</p>
Advanced Tips</h2>

For fights with multiple phases, you should always recast your pre-cast skills at the start of each phase, ensuring that you both maximise your burst damage, as well as having enough Adrenaline to actually perform your rotation.</p>
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</span> Dolyak Signet provides an insanely high 10 stacks of stability when cast, and can be delayed to be used for skipping various fight mechanics. These 10 stacks of stability lasts 8 seconds, providing a very forgiving window between pressing </span> Dolyak Signet and the mechanic happening.</p>
 </div>
You can gain more DPS while having an easily accessible CC button by swapping out </span> Dolyak Signet for </span> Kick. Use </span> Kick off cooldown, inserting it to the bottom of your priority list, while maintaining at least 1 stack of </span> Kick for any CC bars. You can also only use 1 stack of </span> Kick, saving 2 stacks for more CC, and it will still be a DPS increase over </span> Dolyak Signet.</p>
This can be done for all fights, but is highly recommended for fights with many phases and requiring high CC.</p>
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Build Explanation</h2>

UNDER CONSTRUCTION</p>


Alacrity Condition Mirage [aDPS]
2024-10-14T00:00:00+00:00
Notes</h2>

The concept behind Alacrity Condition Mirage is that you want to use an Ambush attack, specifically </span> Chaos Vortex, as much as possible, and how you get an Ambush attack is by dodging, or picking up Mirrors. Your next auto attack will be an Ambush after dodging or picking up a Mirror. This is especially important as it's designed to be a support build, and you will give Alacrity through your ambush attacks.</p>
In this build Mirrors will be generated by </span> False Oasis and </span> Crystal Sands. </span> False Oasis drops the Mirror where you're standing, but </span> Crystal Sands drops the Mirror where you're aiming, and you want to always aim </span> Crystal Sands inside the hitbox of the boss to ensure all of its hits land. This means you'll have to do the little wiggle I do to pick it up, or you can use </span> Jaunt, which is a shadowstep, to pick it up.</p>
Ambush attacks also provide high uptime of both Might and Fury for your subgroup.</p>
This build has approximately 23 APM for just the weapon and utility skills, together with dodging. However, due to the high movement required, it is approximated at 40 APM instead, although it could be much lower and closer to 30 APM with better management of skills and mirrors.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Staff</td>
	 Viper's</td>
	 </span> Bursting</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Earth</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Fractal </td></tr></tbody></table>


If you are having difficulty maintaining Alacrity uptime, you can add Ritualist pieces as required for a small DPS loss</p>
</blockquote>

Food (Expertise/Condition Damage):</h4>

</span> Salsa-Topped Veggie Flatbread</li>
</span> Koi Cake (Budget Alternative)</li>
</ul>
</li>
Consumable (Condition Damage):</h4>

</span> Toxic Tuning Crystal</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

Always start with:</p>
Opener:</strong></p>


</span> Phantasmal Warlock (Staff 3)</li>
</span> Phase Retreat (Staff 2)</li>
</span> Jaunt back into melee range</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
To generate all 3 clones quickly.</p>
You should use your skills off cooldown with the following priority:</p>
Skill Priority:</strong></p>


</span> Chaos Armor (Staff 4)</li>
</span> Crystal Sands, pick up the Mirror and Ambush. You can use Jaunt to pick it up for additional efficiency</li>
Dodge and use </span> Chaos Vortex without letting your energy fill up completely</li>
</span> Chaos Storm (Staff 5)</li>
</span> False Oasis every 28s for the Mirror as well as Lesser Chaos Storm (traited, Chaos 1XX), you can use this off cooldown for a very minor DPS loss if it's too hard to track the cooldown</li>
</span> Jaunt without letting all 3 charges fill up</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are, in order of priority:</p>
CC Skills:</strong></p>


</span> Chaos Storm (Staff 5) (Delay this skill in your rotation if you know a CC bar is coming up)</li>
</span> Diversion (more clones more CC)</li>
</span> Signet of Midnight (Small CC, moderate DPS loss)</li>
</span> Signet of Domination (Big CC, big DPS loss)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Advanced Tips</h2>

</span> Distortion is also a very long immune skill, scaling up to a maximum of 3 seconds with the number of clones you currently have, and should be your panic button. It can also be used to dodge mechanics on various raids to increase your damage uptime.</p>
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You will cast a </span> Lesser Chaos Storm when you use </span> False Oasis. However, </span> False Oasis has a 19s cooldown while </span> Lesser Chaos Storm has an internal cooldown (unseen) of 27s. You can delay casting </span> False Oasis to once every 27s instead of casting it off cooldown for a minor DPS increase.</p>
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Power Alacrity Tempest [aDPS]
2024-10-14T00:00:00+00:00
Notes</h2>

Simple, step based rotation with most of your damage in </span> Overload Air.</p>
The concept of this build relies on </span> Fresh Air resetting the cooldown of Air Attunement whenever you crit. The build will crit cap with Fury, and it is pretty much guaranteed that you will reset it as soon as you exit </span> Air Attunement.</p>
You also give alacrity while you are casting </span> Overload Air, and the rotation is designed around casting </span> Overload Air as much as possible.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Scepter</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Warhorn</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Accuracy</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Assassin's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Assassin's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Fireworks </td></tr></tbody></table>



Food (Concentration/Power):</h4>

</span> Plate of Beef Carpaccio with Salsa Garnish</li>
</span> Soul Pastry (Budget Alternative)</li>
</ul>
</li>
Consumable (Power):</h4>

</span> Potent Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

You always want to precast </span> Glyph of Elementals, as well as </span> Overload Air, before the fight starts. As much as possible you want to hit your precast </span> Overload Air, but that is not always possible on all bosses.</p>
Start in:</strong></p>


</span> Fire Attunement</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Precast:</strong></p>


</span> Glyph of Elementals</li>
</span> Air Attunement</li>
</span> Overload Air</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
And immediately enter</p>
Main Loop:</strong></p>


</span> Fire Attunement</li>
</span> Dragon's Tooth (Scepter Fire 2)</li>
</span> Phoenix (Scepter Fire 3)</li>
</span> Wildfire (Warhorn Fire 5)</li>
</span> Air Attunement</li>
</span> Lightning Orb (Warhorn Air 5)</li>
</span> Lightning Storm (</span> Glyph of Storms in </span> Air Attunement)</li>
</span> Overload Air</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Repeat from step 1 as soon as </span> Fire Attunement is off cooldown.</p>
Skip:</strong></p>


</span> Wildfire (Warhorn Fire 5)</li>
</span> Lightning Orb (Warhorn Air 5)</li>
</span> Lightning Storm</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
if they are on cooldown.</p>
Do note that </span> Overload Air has a ~3.5s cast time, and dodging or swapping attunements during it's cast will interrupt it and result in a large DPS loss. You can still move and use skills with no cast time, as well as queue a skill to cast after. This is exceptionally important as you will be trying to swap to </span> Fire Attunement as quickly as possible after completing </span> Overload Air.</p>
Cast Off Cooldown:</strong></p>


</span> Lightning Strike (Scepter Air 2)</li>
</span> "Feel the Burn!"</li>
</span> Flame Barrage</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
All of these skills have no cast time and can be cast anytime, even during </span> Overload Air.</p>
In summary, the rotation can be simplified as</p>
Simplified Rotation:</strong></p>


</span> Fire Attunement 2 3 5</li>
</span> Air Attunement 2 5</li>
</span> Overload Air</li>
Repeat</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Overload Air takes ~4s to cast, and you can use the downtime to cast your 'off cooldown' skills.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are:</p>


</span> Blinding Flash (Scepter Air 3)</li>
</span> Cyclone (Warhorn Air 4)</li>
</span> Tidal Surge (Warhorn Water 4)</li>
</span> Dust Devil (Scepter Earth 3)</li>
</span> Dust Storm (Warhorn Earth 5)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Blinding Flash (Scepter Air 3) and </span> Cyclone (Warhorn Air 4) should be on your skill bar most of the time, and if you require more CC, you can replace the step of </span> Fire Attunement 2 3 5 with either:</p>


</span> Water Attunement 2 3 4</li>
</span> Earth Attunement 3 5</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
with a preference of </span> Water Attunement 2 3 4, before continuing your rotation back in </span> Air Attunement.</p>
Advanced Tips</h2>

You will notice that the Alacrity timing is a little tight for the first loop, and you might find yourself slightly dropping Alacrity at some moments, especially if you do not have quickness at the start of the fight.</p>
To counteract this, use </span> Earth Attunement 3 4 5 for your first loop instead of </span> Fire Attunement 2 3 5, and you can continue to slot in </span> Earth Attunement 3 4 5 instead of </span> Fire Attunement 2 3 5 anytime you feel your Alacrity is running low (can look at boon bar for confirmation).</p>
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You can replace </span> Glyph of Elementals with </span> "Rebound!" for a minor DPS loss as a subgroup wide panic button, or to skip certain mechanics to improve group DPS. Such mechanics include, but are not limited to, Deimos' Mind Crush, Dhuum's bomb mechanic, and Sabir's shockwave (Unbridled Tempest).</p>
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Power Chronomancer [pDPS]
2024-10-13T00:00:00+00:00
Notes</h2>

Power Chronomancer is primarily a combo based rotation, with one longer opener/skill combo and skill pairings.</p>
It is able to do large amounts of CC due to the free elite skill slot, and has multiple utility skills that can be swapped around for a minor DPS loss to provide many utilities, such as reflecting, blinking, portalling, aegis, or stability.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Accuracy</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Assassin's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Eagle </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak or </span> Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup</li>
Enhancement: </span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

Always start with:</p>
Opener:</strong></p>


</span> Well of Action</li>
</span> Phantasmal Swordsman (Sword 5)</li>
</span> Phantasmal Disenchanter</li>
</span> Signet of the Ether</li>
</span> Phantasmal Swordsman (Sword 5)</li>
</span> Phantasmal Disenchanter</li>
</span> Blurred Frenzy (Sword 2)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Signet of the Ether instantly recharges the cooldown of any Phantasmal type skill, and is used to deal more damage.</p>
Use </span> Well of Action off cooldown, as it activates </span> Danger Time, giving you 10% more critical danage. Never delay </span> Well of Action.</p>
Your cooldowns will line up in such a way that you will always be able to pair </span> Blurred Frenzy (Sword 2) with either </span> Phantasmal Swordsman (Sword 5) or </span> Phantasmal Disenchanter. Use </span> Blurred Frenzy (Sword 2) off cooldown, pairing it with the accompanying skill that is off cooldown.</p>
Every few rotations, your cooldowns will line up such that you will be able to cast the following combo:</p>
Burst Combo:</strong></p>


</span> Well of Action</li>
</span> Phantasmal Swordsman (Sword 5)</li>
</span> Signet of the Ether</li>
</span> Phantasmal Swordsman (Sword 5)</li>
</span> Phantasmal Disenchanter</li>
</span> Blurred Frenzy (Sword 2)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Which is basically your opener minus the first </span> Phantasmal Disenchanter. Use your burst combo as soon as it is available.</p>
On top of this, you should also use </span> Split Second off cooldown, after the first cast. You should wait until you have 3 clones before casting </span> Split Second for the first time.</p>
</span> Split Second has no cast point, can be casted at the same time as other skills, and will not interrupt any other skill you are currently casting.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are, in order of priority</p>
CC Skills:</strong></p>


</span> Gravity Well (BIG CC)</li>
</span> Illusionary Leap > </span> Swap (Sword 3)</li>
</span> Time Sink (more clones more CC)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
In most situations, just using </span> Gravity Well would be enough contribution to break the CC bar.</p>
Advanced Tips</h2>

</span> Distortion is also a very long immune skill, scaling up to a maximum of 3 seconds with the number of clones you currently have, and should be your panic button. It can also be used to dodge mechanics on various raids to increase your damage uptime.</p>
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You can also block attacks with </span> Illusionary Riposte (Sword 4), but it is not recommended unless you are very confident of the mechanic. An example of using this to increase DPS would be on Deimos, where its cooldown is short enough to block both the knockback "pizza" mechanic and mindcrush, allowing you to maximise damage uptime on the boss.</p>
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Official Build Best Practices
2024-10-13T00:00:00+00:00
Guidelines</h1>
This is a living document and will be expanded as more functionality is implemented on the site</p>
Each Build must have...</h2>

Frontmatter:

title</li>
date</li>
description</li>
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categories (group, solo)</li>
tags (damage type, profession, specialization, expansion, lowcog/lowphys/lowrep tags, weapon)

note that all expansion tags should be present if an expansion is required to play any part of the build (sigils, runes, relics, specializations, weapons, etc)</li>
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</li>
author name(s)</li>
specs</li>
balance string</li>
</ul>
</li>
Gear</li>
Build template chat link</li>
</ul>
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tagline for flavour</li>
keywords for seo</li>
benchmark dps</li>
apm calculation</li>
rotation notes</li>
updated date

note: updated date should only be changed when the build is notably changed. Changing the Balance String or updating DPS only does NOT qualify for this</li>
</ul>
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Notes to optimize builds for specific raids</li>
Notes for alternate traits and weapons</li>
</ul>
Tips:</h1>

use the various {{ }}</code> shortcodes for proper skill/trait/gear/etc display</li>
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Chrono Tank [aHeal/qHeal/Tank]
2024-10-06T00:00:00+00:00
Assuming your party is experienced and only require a tank with multiple reliable blocks to ensure minimal risk of failure, majority of your actions will be based on the scepter auto-attack. The end of the auto-attack chain </span> Ether Clone procs </span> Illusionary Inspiration to provide heals and empower your shatter skills. Aegis and Stability are available on demand.</p>
This build is has low physical complexity, has very few repetitions and is functional in instanced content, especially for new players wanting to volunteer for learning tank roles. You may find that the tanking ability is superior to other classes but relying on scepter alone without proper planning may result in mediocre healing. While this guide assumes no weapon swap is needed, to maximise its heal utility, you may consider swapping to rifle.</p>
Gearing</h1>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Minstrel's</td> </span> Rebirth</td></tr>
</span></td> Minstrel's</td> </span> Rebirth</td></tr>
</span></td> Minstrel's</td> </span> Rebirth</td></tr>
</span></td> Minstrel's</td> </span> Rebirth</td></tr>
</span></td> Minstrel's</td> </span> Rebirth</td></tr>
</span></td> Minstrel's</td> </span> Rebirth</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Scepter</td>
	 Minstrel's</td>
	 </span> Concentration</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Shield</td>
	 Minstrel's</td>
	 </span> Transference</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Minstrel's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Minstrel's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Minstrel's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Minstrel's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Minstrel's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Minstrel's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Flock </td></tr></tbody></table>

Alternative</h3>
Consider rifle for additional healing and focus for additional CC/pulls.</p>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Rifle</td>
	 Minstrel's</td>
	 </span> Concentration</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Transference</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

	</span></td>
	 Focus</td>
	 Minstrel's</td>
	 </span> Transference</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Note: Weapon swap to rifle is optional, but shield is better used for tanking. Alternate weapon sets should be prioritised based on utility requirements.</em></small></p>
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Budget Options</h4>

Replace </span> Superior Sigil of Transference with </span> Superior Sigil of Water</li>
</ul>
Consumables</h2>

</span> Bowl of Fruit Salad with Mint Garnish OR </span> Delicious Rice Ball (budget alternative)</em></li>
</span> Magnanimous Maintenance Oil</li>
</ul>
Build</h1>
Heal Quickness Build</p>
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Swap to stretched time for Alacrity instead of Quickness</small></p>
</blockquote>
Rotation and Utilities</h2>
Firstly, do not panic. Chronomancer is an easy but brainy class to play. A lot of mechanics are invisible and running in the backend.</p>
Opener</h4>
You may wish to adapt an opener into your rotation for initial quickness. Time warp is also useful for initial quickness.</p>
The methods of executing your opener is non-exhaustive and you will find new ways that will suit your own playstyle. Many opener variations may include utilities but generally fulfil the following purpose</p>

Generate Alacrity/Quickness with minimal downtime.</li>
Stack might right at the start of the fight</li>
Provide essential boons required for the particular encounter.</li>
Provide boons that are missing from the subgroup.</li>
</ol>
An example opener would be</p>

</span> Continuum Split F5</li>
</span> Tides of Time (Shield 5)</li>
F1-F4 All your shatter skills</li>
</span> Tides of Time (Shield 5)</li>
</ol>
The above is used due to easy execution, instant alacrity/quickness and early might, fury, protection, resistance, stability, regeneration and vigor.</p>
Principles of generating Alacrity/Quickness</h4>

Generate Clones using autos - </span> Ether Clone.</li>
Use shatter skills when clones are full to heal allies and grant alacrity/quickness.</li>
Using Phantasm skills from your weapon skills and utilties also generate a significant amount of alacrity/quickness.</li>
</ol>


These three steps are the core foundation of your build.</small></li>
Your last attack on the auto chain generates clones so you won't have enough quickness if you don't finish the auto chains.</li>
The rotation for quickness and alacrity is the same.</small></li>
You need to reserve backup when you can't generate clones or give boons. That's what the utilities are for.</small></li>
Phantasms generate more alacrity than clones, it will be good to bring at least 1-2 from weapon skills or utilities.</small></li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Maintenance Heals</h4>

Clone generation provides a small but steady heal.</li>
Shattering clones provides a more sizeable heal.</li>
</ol>
Burst Heals</h4>

Reserve the use of your wells if you can anticipate a large attack (eg. VG greens)</li>
Use your </span> Mantra of Recovery as your emergency heal.^{[1]</a></sup></li>}
Your shatter skills provide significant heals even without clones.[2]</a></sup></li>
Additional Mantras can be used in place of wells for very mobile fights.</li>
</ol>
Crowd Control</h4>

You have decent CC by just using </span> Tides of Time (Shield 5).</li>
</span> Diversion (Shatter F3) provides a small CC.</li>
</span> Signet of Humility (Elite) for a mega CC.</li>
</span> Gravity Well (Elite) for a sizeable CC with other beneficial effects.</li>
</span> Continuum Split can double cast some of your CC skills.</li>
</ol>
Tanking Rotation</h4>

Cycle between your blocks when receiving heavy attacks

</span> Illusionary Counter</li>
</span> Echo of Memory -> </span> Deja Vu</li>
</span> Well of Precognition</li>
</ul>
</li>
Other sources of group aegis can also be used but reserve it when it is absolutely required.</li>
</ol>
Other utilities and trait combos</p>

Bring </span> Phantasmal Disenchanter / </span> Arcane Thievery for boon strips.</li>
You may take </span> Master of Manipulation for more/backup group aegis.</li>
Advanced strategies can be used with </span> Mimic to duplicate skills for example:

Multi-feedback</li>
Multi-blink</li>
</ul>
</li>
Advanced strategies can be used with </span> Continuum Split to duplicate skills for example:

Double </span> Conjured Slash</li>
Double Moa CC</li>
</ul>
</li>
More advanced strategies can be used by combining </span> Mimic and </span> Continuum Split</li>
</ol>
Optimisation</h2>
Raid Ready</h4>

W1 Vale Guardian - Use wells just before greens. This allows heals to come in right after green triggers. You can also use </span> Well of Precognition to shield allies against teleport circles. </span> Phantasmal Disenchanter and </span> Arcane Thievery can strip boons off the Blue Guardian.</li>
W1 Gorseval - Start with initial stability which protects against the initial swipe. Subsequently, face the boss away from your group. </span> Mantra of Concentration is also useful here.</li>
W1 Sabetha - You can teleport through flame wall with </span> Blink. You have lots of CC options for Knuckles.</li>
W2 Slothasor - You need steady condition cleanses so spread the use of your shatters. Swapping to rifle is useful to heal players dropping poisons who are out of reach, bonus points if you can port them back to the group (coordination is difficult). </span> Into the Void is often used to deal with slublings.</li>
W2 Matthias - Bring </span> Feedback for reflects but if you are short of them, you can use </span> Mimic to reset them. You have lots of CC options, but you may want to preserve </span> Signet of Humility (Elite) when sacrifice mechanic is about to fail. The focus reflect options are too clunky to be reliable on this fight.</li>
W3 Escort - Most Chrono Tanks can swap to become a Tower Chrono. This is a niche build and not covered in this guide.</li>
W3 Twisted Castle - You may wish to attempt the button with the statues (left split). In this case after the double doors, use </span> Echo of Memory immediately after entering and face them as they will throw hammers, then </span> Blink to the next button. More skips can be done with an elementalist pair combo using Fiery Greatsword and clever use of portals and blink.</li>
W3 Xera - You are likely to tank this fight. This fight is mostly based on positioning. </span> Into the Void (Focus Pull 4) is useful when tanking as it allows your team to cleave them more easily.</li>
W4 Cairn - Stability is required for skipping greens. Bring </span> Well of Precognition and </span> Mantra of Concentration.</li>
W4 Mursaat Overseer - Improved alacrity will allow you to claim tiles faster than other class. Using </span> Continuum Split to duplicate Claim will allow you to claim tiles even faster.</li>
W4 Samarog - Try to bait as tank as much as possible. You can pre-cast your CC such as </span> Tides of Time (Shield 5) before he pins you down (health bar indicator).</li>
W4 Deimos - Group Aegis is useful on CM. I prefer to Group Aegis before casting a Channeled block. You can also use manipulations for group aegis.</li>
W5 Soulless Horror - You will be tanking this fight and would definitely appreciate the added toughness. Bring </span> Signet of Humility for this fight for the additional CC. </span> Continuum Split has killed many Chrono Tanks in this fight so spatial awareness is important.</li>
W5 Dhuum - You will be tanking this fight and may need to do greens. If you do greens, </span> Blink will be useful.</li>
W6 Conjured Amalgamate - You can CC multiple shields with </span> Tides of Time (Shield 5) and </span> Gravity Well. </span> Conjured Slash can be duplicated with </span> Continuum Split but you must click fast.</li>
W6 Twin Largos - This is a very mobile and difficult fight and you can mis-time your wells. However, Chronomancer is one of the best classes to take on either lanes.</li>
W6 Qadim - You have lots of CC options, some of which can be pre-casted for the mini bosses. You will need to tank one of the wyverns. Most of the time you will be bringing </span> Portal Entre for the split phase and jumping puzzle.</li>
W7 Sabir - With clever use of </span> Continuum Split, you can generate enough CC to break the bar during the 'coordinated' phase.</li>
W7 Adina - Tank on the grass. Just alternating your three blocks is enough. </span> Feedback can be duplicated with </span> Continuum Split and </span> Mimic. For most groups, a 4th projectile block is not required but in case your options are exhausted, </span> Phantasmal Warden. </span> Temporal Curtain (Focus 4) may fail to block projectiles due to height limitations and you will need to sacrifice a trait.</li>
W7 QtP - You will be tanking this fight. Your timely channelled blocks are extrely useful to bypass attacks.</li>
W8 Greer - A reflection variant of this build makes this fight much easier.</li>
</ol>


