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| − | ''Disclaimer: This guide is aimed at beginner-intermediate level raiders. The “rules” set out here will often have exceptions, but these exceptions will almost always apply to high-skill groups. In the interest of brevity, these have been omitted under the assumption that groups to which the exceptions would apply will already be aware of them.''
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| − | ==Overview== | + | <div class="alert alert-success" style="margin-top: 15px;">Section builds are up to date for the <b>{{Last updated|PvP}}</b> patch.</div> |
| − | This guide aims to be an introduction to raiding in Guild Wars 2. It will cover the various roles that classes will commonly fulfill within a raid, and how these roles were settled on. For new groups, there will be an explanation of how to set up a squad for an encounter and provide some good builds for new players.
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| − | ==Roles== | + | <div class="section-title me-auto">Featured PvP Guides</div> |
| − | When tackling raid encounters, one of the key ingredients to a successful kill is having an effective team composition. Like many RPGs, Guild Wars 2 features distinct roles similar to the “Holy Trinity”. However, Guild Wars 2 differs slightly in that it features a soft trinity of [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Damage Damage], [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Support Support] and [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Control Control]. These map onto the traditional roles of DPS, Healing, and Tanking, but with some additional functions.
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| − | ===Damage===
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| − | Deals damage. Damage (or DPS) is ultimately the most important, and focused role within a raid and the majority of actions of Support and Control players will be aimed at enabling the DPS players to do their job. The design of attributes in Guild Wars 2 is such that damage roles will focus on either power or condition damage. The two types differentiate themselves as follows (with some exceptions):
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| − | :''Power'' - bursts damage in a short duration and hence suits fights with short phases. A few bosses also have low toughness, which strongly benefits power builds.
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| − | :''Condition'' - takes some time to ramp up their damage, but deals more long-term and so are suited to fights with longer phases. Some condition builds apply {{Tooltip|Confusion}} or {{Tooltip|Torment}}, which deal extra damage when the target activates skills or stands still. Builds that inflict these conditions are able to deal damage very quickly on suitable bosses.
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| − | Support comes in two main flavors - boon support and healing. These flavors are not mutually exclusive.
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| − | :''Healing'' - keeps the squad alive.
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| − | Support players are often tasked with handling mechanics in fights, as they typically have downtime in which they do not need to be healing or applying boons.
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| − | As will be discussed in this guide, some supports are significantly more effective than other options, so many groups will run the same core group of supports on most encounters.
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| − | As a role, control usually manifests as the tank. It also refers to [[Guide:What_are_CC_and_Breakbars | control effects]] (CC), and while this is rarely a dedicated role in itself it can inform the optimal builds fulfilling the other roles.
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| − | Tanking in raids is very binary - there will be a single requirement, and whichever player fulfils that requirement will be the tank. It is most common for the tank to be the player with the highest toughness stat, though other encounters have the tanking based on proximity, randomly assigned, use of specific [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Special_action_skill Special Action Keys], or have no tank at all. It is extremely rare that control will be a role in itself, as will be explained below the functions of control are usually handled by Damage or Support players.
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| − | As such, the role of tank will usually be assigned to the most suitable class of those the squad has already taken to the encounter.
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| − | A ''kiter'' may be considered a sub-role of tank. Rather than control the boss’s aggro, they will typically be the target of a particular mechanic, though the exact requirements of the role vary greatly depending on the encounter.
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| − | ==Role Fundamentals== | |
| − | This section covers two fundamental goals that define how the previously described roles are best covered. While the two goals may seem contradictory, both must be considered when defining builds or compositions.
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| − | ===Role Specialization===
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| − | One of the biggest stumbling blocks when moving from open world to raids is the need to unlearn much of what Guild Wars 2 teaches players while leveling: That classes are built to be self-sufficient, and able to perform all three roles at once.
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| − | Team-based game modes such as raids promote role specialization (particularly in DPS players), as focusing on one particular role will be much more effective than multiple players all trying to fill multiple roles.
