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{{Build
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| profession = Guardian
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| specialization = Willbender
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| designed for = Conquest
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| rating = great
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| focus = direct damage, mobility
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}}
  
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==Overview==
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A glass cannon PvP Willbender power build that's all about massive burst damage with 100% crit chance when fully buffed.
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==Skill Bar==
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{{Skill bar
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| profession = Guardian
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| specialization = Willbender
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| weapon1 = greatsword
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| weapon2 =
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| weapon3 = sword
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| weapon4 = sword
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| healing = Reversal of Fortune
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| utility1 = Contemplation of Purity
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| utility2 = Judge's Intervention
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| utility3 = Whirling Light
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| elite = Renewed Focus
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}}
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===Slot Changes===
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Utility:
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* {{Skill|Smite Condition}} over {{Skill|Whirling Light}} - more cleansing.
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==Template Code==
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==Specializations==
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{{Specialization|Radiance|mid|bot|bot}}
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{{Specialization|Virtues|top|mid|bot}}
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{{Specialization|Willbender|mid|bot|mid}}
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==Equipment==
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{{PvP equipment
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| weapon1 = greatsword
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| weapon2 =
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| weapon3 = sword
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| weapon4 = sword
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| sigil1 = Battle
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| sigil2 = Exploitation
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| sigil3 = Cleansing
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| sigil4 = Energy
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| rune = Divinity
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| amulet = Marauder
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}}
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==Usage==
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'''General'''
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* {{Tooltip|Resolution}} increases your critical strike chance by 40% via {{Trait|Righteous Instincts}}, pushing it to 100% while you have this boon. Always try to maintain Resolution or at least apply it before bursts.
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** Every Virtue and shadowstep (teleport) grants {{Tooltip|Resolution}} from the traits {{Trait|Vanguard Tactics}} and {{Trait|Virtue of Resolution}}. Most of the time these skills are part of your burst combos so you don't have to worry too much about maintaining this boon.
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* Every '''Virtue''' skill is a '''mobility''' skill on Willbender. Besides their base functionality they are great for sticking to targets or escaping damage.
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*{{Skill|Rushing Justice}} is refreshed after each kill so make sure you always have it on cooldown right before a kill. Using it also applies AoE {{Tooltip|Blind}} which can be useful for stomping or making high priority skills miss. It's also one of the hardest hitting skills in the build.
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*Try to burn through all of your virtues before resorting to {{Skill|Renewed Focus}}. RF is a great skill to use if you're being focues by the enemy team and you don't have any CDs left. Just keep in mind that this skill makes you lose capture point contribution for its duration.
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* {{Skill|Whirling Light}} is as much of a defensive skill as it is offensive, offering AoE {{Tooltip|Weakness}} application on top of great damage.
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* One of Willbender's greatest strengths is its '''mobility''':
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**Every virtue skill is a mobility skill.
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** Both weapon sets have either teleports or leaps. Most of the teleports require a target, but you can get creative with that by doing things like selecting a far away enemy target and spamming teleports to get across the map faster, or selecting objects such as a Trebuchet on Battle of Kyhlo to leave enemies behind.