 You can overheal using </span> Relic of the Flock. This generates barrier but has an ICD so you want to spread your casts.</small> ↩</a></p>
</li>

 Using all your shatters in panic without clones will destroy your boon uptime.</small> ↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>


Rifle Mechanist [pDPS]
2024-08-27T00:00:00+00:00
Notes</h2>

Extremely simple build that does almost all of its damage from range.</p>
Highly recommended, beginner friendly build that can be played in all scenarios, whether it be instanced content such as fractals, raids, or strikes, or if you just need a safe, comfortable build for open world.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Rifle</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Air</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Eagle </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak or </span> Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup</li>
Enhancement: </span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

Rifle Mechanist has an extremely simple rotation.</p>
Set all of your Mech skills to auto cast by right clicking them. Your Mech skills should be</p>
Mech Skills:</strong></p>


</span> Explosive Knuckle</li>
</span> Core Reactor Shot</li>
</span> Jade Mortar</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
and your rotation is to simply</p>
Press:</strong></p>


</span> Blunderbuss (Rifle 2)</li>
</span> Net Shot (Rifle 3)</li>
</span> Overcharged Shot (Rifle 4)</li>
</span> Overclock Signet</li>
</span> Throw Mine</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
off cooldown.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

You have</p>
CC Skills:</strong></p>


</span> Overcharged Shot (Rifle 4)</li>
</span> Throw Mine</li>
</span> Net Shot (Rifle 3)</li>
</span> Overclock Signet</li>
</span> Force Signet</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
and they should be used in the listed order. You will notice that most of these skills are the same as skills you want to press in your main damage rotation.</p>
As far as possible, try not to press </span> Force Signet for CC as this will result in a large damage drop.</p>
Advanced Tips</h2>

You can use</p>


</span> Jump Shot (Rifle 5)</li>
</span> Shift Signet</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
as movement skills to get to your objective or to escape from an enemy or mechanic. </span> Jump Shot (Rifle 5) is a leap type skill, while </span> Shift Signet is a Shadowstep (instantaneous teleport), and will thus be the more reliable escape skill.</p>
</span> Shift Signet is also both a condition cleanse and a stun break, and can be used in the direst of situations as a get out of jail free card. However, using it could result in your Mech losing boons, and slightly decreasing your DPS output, hence user discretion is advised.</p>
You can also skill click </span> Jump Shot (Rifle 5) to use it as a damage skill, increasing your DPS output. Skill clicking </span> Jump Shot (Rifle 5) makes you leap in place, reducing it's total cast time, allowing you to increase your DPS as it saves time over using it normally.</p>
If you know when a CC bar is about to come up, it is recommended to save:</p>


</span> Overcharged Shot (Rifle 4)</li>
</span> Throw Mine</li>
</span> Net Shot (Rifle 3)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
and use them only when the CC bar is up.</p>
You can also recall your Mech using </span> Recall Mech and resummoning it with </span> Crash Down for even more breakbar damage if required. Do take note that if your Mech has been damaged, you will not be able to resummon it immediately, hence you only want to do this if you are very familiar with the fight, as not having your Mech is a large DPS loss.</p>
On some fights, such as Deimos and Sabir, you can swap out </span> Rectifier Signet for </span> A.E.D.. </span> A.E.D. will heal you and remove all damaging conditions when you take lethal damage, allowing you to skip certain mechanics, increasing your damage uptime on the boss, allowing you to deal higher DPS.</p>
Video</h2>


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Seven Paths of Pain [qDPS]
2024-08-16T00:00:00+00:00
This build uses 7 key skills in its rotation without weapon swap. With only 2 short bow skills </span> Sevenshot and
</span> Bloodbane Path, this build avoids high energy skills in Mallyx, allowing energy management to frequently trigger
torment through </span> Embrace the Darkness. The ranged nature of the build allows higher damage uptime, less button presses
and the relics and sigils are focused on stacking as much torment as possible. Originally build for bow, the build has
now been updated to include spear in its rotation.</p>
Gearing and Consumables</h2>
Optimised Loadout
GW2Skills Link</a></p>
Equipment</th> Stats</th> Rune/Sigil/Relic</th></tr></thead>

Armor</td> Viper's</td> </span> Superior Rune of the Trapper</td></tr>
Short Bow</td> Viper's</td> </span> Superior Sigil of Malice</span> Superior Sigil of Torment</td></tr>
Spear</td> Viper's</td> </span> Superior Sigil of Malice</span> Superior Sigil of Torment^{[1]</a></sup></td></tr>}
Trinkets</td> Viper's</td> </span> Relic of the Fractal</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Short Bow/Spear and Spear/Spear are the most popular loadouts.</p>

Weapon Alternatives</h2>

Mace/Axe - This does more damage in theory than bow. However, in practice, the melee range may cause you to miss hits, thus swapping to bow/spear is useful. In light of the JW update, spears have now overshadowed mace.</li>
Staff - This may be used for large amounts of CC, but is detrimental to your DPS. This is to be used situationally only and is strongly not recommended.</li>
</ol>
Food</h4>

</span> Salsa-Topped Veggie Flatbread</li>
</span> Koi Cake(budget alternative)</li>
</ul>
Utility</h4>

</span> Toxic Tuning Crystal</li>
</ul>
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Trait Alternatives</h4>
The equipment stats are fairly similar to the that of SnowCrows</a> with selection of different sigils. If you would like to incorporate weapon swaps into your rotation and optimise your damage, refer to the SnowCrows guide.</p>
Rotation</h2>
Generating Quickness in Glint</h4>

</span> Facet of Chaos (upkeep, precast)</li>
</span> Facet of Darkness (upkeep, opener)</li>
</ol>
You will automatically generate quickness through </span> Elevated Compassion</small></p>
Consuming skills (on cooldown)</h4>

</span> Facet of Strength -> </span> Burst of Strength</li>
</span> Facet of Elements -> </span> Elemental Blast (Ground Targeted)
Swap to </span> Legendary Demon Stance after consuming strength second time.</li>
</ol>
Generating Quickness in Mallyx</h4>

</span> Embrace the Darkness (upkeep)
Swap to </span> Legendary Dragon Stance when out of energy,</li>
</ol>
Weapon Rotation</h4>

Short Bow</summary>

</span> Bloodbane Path (Short Bow 2)</li>
</span> Sevenshot (Short Bow 3)
Use 2/3 off cooldown.
If you end up having excess energy because you messed up your rotation, you can use </span> Spiritcrush Bow 4. However if executed properly, this is a very energy hungry build and you should not have enough.
If you are forced into range and may have damage downtime/narrow windows such that you cannot maintain stacks of Crushing Abyss, bow would be your default weapon. Bow also has a shorter ramp up time.</li>
</ol>
</details>

Spear</summary>

</span> Abyssal Force (Spear 2)</li>
</span> Abyssal Raze (Spear 5)
Use 2/5 off cooldown.
Autos will lower the cooldown of </span> Abyssal Raze, but also requires your attacks to hit. If there is a wide open damage window, spear is your weapon of choice. Legend swaps count as swaps for sigils but does not trigger Abyssal Raze. Spears offer the highest DPS at the time of writing.</li>
</ol>
</details>

Mace/Axe</summary>

</span> Searing Fissure (Mace 2)</li>
</span> Echoing Eruption (Mace 3)
Use 2/3 off cooldown.
If you end up having excess energy because you messed up your rotation, you can use </span> Temporal Rift (Axe 5). However if executed properly, this is a very energy hungry build and you should not have enough.</li>
</ol>
</details>

The above skills 1-5 occur in a loop while weapon skills are available on all stances and can be performed anytime.</small></p>
Optional Support</h4>
True Nature (on cooldown)
This skill is not necessary to upkeep quickness and is neglible to DPS. However it can extend other boons and is thus included to assist your healer.</p>
Optimisation</h2>
CC</h4>

</span> Scorchrazor is always available (Short Bow 5)</li>
</span> Abyssal Blot is always available (Spear 4)</li>
</span> Temporal Rift is always available (Axe 5)</li>
</span> Call to Anguish is available in Mallyx</li>
</span> Chaotic Release is available in Glint
You may bring a staff if you really need a strong CC</li>
</ol>
Sustain and Stunbreaks</h4>

</span> Gaze of Darkness is available in Glint</li>
This build heals through </span> Elevated Compassion</li>
You have protection for yourself and your subgroup when in Glint</li>
</ol>
Videos</h2>
Coming Soon</p>


While it's possible to play this build solo, spear will not trigger enough bleeds in a solo environment to proc the relic. </span> Relic of the Aristocracy and </span> Relic of Akeem are possible alternatives. ↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>


Putrid Petmaster [DPS]
2024-08-11T00:00:00+00:00
Overview</h1>
This casual open-world minion master excels when it's horde dies</em>. You want to cycle through minions rapidly and often.</p>

Step 1: Summon horde</li>
Step 2: Exploit horde</li>
Step 3: Repeat</li>
</ul>
Notes:</p>

this build does not peform particularly well with single-target situations, as </span> "Rise!" ultimately fuels much of the damage in this build.</li>
</ul>
Gearing</h1>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Celestial</td> </span> Tempest</td></tr>
</span></td> Celestial</td> </span> Tempest</td></tr>
</span></td> Celestial</td> </span> Tempest</td></tr>
</span></td> Celestial</td> </span> Tempest</td></tr>
</span></td> Celestial</td> </span> Tempest</td></tr>
</span></td> Celestial</td> </span> Tempest</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Greatsword</td>
	 Celestial</td>
	 </span> Geomancy</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Hydromancy</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Staff</td>
	 Celestial</td>
	 </span> Ice</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Cleansing</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Celestial</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Celestial</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Celestial</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Celestial</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Celestial</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Celestial</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Thorns </td></tr></tbody></table>

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Notes</h2>

Spawn all minions to distract enemies</li>
Go into </span> Reaper's Shroud, drop an ice field with </span> Executioner's Scythe</li>
Use </span> Soul Spiral in the ice field</li>
When out of shroud, use </span> "Rise!" when you can hit at least 3 enemies, and then build life force</li>
When your minions die, they will spawn poison fields due to </span> Death Nova. Poison application also grants Carapace as well as causing some damage and inhibiting enemy healing.</li>
Try to combo </span> Soul Spiral in the poison fields to create additional poison bolts</li>
Use the Bone Minion's flipover skill, </span> Putrid Explosion, to quickly generate fields. This is also a blast finisher.</li>
</ul>
Open World Tagging</h1>

If you're in a large group PvE environment, swap to staff to tag lots of targets</li>
With </span> Transfusion traited, staff will buff all allies. This includes your minions</li>
Staff also brings more opportunites to inflict bleeding to proc </span> Blood Bond, essentially giving life steal to allies</li>
</ul>
Condition Cleanse</h1>

Swap </span> Deadly Strength to </span> Necromantic Corruption to allow your minions to strip conditions from you
and transfer them to enemies. This is incredibly good in high condi fights like Slothasar. Note that each minion has an independent 10
second cooldown. Mass minion summons like </span> "Rise!" will stack those cooldowns, so it can be advantageous to spread
other</em> summons out if possible.</li>
</ul>
Crowd Control</h1>
You have many options:</p>

</span> Nightfall (Greatword 4)</li>
</span> Grasping Darkness (Greatsword 5)</li>
</span> Chillblains (Staff 3)</li>
</span> Reaper's Mark (Staff 5)</li>
</span> Executioner's Scythe (Shroud 5)</li>
</span> Terrify (Shroud 3 flipover)</li>
</span> Charge (Flesh Golem flipover)</li>
</span> Haunt (Shadow Fiend flipover)</li>
</ul>


Celestial Elements [aHeal]
2024-07-13T00:00:00+00:00
This build is an extension of the condition tempest build. With scepter benefiting from power damage increases, this condition build can scale with multiple stats, making it a great performer in doing multiple roles at once. While this build has a low skill floor, it does have a high toughness and players should be expected to tank. Swapping to water and air for CC is not detrimental compared to camping fire and is included as part of the rotation.</p>
The nature of overloads reduce the physical intensity of the build but this is not a low cognition build. Spending more time exploring the class and reading through the tooltips and guides will help improve your play. The rotation is not hard to perform but the options available are not obvious to a new player. This guide will hence be longer and more detailed than others, with the main focus on a general well-rounded build, and options to scale defensively or offensively. The available choices are not limited to the options presented in this guide.</p>
It is now possible to provide alacrity without using Overload via </span> Elemental Bastion, this provides a more forgiving alternative for gameplay.</p>
This build aims at achieving the following goals (in order of priority):</p>


Provide 100% Alacrity</li>
Provide necessary boons</li>
Provide adequate Heals</li>
Provide DPS that you can afford</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Do attempt to provide 10k or more DPS or you might want to consider playing a pure heal setup instead</small></p>
Gearing and Consumables</h2>
Equipment</h4>
Optimised loadout with infusions</a></p>
Equipment</th> Stat</th> Rune/Sigil</th></tr></thead>

All Armor</td> Celestial</td> </span> Superior Rune of Divinity</td></tr>
Scepter (MH)</td> Celestial</td> </span> Superior Sigil of Smoldering</td></tr>
Warhorn (OH)</td> Celestial</td> </span> Superior Sigil of Water</td></tr>
All Trinkets</td> Celestial</td> N/A</td></tr>
Relic	(Heal)</td> N/A</td> </span> Relic of Karakosa</td></tr>
Relic (DPS)</td> N/A</td> </span> Relic of the Fractal</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Being cost-effective: Celestial stat is a good pick because it is a core stat and can be obtained from the Wizard's Vault. You may also just use </span> Level-80 Equipment Package gear. The default runes and sigils are low-cost.</em></small>
You may switch </span> Superior Sigil of Smoldering to </span> Superior Sigil of Transference if you need more heals.</em></small>
</span> Relic of the Flock is overrated and its purpose of converting extra heals into effective heals via barrier is negated by the fact </span> "Wash the Pain Away!" already does so by triggering multiple heals</em></small></p>
</blockquote>
Food</h4>


</span> Spherified Oyster Soup with Mint Garnish OR</li>
</span> Feast of Delectable Birthday Cake (Budget/Free)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Utility</h4>

</span> Bountiful Maintenance Oil</p>
</blockquote>
Build</h2>
Hybrid DPS Alac</h4>
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General House Rules</h4>


Swapping traits and skills is a science and you must be knowledgeable on what you can afford to remove.</li>
Alacrity is your number 1 responsiblity, so use your aura and overload skills first.</li>
Be prepared to tank as you have a relatively high toughness.</li>
Both water and air attunement offer CC, but you can bring more skills for CC.</li>
Hybrid builds have a lot of give and take and toe the line to bring 'just enough', so you need to adjust the build to the strengths of your team composition.</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Basics of Healing</h2>
Alacrity Tempest</h4>
In order to provide alacrity, you will need share auras. The aura-sharing skills are:</p>


</span> Overload Fire</li>
</span> Overload Earth</li>
</span> Overload Water (only as an emergency heal)</li>
</span> "Feel the Burn!"</li>
</span> "Flash-Freeze!"</li>
</span> "Aftershock!"</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Overloads reduce the APM of the build greatly.</em></small></p>
Healing Over Time</h4>
Tempest has reliable heal over time mechanics, primarily due to long lasting regeneration and soothing mist. In order to maintain soothing mist, water attunement must always be included as a bridge to swapping elements. Each time you swap into water, you provide 10s of soothing mist.
Therefore a simplified elemental cycle will be:</p>


</span> Overload Fire</li>
</span> Water Attunement</li>
</span> Earth Attunement</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Providing Boons</h4>
Healers also need to provide boons but some healers are missing certain key boons eg. Scourge doesn’t have swiftness. There are two ways to provide swiftness,</p>


</span> Cyclone (not 100% uptime)</li>
</span> "Eye of the Storm!" (not 100% uptime)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Thus some players will squeeze air into the rotation.</p>
Burst Heals</h4>
You have several options for burst heals:</p>


</span> Relic of Karakosa is the ideal pick that does a solid heal:</li>
</ol>


Part of your fire rotation as long as </span> Wildfire (Fire WH5) is not on cooldown.</li>
Use with water fields for a more potent area heal (this can be tricky, see point 2.)</li>
Blasting fields provided by other allies</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>


Blasting Water fields (water 5)</li>
</ol>


Blasting Water fields gives an extremely strong triple heal effect. </span> Water Globe is no longer fleeting and you can pair it with Earth or Fire blast skills.</li>
For other options you need to swap elements to access other blast abilities.</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>


</span> "Wash the Pain Away!"</li>
</span> Overload Water</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Condi Cleanses</h4>
You need to bring 'enough' condi cleanses.</p>


</span> Cleansing Wave (minor DPS loss)</li>
</span> Cleansing Water (moderate healing loss)</li>
</span> Smothering Auras (moderate DPS loss)</li>
Combo: </span> Powerful Aura + </span> Unstable Conduit + </span> Smothering Auras</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
If you need anything more than this, Cele Scourge may be a better option.</p>
Mastering the Elements</h2>
Elemental Cycle</h4>
Full Elemental rotation: Our rotation is simply just F1 F2 F3 F4, then F4 F3 F2 F1</p>
F1-F4</p>


</span> Overload Fire</li>
</span> Water Attunement</li>
</span> Air Attunement (optional)</li>
</span> Earth Attunement</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
F4-F1 (reverse)</p>


</span> Overload Earth</li>
</span> Air Attunement (optional)</li>
</span> Water Attunement</li>
</span> Fire Attunement</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Rotation</h2>
DPS Rotation</h4>
(Start in Fire) F1-F4</strong></p>


F1 </span> Overload Fire</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>


F2 </span> Water Attunement</li>
</ol>


use Water 5/4/3 (1 skill if available)</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>


F3 </span> Air Attunement (optional)</li>
</ol>


use Air 5/4/3 (1 skill if available)</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>


F4 </span> Earth Attunement</li>
</ol>


use Earth 5 to 1 in descending order</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
F4-F1 (reverse)</strong></p>


F4 </span> Overload Earth</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>


F3 </span> Air Attunement (optional)</li>
</ol>


use Air 5/4/3 (1 skill if available)</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>


F2 </span> Water Attunement</li>
</ol>


use Water 5/4/3 (1 skill if available)</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>


F1 </span> Fire Attunement</li>
</ol>


use Fire 5 to 1 in descending order</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
Crowd Control rotation</h4>


</span> Tidal Surge (Wh4 while attuned to water)</li>
</span> Cyclone (Wh4 while attuned to air)</li>
Other soft CC skills</li>
Additional Adaptions for CC</li>
</ol>


</span> Conjure Frost Bow -> </span> Deep Freeze</li>
</span> Glyph of Elementals -> </span> Crashing Waves (Also works as a spike heal)</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
Optimisation</h2>
Omitting Air</h4>
</span> Air Attunement is always optional in the rotation. This can be omitted in order to speed up the elemental cycle for various reasons:</p>


You need to get access to water faster.</li>
You already have sufficient swiftness.</li>
You need to blast your water field.</li>
You need to reapply certain boons.</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Check with your team regarding the boons that you need to cover.</p>