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| − | Put clearly - a player on a damage role is there to deal damage. Sacrificing that damage to improve personal healing or survivability lowers the effectiveness of the entire group, as the lower the damage, the longer the boss will take to kill. The longer the boss is alive, the more mechanics will occur that have the chance to cause a wipe. With Guild Wars 2’s active defense there are practically no mechanics that cannot be avoided with skill, mitigated through encounter mechanics, or out-healed by healers.
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| − | Team members must be trusted to fulfill their roles, and not plan for failure by pre-emptively covering for others' mistakes. Adjusting a build to be less specialized should be a reaction to failure rather than in anticipation of it.
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| − | This is the reason why it is often recommended to run a “meta” build. These builds are optimized to perform their roles in the most effective ways possible. In cases where builds have options to fulfill other roles as well, this will have been chosen such that it has the minimum impact on their primary role, with the maximum gain of the supplementary role.
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| − | As previously stated, of the three roles damage is the most common to focus utterly on just one role.
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| − | ===Role Compression===
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| − | Where damage is concerned, more is always better. With support, however, a build can provide more healing or boons than is necessary. Where this is the case, supports will often partially fill other roles, though their priority should always be the primary role.
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| − | A good approach to support builds (and team compositions in general) is: “As offensive as possible, as defensive as necessary”.
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| − | Tanking is almost always a “compressed” role. Many classes in Guild Wars 2 come with sufficient active defense to survive as tank (aided by healers) without the need to build for survivability at all, and so the tank role will be fulfilled by a damage or support (typically a support).
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| − | ==Group Requirements==
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| − | Aside from the specific requirements required for each encounter, there are a number of common effects that groups should seek to provide on (nearly) every encounter.
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| − | ===Essential Boons===
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| − | One of the key support aspects that every group should fulfill is providing certain essential boons. These boons are considered essential because of the huge damage increase each provides - if a class could provide just one of these boons to the group it would be worth taking instead of a DPS player even if it did literally nothing else. In practice though, most boon supports can provide multiple boons.
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| − | :{{Tooltip|Might}} - Might provides a massive damage boost to both power and condition damage builds.
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| − | :{{Tooltip|Quickness}} - Quickness speeds up (almost) all actions in the game, allowing players to get more skills into a smaller window of time. This is of huge benefit to all players.
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| − | :{{Tooltip|Alacrity}} - Lowers the cooldown of all skills. Similar to quickness, this allows more skills to be activated within a smaller window of time and is of huge benefit to all players.
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| − | :{{Tooltip|Fury}} - Increases the chance to critically hit by 20%. Almost every power build will require fury to reach 100% crit chance. In addition to the damage boost, many builds have on-crit effects that form part of their rotation and it is especially important to those builds. Even condition damage builds frequently have on-crit effects that make the boon very strong.
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| − | At the start of a raid encounter, support classes should begin providing their essential buffs as soon as possible. However, all boons will be removed from players shortly after the encounter begins (varies from encounter to encounter, but usually within three seconds). This means that players providing boons need to wait until after this boon strip occurs before they begin.
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| − | ===Additional Buffs===
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| − | ====Non-essential boons====
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| − | The above boons are essential for every damage class, and should always be provided. Some builds rely on additional boons, and these should be provided when you have such builds. Generally, some amount of these boons will be provided by the class in question, but the higher uptime the better.
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| − | :{{Tooltip|Swiftness}} - Swiftness provides a damage boost to both power Weaver and Warriors using the Discipline traitline (both core and elite specializations).
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| − | :{{Tooltip|Vigor}} - Vigor provides bonus condition damage to Mirage and increases the damage potential of both Daredevil and Mirage as their rotations involve frequent dodging.
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| − | :{{Tooltip|Resolution}} - Power guardian builds (and elite specializations) gain multiple benefits from having Resolution.