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** {{Skill|Advancing Strike}} is a good mobility skill even without a target as it makes you dash forward.
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'''Sword/Sword'''
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*The main source of burst damage here comes from the the offhand skills:
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** {{Skill|Advancing Strike}} deals good damage and sets up your next attack perfectly with {{Tooltip|Immobilize}} and {{Tooltip|Resolution}} (it's a shadowstep).
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** {{Skill|Executioner's Calling}} is the hardest hitting skill on this set and combos well with Advancing Strike.
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* {{Skill|Zealot's Defense}} is both defensive and offensive, deals solid damage while destroying enemy projectiles. Note that the damage of this skill can be very unreliable in anything but melee range.
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*{{Skill|Symbol of Blades}} has many uses: vertical mobility via teleportation, symbol for cleaving, {{Tooltip|Blind}} to make an important skill miss, or a combo field which can be used for AoE cleansing by executing a blast finisher in it.
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'''Greatsword'''
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*{{Skill|Whirling Wrath}} is the main burst skill in the build, make sure it lands - do an unexpected ranged burst with {{Skill|Judge's Intervention}}, or use it after pulling targets in with {{Skill|Binding Blade}}.
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*When in combat, always try to combo {{Skill|Leap of Faith}} in a Light field such as {{Skill|Symbol of Wrath}} for {{Tooltip|Light Aura}}. Few things to note when using this for mobility:
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** If you're '''OOC''' (out of combat), swap weapons just before the leap finishes in order to cancel the final part of the skill which would otherwise bring you to a halt.
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** '''In combat''' this can be used for jumping away from the fight to avoid damage. To do that simply just detarget (click anywhere on your screen that's not an enemy player) before using the skill, and make sure that auto-targetting is disabled.
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*{{Skill|Binding Blade}} is useful even when the target has {{Tooltip|Stability}} and thus cannot be pulled. The damage over time part of this skill is decent, and you could time it in a way that the target's stability runs out before Binding Blade does, allowing you to pull them in later. '''Note:''' the skill itself ''can'' be dodged, but once the blades are attached, you can pull targets out of any kind of evade frame! Last but not least, the blades seek out enemies even if they are {{Tooltip|Stealth}}ed.
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'''Ranged burst combo example'''
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# If possible, have an active {{Tooltip|Aegis}} to gain the damage bonus from{{Trait|Unscathed Contender}}.
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# Weapon Swap to GS if you're not already on it (in combat this also procs your sigils).
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#{{Skill|Whirling Wrath}} - start casting it from range.
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#{{Skill|Judge's Intervention}} to teleport to the target right before WW starts doing damage.
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'''Sustain'''
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* {{Skill|Flowing Resolve}} is an excellent reactive skill which cleanses several conditions and even has an evade frame in case you need to dodge something but don't have the endurance.
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* {{Skill|Reversal of Fortune}} (your healing skill) is best used when an attack is already coming your way or you're absolutely certain that you're going to be hit in order to get maximum healing (and block value) out of it. If you're not being focused but want to heal consider moving briefly into an enemy AoE skill.
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* {{Skill|Contemplation of Purity}} is a purely defensive stun break and your best answer against an overwhelming amount of conditions. Usually a last resort for when you're heavily pressured and other options don't cut it anymore.
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* {{Skill|Crashing Courage}} is an excellent and versatile defensive skill. Short CD, breaks stuns, grants boons, it's also a ground targeted ranged teleport which adds a lot of vertical mobility to the build. Leaving attackers behind while teleporting to the highground can save your life. As with most Willbender skills, it's not purely defensive - the AoE it leaves behind upon landing is a good source of cleave damage too, so you could sacrifice this skill to chase or pressure targets if you're fine with giving up a defensive CD.
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* {{Skill|Judge's Intervention}} is also a stun break but most of the time it'll be used to execute burst combos from range. Worth holding onto for defensive purposes when every other stun break is on CD though.
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* As long as you have {{Skill|Renewed Focus}} you're somewhat safe. It's an incredibly powerful defensive skill which grants you immunity to incoming damage and CC (other than fall damage) when under heavy pressure, and refreshes all of your Virtues which could either help you stay alive longer or run away.
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==Top Streamers==
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* Twitch: [https://www.twitch.tv/notoriousnaru Naru]