Raid Ready</h2>

W1 Vale Guardian - You should be able to heal through greens pretty easily. Blast your healing fields before and after greens happen. Reserve </span> Overload Water for emergencies.</li>
W1 Gorseval - You may want to bring stability and aegis for this fight. Immobilising with </span> Signet of Earth is also useful during the split phase.</li>
W1 Sabetha - Probably not a good idea to flak kite due to the way alac is distributed, unless you want to stay really close to the party. You can however use </span> Lightning Flash to navigate past flame wall, which is pretty nifty.</li>
W2 Slothasor - You will need to bring more condition cleanses for this fight and in doing so, will sacrifice damage</li>
W3 Tower - This build can solo towers due to its moderate damage, high defenses, empowered protection and passive healing (even when you get knocked down). Bring </span> Relic of Vampirism if you need survivability and </span> Harmonious Conduit for stability. You can use </span> Tidal Surge as a push.</li>
W3 Xera - This build can tank xera and clear crystals at the same time.</li>
W4 Cairn - This build is excellent on this fight. Be careful of </span> Magnetic Aura as it can kill your allies.</li>
W4 Mursaat Overseer - Healing is not a priority and you can opt for more damage choices. You should however retain survival options for jade armors and the resultant death nova.</li>
W4 Samarog - Healing through this fight is extremely easy. CC however is quite a pain and you may consider bringing </span> Conjure Frost Bow for CC. Otherwise try to bait as the tank if you can.</li>
W4 Deimos - Due to your high toughness, you are likely to tank and will function as a great tank. Group aegis through </span> "Aftershock!" is extremely effective in CM! Bring </span> Arcane Shield as a non-interruptible backup.</li>
W5 Soulless Horror - You have enough toughness to tank this fight, enough damage to contribute. CC is going to be your biggest weakness. </span> Lightning Flash can navigate through walls.</li>
W5 Dhuum - With your toughness, you will probably tank on this fight. You may opt to bring movement skills if you are doing the green mechanic (G3) as the tank.</li>
W6 Conjured Amalgamate - </span> "Rebound!" is often used to bypass the clap mechanic on your subgroup.</li>
W6 Twin Largos - This build does well tanking on either lanes for this fight.</li>
W6 Qadim - Your CCs are not particularly super responsive so you need to know the fight well.</li>
W7 Adina - </span> Magnetic Aura is pretty cool on this fight.</li>
W7 QTP - You are probably not the best tank on the list, but not the worst either. Unlike other tanks you can't exactly sit comfortably on the roads mechanic with damage mitigation strategies and you probably will accidentally point your cones in the wrong direction if you aren't careful enough.</li>
</ul>
Pitfalls and Special Roles</h4>


Just in case the other healer has 2k toughness and you are considering, Tempest in general does not perform as a better hand kite than other alternatives. You have to change a lot of things in the build which is outside the scope of this guide.</li>
You need to sacrifice a lot to be able do significant condi cleanses. It is viable but isn't a great performer on slothasor.</li>
The reflects on elementalist can be a little janky on Matthias. I recommend sticking to the tradition of using mesmers and guardians.</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Videos</h2>
DPS benchmark (18k)</h4>

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This bench is done with only birthday cake and </span> Relic of Karakosa and no infusions/utilities and </span> Lucid Singularity. In our testing, the </span> Elemental Bastion does equal amounts of damage and maintains alacrity equally well. In low pressure fights, you may use </span> Relic of the Fractal, utilities and infusions to easily punch above 20k DPS.</p>
OLC demo - Explanatory Video</h4>

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Core Elementalist [cDPS]
2024-06-30T00:00:00+00:00
Core Elementalist has been a passion project of mine, and today I am happy to present that it is now strong enough to earn a place on the website. I genuinely believe that this is the easiest and most effective build to play right now, and I am highly recommending it.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Sinister</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Sinister</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Sinister</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Sinister</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Sinister</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Scepter</td>
	 Sinister</td>
	 </span> Agony</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Focus</td>
	 Sinister</td>
	 </span> Earth</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Sinister</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Sinister</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Fractal </td></tr></tbody></table>

Consumables</h3>

</span> Fishy Rice Bowl</li>
</span> Toxic Tuning Crystal</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Notes</h2>
Use all of your skills off cooldown in </span> Fire Attunement attunement, except for your healing skill.</p>
Your CC skills are:</p>

</span> Comet (Water Focus 5)</li>
</span> Freezing Gust (Water Focus 4)</li>
</span> Shatterstone (Water Scepter 2)</li>
</span> Gale (Air Focus 5)</li>
</span> Blinding Flash (Air Scepter 3)</li>
</span> Dust Devil (Earth Scepter 3)</li>
</ol>
You should cycle through your elements in the order:</p>

</span> Water Attunement</li>
</span> Air Attunement</li>
</span> Earth Attunement</li>
</ol>
to CC, and return back to </span> Fire Attunement as soon as it is off cooldown.</p>
However, while you do have a lot of CC, going into CC is a DPS loss. As a result, this build is most effective on fights where you do not have to CC.</p>
To minimize DPS loss, you should also use:</p>

</span> Water Trident (Water Scepter 3)</li>
</span> Lightning Strike (Air Scepter 2)</li>
</span> Rock Barrier (Earth Scepter 2)</li>
</span> Hurl (Earth Scepter 2)</li>
</ol>
while performing your CC.</p>
This benchmark is done with </span> Glyph of Lesser Elementals instead of the usual </span> Glyph of Elemental Power as usually done for condi Elementalist builds. I have done this as I have seen many people in raids bring </span> Glyph of Elemental Power instead of </span> Glyph of Lesser Elementals, because they used the build from the guide without reading the guide.</p>
To reduce the damage RNG, I have benched the build without precasting any </span> Glyph of Lesser Elementals. Realistically this build is 33.8k benching with </span> Glyph of Elemental Power, and 34.5k benching with full </span> Glyph of Lesser Elementals precast. You should always bring </span> Glyph of Lesser Elementals and precast it as many times as you can before the fight starts.</p>
Video</h2>

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Power Tempest [pDPS]
2024-06-30T00:00:00+00:00
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Notes</h2>

Simple, step based rotation with most of your damage in </span> Air Attunement.</p>
The concept of this build is to stay in </span> Air Attunement and </span> Overload Air as much as possible, while swapping to </span> Fire Attunement both to fill in some of the down time and to reset </span> Overload Air cooldown.</p>
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Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Dagger</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Accuracy</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Fireworks </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Plate of Coq Au Vin with Salsa or </span> Plate of Truffle Steak</li>
Enhancement: </span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
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Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

Your rotation consists of a precasted opener, a </span> Fire Attunement loop, and an </span> Air Attunement priority:</p>
Precasted Opener:</strong></p>


Start in </span> Fire Attunement</li>
</span> Glyph of Elementals</li>
</span> Air Attunement</li>
</span> Overload Air</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Fire Attunement Loop:</strong></p>


</span> Cauterizing Strike (Sword Fire 3)</li>
</span> Ring of Fire (Dagger Fire 4)</li>
</span> Fire Grab (Dagger Fire 5)</li>
</span> Flame Uprising (Sword Fire 2)</li>
</span> Air Attunement during the cast of </span> Flame Uprising (Sword Fire 2)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Skip any skills that are on cooldown, primarily </span> Fire Grab (Dagger Fire 5), which will be on cooldown every other loop.</p>
</span> Air Attunement Priority:</strong></p>


</span> Overload Air</li>
</span> Quantum Strike (Sword Air 3)</li>
</span> Ride the Lightning (Dagger Air 4)</li>
</span> Fire Attunement as soon as it is off cooldown</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Try to always start with your Precasted Opener, before entering your main attunement looping below. As much as possible you want to hit your precast </span> Overload Air, but that is not always possible on all bosses. If you do not have enough time for your full precast, start in </span> Air Attunement, precast </span> Overload Air as you are running towards the boss, and continue the rotation from there, casting </span> Glyph of Elementals in your first </span> Fire Attunement loop.</p>
Following the above rotation will allow you to maintain 100% uptime on </span> Relic of Fireworks without any additional management.</p>
You should also:</p>
Cast Off Cooldown:</strong></p>


</span> "Feel the Burn!"</li>
</span> Flame Barrage</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
All of these skills have no cast time and can be cast anytime, even during </span> Overload Air.</p>
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Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are:</p>


</span> Polaric Leap (Sword Air 2)</li>
</span> Updraft (Dagger Air 5)</li>
</span> Earthquake (Dagger Earth 4)</li>
</span> Churning Earth (Dagger Earth 5)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Polaric Leap (Sword Air 2) and </span> Updraft (Dagger Air 5) will be on your bar whenever you are in </span> Air Attunement.</p>
If more CC is required, instead of your </span> Fire Attunement Loop, you can instead perform:</p>
</span> Earth Attunement Loop:</strong></p>


</span> Earthquake (Dagger Earth 4)</li>
</span> Churning Earth (Dagger Earth 5)</li>
</span> Air Attunement during the cast of </span> Churning Earth (Dagger Earth 5)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Immediately after </span> Overload Air.</p>
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Video</h2>


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Blade of Alacrity [aDPS]
2024-06-07T00:00:00+00:00
The purpose of writing this guide is to provide a competent DPS options with good alacrity uptime and decent DPS output in group PVE content. While weapon swaps are not included in the rotation, swapping to another dagger or a ranged option remains viable choices. This build is functional in both open world and instanced content. While this build has a a moderate skill floor, it has a higher achievable damage ceiling once the basics are secured. Because of the differences in condition types and trait interactions, this build is not efficient with torment unless special arrangements are made, thus three loadouts are explored here but this guide assumes you are following the optimised loadout.</p>
This build requires daggers and unfortunately has a small amount of forced movement. The issues and workarounds with the rotation will be discussed in the guide with a primary focus on accessibility and choosing fights. The featured build is selective for utilities that do not hinder the rotation and has preference for utilities that are multifunctional and smoothens the gameplay experience. Time sensitive skills that disrupt the rotation or involve more button presses may be played situationally and adopted as deemed necessary. This build has intermediate difficulty and although the APM is relatively low, high ping, slow execution and fumbling with your skills can lead to a massive drop in DPS.</p>
Gearing and Consumables</h2>
GW2Skills Links</h4>

Optimised Loadout</a></li>
Ranged/Mobile Loadout</a></li>
Support Loadout</a></li>
</ol>


For the purpose of writing a concise guide, I will be focusing on the optimised dual/triple dagger loadout.</small></li>
The ranged loadout increases torment and scepter use and is aimed at fights where the use of close range dagger attacks become nullified due to boss positioning or mobility. This also assumes that weapon swaps may not be possible.</small></li>
 The support loadout takes on barrier via consume shadows and also provides boons such as fury if supply from the healer is lacking.</small></li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
Equipment</h4>

Full Ritualist's</li>
</ul>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ritualist's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Ritualist's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Ritualist's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Ritualist's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Ritualist's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Ritualist's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Dagger</td>
	 Ritualist's</td>
	 </span> Agony</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Dagger</td>
	 Ritualist's</td>
	 </span> Doom</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Ritualist's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Ritualist's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Ritualist's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Ritualist's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Ritualist's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Ritualist's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Fractal </td></tr></tbody></table>

- You may swap a few pieces for Viper's for a slight increase in DPS when you are comfortable with the uptime

This build is geared similar to SnowCrows</a>. You may find that it worthwhile to reference their build especially if there is minimal boss movement with flexible attack windows.</small></p>
</blockquote>
Weapon Swap Options</h4>

	</span></td>
	 Dagger</td>
	 Ritualist's</td>
	 </span> Transference</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
 as a third dagger for a small DPS increase [^1]

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Scepter</td>
	 Ritualist's</td>
	 </span> Concentration</td>
</tr> as a ranged option
Food</h4>

</span> Plate of Kimchi Pancakes
There is no need for a budget alternative as this is relatively cheap.
Consider swapping this for alternatives if you are using budget runes.</li>
</ul>
Utility</h4>

</span> Magnanimous Tuning Crystal(Condi)</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
Alac DPS (Optimised)</h4>
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Trait Alternatives</h4>

</span> Consume Shadows is able to provide group barrier if that is missing from your group.^{[1]</a></sup></li>}
</span> Traversing Dusk can refill your shroud meter if you bring wells.[2]</a></sup></li>
</ol>
Rotation and Utilities</h2>
Ensure skill 1 on both shroud and daggers are set to autocast. You don't have to complete your auto-attack chain, the damage is negligible and prioritising the chain on top of other skills will lead to a DPS drop.</p>
Rotation</h4>
Precasts - </span> Thieves Guild (Elite) and Utilities (use these on cooldown)
Opener - </span> Siphon (F1) and </span> Enter Shadow Shroud (F2)</p>

Alacrity Rotation - Perform autos + </span> Grasping Shadows (Sh2) + </span> Eternal Night (Sh4) on cooldown.[3]</a></sup></li>
DPS rotation - Spam </span> Death Blossom (D3)[4]</a></sup></li>
Cast utilities and </span> Siphon (F1) during/after step 2.[5]</a></sup></li>
Reset the rotation using </span> Enter Shadow Shroud (F2).[6]</a></sup></li>
</ol>
Utilties</h4>

Utilities to cast on cooldown

</span> Spider Venom</li>
</span> Devourer Venom</li>
</span> Caltrops</li>
</span> Thousand Needles</li>
</span> Skale Venom (if taking Scepter)</li>
</ul>
</li>
Optional Situational Utilities

</span> Basilisk Venom</li>
</span> Well of Bounty</li>
</span> Well of Gloom</li>
</span> Well of Sorrow (if taking Scepter/</span> Traversing Dusk)</li>
</ul>
</li>
Other Strategic Options

</span> Shadowstep</li>
</span> Prepare Shadow Portal</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>

Note: All the utilites are optional as your rotation is predetermined by your weapon and shroud skills.</small></p>
</blockquote>
CC options</h4>
</span> Basilisk Venom is your best CC skill.
In shroud, you can use </span> Dawn's Repose(Sh3)/</span> Mind Shock(Sh5) to CC</p>
Sustainability</h4>

</span> Death Blossom (D3) is an evade. You spend almost half the time in evade frames.</li>
</span> Enter Shadow Shroud is your second health bar. You spend almost half the time on your second health bar.</li>
</ol>

Taking </span> Consume Shadows will obliterate your second health bar but can assist your healers with certain fights if timed well. Use it for group survivabiity.</small></p>
</blockquote>
Optimisation</h2>
Raid Ready</h4>

W1 Vale Guardian - </span> Consume Shadows before greens gives your healers a super easy time. </span> Dawn's Repose also adds barrier that fears red orbs away. You can take on guardians of any colour and you have a boon strip through </span> Bountiful Theft.</li>
W1 Gorseval - </span> Thousand Needles is a prolonged immobilise that can stop spirits in their tracks. It is also a great damage skills which you can precast  before each main boss phase.</li>
W1 Sabetha - Be careful with </span> Death Blossom during the flamethrower phase. Bring </span> Basilisk Venom for Knuckles.</li>
W2 Bandit Trio - Place thousand needles along saboteur routes.</li>
W2 Matthias - Bring </span> Basilisk Venom to break allies free. Use your shroud CCs if it is not available.</li>
W3 Escort - The large amounts of HP, cleaves and evades make this a good build to fight on towers solo. You also have plenty of immobilise options for backwarg.</li>
W4 Cairn - This build is effective on this fight. Stay in shroud and stack alacrity when he is bouncing around/out of reach.</li>
W4 Mursaat Overseer - Its probably good to bring a thief so you can open the door to the next fight.</li>
W4 Samarog - Bring </span> Basilisk Venom to break allies free but this is only available on alternate break bars. Use </span> Thousand Needles or your shroud CCs if it is not available.</li>
W4 Deimos - </span> Thousand Needles can be used when prides are nearby. </span> Death Blossom can drop you in the oil so have bit of clearance.</li>
W5 Soulless Horror - You may use your wells/shadowsteps to get through walls. Bring </span> Basilisk Venom as failing the breakbar is of dire consequence.</li>
W5 Dhuum - Shadowstep is good for this fight, especially CM! Using </span> Enter Shadow Shroud at 10% skips the ball collection phase.</li>
W6 Twin Largos - Right lane (Kenut) is favourable for condition damage. If timed well, you can use </span> Death Blossom (🗡️3) to dodge the wave. If you need a wider window, evading drops </span> Lesser Caltrops too, which is still pretty nifty.</li>
W6 Qadim - You will probably be joining the main squad. </span> Death Blossom (🗡️3) can be used to dodge the main boss's wave. You may also precast CCs during sub-boss phases.</li>
W7 Adina - Shadowstep options help you move around the arena quickly and can be used in advanced tactics in statics, use your imagination.</li>
W7 Sabir - Try not to blindly </span> Death Blossom into the red tornado.</li>
</ol>
Consider an alternative build for</h4>

W2 Slothasor - This build does not perform well on Slothasor as conditions reset when he sleeps. Bringing a power option is recommended but this is not a strict contraindication.</li>
W3 Keep Construct - Bringing a power option is recommended but this is not a strict contraindication.</li>
W3 Xera - Bringing a power option is recommended but this is not a strict contraindication.</li>
W6 Conjured Amalgamate - Bringing a power option is recommended.</li>
W7 Qadim the Peerless - If you need to pylon kite, just play a deadeye.</li>
</ol>


Barriers scale according to your vitality so investment into healing power is not necessary. ↩</a></p>
</li>

This scales to more than 5 players, and is very useful in open world nd Raids/Strikes, less so in fractals. ↩</a></p>
</li>

You may need to stay in shroud for a longer period of time (due to range or to extend alacrity) ↩</a></p>
</li>

Note: Your shroud skill may be non-responsive and doesn't queue well after </span> Death Blossom (D3)'s aftercast. Using a utility when you are out of initiative to smoothen that. ↩</a></p>
</li>

Some of these have no cast time and can be done mid animation. ↩</a></p>
</li>

This rotation is surprisingly short, you need to enter shroud as soon as you can and not muck about ↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>


Chronomechanic [aDPS]
2024-05-26T00:00:00+00:00
Simple but effective Condition Alacrity build</p>
Gearing</h2>

Armor: Viper's + Ritualist mix[1]</a></sup> with Runes of the Trapper</li>
Trinkets: Viper's</li>
Weapons: Viper's Pistol/Pistol with Sigils of Bursting/Earth</li>
Relic of the Fractal</li>
Food & Utility: Cilantro Flatbread & Toxic Tuning Crystal</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Notes</h2>
You give Alacrity with:</p>

</span> Barrier Signet</li>
</span> Crisis Zone</li>
</span> Barrier Burst</li>
</ol>
And you should prioritise these 3 skills above all else. </span> Crisis Zone and </span> Barrier Burst are Mech skills, and can be autocasted. However, due to Mech positioning, you may find yourself dropping Alacrity near the starts of fights, for the 1st and 2nd round of rotations. You should manually cast </span> Crisis Zone and </span> Barrier Burst during your first 2 loops to ensure Alacrity doesn't drop.</p>
Use all skills off cooldown in the following priority order:</p>

</span> Blowtorch (Pistol 4)</li>
</span> Static Shot (Pistol 3)</li>
</span> Poison Dart Volley (Pistol 2)</li>
</span> Overclock Signet</li>
</ol>
Your CC skills are, in order of priority:</p>

</span> Glue Shot</li>
</span> Crash Down (by unsummoning and summoning Mech)</li>
</span> Static Shot (which makes your Mech do Rocket Punch, but since the cooldown for Rocket Punch is longer that the skill, it might not have CC)</li>
</ol>
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Start by adding Ritualist pieces until you are above 20% boon duration, then fill the remaining slots with Viper's. You can replace Viper's gear with more Ritualist if you find yourself dropping Alacrity. ↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>


Hyperclocked Mech [aDPS]
2024-05-26T00:00:00+00:00
Probably the easiest to play Alacrity build</p>
Gearing</h2>

Berserker's + Diviner's mix [1]</a></sup></li>
Runes of the Scholar</li>
Sword, Sigil of Force</li>
Shield, Sigil of Air</li>
Relic of the Thief</li>
Consumables:

Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak (Power/Ferocity)</li>
Superior Sharpening Stone (Power)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Notes</h2>
You give Alacrity with:</p>

</span> Barrier Signet</li>
</span> Crisis Zone</li>
</span> Barrier Burst</li>
</ol>
And you should prioritise these 3 skills above all else. </span> Crisis Zone and </span> Barrier Burst are Mech skills, and can be autocasted. However, due to Mech positioning, you may find yourself dropping Alacrity near the starts of fights, for the 1st and 2nd round of rotations. You should manually cast </span> Crisis Zone and </span> Barrier Burst during your first 2 loops to ensure Alacrity doesn't drop.</p>
Press</p>