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| − | :{{Tooltip|Regeneration}} - Mesmer builds that use the Chaos traitline gain multiple benefits from having Regeneration.
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| − | In addition to the above boons, there are a few that can be very useful in the right situations. Aegis and Stability in particular are still somewhat rare, so their presence in a build can be very potent.
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| − | :{{tooltip|Aegis}} - Blocks a single incoming attack. Providing this to your subgroup allows them to ignore certain mechanics that might otherwise require a dodge, which can result in higher damage and/or less chance of death when used at the right time.
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| − | :{{tooltip|Protection}} - Reduces incoming strike damage by 33%. This is a massive boost to survivability that can easily make the difference between an attack one-shotting a player or not. {{Tooltip|Resolution}} works in a similar way against conditions, but the vast majority of damage will be strike damage.
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| − | :{{tooltip|Stability}} - Works similarly to {{tooltip|Aegis}} in that it allows for the ignoring of some mechanics. While it doesn't prevent damage, you can have multiple stacks on you at once, preventing multiple incoming control effects.
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| − | While many classes benefit from particular conditions being on the target, the only truly essential condition is {{Tooltip|Vulnerability}}. Many builds (particularly power) provide enough {{Tooltip|Vulnerability}} to keep it capped on a boss, but in the event {{Tooltip|Vulnerability}} is not capped some adjustments will be required.
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| − | Druids can provide very high vulnerability by replacing Skirmishing with Marksmanship, and using both the {{trait|Remorseless}} trait and a {{skill|Storm Spirit}} to repeatedly trigger {{trait|Opening Strike}}.
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| − | An aspect of role assignment that is often underappreciated. Around half the raid encounters feature enemies or objects that will spawn near the group and can either cause serious damage to the squad or waste the squad’s time dealing with them. Depending on the encounter the simplest solution is to use skills that [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Pull pull] enemies into the boss where they will be quickly killed by the DPS, or skills that hit targets over a large area so that enemies or objects will be defeated without the need to take focus off the boss.
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| − | :{{Skill|Temporal Curtain}} - A Chronomancer can take an offhand focus to access Temporal Curtain. The curtain itself can be placed at 900 range from the Chronomancer and activated a second time to pull up to five targets within 600 range to the centre of the curtain. Unlike other options, the pull is not restricted by line of sight, can pull to remote locations, and affects a larger AoE than most alternatives.
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| − | While the above options are strong in their own right, they can also be supplemented by additional skills. The following are worth mentioning as they are taken by support classes that many groups will already have in the group.
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| − | :{{Skill|Blazing Edge}} - Firebrand will normally take an axe for DPS or to provide {{Tooltip|Fury}}. This skill is a moderate 600 range pull on three targets.
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| − | While the above two skills are not strong on their own, they can be very effective when combined with Temporal Curtain - either by using them to pull foes closer after Temporal Curtain groups them up or by pulling additional foes that may have been missed by Temporal Curtain.
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| − | All these factors will combine to define the structure of a squad.
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| − | The vast majority of boons affect five targets. So there will need to be at least two sources to cover every player.
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| − | The examples below cover the most common options (at the time of writing). Other options may also be viable, particularly in regards to {{Tooltip|Might}} and {{Tooltip|Fury}}.
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| − | ===Quickness===
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| − | There are seven reliable sources of {{Tooltip|Quickness}} in the game - Catalysts, Chronomancers, Firebrands, Harbingers, Herald, Scrappers and Warriors (any elite specialization). Daredevil or Thief can also provide {{Tooltip|Quickness}} on raid encounters with the Detonate Plasma [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Steal#Skills_stolen_from_Raid_Encounters stolen skill] (currently [[Guide:Raid_Wing_2_-_Salvation_Pass#Matthias|Matthias]], [[Guide:Raid_Wing_3_-_Stronghold_of_the_Faithful#Keep_Construct|Keep Construct]] (from the Projections), [[Guide:Raid_Wing_4_-_Bastion_of_the_Penitent#Mursaat_Overseer|Mursaat Overseer]], and [[Guide:Raid_Wing_7_-_The_Key_of_Ahdashim#Cardinal_Adina|Adina]]).