Revision as of 10:12, 19 September 2022

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Direct damage and Mobility

Designed for: PvP Conquest

Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on September 19, 2022 and is up to date for the March 19, 2024 patch.

Overview

A glass cannon PvP Willbender power build that's all about massive burst damage with 100% crit chance when fully buffed.


Skill Bar

Greatsword
Sword/Sword
Utility

Slot Changes

Utility:

  • over - more cleansing.


Template Code

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Specializations


Equipment

Greatsword
Sigil
Sigil
Sword
Sword
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
Amulet


Usage

General

  • Resolution Resolution increases your critical strike chance by 40% via , pushing it to 100% while you have this boon. Always try to maintain Resolution or at least apply it before bursts.
    • Every Virtue and shadowstep (teleport) grants Resolution Resolution from the traits and . Most of the time these skills are part of your burst combos so you don't have to worry too much about maintaining this boon.
  • Every Virtue skill is a mobility skill on Willbender. Besides their base functionality they are great for sticking to targets or escaping damage.
  • is refreshed after each kill so make sure you always have it on cooldown right before a kill. Using it also applies AoE Blind Blind which can be useful for stomping or making high priority skills miss. It's also one of the hardest hitting skills in the build.
  • Try to burn through all of your virtues before resorting to . RF is a great skill to use if you're being focues by the enemy team and you don't have any CDs left. Just keep in mind that this skill makes you lose capture point contribution for its duration.
  • is as much of a defensive skill as it is offensive, offering AoE Weakness Weakness application on top of great damage.
  • One of Willbender's greatest strengths is its mobility:
    • Every virtue skill is a mobility skill.
    • Both weapon sets have either teleports or leaps. Most of the teleports require a target, but you can get creative with that by doing things like selecting a far away enemy target and spamming teleports to get across the map faster, or selecting objects such as a Trebuchet on Battle of Kyhlo to leave enemies behind.
    • is a good mobility skill even without a target as it makes you dash forward.


Sword/Sword

  • The main source of burst damage here comes from the the offhand skills:
    • deals good damage and sets up your next attack perfectly with Immobilize Immobilize and Resolution Resolution (it's a shadowstep).
    • is the hardest hitting skill on this set and combos well with Advancing Strike.
  • is both defensive and offensive, deals solid damage while destroying enemy projectiles. Note that the damage of this skill can be very unreliable in anything but melee range.
  • has many uses: vertical mobility via teleportation, symbol for cleaving, Blind Blind to make an important skill miss, or a combo field which can be used for AoE cleansing by executing a blast finisher in it.


Greatsword

  • is the main burst skill in the build, make sure it lands - do an unexpected ranged burst with , or use it after pulling targets in with .
  • When in combat, always try to combo in a Light field such as for Light Aura Light Aura. Few things to note when using this for mobility:
    • If you're OOC (out of combat), swap weapons just before the leap finishes in order to cancel the final part of the skill which would otherwise bring you to a halt.
    • In combat this can be used for jumping away from the fight to avoid damage. To do that simply just detarget (click anywhere on your screen that's not an enemy player) before using the skill, and make sure that auto-targetting is disabled.
  • is useful even when the target has Stability Stability and thus cannot be pulled. The damage over time part of this skill is decent, and you could time it in a way that the target's stability runs out before Binding Blade does, allowing you to pull them in later. Note: the skill itself can be dodged, but once the blades are attached, you can pull targets out of any kind of evade frame! Last but not least, the blades seek out enemies even if they are Stealth Stealthed.


Ranged burst combo example

  1. If possible, have an active Aegis Aegis to gain the damage bonus from.
  2. Weapon Swap to GS if you're not already on it (in combat this also procs your sigils).
  3. - start casting it from range.
  4. to teleport to the target right before WW starts doing damage.


Sustain

  • is an excellent reactive skill which cleanses several conditions and even has an evade frame in case you need to dodge something but don't have the endurance.
  • (your healing skill) is best used when an attack is already coming your way or you're absolutely certain that you're going to be hit in order to get maximum healing (and block value) out of it. If you're not being focused but want to heal consider moving briefly into an enemy AoE skill.
  • is a purely defensive stun break and your best answer against an overwhelming amount of conditions. Usually a last resort for when you're heavily pressured and other options don't cut it anymore.
  • is an excellent and versatile defensive skill. Short CD, breaks stuns, grants boons, it's also a ground targeted ranged teleport which adds a lot of vertical mobility to the build. Leaving attackers behind while teleporting to the highground can save your life. As with most Willbender skills, it's not purely defensive - the AoE it leaves behind upon landing is a good source of cleave damage too, so you could sacrifice this skill to chase or pressure targets if you're fine with giving up a defensive CD.
  • is also a stun break but most of the time it'll be used to execute burst combos from range. Worth holding onto for defensive purposes when every other stun break is on CD though.
  • As long as you have you're somewhat safe. It's an incredibly powerful defensive skill which grants you immunity to incoming damage and CC (other than fall damage) when under heavy pressure, and refreshes all of your Virtues which could either help you stay alive longer or run away.


Top Streamers

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