</span> Refraction Cutter (Sword 2)</li>
</span> Radiant Arc (Sword 3)</li>
</span> Overclock Signet</li>
</ol>
off cooldown, and that is basically your rotation.</p>
Your auto attack chain reduces the cooldown of </span> Refraction Cutter (Sword 2) and </span> Radiant Arc (Sword 3), allowing you to cast them more often. This lines up pretty well and results in you being able to use </span> Radiant Arc (Sword 3) every other time you use </span> Refraction Cutter (Sword 2).</p>
You have very nice utilities with the Shield. You can bring a Pistol instead for about ~800 more DPS, but I will always recommend the Shield over Pistol.</p>
</span> Magnetic Shield (Shield 4) is a 3s long projectile reflect, and can be pressed twice in quick succession for CC.</p>
</span> Static Shield (Shield 5) is a 2.5s long block, and is basically your panic button. It can also be pressed twice in quick succession for CC.</p>
On top of that, you have </span> Overclock Signet, which is a CC skill even though it is used primarily for damage. Finally, you have </span> Force Signet, which is another CC skill, but you should only use it in the most dire of situations, as using it is a DPS loss.</p>
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You want to swap out Berserker's gear for Diviner's until you have above 20% boon duration while maintaining at least 45% critical chance. I recommend swapping an Amulet and 2 Rings for highest cost effectiveness, but this can be done in a variety of ways. ↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>


Flamebender [cDPS]
2024-05-23T00:00:00+00:00
Notes</h2>

Flamebender is a more structured build, with high importance placed on the order of skills cast.</p>
Gearing</h2>



Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Pistol</td>
	 Viper's</td>
	 </span> Bursting</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Torch</td>
	 Viper's</td>
	 </span> Air</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Sinister</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Sinister</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Sinister</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Sinister</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Sinister</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Fractal </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread OR </span> Plate of Beef Rendang</li>
Enhancement: </span> Toxic Tuning Crystal</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>

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Rotation</h2>

Your opener and main combo is:</p>
Main Combo:</strong></p>


</span> Rushing Justice</li>
</span> Purging Flames > </span> Whirling Light</li>
</span> Symbol of Ignition (Pistol 3) > </span> Cleansing Flame (Torch 5)</li>
</span> Peacekeeper (Pistol 2)</li>
</span> Zealot's Flame > </span> Zealot's Fire (Torch 4)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Using </span> Rushing Justice activates Willbender Flames, which allows you to apply stacks of burning every hit. </span> Whirling Light and </span> Purging Flames both have multiple hits, which synergises well. It also swirls within the fire field created by </span> Purging Flames, generating burning bolts.</p>
Similarly, </span> Symbol of Ignition (Pistol 3) places a symbol that ignites whenever an enemy is hit within the symbol, hence why we combo it with </span> Cleansing Flame (Torch 5), which is a multihit skill.</p>
This may seem like a long combo, but it is also more than half of your rotation. All the skills in the combo can be queued, and you should queue them as much as possible without leaking any auto attacks for maximum DPS.</p>
Beyond your main combo, you should use the following skills off cooldown in priority order:</p>
Priority:</strong></p>


</span> Rushing Justice</li>
</span> Symbol of Ignition (Pistol 3) > </span> Peacekeeper (Pistol 2)</li>
</span> Zealot's Flame > </span> Zealot's Fire (Torch 4)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Adding an additional </span> Peacekeeper (Pistol 2) right before you enter your main combo.</p>
You might have noticed that Flamebender rotation actually does loops seamlessly, and the full rotation can be written as:</p>
Full Rotatoin:</strong></p>


</span> Rushing Justice</li>
</span> Purging Flames > </span> Whirling Light</li>
</span> Symbol of Ignition (Pistol 3) > </span> Cleansing Flame (Torch 5)</li>
</span> Peacekeeper (Pistol 2)</li>
</span> Zealot's Flame > </span> Zealot's Fire (Torch 4)</li>
</span> Rushing Justice</li>
</span> Symbol of Ignition (Pistol 3) > </span> Peacekeeper (Pistol 2)</li>
</span> Peacekeeper (Pistol 2)</li>
Repeat From Step 1</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
While also using any charges of </span> Zealot's Flame > </span> Zealot's Fire (Torch 4) off cooldown.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

You only have 1 CC skill, </span> Heaven's Palm, with a very short cooldown of 20s (15s with Alacrity), but that's enough CC to carry your own weight in every encounter in the game, as it does quite a bit of breakbar damage at 400.</p>
Advanced Tips</h2>

Willbender has a lot of mobility and utility built into its kit.</p>
</span> Flowing Resolve is a 450 range forwards leap with 3/4s of evasion, allowing you to quickly close distances to bosses with high movement, or perform mechanics while maintaining high damage uptime.</p>
</span> Crashing Courage is both a 600 range shadow step and Aegis, allowing you to both get out of a bad situation and to block mechanics.</p>
Video</h2>


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Seraph of the Sand [aHeal]
2024-05-20T00:00:00+00:00
This guide explains how hybrid scourge works and how it assists with training runs, low experience practice runs and in statics. This build does rely on a relatively high APM but the order of presses is irrelevant to performance so long as you don't greed DPS and remember to prioritise group alacrity. The forgiving nature of the build allows you to vent your frustrations on the keyboard after a stressful day. Scourge also allows barrier to be pulsed even when disabled.
This build is functional in both open world and instanced content. There is an optional amount of gear swaps that can be done to slide it towards being a stronger healer. While this build has a low skill floor, it does have a high toughness and users should be expected to tank. Tanking isn't terribly difficult on this build however.
For older raids, the build is less optimal than other celestial variants after the recent change to transfusion. The lack of responsive burst heals is the greatest weakness of the class. However this class is still favored in end game content for its two-way teleport ability via </span> Sand Swell.</p>
Gearing and Consumables</h2>
Equipment</h4>
Optimised loadout with infusions</a></p>

Armor/Trinkets: Seraph Set but fill other pieces with other stats up to condi duration cap and the desired amount of healing/toughness.</li>
Alt Stats: Celestial's (recommended)/Ritualist's/Viper's/Plaguedoctor's/Minstrels (For tanking)[1]</a></sup></li>
Weapons (set 1): Pistol/Torch (Offensive)</li>
Weapons (alt): Sceptre/Warhorn (Defensive)[2]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
Weapon Alternatives</h4>

Weapons (alt): Dagger/Torch (Healing/Boonstrip)[3]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
Runes</h4>
</span> Superior Rune of the Tempest</p>
Sigils</h4>
</span> Superior Sigil of Torment
</span> Superior Sigil of Demons
</span> Superior Sigil of Smoldering (Torch)</p>
Relic</h4>
</span> Relic of the Fractal</p>
Food</h4>
</span> Spherified Oyster Soup with Mint Garnish OR
</span> Feast of Delectable Birthday Cake (Budget/Free)</p>
Utility</h4>
</span> Krait Tuning Crystal</p>
Build</h2>
Hybrid DPS Alac</h4>
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Alternatives</h2>
You have many options to play around with other traits and utilities. Necromancer just has so many useful skills that you may not seem obvious at first glance.</p>
Traits</h4>

Take </span> Abrasive Grit where condi cleanses and extra might are needed.</li>
</span> Life from Death and </span> Vampiric Presence are competing traits. </span> Vampiric Presence provides more DPS, weaker heals but has less active interaction required.</li>
</ul>
Utilities</h4>
</span> Summon Shadow Fiend may not be suitable on certain bosses that remove minions.
</span> Serpent Siphon is a good group Aegis and Barrier skill.
Swap for </span> Signet of Undeath and </span> Summon Shadow Fiend if the APM is too high.</p>
General House Rules:</h4>

Swapping traits and skills is a science and you must be knowledgeable on what you can afford to remove.</li>
Might and Alacrity are your primary responsiblities, so use your might generation and barrier skills first.</li>
Be prepared to tank as you have a relatively high toughness.</li>
Both your offensive and defensive sets offer CC, but you can bring more skills for CC.</li>
Hybrid builds have a lot of give and take and toe the line to bring 'just enough', so you need to adjust the build to the strengths of your team composition.</li>
</ol>
Rotation and Utilities</h2>
Rotation</h4>

Cast </span> Manifest Sand Shade and pulse barrier through </span> Sand Cascade and </span> Desert Shroud.</li>
Use all your skills on cooldown except </span> Garish Pillar (F3) and </span> Signet of Undeath</li>
Use </span> Garish Pillar with a dodge roll to trigger </span> Transfusion</li>
</ol>

Always be on top of a sand shade. Your skills hit like wet noodles without it. Being on shroud keeps your condition duration at 100%.</em></small></p>
</blockquote>
Crowd Control rotation</h4>

Both sets of weapons have CC via </span> Oppressive Collapse(Torch 5) and </span> Wail of Doom(Warhorn 4)</li>
</span> Garish Pillar (F3) can be also used for CC but you may need to reserve this for revive for certain fights.</li>
You may bring </span> Summon Flesh Golem if you need more CC.</li>
You may bring </span> Spectral Grasp if you need to pull adds and have extra CC.</li>
</ol>
Optimisation</h2>
Check with your team regarding the boons that you need to cover. If there is already might overcap, you may drop certain skills for more utilities. You can also make an educated guess by looking at the classes the other players are playing, the weapons equipped etc. By default, your build provides Might, Fury, Alacrity, Protection, Regeneration and Aegis but some may not hit 100% uptime. Although Scourge can provide 10-man stability, this area of effect is really small and groups must be really organised to make full use of it. You may also opt to rearrange the subgroup to put tankier classes with the hybrid healer.</p>
Strike Ready</h4>

Boneskinner - While it sounds like it is a huge responsibility to play as a carry scourge, you don't die as easily because you have more vitality and higher toughness. Take </span> Ritual of Life and use </span> Garish Pillar sparingly.</li>
Whisper of Jormag - Use </span> Summon Flesh Wurm in the middle during the ball phase.</li>
Harvest Temple - </span> Sand Swell is really useful to reposition players behind the ball. Swapping to pistol grants more hits against the ball.</li>
</ol>
Raid Ready</h4>

W1 Vale Guardian - Be prepared to tank the fight. If you are not the tank, you may opt to go to the red guardian during splits, which gives the condi team added survivability. Barrier trivialises the green mechanic. </span> Devouring Darkness removes boons from the blue guardian.</li>
W1 Gorseval - </span> Grasping Dead is a long reliable cripple during the split phase.</li>
W1 Sabetha - If you bring </span> Sand Swell, you may be able to serve as a cannon backup. You can </span> Sand Swell through the flame wall.</li>
W2 Slothasor - This build excels on this fight. Bring </span> Abrasive Grit for a very strong condi cleanse. Projectile blocks from </span> Corrosive Poison Cloud are sometimes useful. </span> Spectral Grasp is useful against slublings.</li>
W2 Matthias - Do not use any projectile blocks unless you know when to use them.</li>
W3 Stronghold of the Faithful - This build can solo towers but it is a little slow, remember to bring </span> Trail of Anguish for stability/break stun.</li>
W3 Keep Construct - Be prepared to tank this fight. This build doesn't excel in this fight, relying mostly on condis. However, you will still outdps other healers due to the power coefficients on some weapons that feed off your celestial gear.</li>
W4 Cairn - This build excels on this fight in every way.</li>
W4 Samarog - Bring </span> Summon Flesh Golem for added CC. You can also use </span> Charge to push Rigom towards the boss. Use </span> Grasping Dead for a prolonged cripple and fear from </span> Garish Pillar and </span> Wail of Doom to steer him back towards the boss if he gets too close.</li>
W4 Deimos CM - </span> Serpent Siphon is a good aoe Aegis.</li>
W5 Soulless Horror - Your team can </span> Sand Swell through walls.</li>
W5 Dhuum - This build functions as a decent Tank/G3 in an experienced group but you can't carry too many mistakes as your healing output is lower.</li>
W6 Conjured Amalgamate - This build is not very good for damage on this fight. However, it is not an absolute contraindication to bring this build. If your team only has 1 rebound elementalist/nature's renewal druid, be sure to be on the same group as them so your revive can save the other subgroup after the clap mechanic.</li>
W6 Twin Largos - This build excels on this fight. The right lane (Kenut) favors condition builds. Bring </span> Summon Flesh Golem for added CC.</li>
W6 Qadim - This build can Kite Qadim, Tank Wyverns or even solo Lamp.</li>
W7 Sabir - Projectile blocks from </span> Corrosive Poison Cloud is useful. </span> Garish Pillar is very helpful for players who can't do tornado jumps.</li>
W7 Adina - Projectile blocks from </span> Corrosive Poison Cloud is useful although not as good as a Ventari Bubble. You can no longer pull allies who identify themselves as sandsharks.</li>
W7 Qadim the Peerless - Consider taking North pylon as you be tanky enough to handle misplaced boss attacks. </span> Sand Swell does not have the teleport range of other kiters so you need to start moving early.</li>
</ol>
Videos</h2>
I have benched the build with </span> Feast of Delectable Birthday Cake and </span> Krait Tuning Crystal, with infusions and no weapon swaps.</p>
DPS benchmark (18.8k)</h4>

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Being cost-effective: Celestial stat is a good pick because it is a core stat and can be obtained from the Wizard's Vault. Your armor requirements will vary depending on your infusions and you may need additional expertise to hit 100% condition duration. Adding more Celestial stats is an option ↩</a></p>
</li>

Weapon swap to warhorn for extra heals. Use torch as default for extra DPS. ↩</a></p>
</li>

Dagger allows more heals through the trait </span> Overflowing Thirst ↩</a></p>
</li>
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Heart of the Dragon [qDPS]
2024-05-16T00:00:00+00:00
The easiest raid build, now with quickness!</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Dragon's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Air</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Staff</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Air</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Thief </td></tr></tbody></table>


Alternatives: Full Berserker's and/or Scholar runes</p>
</blockquote>
Consumables</h4>

</span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak</li>
</span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Notes</h2>
Use:</p>

</span> Impossible Odds while in </span> Legendary Assassin Stance</li>
</span> Facet of Darkness, </span> Facet of Chaos, and </span> Facet of Strength in </span> Legendary Dragon Stance. Use </span> Facet of Strength again (it should now be </span> Burst of Strength) to consume it.</li>
</ol>
Swap legends off cooldown in </span> Legendary Assassin Stance, and swap legends once you have use </span> Burst of Strength twice in </span> Legendary Dragon Stance</p>
Use off cooldown:</p>

</span> Deathstrike (Sword 5)</li>
</span> Shackling Wave (Sword 4)</li>
</span> Chilling Isolation (Sword 2)</li>
</ol>
Following the above, you should never run out of energy, unless you have to CC.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>
You should always swap to your Staff for CC. Part of your job as a boon DPS is to do everything possible to get the most damage out of your DPS players, and this includes giving them boons and CCing so they don't have to.</p>
Your CC skills are:</p>

</span> Surge of the Mists (Staff 5)</li>
</span> Chaotic Release (</span> Facet of Chaos flipped skill) in </span> Legendary Dragon Stance</li>
</span> Jade Winds (in </span> Legendary Assassin Stance)</li>
</ol>
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Dragontooth [pDPS]
2024-05-14T00:00:00+00:00
Probably the easiest raid build available in GW2.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Dragon's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Air</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Staff</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Air</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Thief </td></tr></tbody></table>


Alternatives: Full Berserker's and/or Scholar runes</p>
</blockquote>
Consumables</h4>

</span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak</li>
</span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Notes</h2>
Use:</p>

</span> Impossible Odds while in </span> Legendary Assassin Stance</li>
</span> Vengeful Hammers while in </span> Legendary Dwarf Stance</li>
</ol>
and swap legends off cooldown. You can bind both these skills to the same button to reduce mistakes.</p>
Use off cooldown:</p>

</span> Deathstrike (Sword 5)</li>
</span> Shackling Wave (Sword 4)</li>
</span> Chilling Isolation (Sword 2)</li>
</ol>
Following the above, you should never run out of energy, unless you have to CC.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>
You need to weapon swap to your Staff for your biggest CC skill, </span> Surge of the Mists (Staff 5). This is a big DPS loss, but is also one of the highest CC skills in the game. If you do swap to staff, just keep either </span> Impossible Odds or </span> Vengeful Hammers active and auto attack until you can swap back to Swords. You should still swap legends off cooldown.</p>
If you do not want to weapon swap, your CC skills are:</p>

</span> Shackling Wave (Sword 4)</li>
</span> Chilling Isolation (Sword 2)</li>
</span> Jade Winds (in </span> Legendary Assassin Stance)</li>
</span> Forced Engagement (in </span> Legendary Dwarf Stance)</li>
</ol>
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Gyroscopic Hammer [pDPS]
2024-05-14T00:00:00+00:00
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Hammer</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Air</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Thief </td></tr></tbody></table>

Consumables:</h2>

</span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak</li>
</span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Notes</h2>
Use off cooldown:</p>

</span> Shredder Gyro</li>
</span> Thunderclap (Hammer 5)</li>
</span> Electro-whirl (Hammer 2)</li>
</span> Grenade Barrage</li>
</span> Throw Mine</li>
</span> Mine Field (press this twice)</li>
</ol>
You want to try to maintain as much superspeed as possible as that increases your DPS. You can do this by using </span> Medic Gyro opposite to </span> Shredder Gyro, when </span> Shredder Gyro has 10s of cooldown left. You can also press it before you press any high damage skill if you forgot to use it before, but generally this ensures you have a high uptime of superspeed, increasing your damage.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>
Your CC skills are:</p>

</span> Spare Capacitor</li>
</span> Throw Mine</li>
</span> Mine Field</li>
</span> Thunderclap (Hammer 5)</li>
</ol>
You can also use </span> Function Gyro if you have allies that have been downed, and this will summon up to 3 seperate Gyros, which will automatically go revive allies nearby.</p>
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Thermal Runaway [pDPS]
2024-05-05T00:00:00+00:00
SPECIAL NOTE</h3>
This is one of our more challenging builds. It's relatively simple in concept, but unforgiving in execution.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Shield</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Impact</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Eagle </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak or </span> Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup</li>
Enhancement: </span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

There are a few priority levels to follow, that are layered on top of a simple rotation structure.</p>
Start by preheating to ~100 Heat. You can maintain your heat level by equipping a musical instrument after preheating. The recommended instrument to use is the Unbreakable Choir Bell, which costs less than 1 silver on the TP, but you can use any instrument you like.</p>
Your rotation consists of 2 main parts,</p>


In Forge</li>
Out Forge</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
and is looped repeatedly.</p>
In Forge rotation:</strong></p>


</span> Corona Burst (Forge 3)</li>
</span> Photon Blitz (Forge 4) + </span> Blade Burst</li>
</span> Corona Burst (Forge 3)</li>
</span> Deactivate Photon Forge</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Out Forge rotation:</strong></p>


</span> Radiant Arc (Sword 3)</li>
</span> Refraction Cutter (Sword 2)</li>
Auto attack</li>
</span> Engage Photon Forge @ ~80 Heat</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
On top of this rotation, there are 2 layers of cooldown based priority button pressing.</p>
Layer 1:</strong></p>


</span> Particle Accelerator</li>
</span> Surprise Shot</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Both of these skills have no cast time and will not interrupt any skill casts and should therefore be pressed whenever they are off cooldown.</p>
Layer 2:</strong></p>


</span> Photon Wall (press twice)</li>
</span> Laser Disk</li>
</span> Prime Light Beam</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
If any skills in layer 2 are off cooldown after step 2 during In Forge rotaion, use them.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

You have very nice utilities with the Shield. You can bring a Pistol instead for about 1k+ more DPS, but I will always recommend the Shield over Pistol.</p>
</span> Magnetic Shield (Shield 4) is a 3s long projectile reflect, and can be pressed twice in quick succession for CC.</p>
</span> Static Shield (Shield 5) is a 2.5s long block, and is basically your panic button. It can also be pressed twice in quick succession for CC.</p>
Finally, you have 1 more CC skill, </span> Static Shock. It should be your first option when it comes to CC, followed by </span> Magnetic Shield (Shield 4) and </span> Static Shield (Shield 5).</p>
Advanced Tips</h2>

Your healing skill, </span> A.E.D., will heal you and remove all damaging conditions when you take lethal damage. This is especially useful in some fights, such as Deimos, where you can skip the mindcrush mechanic, and Sabir, where you can skip both the shockwave and corner mechanic. This will allow you to maintain higher damage uptime on bosses, increasing your DPS.</p>
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Mechknight [pDPS]
2024-05-05T00:00:00+00:00
Notes</h2>

A Power DPS build with only 4 buttons to press, Sword Power Mechanist is a simple build that does consistent damage, although it is lacking in burst damage, making weaker on fights where high burst damage is required.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Shield</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Air</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Eagle </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak or </span> Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup</li>
Enhancement: </span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

Press off cooldown:</strong></p>


</span> Radiant Arc (Sword 3)</li>
</span> Refraction Cutter (Sword 2)</li>
</span> Throw Mine</li>
</span> Overclock Signet</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
in order of priority from top to bottom.</p>
Your auto attack chain reduces the cooldown of </span> Refraction Cutter (Sword 2) and </span> Radiant Arc (Sword 3), allowing you to cast them more often. This lines up pretty well and results in you being able to use </span> Radiant Arc (Sword 3) every other time you use </span> Refraction Cutter (Sword 2). Using </span> Throw Mine does NOT cancel your auto attack chain, allowing you to use it off cooldown without delaying the rest of your rotation.</p>
Remember to also set your Mech skills to autocast, allowing you to reduce the APM of the build while losing minimal damage. You can opt to press them manually off cooldown as well, but it is recommended to leave them on autocast regardless.</p>
Mech Skills:</strong></p>