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| − | Catalyst deals a lot of damage, and can provide more quickness by adjusting their rotation. However, their only source of {{Tooltip|Quickness}} comes from a single skill every ~11 seconds, and missing it will leave a player completely without {{Tooltip|Quickness}} until the next application.
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| − | Chronomancer brings the option for excellent pulls and is a very effective tank due to the high amount of active defense and the ability to provide boons at range, meaning that they can be further from the group. However, their damage is lower than other options and {{Tooltip|Quickness}} generation relies on constant clone generation and shattering.
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| − | Firebrand’s {{Tooltip|Quickness}} is limited to a narrow cone and a small AoE around the Firebrand, and they do not have as strong a pull as a Chronomancer. However, they do good damage with a relatively simple rotation and also apply {{Tooltip|Quickness}} frequently and instantaneously, making them very reliable.
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| − | Harbinger is similar to firebrand in that it applies shorter duration {{Tooltip|Quickness}} more frequently and so are generally a reliable source. Unfortunately they rely on staying in shroud for long durations for good uptime, and taking too much damage in this mode can kick them out early. They also have a smaller boon application radius than other options.
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| − | Herald deals good damage with a rather fast-paced rotation, and brings a huge amount of supplementary boons - including high {{tooltip|Might}} generation, which is a rarity in {{Tooltip|Quickness}} supports. More importantly, they have access to Revenant legends such as Jalis that can provide near-permanent {{tooltip|Stability}} or Ventari, that has a long-duration mobile projectile block. Finally, they can bring a staff in their off-set which gives access to {{Skill|Surge of the Mists}} - the most powerful [[Guide:What_are_CC_and_Breakbars|CC]] in the game.
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| − | Scrapper provides AoE {{Tooltip|Quickness}} around it at regular intervals, making it more reliable than Chronomancer. However, it cannot provide boons at range, and has limited additional utility outside of {{tooltip|Superspeed}}.
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| − | Any Warrior specialization can provide {{Tooltip|Quickness}} via banners and the Discipline traitline. They are average in terms of reliability, DPS and utility, but they have a key benefit in that their banners can be dropped at 600 range. Once the AoE is taken into account this means that they can hit players up to 960 units away, which is over twice what any other build can manage (except Catalyst). When you also take into account that they only need to be used once every ~25s, this allows warrior to easily provide permanent {{Tooltip|Quickness}} uptime to their subgroup while dealing with mechanics off-stack.
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| − | There are eight reliable sources of {{Tooltip|Alacrity}} in the game - Chronomancers, Mechanists, Mirages, Rangers (technically any ranger spec but Druid is most common), Renegades, Specters, Tempests and Willbenders.
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| − | Chronomancer has to run a very specific build and high boon duration in order to maintain {{Tooltip|Alacrity}}, but it can provide boons at range and brings mesmer's powerful utility skills, which can be useful in some groups.
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| − | Druid can only really be run as a healer, but brings a great variety of boons and can provide more healing at range than other options. For a DPS alacrity ranger build, Untamed can abuse {{trait|Fervent Force}} to get away with no boon duration and only two spirits, but the rotation is very difficult to pull off and provides almost no additional boons.
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| − | The utility of Mirage is limited, but it is also capable of maintaining permanent {{Tooltip|Might}} on the squad, and applies a significant amount of {{Tooltip|Confusion}} which makes it a very strong DPS in its own right on certain bosses.
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| − | Renegade has many of the same benefits as Herald, but otherwise deals low damage and provides few additional boons in comparison so other {{Tooltip|Alacrity}} options.
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| − | Tempests bring a wide variety of boons even when on DPS variants, but the necessity to complete long overloads to provide alacrity makes them struggle on encounters that may disrupt their rotation.