</span> Explosive Knuckle</li>
</span> Core Reactor Shot</li>
</span> Jade Mortar</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
You can bring a Pistol instead of a Shield for about 1.5k+ more DPS, by using both Pistol skills off cooldown, but I will always recommend the Shield over Pistol as the Shield provides a lot of utility and personal survivability.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are:</strong></p>


</span> Magnetic Shield (Shield 4)</li>
</span> Static Shield (Shield 5)</li>
</span> Throw Mine</li>
</span> Overclock Signet</li>
</span> Force Signet</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
However, </span> Throw Mine and </span> Overclock Signet are used as part of your damage rotation, and might not be off cooldown when you need to CC.</p>
Both </span> Magnetic Shield (Shield 4) and </span> Static Shield (Shield 5) have to be pressed twice for CC.</p>
Using </span> Force Signet to CC will result in a DPS loss, and is not recommended unless using it will prevent a wipe.</p>
</span> Magnetic Shield (Shield 4) is also 3s long projectile reflect, while </span> Static Shield (Shield 5) is a 2.5s long block, and can be used as your panic button.</p>
</span> Shift Signet is both a stunbreak and a shadowstep, and can be used to get out of a potential death scenario. However, using </span> Shift Signet will cause your boons to stop copying over to your Mech, resulting in a DPS loss.</p>
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Dread Apothecary [qDPS]
2024-05-05T00:00:00+00:00
My pain brings you strength!</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Assassin's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Greatsword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Accuracy</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Thief </td></tr></tbody></table>


Alternatives: Full Berserker's and/or Scholar runes</p>
</blockquote>
Consumables</h4>

</span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak</li>
</span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Notes</h1>
Quickness Harbinger provides boons, and most importantly quickness, in 2 ways, through Elixirs and by </span> Harbinger Shroud. Since you cannot use Elixirs while you are in shroud, and you want to be in </span> Harbinger Shroud as much as possible to both give boons and do damage, there is a certain minimum rotation speed you are aiming to hit to be able to give 100% quickness. While it is quite forgiving to be able to hit this minimum speed, some practice is still required on the class to ensure full uptime.</p>
Start by using </span> Elixir of Promise, </span> Elixir of Anguish, and </span> Elixir of Ambition to build up blight stacks. </span> Elixir of Anguish and </span> Elixir of Ambition also gives quickness, among other boons, and you should take care not to use them too early before the boon strip. You should always start with these 3 skills after any prolonged phases of not attacking.</p>
The rotation consists of 3 main combos:</p>

Pre Shroud</li>
In Shroud</li>
Out Shroud</li>
</ol>
And should be looped in this order indefinitely.</p>
Pre Shroud combo consists of:</p>

</span> Grasping Darkness (Greatsword 5)</li>
</span> Nightfall (Greatsword 4)</li>
</span> Harbinger Shroud</li>
</ol>
In Shroud combo consists of:</p>

</span> Devouring Cut (Shroud 3)</li>
</span> Dark Barrage (Shroud 2)</li>
Do it 3 times</li>
</span> Exit Harbinger Shroud</li>
</ol>
Basically Shroud 3 Devouring Cut has a very long after cast and you are using Shroud 2 Dark Barrage to cancel the after cast.</p>
Out Shroud combo consists of:</p>

</span> Gravedigger (Greatsword 2)</li>
</span> Death Spiral (Greatsword 3)</li>
Auto Attack Chain</li>
</span> Gravedigger (Greatsword 2)</li>
</ol>
You will know when your auto attack chain is completed when the cooldown of </span> Gravedigger (Greatsword 2) resets, in which case you should use it again immediately.</p>
On top of this, you want to use:</p>

</span> Elixir of Promise</li>
</span> Elixir of Anguish</li>
</span> Elixir of Ambition</li>
</ol>
off cooldown. These skills are also very easy to cancel and you should try your best not to cancel them by pressing the next skill too quickly.</p>
Below 50% boss HP, you will notice that </span> Gravedigger (Greatsword 2) has no cooldown. You should use it as much as possible and Out Shroud combo basically becomes spam </span> Gravedigger (Greatsword 2) until Enter Shroud is off cooldown.</p>
If you find yourself being forced out of Shroud early, just carry on and do Out Shroud combo repeatedly until </span> Grasping Darkness (Greatsword 5) is off cooldown, then recover and continue the rotation.</p>
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Big Bang Mech [pDPS]
2024-05-04T00:00:00+00:00
Signet-heavy, with some chill hammer thumping."</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Hammer</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Impact</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Thief </td></tr></tbody></table>


Consumables:

Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak (Power/Ferocity)</li>
Superior Sharpening Stone (Power)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Notes</h2>
To play this build, you want to place</p>

</span> Throw Mine</li>
</ul>
at the start of the fight, then press</p>

</span> Thunderclap (Hammer 5)</li>
</span> Electro-whirl (Hammer 2)</li>
</span> Overclock Signet</li>
</span> Throw Mine</li>
</ol>
off cooldown, and that is basically your rotation.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>
You have decent CC. Primarily, </span> Rocket Charge (Hammer 3) will make your Mech do Rocket Punch, which is a CC, but do take note that since the cooldown of Rocket Punch is longer than that of
Rocket Charge it will not always be available.</p>
Other CC skills that you have are:</p>

</span> Throw Mine</li>
</span> Force Signet</li>
</span> Overclock Signet</li>
</ul>
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Bojutsu [pDPS]
2024-04-17T00:00:00+00:00
Notes</h2>

Power Daredevil is an effective DPS build that can be played with very little button presses.</p>
The difficulty of the build comes in the form of requiring great positioning and some level of resource management. The rotation is designed to minimize resource management, however more experienced players will be able to push more damage by actively improvising and using said resources well.</p>
This build is also heavily reliant on Vigor, and not having Vigor will result in a DPS loss.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Staff</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Impact</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Thief </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food (Power/Ferocity):</h4>

</span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak</li>
</span> Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup (Budget Alternative)</li>
</ul>
</li>
Consumable (Power):</h4>

</span> Potent Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Dragonhunter runes work equally well</small></p>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

There are 2 main resources you have to manage in this rotation, Initiative</strong> and Endurance</strong>.</p>
There are also 2 crucial buffs to upkeep, </span> Relic of the Thief and </span> Bounding Dodger.</p>
Your skills cost Initiative</strong> to cast but have no cooldown, and casting a skill refreshes </span> Relic of the Thief uptime. Since </span> Weakening Whirl (Staff 2) does the most damage per point of Initiatve</strong>, you want to use it as much as possible over all of your other skills.</p>
Dodging activates </span> Bounding Dodger, but costs Endurance</strong>. In this guide we are using all of our Endurance</strong> but it is recommended for less experienced players to save at least 1 bar of Endurance</strong> at all times instead of using it all up. This will result in a minor DPS loss, but allow you to have a dodge in a bad situation.</p>
By following the below rotation, you will naturally maintain full uptime on </span> Relic of the Thief, as well as high uptime on </span> Bounding Dodger.</p>
Opener:</strong></p>


Dodge to start the fight</li>
Use all your initiative on </span> Weakening Whirl (Staff 2)</li>
Dodge</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Loop:</strong></p>


Use 2 full auto attack chains</li>
Dodge</li>
Use all your initiative on </span> Weakening Whirl (Staff 2)</li>
Repeat</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
If you run out of stamina and cannot dodge after using 2 full auto attack chains, do 1 more auto attack chain for a total of 3 auto attack chains, then continue with step 2.</p>
You can also look at your Endurance</strong>, and as soon as you fill up 1 or 2 bars depending on how safe you are playing, finish your current auto attack chain and start from step 2 in the loop.</p>
Your final attack in the auto attack chain, </span> Punishing Strikes, is a huge twirl of the staff, and is easier to see if you use a flashier staff skin. It also plays a very different sound from the first 2 attacks, and can be used as a point of reference.</p>
Try not to cancel </span> Punishing Strikes, as a large part of your damage comes from </span> Punishing Strikes.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

You only realistically have 1 CC skill, that is </span> Basilisk Venom. However, it is also 1 of the most effective CC skills in the game, doing up to 750 defiance bar damage each time you use it.</p>
Advanced Tips</h2>

You can use </span> Steal whenever it is off cooldown to instantly regain 1 bar of Endurance</strong>. This will allow you to upkeep full uptime on </span> Bounding Dodger, increasing your DPS output to ~36.0k.</p>
It is also recommended for advance players to bring an alternative set of weapons:</p>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Pistol</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Pistol</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Impact</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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This will allow you to upkeep damage at range while it is unsafe to stay within melee range of the boss. Examples of such a scenario would include Lesser/Greater Dip phase on Dhuum, or 40/30/20% phase on Qadim The Peerless.</p>
While in Pistol/Pistol, replace your Loop with:</p>
Loop:</strong></p>


</span> Unload (Pistol 3) × 3</li>
Dodge</li>
Repeat</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
As fully chanelling </span> Unload without cancelling it refunds the Initiative</strong> used, you can use it endlessly.</p>
Finally, Throw Magnetic Bomb is a possible stolen skill from some raid bosses. It is both a large damage and CC skill, and should be used between steps 2 & 3 of your loop.</p>
Examples of bosses that this is particularly effective on include</p>
Bosses:</strong></p>


Sabetha (Wing 1)</li>
Samarog (Wing 3)</li>
Conjured Amalgamate (Wing 6)</li>
Qadim (Wing 6)</li>
</ol>
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Barbed Arrows [cDPS]
2024-04-16T00:00:00+00:00
The purpose of writing this guide is to provide a no-weapon swap method to play a ranged PVE soulbeast while easily hitting the 70% benchmark with minimal effort. This build is low cognition, has few repetitions but has a relatively high APM. The skills do not require specific timing and having extra hard CC (total of 4) in the build allows flexible upkeep of </span> Twice as Vicious, which has a rather tight timing on other builds. The auto-attack of the build provides sufficient hits to proc bleeding and the skills that empower the shortbow hits do not interrupt the attack rotation. The way the bows are empowered with bleeding stacks is inspired by the Guild Wars 1 skill Barbed Arrows</a>.</p>
As of 2025, the build has been updated to use the juvenile bee and shifts its damage focus more towards poison with a very decent extra 300 points of CC. Stat adjustments have been made to accomodate standard condition DPS food.</p>
Gearing and Consumables</h2>
Equipment</h4>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Afflicted</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Afflicted</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Afflicted</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Afflicted</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Afflicted</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Afflicted</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
	
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Sinister</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Sinister</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Thorns </td></tr></tbody></table>





Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Shortbow</td>
	 Viper's</td>
	 </span> Malice</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Earth</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>

Weapon Swap</h4>
Weapon swap is optional</p>

Dagger/Dagger</li>
Dagger/Torch</li>
Axe/Dagger</li>
Dagger/Axe</li>
</ol>
</td></tr>


Dagger/Axe (Axe 4 can proc </span> Twice as Vicious) runs on a similar concept and will do similar damage on a hybrid build. However, a ranged build is simpler to play.</em></small></p>
</blockquote>
</td></tr></table>

Optimised Viper's Loadout
GW2Skills Link</a></p>
Relic</h4>

</span> Relic of Thorns (default)</li>
</span> Relic of the Fractal (test)</li>
</ul>

It is not possible to bench </span> Relic of Thorns due to the conditions required to trigger it at the golem.</small></li>
</span> Relic of the Blightbringer has been considered but remains a much weaker version as there is a hidden ICD, preventing
Poison Volley from proccing multiple times.</small></li>
</ul>
Food</h4>

</span> Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread</li>
</span> Koi Cake(budget alternative)</li>
</ul>
Utility</h4>

</span> Toxic Tuning Crystal</li>
</ul>
Pets</h4>


The Janthiri Bee is competitive in damage and provides ready access CC, making it the default best option for raiding.</li>
The Wallow provides a poison field, decent healing and condition cleanses which is good in open world.</li>
Other options include the Bristleback, Jungle Spider, Jaguar, Warthog and Black Widow.</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Build</h2>
Condi DPS\</p>
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Juvenile Wallow</div>Juvenile Janthiri Bee</div></div></div>
Trait Alternatives</h4>
The equipment stats are fairly similar to the that of SnowCrows</a> with selection of different traits.</p>
Rotation and Utilities</h2>
DPS Rotation</h4>
Stay merged at all times.</p>


Early Precast - </span> Spike Trap</li>
Pre-battle - </span> One Wolf Pack + </span> Sharpening Stone + </span> Vulture Stance + </span> Sharpen Spines (if using Bristleback)</li>
General Rotation - Use all non-healing skills on cooldown except F1</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Crowd Control</h4>


You have decent CC by just using </span> Concussion Shot (Shortbow 4)</li>
You have many other CC skills littered in your weapon/pet/utility kit including the ones used to upkeep </span> Twice as Vicious (see below).</li>
You can precast </span> Sharpening Stone for additional CC just before the CC phase of an encounter.</li>
Your Pet F3 skill does a taunt. This is counted as decent CC.</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Sustainability</h4>


You may opt to take </span> Healing Spring for better condi cleanse</li>
</span> Quick Shot (Shortbow 3) is an evade that does a step back. This is useful for bosses with pull mechanics.</li>
If you need an extra heal, you may swap your pet to the Wallow for </span> Spiritual Reprieve</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Optimisation</h2>
Twice as Vicious</h4>


Spread out </span> Sharpening Stone, </span> Primal Cry and </span> Concussion Shot to maximise </span> Twice as Vicious uptime.</li>
Use your other pet CC skills if your coverage is falling such as </span> Bumble.</li>
You may wish to delay using </span> Concussion Shot as it is a potent CC skill.</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Dodging</h4>


Where dodging is necessary, you may delay </span> Quick Shot by 4s after the dodge to have better uptime of </span> Light on your Feet.</li>
It is better to use </span> Quick Shot to dodge once if you don't need to dodge twice for better DPS uptime.</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Raid Ready</h4>

W1 Gorseval - Immobilise with </span> Entangle during the split phase.</li>
W2 Slothasor - Jaguar is useful for </span> Prelude Lash to pull slublings. Make sure to point your bow away from ally slubs!</li>
W2 Bandit Trio - The range, self sustainability and high amounts of CC allows this build to do mortars.</li>
W3 Escort - For backwarg, bring </span> Entangle and use </span> Crippling Shot to immobilise. For frontwarg, black widow/jungle spider is useful for </span> Prelude Lash to pull white mantle and </span> Entangling Web provides meaningul immobilise uptime on the frontwarg.</li>
W4 Cairn - This build does superb on Cairn, no adjustment is necessary, though you may wish to use </span> "We Heal As One!" if you are baiting red circles for the group. Also see dodge section above as you will very often be dodging to move if celestial dash is unavailable.</li>
W4 Samarog - </span> Spike Trap can be used to launch Rigom, although the pushback from longbow and using a power build is preferred.</li>
W5 Dhuum - Use </span> Quick Shot during the suck phase.</li>
W6 This build is excellent on Twin Largos as it is.</li>
This build can be used to pylon kite. Camp shortbow with Juvenile Hawk. Switch to sword. You movement skills are </span> Swoop (catch) and </span> Swoop(return). Take note that unlike other kiting classes, your return skill cannot survive dashing through fires.</li>
This build can provide good range damage on Decima and excellent on-demand CC.</li>
</ol>
Videos</h2>
I have benched the build with no infusions. Budget food and budget utilities were used.</p>
DPS benchmark (27.7k solo, 30k with allies)</h4>

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Pylon Kiting</h4>
Courtesy of Gwen The Pretzel</em></small>


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Violent Emetic [pDPS]
2024-04-10T00:00:00+00:00
Alternative power build for Necro enjoyers who are sick of playing Reaper^{[1]</a></sup></p>}
Notes</h2>

Harbinger gets most of its damage from having high stacks of Blight, which can be stacked through </span> Dark Disciple and </span> Harbinger Shroud, as well as your utility skills. However, in the interest of reducing complexity and increasing utility, we will not be bringing any skills that stacks Blight, instead relying solely on </span> Harbinger Shroud.</p>
This causes some issues where our Power Harbinger build may not perform as well on fights with many long phases inbetween where you are not able to perform your rotation.</p>
For fights with short interruptions between phases, such as having to CC the boss, there is no expected loss in performance of this build.</p>
Power Harbinger is still able to burst extremely well if you are able to line up your Burst</strong> rotation with the burst phases of the boss, easily hitting 50-60k burst DPS.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Greatsword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Accuracy</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Assassin's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Fireworks </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak or </span> Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup</li>
Enhancement: </span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h1>

The rotation consists of 3 main combos:</p>


Burst</li>
Shroud</li>
Normal</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
And should be looped in this order indefinitely.</p>
Listed below are the combos:</p>
Burst:</strong></p>


</span> Nightfall (Greatsword 4)</li>
</span> Well of Darkness</li>
</span> Well of Suffering</li>
</span> Harbinger Shroud</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Shroud:</strong></p>


</span> Dark Barrage (Shroud 2) x 2</li>
</span> Vital Draw (Shroud 5) when </span> Dark Barrage (Shroud 2) is almost ready</li>
</span> Dark Barrage (Shroud 2)</li>
</span> Exit Harbinger Shroud</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Normal:</strong></p>


</span> Gravedigger (Greatsword 2)</li>
</span> Death Spiral (Greatsword 3)</li>
</span> Grasping Darkness (Greatsword 5)</li>
</span> Dusk Strike --> </span> Fading Twilight --> </span> Chilling Scythe (Greatsword 1 Chain)</li>
</span> Gravedigger (Greatsword 2)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
You will know when your auto attack chain is completed when the cooldown of </span> Gravedigger (Greatsword 2) resets, in which case you should use it again immediately.</p>
Below 50% boss HP, you will notice that </span> Gravedigger (Greatsword 2) has no cooldown. Replace Greatsword 1 Chain with </span> Gravedigger. Your Normal</strong> combo will now look like this:</p>
Normal:</strong></p>


</span> Gravedigger (Greatsword 2)</li>
</span> Death Spiral (Greatsword 3)</li>
</span> Grasping Darkness (Greatsword 5)</li>
</span> Gravedigger (Greatsword 2) x 2</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
If you find yourself being forced out of Shroud early, just carry on and do your Normal</strong> combo repeatedly until </span> Well of Darkness is off cooldown, then recover and continue the rotation.</p>
Becareful when using </span> Well of Suffering --> </span> Harbinger Shroud and </span> Dark Barrage (Shroud 2) --> </span> Exit Harbinger Shroud, as casting either of </span> Harbinger Shroud or </span> Exit Harbinger Shroud too early will cancel the skill before it.</p>
This rotation will upkeep basically perfect </span> Relic of Fireworks uptime when performed correctly and up to speed. The skills that upkeep </span> Relic of Fireworks are </span> Nightfall (Greatsword 4), </span> Grasping Darkness (Greatsword 5), and </span> Vital Draw (Shroud 5). You will notice that they are spaced out well throughout the rotation. Not having Alacrity will cause you to lose uptime on </span> Relic of Fireworks, but will not affect the order of the rotation.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are:</p>
Shroud:</strong></p>


</span> Exit Harbinger Shroud (Shroud 4)</li>
</span> Vital Draw (Shroud 5)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Normal:</strong></p>


</span> Charge</li>
</span> Vital Draw (Greatsword 5)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Both </span> Exit Harbinger Shroud (Shroud 4) and </span> Charge are available during their respective stages for CC on demand. You can press them as soon as you see a breakbar appear with near 0 interruption to your rotation.</p>
On the other hand, </span> Vital Draw (Shroud 5) and </span> Vital Draw (Greatsword 5) are both used as part of your DPS rotation. They provide great CC when the breakbar coincides with your rotation phases, but you should not delay or save them for CC.</p>
Advanced Tips</h2>

Experienced players or players with lower ping might sometimes find that the Normal</strong> rotation does not line up perfectly with the rest of the rotation, with some skills still being on cooldown when you reach that part of the rotation. To prevent this from happening, delay casting </span> Vital Draw (Shroud 5) --> </span> Dark Barrage (Shroud 2) slightly longer, and your cooldowns should now line up. This problem can also happen if you delay </span> Vital Draw (Shroud 5) --> </span> Dark Barrage (Shroud 2) by too much in one rotation, then too little in the next rotation.</p>
Video</h2>


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Shoutout to Zargholl for his comments, without which this build would have been much worse. You can find him helping out players with any questions they have about Necromancer over at the Snow Crows discord, where he also enjoys theorycrafting and shitposting</del>. ↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>


Visual Accessibility
2024-04-09T00:00:00+00:00
Visual Accessibility in GW2</h1>
GW2 has a ways to go here, but there are some options available for those with visual needs.</p>
To reduce visual complexity, you can change a few things in the graphics options to make the screen less busy:</p>

Effect LOD: will limit effects when many players are in the same spot</li>
Postprocessing: allows shader adjustment. If custom is used, individual settings can be toggled. I personally find Bloom particularly challenging.</li>
Disable Camera Shake</li>
Hide Ally Visual Effects: disables infusions and/or lengendary effects on other players</li>
Dynamic Hud: allows for disabling/hiding UI elements based on combat state</li>
Motion Blur Power</li>
Environment Zone Intensity: this doesn't affect much, but some maps (Dragon's End, Gyala Delves, etc) have precipitation effects that can be reduced

note: Bjora Marches' snowfall has a bug, and reducing the intensity with this slider seems to increase it</p>
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</li>
</ul>
Colorblindness</h1>

Hardstuck: Commanding for color blindness</a></li>
Reddit: Color blindness suggestions</a></li>
</ul>
Possible Future?</h1>
We have been in communication with a plugin framework creator</a> about adding screen reader functionality
to gw2 chat. It's not a reality yet, but it's within the realm of possibility.</p>


Symbolic Healbender [aHeal]
2024-04-04T00:00:00+00:00
This is a very accessible build that requires minimal effort to play, where majority of its effects are based on auto-attacks. The end of the auto-attack chain </span> Symbol of Protection rely on </span> Writ of Persistence to provide heals. You may find that DPS is fairly decent (for a healer).</p>
This build is low cognition, low physical complexity, has very few repetitions and is functional in instanced content. This build requires only one weapon with no requirement of a weapon swap: Hammer!</p>
Gearing</h1>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Monk</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Monk</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Monk</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Monk</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Monk</td></tr>
</span></td> Harrier's</td> </span> Monk</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Hammer</td>
	 Harrier's</td>
	 </span> Transference</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Concentration</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Spear</td>
	 Harrier's</td>
	 </span> Transference</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Concentration</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Harrier's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Harrier's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Harrier's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Harrier's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Harrier's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Harrier's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Karakosa </td></tr></tbody></table>

Budget Options</h4>

Replace </span> Superior Rune of the Monk with </span> Superior Rune of Rebirth</li>
Replace </span> Superior Sigil of Transference with </span> Superior Sigil of Water</li>
</ul>

Note: Weapon swap is optional, all the available options will lock you out of hammer and thus drop your boon coverage. Alternate weapon sets should be prioritised based on utility requirements.</em></small></p>
</blockquote>
Consumables</h2>

</span> Bowl of Fruit Salad with Mint Garnish OR </span> Delicious Rice Ball (budget alternative)</em></li>
</span> Bountiful Maintenance Oil</li>
</ul>
Build</h1>
Heal Alacrity Build</p>
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Trait Alternatives</h4>

Bring </span> Master of Consecrations if you are taking consecrations.</li>
Bring </span> Protector's Restoration if there aren't blockable mechanics.</li>
</ul>

This build is a simplified version of the heal alacrity build on snowcrows</a> with selective preferences for lower intensity. If you are able to adapt to the version on SC, feel free to follow their guide.</em></small></p>
</blockquote>
Rotation and Utilities</h2>
Heal Alac Rotation</h4>

Use your virtues starting from </span> Rushing Justice (F1) -> </span> Flowing Resolve (F2) -> </span> Crashing Courage (F3).</li>
Auto Attack with minimal interruptions, using </span> "Advance!" can provide the group with permanent swiftness without interrupting your autos.</li>
Use </span> Flowing Resolve (F2) on cooldown, afterwards use </span> Rushing Justice (F1)/</span> Crashing Courage (F3) to reposition.</li>
Use </span> "Stand Your Ground!" when you require stability.</li>
Burst Heal Spear rotation for Fury (Refer to Burst Heal Section)</li>
</ol>

The importance of your auto attacks cannot be emphasized enough. Your auto attacks heal, provide alacrity, regeneration, might and protection and a field to trigger Relic of Karakosa with!</em></small>
You may skip the spear rotation and take </span> "Feel My Wrath!" instead.</em></small>
Some boon DPS classes provide additional fury uptime, freeing your spear rotation for burst healing.</em></small></p>
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Burst Heals and Revives</h4>

Use </span> Glacial Blow (Hammer 2) for burst heals (due to Relic of Karakosa). You may refresh this skill using </span> Banish (Hammer 4).</li>
Use </span> "Receive the Light!" for a burst heal.</li>
Use </span> Signet of Mercy as an emergency revive.</li>
Swap to spear ->5,4,3,2,1:

</span> Symbol of Luminance(Spear 5)</li>
</span> Solar Storm(Spear 4)</li>
</span> Gleaming Disc(Spear 3)</li>
</span> Helio Rush(Spear 2)</li>
</span> Daybreaking Slash(Spear 1 Auto Attack)</li>
Swap back to hammer when ready</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
Crowd Control rotation</h4>

You have decent CC by just using </span> Banish (Hammer 4) and </span> Zealot's Embrace (Hammer 3).</li>
You can extend your CC rotation by starting with </span> Glacial Blow (Hammer 2) and refreshing it with </span> Banish (Hammer 4).</li>
If you need more CC you may bring </span> Sanctuary, which is ideally used in a precast scenario so you can top it up with Hammer 4.</li>
</ol>
Hybrid DPS</h4>

This build does decent DPS.</li>
For low heal-pressure fights, you may bring more power traits to increase your DPS.</li>
</ol>
Other tips and tricks</h4>

You may drop </span> "Stand Your Ground!" for different utilities.</li>
</span> Crashing Courage allows you to shadow step through mechanics</li>
Blocking increases your heal power and doing so intelligently allows efficient use of </span> Invigorated Bulwark</li>
</ul>
Optimisation</h2>
Raid Ready</h4>

W1 Gorseval - Immobilise your spirit with </span> Signet of Wrath and </span> Zealot's Embrace (Hammer 3)</li>
W1 Sabetha - You can teleport through flame wall with </span> Crashing Courage.</li>
W2 Slothasor - Bring </span> Absolute Resolve for additional condition cleanses.</li>
W2 Matthias - Bring </span> Wall of Reflection for reflects. Bring </span> Sanctuary if you require more CC.</li>
W3 Escort - This build is able to solo towers albeit a little slow with 6-8k dps. If you want to do the JP, bring </span> "Feel My Wrath!" for a superspeed boost.</li>
W4 Samarog - You may knock Rigom back with </span> Banish (Hammer 4) and immobilise with </span> Zealot's Embrace (Hammer 3) and </span> Chains of Light (Scepter 3). Bring </span> Sanctuary if you require more CC.</li>
W4 Deimos - If you are the healer, due to the low toughness, you will probably be tasked to provide group aegis for the other DPS players.</li>
W6 Conjured Amalgamate - Your power DPS can be quite significant despite being a healer. Do not stop attacking with autos. Place </span> Sanctuary when CA tosses out shields for a precast CC.</li>
W6 Qadim - You want to precast </span> Sanctuary for each CC phase and load the CC bar with </span> Banish (Hammer 4) as soon as the minibosses appear.</li>
W7 Sabir - For the final phase if your group needs projectile blocks, consider </span> Shield of the Avenger and </span> Wall of Reflection</li>
</ol>
With the new reduced cooldown, Mace/Focus can be an alternate weapon to tank, e.g. to block Deimos comfortably. However there are much better healing/tank options out there.</small></p>


Flying Blades [cDPS]
2024-04-02T00:00:00+00:00
A primarily bleed based build that applies bleed through critical hits.</p>
Notes</h2>

Condition  Virtuoso is a build that is simple to play and provides very consistent damage with high range. That allows you to freely position yourself and maintain your damage output, even when mechanics force you into range.</p>
This build is also capable of doing large amounts of CC, and has multiple skills that can be swapped around for more utility, making it an excellent build for almost all bosses and situations.</p>
It is also relatively sturdy for a DPS build, and has good HP self sustain.</p>
Gearing</h2>
 There are multiple gear combinations that will arrive at the same total value of stats.</em> </small></p>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Sinister</td> </span> Krait</td></tr>
</span></td> Sinister</td> </span> Krait</td></tr>
</span></td> Rampager's</td> </span> Krait</td></tr>
</span></td> Rampager's</td> </span> Krait</td></tr>
</span></td> Sinister</td> </span> Krait</td></tr>
</span></td> Rampager's</td> </span> Krait</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Dagger</td>
	 Viper's</td>
	 </span> Bursting</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Torch</td>
	 Viper's</td>
	 </span> Earth</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Rampager's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Rampager's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Rampager's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Sinister</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Rampager's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Rampager's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Fractal </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread or </span> Plate of Beef Rendang</li>
Enhancement: </span> Toxic Tuning Crystal</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

To maximise damage on Condition Virtuoso, you should space out your Bladesong Skills in order to upkeep </span> Deadly Blades, as this provides you with a +5% all damage buff. However, as you only want to use Bladesong Skills when you have 5 stacks of Blades, this naturally spaces out your Bladesong Skills, allowing you to maintain full uptime of </span> Deadly Blades.</p>
Opener:</strong></p>


</span> Bladesong Sorrow</li>
</span> Phantasmal Mage (Torch 5)</li>
</span> Bladecall (Dagger 2)</li>
</span> Unstable Bladestorm (Dagger 3)</li>
Wait for 5 stacks of Blades</li>
</span> Bladeturn Requiem</li>
</span> Signet of Illusions</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
The rest of your rotation follows a priority list of skills you should use off cooldown.</p>
Use Off Cooldown:</strong></p>


</span> Bladesong Sorrow (only use with 5 blades)</em></li>
</span> Bladesong Harmony (only use with 5 blades)</em></li>
</span> Bladeturn Requiem  (only use with 5 blades)</em></li>
</span> Phantasmal Mage (Torch 5)</li>
</span> Unstable Bladestorm (Dagger 3)</li>
</span> Bladecall (Dagger 2)</li>
</span> The Prestige (Torch 4)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Outside of this priority, you should also cast </span> Thousand Cuts as soon as it is off cooldown, as it has no cast time and will not interrupt your current action.</p>
After every cast of </span> Bladeturn Requiem, if </span> Signet of Illusions is off cooldown, you should use it immediately, as in the opener, pairing these 2 skills together whenever possible.</p>
You should also pair </span> Mantra of Recovery with </span> The Prestige (Torch 4), casting it whenever you have used </span> The Prestige (Torch 4). </span> Mantra of Recovery places an Ethereal Field every other cast due to </span> Method of Madness and </span> The Prestige (Torch 4) is a Blast finisher with a 3 second delay. The two skills share the same cooldown, so you can always pair them.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are, in order of priority</p>
CC Skills:</strong></p>


</span> Phantasmal Mage (Torch 5)</li>
</span> Bladesong Dissonance (use with as many blades as possible)</em></li>
</span> Signet of Domination (big DPS loss, not recommended)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
As </span> Phantasmal Mage (Torch 5) is used in your damage rotation, it might not always be off cooldown. You should delay it if you know a CC bar is about to come up.</p>
If more CC is required, replace </span> Thousand Cuts with </span> Signet of Humility. </span> Signet of Humility is one of the largest CC skills in the game, doing 600 breakbar damage, and should be prioritised above all other CC skills if you have brought it. Skip the rest of your CC skills if you have used </span> Signet of Humility, as using those CC skills is a DPS loss.</p>
Blades and Related Traits</h2>


Blade skills deserve their own section, as it is one of the unique aspects of Virtuoso.</li>
They replace Clones and related traits 1-to-1, with the exception that they are not linked to the target they are used against. Every Blade stocked remains above you as a floating dagger, empowering your Shatter skills.</li>
You stock one Blade every 10 seconds when out of combat.</li>
Through </span> Bloodsong, you will stock a blade on every fifth stack of Bleeding you apply.</li>
Paired with </span> Jagged Mind (and </span> Sharper Images on  Dueling), you will stock up Blades very fast. This relies on Critical hits, making Precision and other sources of Critical chance an important stat on Virtuoso.</li>
</ul>
Advanced Tips</h2>

</span> Bladesong Distortion is also a very long immune skill, up to 3.75 seconds if you use it with maximum stacks of blades, and should be your panic button. It can also be used to dodge mechanics on various raids to increase your damage uptime.</p>
 </div>
If you are fighting a boss that requires Reflect (i.e Matthias, Greer),</p>
Replace:</strong></p>


</span> Signet of Midnight</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
With:</strong></p>


</span> Feedback</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
And use </span> Feedback whenever you need to reflect.</p>
Video</h2>


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Symbolic Dragonhammer [pDPS]
2024-04-02T00:00:00+00:00
The purpose of writing this guide is to provide an ultra low intensity method to play PvE dragonhunter while easily hitting the 70% benchmark with minimal effort. This build is low cognition, low physical complexity, has very few repetitions and is functional in instanced content. The utilities do not require specific timing and do not interrupt the auto attack nature of the build. This build requires only one weapon to deal damage to near competitive levels with no requirement of a weapon swap: Hammer!</p>
Gearing and Consumables</h2>

Equipment</h4>



Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Hammer</td>
	 Assassin's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Accuracy</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Marauder</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Marauder</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Assassin's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Mistburn </td></tr></tbody></table>

Infusions</h4>

</span> Precise WvW Infusion (optional)</p>
Weapon Swap</h4>

Weapon swap is optional, all the available options will massively reduce DPS and lock you out of hammer, they should be prioritised based on utility requirements.</p>

Bow - Bow provides a ranged option for bosses with melee DPS downtime.</li>
Scepter/Focus - Provides a decent immobilise option with some ranged DPS.</li>
</ol>
Optimised Berserker/Marauder/Assassin's Loadout
GW2Skills Link</a></p>

This requires 1 +5 precise infusion, power infusions are optional</em></small></p>
</blockquote>
Food</h4>

</span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak</li>
</span> Plate of Spicy Moa Wings</li>
</ul>
Utility</h4>

</span> Superior Sharpening Stone(Power)</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
Power DPS</p>
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Trait Alternatives</h4>
There is a Core Guardian variant</a> which provides more selfless support but due to the large amounts of gear differences (crit requirement at 40% only), it will not be covered in this guide. The core guardian is useful if you do not have access to </span> Relic of Mistburn (Janthir Wilds).</p>
Although somewhat repetitive (spamming virtues) and dependent on resolution uptime, it remains a very strong contender and in many situations superior to this build. Dragonhunter provides a low-repetition option and is therefore the build of choice on this site.</p>
Rotation and Utilities</h2>
DPS Rotation</h4>

Precasts - </span> Dragon's Maw (elite)</li>
Opening - </span> Banish (Hammer 4)</li>
Use </span> Test of Faith and </span> Fragments of Faith on cooldown. You may try to time these when Relic of the Brawler is active.</li>
</ol>

</span> Dragon's Maw precasts may not be possible on some fights although it is the best option for DPS. Bring </span> Signet of Courage instead for passive healing. If you are not familiar with the fight, </span> Signet of Courage is also the preferred default elite skill.</em></small></p>
</blockquote>
Crowd Control rotation</h4>

You have decent CC by just using </span> Banish (Hammer 4) and </span> Zealot's Embrace (Hammer 3).</li>
You can precast </span> Dragon's Maw (elite) for additional CC just before the CC phase of an encounter.</li>
</ol>
Sustainability</h4>

You may opt to take </span> Signet of Courage for passive healing.</li>
Your autos generate perma protection and your symbols heal you.</li>
</span> Smite Condition for condi cleanse</li>
</span> "Stand Your Ground!" or </span> Fragments of Faith provides group stability and a stun break</li>
</span> Fragments of Faith provides Aegis</li>
</ol>
Other Utilities and extra style points</h4>
You may drop </span> Smite Condition for different utilities.</p>

</span> Judge's Intervention allows you to shadow step through mechanics</li>
You can also pair this while casting </span> Ring of Warding for a Teleport CC</li>
You get stability from </span> Heavy Light just by using your CC skills.</li>
</ul>
Optimisation</h2>
Cleave</h4>
The dragonhunter variant has a larger cleave radius than its core counterpart. The pull, power cleave and trap combo is extremely useful when taking down adds.</p>
A few examples where this advantage can be used are:</p>

Harvest Temple - Any phase with adds.</li>
W2 Slothasor and its slublings, F1 is a targeted pull that can avoid pulling allies. The cleave effect can take down slublings fast!</li>
Fighting adds on W3 towers.</li>
W3 Keep Contruct and the Adds</li>
W6 Sword and Shields</li>
</ol>
Raid Ready</h4>

W1 Gorseval - Immobilise your spirit with </span> Signet of Wrath and </span> Zealot's Embrace (Hammer 3)</li>
W2 Bandit Trio - The self sustainability and high amounts of CC allow this build to do mortars very efficiently.</li>
W3 escort - For backwarg, bring </span> Signet of Wrath which gives a generous 6s immobilise. You have other skills that can immobilise and cripple too!</li>
W6 Qadim - You may choose to use this build for lamp instead if 2 players are sent to do Lamp. Bring stability for the third lamp.</li>
</ol>

Caution: Leftover traps on the arena can trigger mechanics e.g.</em></p>

ball mechanic on KC</em></li>
killing deadly adds like tormented dead</em></small></li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
Videos</h2>
I have benched the build with mostly Assassin's and a handful Marauders Gear and food/utilities.</p>
DPS benchmark (33k)</h4>
Latest Video Coming soon
</p>

_</span> Dragon's Maw will start the encounter early. </span> Signet of Courage is brought for the benchmark instead. Ideally you want to frontload the damage using </span> Banish (Hammer 4) because it has a long precast and a short aftercast. _</small></p>
</blockquote>


The Bell Ringer [pDPS]
2024-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
Overview</h1>
Classic power reaper spin to win playstyle. Generally speaking, this plays like:</p>

Step 1: Prep (with abilities/wells)</li>
Step 2: Spin</li>
Step 3: Repeat</li>
</ul>
Gearing</h1>
This plays quite tanky and comfy. There are some modifications below to adjust.</p>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Greatsword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Hydromancy</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Air</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Dragon's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Dragon's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Dragon's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Dragon's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Dragon's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Dragon's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Thief </td></tr>
</span></td> Relic (alternative)</td>  Fireworks </td></tr></tbody></table>

Build</h1>
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Alternatives and why...</h2>

Cheaper/non-EoD option: Swap Dragon's for Berserker's</li>
Higher risk/higher-rewad: Swap Dragon's for Berserker's</li>
Dealing with percentage-based damage? Swap Dragon's for Berserker's</li>
Not comfy enough? Swap Scholar runes for Vampirism (only do this for Open World, as it will over-burden your healers in some raid scenarios)</li>
</ul>
Rotation / Notes</h1>

Pull enemies to melee range with </span> Spectral Grasp or </span> Grasping Darkness</li>
Hit enemies with </span> Death Spiral (Greatsword 3) to inflict vulnerability (and increase your crit chance)</li>
Hit enemies with </span> "Chilled to the Bone!" to inflict chill (which grants might, life force and nova explosions every time you hit them)</li>
Go into </span> Reaper's Shroud, drop an ice field with </span> Executioner's Scythe</li>
Use </span> Soul Spiral in the ice field</li>
When out of shroud, focus on life force generation with weapons and </span> "Your Soul Is Mine!"</li>
Dual-swords are provided only as a utility option. If you don't own SotO, use axe/warhorn instead.

Sword 1/4 will heal</li>
Sword 3 provides rapid movement (sacrificing health to move again)</li>
Sword 2/5 generate additional life force (note: sacrificing health for second use does not build life force)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Crowd Control</h1>
You have several options:</p>

</span> Grasping Darkness (Greatsword 5)</li>
</span> Executioner's Scythe (Shroud 5)</li>
</span> "Chilled to the Bone!"</li>
</span> Spectral Grasp</li>
</ul>


Unload Deadeye [pDPS/qDPS]
2024-03-29T00:00:00+00:00
The purpose of writing this guide is to provide a very low intensity method to play PvE deadeye. This build is low cognition, has low physical complexity, and has very few repetitions. This build is functional in both open world and instanced content. There is an optional amount of APM to push the build to its limit. While this build has a low skill floor, it has a low damage ceiling as well, requiring daggers and a few button presses to push its damage to more competitive levels.</p>
This simplified build also allows you to perform niche roles like pylon kiting, which is extremely useful when learning the role and not wanting to be bogged down by rotation. I have completed all 7 wings in NM with this build being fairly high/average ranked in DPS meters. At the time of writing, the options for deadeye across the power DPS variants does not smoothly transition players from low to high intensity. There are better options that players can consider as an alternate set to complement this build when you are ready, starting with dual daggers (See Trait Alternatives: Practiced Tolerance).</p>
The improvised quickness variant uses the same stats and is able to overcap on quickness through a very simple rotation and minimal use of cantrips.</p>
Gearing and Consumables</h2>
Equipment</h4>

Full Berserker's up to the crit cap.</li>
Dragon’s/Valkyrie+Berserker if desired as the build is heavily overcapped on precision</li>
Dual Pistols/Dual Daggers</li>
</ul>

It is okay to overcap on precision due to the occasional need to switch to </span> Practiced Tolerance</small></p>
</blockquote>
Runes</h4>

</span> Superior Rune of the Scholar OR</li>
</span> Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter</li>
</ul>
Sigils</h4>

</span> Superior Sigil of Force</li>
</span> Superior Sigil of Impact</li>
</span> Superior Sigil of Air(Budget Alternative)</li>
</ul>
Relic</h4>

</span> Relic of the Thief</li>
</span> Relic of Speed(Jumping Puzzles)</li>
</ul>
Food</h4>

</span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak</li>
</span> Plate of Spicy Moa Wings</li>
</ul>
Utility</h4>

</span> Superior Sharpening Stone(Power)</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
DPS</h4>
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Quickness Variant</h4>
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Trait Alternatives</h4>

Practiced Tolerance - For fights where power cleave/pierce is detrimental, you should also take </span> Practiced Tolerance (eg. Soulless Horror). You can freely switch to daggers if you take this trait.</li>
Quickness Variant – Take </span> Improvisation, </span> One in the Chamber and </span> Fire for Effect. </span> Mercy is required for full quickness uptime.</li>
</ol>

Both Practiced Tolerance and Quickness can be taken together</em></small></p>
</blockquote>
Rotation and Utilities</h2>
DPS Rotation</h4>
Precasts - </span> Thieves Guild (use on refresh), </span> Prepare Pitfall (bring on fights with long damage downtimes)</p>

Set </span> Unload (Pistols 3) to auto. Use </span> Assassin's Signet for a small DPS boost on cooldown.</li>
Try to time </span> Assassin's Signet with </span> Shadow Flare.</li>
If taking </span> Practiced Tolerance, you may switch to daggers when the window of opportunity opens up for a DPS boost especially when the boss is below 50% hp.</li>
</ol>
Quickness Rotation</h4>

For the quickness variant, you need to use steal time. Due to </span> Improvisation, each steal provides two charges of </span> Steal Time.</li>
There is an aftercast for the skill but it should not take much time to blast both charges.</li>
</span> Mercy as a cantrip provides 1 charge of </span> Steal Time and resets </span> Deadeye's Mark. Use </span> Deadeye's Mark which you can use immediately for two more charges of </span> Steal Time.</li>
When you have hit the quickness cap, you may wish to spread the use of Steal Time to increase </span> Revealed Training uptime.</li>
</ol>
Dagger Rotation (Practiced Tolerance)</h4>

For the dagger rotation, which is mostly autos, use </span> Cloak and Dagger for stealth and queue </span> Backstab to deal heavy damage.</li>
Ensure that you are not 'revealed' when you do the next stealth and backstab cycle.</li>
Slot </span> Heartseeker when you are comfortable to build malice, and use your stolen skills to enter stealth when at full malice.</li>
</ol>
Crowd Control rotation</h4>

You have decent CC by just spamming </span> Head Shot (Pistol 4).</li>
You can take </span> Basilisk Venom (elite) for a minimal DPS loss if you still need more CC.</li>
</ol>
Other Utilities</h4>
You may drop </span> Infiltrator's Signet or </span> Shadow Flare for different utilities.</p>
Sustainability</h4>

Your heal skill </span> Signet of Malice should provide enough heals per hit. You can opt to take </span> Invigorating Precision but this is not an efficient choice for sustainability.</li>
If you use dual daggers, dagger provides an additional evade on </span> Death Blossom.</li>
</ol>
Optimisation</h2>
Maximising Cleave/Pierce</h4>
This build may underperform at high end raiding but it can do extremely well in fights where ranged pierce is able to double your DPS. Some targets are tall and piercing should not be presumed as your rounds may fire upwards (refer to the benchmark video shot sideways). The effect causes you to miss all posterior targets. Instead, you need to manually select the furthest target in order to hit as many targets as possible. Ranged pierce can also be done with a rifle with better DPS but the reduced mobility and increased difficulty in execution may not be feasible in certain fights. If using </span> Shadow Flare, it is recommended to mark the closer target and then select the further target. A screenshot is provided at the end of the benchmark video for reference.</p>
A few examples where this advantage can be used are:</p>

Kaineng Overlook - both split phases</li>
Harvest Temple - Any phase with adds</li>
Old Lion’s Court - Any phase with more than 1 boss</li>
W1 Gorseval - split phase</li>
W2 Slothasor and its slublings</li>
W3 Escort Tower Thief</li>
</ol>
If taking practiced tolerance and daggers as an off-hand set, your daggers are your cleave options as taking practiced tolerance removes the pierce on pistol.</p>
Niche Roles</h4>

W1 Sabetha - Both the quickness and DPS builds are ideal to do mechanics as you can carry a shadowstep and overcap boons, sacrificing very little for doing cannons.</li>
W3 Xera - This build is able to function at range decently without stacking, making it ideal to step on buttons during the 3-button split phase</li>
W6 Qadim - While solo lamp is ideally performed using daredevil (same equipment), you may choose to use this build instead if 2 players are sent to do Lamp.</li>
W7 QtP - This build is able to pylon kite. A video is provided for reference.</li>
</ol>
Videos</h2>
I have benched the build with a slight increase in hp by using mixed ascended gear without infusions and budget food. The reason for increasing the vitality is that the intensity of the build may be lowered and DPS uptime can be increased in certain instances. e.g. You should be able to take the sniper shot on Kaineng Overlook NM without dodging.</p>
DPS benchmark (28-29k)</h4>

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</div>

You should be able to hit >30k when optimised with the right gear and infusions as this bench was done before the buff to </span> Deadly Aim.</p>
LI Dagger Rotation</h4>

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</div>
QTP Pylon Kiting</h4>

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</div>


Beastblade [pDPS]
2024-03-27T00:00:00+00:00
A power-based soulbeast build. This build relies on a single combo, but otherwise boils down to just hitting buttons when they're off cooldown.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Axe</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Impact</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Thief </td></tr></tbody></table>


Consumables:

Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak (Power/Ferocity)</li>
Superior Sharpening Stone (Power)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Juvenile Pig</div></div></div>
Notes</h2>
You have ONE combo to perform in this build, the rest of your skills are pressed off cooldown.</p>
Here's the combo, which you should perform whenever </span> Frost Trap is off cooldown:</p>

</span> Frost Trap</li>
</span> "Sic 'Em!"</li>
</span> One Wolf Pack</li>
</span> Whirling Defense</li>
</ol>
It is very easy to cancel </span> Whirling Defense and you should take utmost care not to cancel it.</p>
The rest of your skills that you should press off cooldown, preferably in the order stated below, but really in no particular order, are:</p>

</span> Maul</li>
</span> Path of Scars</li>
</span> Pounce</li>
</span> Worldly Impact</li>
</ol>
Auto attack to fill any gaps.</p>
Technically using </span> Serpent's Strike is a DPS increase, but it has a long aftercast and cancelling aftercast is hard so we shall not press it.</p>
The stated DPS of this build is 34.7k, but in reality this build performs MUCH better in raids. It has the highest burst damage in the game, and with many fights having multiple phases, in which your skills can cooldown between burst windows, Power Soulbeast will really start to shine.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>
Your CC skills are, in order of how you should use them:</p>

</span> Brutal Charge</li>
</span> Serpent's Strike</li>
</span> Signet of the Wild</li>
</ol>
Video</h2>

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Alternative Build Resources
2024-03-19T00:00:00+00:00
We don't hold a monopoly on Accessible Builds here at Accessibility Wars. Here is a non-exhaustive list of some other places to find builds.</p>
Note that the terminology can vary; many use the term LI (Low Intensity), where we simply use the term Accessible.</p>
Additionally, many "standard" builds can function perfectly well in a Low Intensity way with minor modifications, such as camping a single weapon. That can open up some additional options after some experimentation.</p>
For a player with accessibility needs, some of these builds may be unworkable, but some might fit well.</p>

Build Sites</h2>
MukLuk LI Builds</a></h4>
Mukluk has a lot of varied content, but has a dedicated LI tag</a></p>
Hardstuck</a></h4>
Hardstuck has posted a few accessible builds, mostly found in the Open World section. Use their difficulty selector to filter builds.</p>
GuildJen</a></h4>
Builds for all game modes. Builds marked with a green star are on the simpler side, and are generally more accessible. This is
notably one of the few sources for roaming (non-zerg) WvW builds.</p>

Specialized Sites</h2>
SnowCrows</a></h4>
Builds for raids (and newly, open world). Snowcrows has a history of high-performer optimization, though they do have some beginner builds.
Their profession sections</a> give a great overview for each profession that is worth reading.
They also includes good resources for how to get started in raids</a></p>
Discretize</a></h4>
Discretize hosts builds for 5-person fractals. Note that discretize builds typically assume use of Fractal-specific potions for extra stats.</p>

Channels</h2>
The Downstate Ele</a></h4>
Video guides for easier builds. Some of these builds are also featured on Accessibility Wars, but additional options are in the channel.</p>
Masel (YouTube)</a></h4>
Video guides for Instanced PvE, Open World and help with rotations</p>
Nick the Infamous</a></h4>
Video guides for Low Intensity Instanced PvE</p>
MrMystic (YouTube)</a></h4>
Video guides, open world and PvE builds. Some solo stuff too.</p>
Lord Hizen (YouTube)</a></h4>
Not specifically Accessible, but posts a lot of builds that are designed to be very survivable and solo-capable.</p>


Contributor's Guide
2024-03-13T00:00:00+00:00
How to Contribute</h1>
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Build contributions are very welcomed. Most content on the site is written in markdown, a simple text file format.</p>
If you do not feel comfortable writing a build on your own, we do take manual submissions as starting points. At a minimum, we
can work with the following information:</p>

gear (armor, weapons, trinkets, runes, sigils, relic, possibly infusions)</li>
build template code</li>
rotation</li>
</ul>
Contact @berdandy</code> on discord to submit a build in this way.</p>
Financial</h2>
Of course, financial contributions are always welcome too, if that's preferred. We have
a page set up on OpenCollective</a>, which is an open community
funding platform. All funds currently go towards development/hosting costs and are 100% transparently visible on the collective site.</p>
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Setup</h2>

Sign up for an account on GitHub</a>. Feel free to use whatever name you wish. Be aware all your proposed changes will be associated with this name and it will be public.</li>
Familiarize yourself with basic markdown</a></li>
</ul>

How to... edit</h2>

Find content (such as a build or guide) to edit on the source repository.

all content lives in this github folder</a></li>
builds live in builds</a></li>
guides live in guides</a></li>
miscellaneous pages live in pages</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
Click the markdown (.md) file to view it in the github editor</li>
Click the pencil icon to switch to edit mode, and make your changes</li>
Click the [Commit Changes...]</strong> button</li>
Give it a reasonable 1-line commit message and description of what was changed (Berdandy will be reading these so please make sense).

Commit message: updated mad bomber mechanist to latest balance
Extended description: old mad bomber mechanist was missing relics and needed a full trait rework</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
Ensure your email is correct</li>
Ensure [Create a new branch for this commit and start a pull request]</strong> is selected.

the default name is very software oriented (username-patch-N), change it to make sense</em></li>
Good example: mad-bomber-balance-update-jan-2024</li>
Bad example: changed stuff</li>
</ul>
</li>
Click [Propose changes]</strong>

This opens a pull request (git's terminology for a "request for the maintainer to pull your changes in")</em></li>
Again, title and description. Title should be same as above. Add description if you wish</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
Click [Create pull request]</strong></li>
</ol>
From here, the maintainers (Berdandy) will get notified about the submitted changes and can merge them once reviewed. Keep an eye on your
inbox and/or discord for possible modifications. After changes are accepted, the website builds and deploys. Usually less than 2 mins.</p>

How to... preview</h2>
In short:</p>

install the custom site buider azola</a></li>
clone the source repository</a></li>
run azola serve</code></li>
go to http://127.0.0.1:1111</a> in your browser</li>
</ol>
That's basically it. It will automatically refresh whenever it detects changes.</p>

How to... create</h2>
Method 1: copy/edit files</h3>

clone the source repository</a> with GitHub Desktop, gh, or just git. The following guide on pull requests</a> is helpful if you’re new to pull requests or GitHub Desktop.</li>
find an existing build in builds</a></li>
duplicate the md file, changing name</li>
make all your edits, and preview changes</a></li>
add</strong> the file on github</li>
submit pull request</strong></li>
turn on github notifications and wait for comments. If anything needs to be fixed, berdandy will message you using github</li>
if needed, fix issues, and push</strong> new changes to github, updating the pull request</li>
if all is good, it will be merged</li>
</ol>
Method 2: create on github web</h3>
This method doesn't require software installation, but the price is that you don't get to preview it, and it's much easier
to upload broken content if you can't see it.</p>

create a (free) github account as per Setup</a> above</li>
download a build .md file</a> from the repository</li>
edit it to contain your new build with your favourite text editor</li>
in the builds directory</a>, click Add File > Create New File</strong>, NOT Upload Files.Important!</strong> This may give you a warning about a need to make a Fork (which is a copy of the site). You want that.</em></li>
name the file. For example "my-awesome-warrior.md"</li>
paste the content of the new build file</li>
Click Commit Changes...</strong> and give it a commit message and description. This is for your own benefit of change history.</li>
Once you're satisfied with the preview, click Create pull request</strong>. The description here is for the reviewers (ie, berdandy).
Important!</strong> ensure Allow edits by maintainers</strong> is checked</em></li>
turn on github notifications and wait for comments. If anything needs to be fixed, berdandy will message you using github</li>
if needed, fix issues, updating the pull request</li>
if all is good, it will be merged</li>
</ol>
Method 3: export a template and add notes</h3>
NOTE: buildwars hasn't been updated in a while. Consider it very early alpha</strong></em></p>
Follow the above steps, but instead of finding an existing build file and editing it,
use the buildwars commandline tool</a> in combination with an ArenaNet API
Key (make one here</a>), to export a character to our .md file format.</p>

For example:</p>
> buildwars API-KEY-GOES-HERE "Character Name" 1 1</code></p>
</blockquote>
Then edit the output for rotation/notes and save it in content/builds/*.md</p>

Additional tools</h1>
These additional tools are useful. They may eventually be integrated, but for now, they're useful standalone utils.</p>

gw2search</a></li>
chatr</a></li>
buildwars</a></li>
</ul>


20k Auto Attack Challenge
2024-03-12T00:00:00+00:00
Concept</h1>
xellink</a> and berdandy</a> had a thesis that every profession could hit 20k using just auto-attacks, given the right gear and build.</p>
This page sets out to prove this, for each profession, by way of demonstration. Builds are not provided nor optimized, these are just proofs of concept.</p>

Guardian</h2>

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Engineer</h2>

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Thief</h2>

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Warrior</h2>

    </iframe>
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Ranger</h2>

    </iframe>
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Necromancer</h2>

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Elementalist</h2>

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Mesmer</h2>

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Revenant</h2>

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Gunmech [cDPS]
2024-03-10T00:00:00+00:00
This mechanist build is all-signets, and no kit usage, for simple play</p>
Notes</h2>

Extremely simple to play condition damage build, Gunmech is one of the most efficient Damage per Action builds in the game.</p>
Gunmech is also capable of dealing most of its damage from range, and having good on demand CC options.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Pistol</td>
	 Viper's</td>
	 </span> Bursting</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Pistol</td>
	 Viper's</td>
	 </span> Earth</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Fractal </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread or </span> Plate of Beef Rendang</li>
Enhancement: </span> Toxic Tuning Crystal</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

Set all of your Mech skills to auto cast by right clicking them. Your Mech skills should be</p>
Mech Skills:</strong></p>


</span> Rolling Smash</li>
</span> Discharge Array</li>
</span> Sky Circus</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Use all skills off cooldown in the following priority order:</p>
Skills:</strong></p>


</span> Blowtorch (Pistol 4)</li>
</span> Static Shot (Pistol 3)</li>
</span> Poison Dart Volley (Pistol 2)</li>
</span> Superconducting Signet</li>
</span> Overclock Signet</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Static Shot (Pistol 3) can cancel </span> Blowtorch (Pistol 4) if both buttons are pressed too quickly in succession, and you should slightly delay </span> Static Shot (Pistol 3) instead of queuing it immediatly.</p>
You can also cast </span> Static Shot (Pistol 3) before </span> Blowtorch (Pistol 4) for the same DPS. However, if you're not pressing </span> Blowtorch (Pistol 4) fast enough, you might find that their cooldowns desync slightly after a few rotations.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are, in order of priority:</p>

</span> Force Signet</li>
</span> Glue Shot</li>
</span> Crash Down (by unsummoning and summoning Mech)</li>
</span> Static Shot (which makes your Mech do Rocket Punch, but since the cooldown for Rocket Punch is longer that the skill, it might not have CC)</li>
</ol>
If you need boon strip or more CC, you can replace </span> Force Signet with </span> Throw Mine. You can use </span> Throw Mine off cooldown in your rotation for damage, and save it for when you know a CC bar is coming.</p>
Video</h2>

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Lord of the Stomp [pDPS]
2024-03-08T00:00:00+00:00
This is a pretty foundational build for Revenant. Simple, solid and focused.</p>
Notes</h2>

Power Vindicator is a very strong and straightforward damage build for instanced content. The iteration provided here uses Dual Swords, but it works in a similar way with Hammer and Greatsword too.</p>
Vindicator also a great pick for solo gameplay, as it can provide itself with good amounts of the most essential offensive and defensive boons: Quickness, Protection, Fury and Might. Through its frequent Dodges, it can avoid a lot of incoming damage and therefore be quite survivable, even in damage gear.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Dragonhunter</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Air</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Thief </td></tr></tbody></table>


</span> Relic of the Eagle is an almost equally good alternative</p>
</blockquote>

Food: </span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak or </span> Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup</li>
Enhancement: </span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

Power Vindicator follows a simple priority based rotation:</p>
Rotation Priority:</strong></p>


</span> Energy Meld</li>
</span> Spear of Archemorus</li>
</span> Shackling Wave</li>
</span> Deathstrike</li>
</span> Chilling Isolation</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
And you want to press these skills as often as you can off cooldown. Ideally, you do not want to interrupt your auto attack chain, as seen in the video demonstration, for maximum DPS.</p>
On top of the above rotation, you also want to Dodge periodically to cast </span> Death Drop, as well as to ensure that your endurance is not full. Try to fit in the Dodges while your skills are all on cooldown to maximuse DPS output.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

Depending on your secondary weapon, you will have a different set of CC skills.</p>
Staff:</strong></p>


</span> Surge of the Mists</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Hammer:</strong></p>


</span> Drop the Hammer</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Shortbow:</strong></p>


</span> Scorchrazor</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
It is recommended to bring either Staff or Hammer over Shortbow. Staff does the most CC, especially if the enemy has a large hitbox, while Hammer allows you to upkeep the best DPS. Note that swapping weapons to perform CC will result in a DPS loss, and you should swap back to Dual Swords as soon as possible.</p>
You also have:</p>
CC Skill:</strong></p>


</span> Reaver's Rage</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
That will always be on your utilities bar, and in many situations might be all the CC you require.</p>
Build Concepts</h2>

Dodge & </span> Tenacious Ruin</h4>

On Vindicator, your Dodge becomes an integral part of your damage rotation. Instead of diving into a specific direction, it causes you to "jump" into the Mists and deal damage upon landing by default.</li>
With </span> Forerunner of Death, you gain 25% Strike damage done for 10 seconds whenever you Dodge. This is one of the strongest single damage modifiers in the game. It is therefore crucial to Dodge at least once every 10 seconds.</li>
That's not a problem though, because </span> Death Drop is great damage while providing that damage modifier.</li>
The Dodge requirement is reinforced by </span> Leviathan Strength, which increases your damage done when your Endurance is not full.</li>
</ul>
</span> Energy Meld</h4>

Another part of the profession mechanics is </span> Energy Meld.</li>
By default, this grants you 25 Endurance for 10 Energy.</li>
In the damage rotation, we'll use </span> Reaver's Curse to reduce the cooldown of </span> Energy Meld and double the damage that our Dodges deal.</li>
In case you want to have extra Energy on demand, you can also make use of </span> Angsiyan's Trust. This removes the Energy cost and grants 25 Energy instead. This can be helpful if you want to use costly skills.</li>
</ul>
Video</h2>


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Catalytic Converter [pDPS]
2024-03-04T00:00:00+00:00
An moderately easy catalyst build, with a consistent skill pattern that applies in all elements -- but still allows for flexibility when you need it.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Warhorn</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Impact</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Thief </td></tr></tbody></table>


Consumables:

Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak (Power/Ferocity)</li>
Superior Sharpening Stone (Power)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Notes</h2>
The Opener is probably the hardest part of this rotation, but it boils down to:</p>

Start in </span> Air Attunement Air Attunement</li>
</span> Glyph of Storms</li>
</span> Deploy Jade Sphere</li>
</span> Lightning Orb (Warhorn 5)</li>
</span> Cyclone (Warhorn 4)</li>
</span> Polaric Leap (Sword 2)</li>
</span> Quantum Strike (Sword 3)</li>
Swap to </span> Fire Attunement and begin the rotation</li>
</ol>
You can remember this rotation as a flexible combo, as follows:</p>

Attunement</li>
Deploy Jade Sphere</li>
Sword 2</li>
Sword 3</li>
</ol>
This works with both Fire and Air. It even works with Earth if you want to dip into Earth for more DPS.</p>
Use </span> Cyclone (Warhorn 4)
right before you swap into Fire Attunement.</p>
Use </span> Arcane Wave once at any time while you are in Fire Attunement.</p>
Finally, use
</span> Wildfire (Warhorn 5),
</span> Glyph of Storms, and
</span> Glyph of Elementals off cooldown.</p>
I personally like to use
</span> Glyph of Storms in Air and
</span> Glyph of Elementals in Fire, but it doesn't affect the end DPS much regardless, if at all.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>
Your CC skills are Air 2 and 4, Water 4, Earth 2 and 5. Dropping rotation to CC loses more DPS the longer you stay out of Fire/Air Attunement. The DPS loss can be reduced by using Deploy Jade Sphere, Water 3, and Earth 2, 3, and 5. This might leave you with not enough energy for your next Deploy Jade Sphere. If you do not have enough energy for Deploy Jade Sphere, it is okay to either skip it or use it as soon as it is available.</p>
Video</h2>

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Blastmaster [pDPS]
2024-03-03T00:00:00+00:00
Notes</h2>

A Sword priority-based build, with two different priority sets (in/out of forge).</p>
This build is able to deal very high burst damage with no setup required. However, knowing how to save your burst by changing or delaying your rotation requires high levels of familiarity with the build, and if done incorrectly, will lose your more DPS than you would gain.</p>
It also loses out in damage over time, and is weaker on fights with long phases.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Sword</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Shield</td>
	 Berserker's</td>
	 </span> Impact</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Berserker's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Eagle </td></tr></tbody></table>


Food: </span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak or </span> Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup</li>
Enhancement: </span> Superior Sharpening Stone</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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</div></div>
Rotation</h2>

While playing Power Holosmith, you always want to </span> Engage Photon Forge as soon as it is available, as most of your damage is done during </span> Engage Photon Forge. As </span> Engage Photon Forge replaces your weapon skill bar when it is cast, this rotation will consists of 2 different skill priority orders, during </span> Engage Photon Forge and </span> Holoforge Overheated.</p>
Always cast </span> Rifle Turret before the fight begins, and follow the priority of the mode you are currently in. Auto attack if you have no skills to press.</p>
</span> Engage Photon Forge Priority:</strong></p>


</span> Corona Burst (Forge 3)</li>
</span> Photon Blitz (Forge 4)</li>
</span> Photon Wall --> </span> Launch Wall (above 50% heat)</li>
</span> Laser Disk (above 50% heat)</li>
</span> Prime Light Beam (above 50% heat)</li>
</span> Blade Burst (above 50% heat)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Skip </span> Prime Light Beam if it is on cooldown, and note that </span> Photon Wall has be pressed twice to cast </span> Launch Wall. As there is a delay between </span> Photon Wall flipping over to reveal </span> Launch Wall, I personally like to cast it in the order:</p>


</span> Photon Wall</li>
</span> Laser Disk</li>
</span> Launch Wall</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Allowing me to queue skill casts and not lose damage uptime.</p>
Ultimately the order which you press the skills are not important, as long as you are able to squeeze in 2 x </span> Corona Burst (Forge 3), 2 x </span> Photon Blitz (Forge 4), 1 x </span> Launch Wall, 1 x </span> Prime Light Beam, and 1 x </span> Blade Burst for every </span> Engage Photon Forge.</p>
</span> Holoforge Overheated Priority:</strong></p>


</span> Refraction Cutter (Sword 2)</li>
</span> Radiant Arc (Sword 3)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
During </span> Holoforge Overheated, you are basically just waiting for </span> Engage Photon Forge to come off cooldown, and pressing any high damage weapon skills to upkeep damage as much as possible.</p>
On top of your rotation, you should also</p>
Cast Off Cooldown:</strong></p>


</span> Particle Accelerator</li>
</span> Surprise Shot</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
</span> Particle Accelerator and </span> Surprise Shot do not have any cast time, and will not interrupt your current skill.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are:</strong></p>


</span> Static Shock</li>
</span> Magnetic Shield (Shield 4)</li>
</span> Static Shield (Shield 5)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Both </span> Magnetic Shield (Shield 4) and </span> Static Shield (Shield 5) have to be pressed twice for CC, and you can also swap out </span> Rifle Turret for </span> Throw Mine for more CC, and </span> Photon Wall for </span> Personal Battering Ram if you need even more CC.</p>
</span> Magnetic Shield (Shield 4) is also 3s long projectile reflect, while </span> Static Shield (Shield 5) is a 2.5s long block, and can be used as your panic button.</p>
</span> A.E.D. will heal you to 12,280 HP if you take lethal damage, and can also be used as another panic button.</p>
Advanced Tips</h2>

Your healing skill, </span> A.E.D., will heal you and remove all damaging conditions when you take lethal damage. This is especially useful in some fights, such as Deimos, where you can skip the mindcrush mechanic, and Sabir, where you can skip both the shockwave and corner mechanic. This will allow you to maintain higher damage uptime on bosses, increasing your DPS.</p>
Video</h2>


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Lava Weaver [cDPS]
2024-03-02T00:00:00+00:00
Notes</h2>

Fast paced, high APM, press everything off cooldown build rotating between </span> Fire Attunement and </span> Earth Attunement for maximum burning and bleeding damage.</p>
Condition Weaver relies on rotating quickly through two elements in order to have high uptime on both </span> Weaver's Prowess and </span> Elements of Rage, increasing damage done and condition duration.</p>
This build is also primarily ranged, accounting for ~93% of it's damage. Small tweaks can be made to bring this number up to ~98%, and will be addressed under advanced tips.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Trapper</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Scepter</td>
	 Viper's</td>
	 </span> Torment</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Focus</td>
	 Viper's</td>
	 </span> Earth</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Fractal </td></tr></tbody></table>


Consumables:

Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread (Condi Damage/Expertise Damage)</li>
Toxic Tuning Crystal (Condi Damage)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>

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Rotation</h2>

Start in:</strong></p>


</span> Fire Attunement/</span> Earth Attunement</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Precast:</strong></p>


</span> Glyph of Lesser Elementals × 3 (if possible)</li>
</span> Glyph of Elementals</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Your main loop consists of swapping between </span> Fire Attunement and </span> Earth Attunement, while casting all your damage dealing skills off cooldown.</p>
Main Loop:</strong></p>


</span> Fire Attunement/</span> Earth Attunement, press </span> Fire Attunement</li>
</span> Fire Attunement/</span> Fire Attunement, press </span> Earth Attunement</li>
</span> Earth Attunement/</span> Fire Attunement, press </span> Fire Attunement</li>
Repeat</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Cast Off Cooldown:</strong></p>


</span> Dragon's Tooth (</span> Fire Attunement Scepter 2)</li>
</span> Phoenix (</span> Fire Attunement Scepter 3)</li>
</span> Flamewall (</span> Fire Attunement Focus 4)</li>
</span> Fire Shield (</span> Fire Attunement Focus 5)</li>
</span> Transmute Fire (</span> Fire Attunement Focus 5 Flipped)</li>
</span> Rock Barrier (</span> Earth Attunement Scepter 2)</li>
</span> Hurl (</span> Earth Attunement Scepter 2 Flipped)</li>
</span> Magnetic Wave (</span> Earth Attunement Focus 4)</li>
</span> Fracturing Strike (Dual Scepter 3)</li>
</span> Signet of Fire</li>
</span> Primordial Stance</li>
</span> Flame Barrage</li>
</span> Glyph of Lesser Elementals</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
You can replace off hand Focus with Warhorn, although based on my testing the damage isn't much better, you can choose to go with whichever weapon you prefer.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

You have</p>
CC Skills:</strong></p>


</span> Shatterstone (</span> Water Attunement Scepter 2)</li>
</span> Freezing Gust (</span> Water Attunement Focus 4)</li>
</span> Comet (</span> Water Attunement Focus 5)</li>
</span> Gale (</span> Air Attunement Focus 5)</li>
</span> Glacial Drift (Dual Scepter 3)</li>
</span> Earthen Synergy (Dual Scepter 3)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
However, these skills are locked behind elements that you do not use in your rotation. To fully utilize your CC, you should use the following CC Loop.</p>
CC Loop</strong></p>


</span> Water Attunement</li>
</span> Shatterstone (</span> Water Attunement Scepter 2)</li>
</span> Air Attunement</li>
</span> Glacial Drift (Dual Scepter 3)</li>
</span> Freezing Gust (</span> Water Attunement Focus 4)</li>
</span> Comet (</span> Water Attunement Focus 5)</li>
</span> Earth Attunement</li>
</span> Gale (</span> Air Attunement Focus 5)</li>
</span> Earthen Synergy (Dual Scepter 3)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
And continue your rotation from Step #3 in the Main Loop.</p>
This may seem very intimidating at first, but in simplified form it is just:</p>


</span> Water Attunement 2</li>
</span> Air Attunement 3 4 5</li>
</span> Earth Attunement 3 5</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Sometimes, you do not need so much CC, in that case you can use a shortened loop.</p>
Short CC Loop</strong></p>


</span> Water Attunement</li>
</span> Shatterstone (</span> Water Attunement Scepter 2)</li>
</span> Earth Attunement</li>
</span> Freezing Gust (</span> Water Attunement Focus 4)</li>
</span> Comet (</span> Water Attunement Focus 5)</li>
</span> Stone Tide (Dual Septer 3)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
And continue your rotation from Step #3 in the Main Loop.</p>
Once again, the simplified form will look like:</p>


</span> Water Attunement 2</li>
</span> Earth Attunement 3 4 5</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Having to CC will result in a significant DPS loss, and it is recommended to bring this class only if the fight has very low CC pressure, no CC at all, or if your supports are able to carry the CC.</p>
Advanced Tips</h2>

To convert this build to do more damage at ranged, replace:</p>


</span> Primordial Stance</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
with either:</p>


</span> Glyph of Elemental Power</li>
</span> Firestorm</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Generally you want to pick </span> Glyph of Elemental Power over </span> Firestorm as </span> Glyph of Elemental Power can be precast, and has no cast time, allowing for minimal impact to your rotation. However, </span> Firestorm tends to do more damage on fights that the bosses that have lower armour, as well as on bosses that do not move much.</p>
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Try to use:</p>


</span> Flamewall (</span> Fire Attunement Focus 4)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
before:</p>


</span> Dragon's Tooth (</span> Fire Attunement Scepter 2)</li>
</span> Phoenix (</span> Fire Attunement Scepter 3)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
whenever possible as that will allow you to blast might for your squad.</p>
Video</h2>

This bench is done with </span> Glyph of Lesser Elementals despite the inherent RNG of the skill. However, it has not been precast, and will therefore always result in a lower number than using </span> Glyph of Elemental Power. This means that I am able to show off the full rotation and build without inflating the final damage number. I choose to leave it in because I have seen many players who don't read and just use </span> Glyph of Elemental Power during the actual fights.</p>

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Fire Whirl [cDPS]
2024-02-18T00:00:00+00:00
Notes</h2>

</span> Overload Fire and press everything else off cooldown.</p>
This build does heavy burning damage, relying on Sigil of the Earth to inflict bleeding upon critting to activate Relic of the Fractal. The gear and food for this build maxmises burning duration to 100%, then concentrating the rest of the stats into Condition Damage, Power, and Precision.</p>
Gearing</h2>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Sinister</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Sinister</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Viper's</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Sinister</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Sinister</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</span></td> Sinister</td> </span> Balthazar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Scepter</td>
	 Sinister</td>
	 </span> Bursting</td>
</tr>

	</span></td>
	 Focus</td>
	 Sinister</td>
	 </span> Earth</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Sinister</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Viper's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Sinister</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Fractal </td></tr></tbody></table>



Food: </span> Fishy Rice Bowl</li>
Enhancement: </span> Toxic Tuning Crystal</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
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Rotation</h2>

You start in </span> Fire Attunement and will stay in </span> Fire Attunement for the entirety of the rotation, swapping to other elements only for CC.</p>
Always precast:</strong></p>


</span> Glyph of Lesser Elementals</li>
</span> Glyph of Elementals</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Beforet the fight begins. Ideally you want to have 3 </span> Glyph of Lesser Elementals precasted, but just having 1 is fine.</p>
Cast off cooldown:</strong></p>


</span> Overload Fire</li>
</span> Dragon's Tooth (Scepter 2)</li>
</span> Phoenix (Scepter 3)</li>
</span> Flamewall (Warhorn 4)</li>
</span> Fire Shield (Warhorn 5)</li>
</span> Transmute Fire (Warhorn 5 Flip)</li>
</span> Firestorm</li>
</span> Glyph of Lesser Elementals</li>
</span> Signet of Fire</li>
</span> Flame Barrage</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Prioritizing </span> Overload Fire above all else. You will not be able to cancel </span> Overload Fire with any other skill listed above, so spam away.</p>
You can cast the rest of your skills in any particular order, minimising the amount of time each skill is spent off cooldown whenever possible.</p>
</span> Overload Fire will also cause </span> Fire Shield to flip to </span> Transmute Fire by generating a Fire Aura, and since </span> Transmute Fire has a shorter cooldown than </span> Fire Shield, cast </span> Transmute Fire whenever it is available and not just after </span> Fire Shield.</p>
Recast </span> Glyph of Elementals whenever it is available, as </span> Glyph of Elementals will not last the entire fight duration for most fights.</p>
</span> Flame Barrage has no cast time, and can be cast even when in the middle of </span> Overload Fire or during the cast/aftercast of any other skill.</p>
Crowd Control</h2>

Your CC skills are:</p>


</span> Shatterstone (Scepter Water 2)</li>
</span> Freezing Gust (Focus Water 4)</li>
</span> Comet (Focus Water 5)</li>
</span> Blinding Flash (Scepter Air 3)</li>
</span> Gale (Focus Air 5)</li>
</span> Dust Devil (Scepter Earth 3)</li>
</span> Magnetic Wave (Focus Earth 4)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
This may seem overwhelming at first, but you can simply follow the below simplified CC rotation.</p>
Simplified CC Rotation:</strong></p>


</span> Water Attunement 2 4 5</li>
</span> Air Attunement 3 5</li>
</span> Earth Attunement 3 4</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Swap back to </span> Fire Attunement as soon as it is off cooldown, and continue your rotation from there. Do not cast </span> Glyph of Lesser Elementals, </span> Firestorm, </span> Glyph of Lesser Elementals, or </span> Glyph of Elementals in any other attunement, as doing so will result in a DPS loss.</p>
Video</h2>


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Symbolic Core Avenger[pDPS]
2023-07-29T00:00:00+00:00
The purpose of writing this guide is to provide an ultra low intensity method to play PvE Core Guardian while easily hitting the 70% benchmark with minimal effort. This is a Core Guardian variant which provides more selfless support. This build is low cognition, low physical complexity but has somewhat repetitive (spamming virtues) requirement due to its dependency on resolution uptime. It remains a very strong contender (and sometimes superior to DH) and provides an alternative to players without access to Dragonhunter.</p>
The utilities do not require specific timing and do not interrupt the auto attack nature of the build. This build requires only one weapon to deal damage to near competitive levels with no requirement of a weapon swap: Hammer!</p>
Gearing and Consumables</h2>
Equipment</h4>


Armor</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Dragon's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Dragon's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Dragon's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Dragon's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Berserker's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</span></td> Dragon's</td> </span> Scholar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

Weapon</th> Type</th> Stat</th> Upgrade</th></tr></thead>


	</span></td>
	 Hammer</td>
	 Dragon's</td>
	 </span> Force</td>
</tr>

	</td>
	 </td>
	 </td>
	 </span> Impact</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Back item</td>  Dragon's</td></tr>
</span></td> Amulet</td>  Dragon's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Dragon's</td></tr>
</span></td> Accessory</td>  Dragon's</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Trinkets</th> Type</th> Stat</th></tr></thead>

</span></td> Ring</td>  Dragon's</td></tr>
</span></td> Ring</td>  Dragon's</td></tr>
</span></td> Relic</td>  Brawler </td></tr></tbody></table>

Weapon Swap</h4>
Weapon swap is optional, all the available options will massively reduce DPS and lock you out of hammer, they should be prioritised based on utility requirements.</p>

Bow - Bow provides a ranged option for bosses with melee DPS downtime.</li>
Scepter/Focus - Provides a decent immobilise option with some ranged DPS.</li>
</ol>
Optimised Loadout
GW2Skills Link</a></p>
Food</h4>

</span> Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak OR</li>
</span> Plate of Spicy Moa Wings</li>
</ul>
Utility</h4>

</span> Superior Sharpening Stone(Power)</li>
</ul>
Build</h2>
Power DPS</p>
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Rotation and Utilities</h2>
DPS Rotation</h4>

Opening - </span> Banish (Hammer 4)</li>
Spread out virtues (F1, F2, F3) use to maintain resolution uptime</li>
Use </span> Signet of Judgment on cooldown.</li>
</ol>
Crowd Control rotation</h4>

You have decent CC by just using </span> Banish (Hammer 4) and </span> Zealot's Embrace (Hammer 3).</li>
You can use </span> Bane Signet for a strong CC but resulting in a DPS loss.</li>
</ol>
Sustainability</h4>

Your autos generate perma-protection and your symbols heal you.</li>
</span> Virtue of Courage provides aegis and a stun break.</li>
Use </span> "Stand Your Ground!" for a group stun break and multiple stacks of stability.</li>
</ol>
Accessibility Wars

Boon Power Chronomancer [Boon DPS]

0-KIT ALAC-T1000 [aDPS]

Introduction</h2> This is build is equipped similar to the Snowcrow's guide but reduces the need for kits. The kits can be added back for additional DPS when one is comfortable with the build.</p>

Gearing</h2>

Magebane Daggerbreaker [pDPS]

Rotation</h2> The primary focus of this build is to understand how your DPS buffs accumulates and introduces a simplified approach towards a more complex rotation that squeezes out a few thousand more DPS.</p>

Video</h2> The videos below are performed with food, utility and no infusions.</p>

Hand Break [HK]

Consumables</h2> Using food/enhancements for handkiting is optional. If you decide to do so, choose any of the following.</p>

Pre-Phase</h2>

Tears</h4> These are a relatively minor annoyance, but they do increase damage pressure. It is better to pick up tears than to leave them alone.</p>

Power Troubadour [pDPS]

Galvanic Enchantment [DPS]

Vocals of Eternity [aHeal]

Notes</h2> Its quite hard to do badly on this build... This build gambles on </span> Reverberation to empower Commands</strong>.</p>

Dual Blademaster [DPS]

Notes</h2> This is a build which uses mostly Vipers and Grieving gear to maximise the dual swords' physical prowress and bleeding capabilities.</p> This build has a lot of auto attacks.</p>

Rotation</h2>

Signet Sworn Sword [aDPS]

Notes</h2> This build relies on Dragon Slash - Force</strong> (DT1) to deal most of its damage. Because of this, you must not delay </span> Dragon Trigger and you have to use Dragon Slash - Force</strong> (DT1) almost immediately after triggering </span> Relic of Peitha.</p>

Bunny Thumper [qDPS]

Notes</h2> This build uses two hammers and has a relatively large amount of button downtime filled with auto attacks. This build however still performs decently and allows one to comfortably learn the class mechanics with fewer APMs while providing very good and steady quickness uptimes.</p>

Fever (Fire-only Meme Weaver) [DPS]

Exothermic Stimulus[DPS]

The Auramancer [aHeal]

Put Your Hands Together for... [HK]

Consumables</h2> Changing food for handkiting is optional. If you decide to do so, choose any of the following.</p>

Enhancement</h4> </span> Holographic Super Drumstick</p>

Introduction</h2>

This is build is equipped similar to the Snowcrow's guide but reduces the need for kits. The kits can be added back for additional DPS when one is comfortable with the build.</p>

Rotation</h2>

The primary focus of this build is to understand how your DPS buffs accumulates and introduces a simplified approach towards a more complex rotation that squeezes out a few thousand more DPS.</p>

Video</h2>

The videos below are performed with food, utility and no infusions.</p>

Consumables</h2>
Using food/enhancements for handkiting is optional. If you decide to do so, choose any of the following.</p>

Tears</h4>

These are a relatively minor annoyance, but they do increase damage pressure. It is better to pick up tears than to leave them alone.</p>

Notes</h2>

Its quite hard to do badly on this build... This build gambles on </span> Reverberation to empower Commands</strong>.</p>

Notes</h2>

This is a build which uses mostly Vipers and Grieving gear to maximise the dual swords' physical prowress and bleeding capabilities.</p>
This build has a lot of auto attacks.</p>

Notes</h2>
This build relies on Dragon Slash - Force</strong> (DT1) to deal most of its damage. Because of this, you must not delay </span> Dragon Trigger and you have to use Dragon Slash - Force</strong> (DT1) almost immediately after triggering </span> Relic of Peitha.</p>

Notes</h2>
This build uses two hammers and has a relatively large amount of button downtime filled with auto attacks. This build however still performs decently and allows one to comfortably learn the class mechanics with fewer APMs while providing very good and steady quickness uptimes.</p>

Consumables</h2>
Changing food for handkiting is optional. If you decide to do so, choose any of the following.</p>

Enhancement</h4>
</span> Holographic Super Drumstick</p>