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| − | Willbender is the weakest option of the bunch. Its damage is average, and {{tooltip|Alacrity}} generation depends on constantly hitting the boss, making it significantly less versatile than other options. As such, it is by far the least common option used.
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| − | Given that two boon supports are already required in each subgroup, per the rule of role compression it makes sense that between them they also provide {{tooltip|Might}} and {{tooltip|Fury}}. With so many options it can be difficult to know how to cover everything - to that end, the table below covers the options along with the approximate {{tooltip|Might}}, {{tooltip|Fury}} and {{tooltip|Protection}} they offer. The goal should be to pick a pair of supports that covers all four of the essential boons. {{tooltip|Protection}} is included as it is relatively common, and always useful.
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| − | The table below shows the approximate boon uptimes each spec can provide in an ideal situation, colour-coded for convenience. In the case of {{tooltip|Might}} and {{tooltip|Fury}}, most DPS classes have some amount of self-generation so cases where the provision ''should'' be sufficient are indicated too - at the time of writing this only applies to Catalyst {{tooltip|Might}} and firebrand {{tooltip|Fury}}.
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| − | The final column shows details on which extra boons the build provides. The focus is kept on boons here, as attempting to include details on all the benefits a class might provide would quickly cause the size of the table to balloon. See the individual build pages for details like this.
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| − | * You can trade ~11 might for ~80% {{Tooltip|Protection}} by using {{skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Earth)}} instead of {{skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}} on the minor loop
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| − | | 100%
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| − | * Provides ~100% {{tooltip|Regeneration}}
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| − | * Provides ~100% {{tooltip|Swiftness}} from {{skill|Call of the Wild}}
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| − | * Can provide ~100% {{tooltip|Vigor}} if bringing {{skill|Sun Spirit}}
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| − | * Can provide on-demand {{tooltip|Aegis}} with a White Tiger, and {{tooltip|Stability}} with {{skill|Glyph of Equality}} and/or {{skill|Glyph of the Stars}}
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| − | ! Firebrand
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| − | | Quickness
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| − | |style="background: #aa2222;"| 7
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| − | |style="background: #446622;"| 80%
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| − | |style="background: #aa6622;"| 45% | |
| − | | 20% | |
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| − | * Provides ~55% {{tooltip|Resolution}} with {{skill|Mantra of Solace}}
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| − | * Has on-demand access to {{tooltip|Aegis}} and {{tooltip|Stability}} from Tomes and utility skills
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| − | |-
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| − | ! Firebrand (heal)
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| − | | Quickness
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 25
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 100%
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 100%
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| − | | 92%
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| − | * Provides ~75% {{tooltip|Resolution}} with {{skill|Mantra of Solace}}
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| − | * Has on-demand access to {{tooltip|Aegis}} and {{tooltip|Stability}} from Tomes and utility skills
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| − | * Provides ~100% {{tooltip|Vigor}}, {{tooltip|Regeneration}} and {{tooltip|Swiftness}} with {{tooltip|Chapter 3 Azure Sun}}
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| − | |-
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| − | ! Harbinger
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| − | | Quickness
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| − | |style="background: #666622;"| 12
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 100% | |
| − | |style="background: #aa2222;"| 0% | |
| − | | 20% | |
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| − | * Provides ~55% {{tooltip|Swiftness}} with {{skill|Elixir of Anguish}}
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| − | {{Collapse end}}
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| − | ! Herald
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| − | | Quickness
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| − | |style="background: #666622;"| 15
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 100%
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 100%
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| − | | 25%
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| − | * Provides ~100% {{tooltip|Swiftness}} from {{skill|Facet of Elements}}
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| − | * Can provide high {{tooltip|Stability}} uptime by taking {{skill|Legendary Dwarf Stance}}
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| − | * Can provide significantly more {{tooltip|Might}} with some build adjustments
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| − | |-
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| − | ! Mechanist
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| − | | Alacrity
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 25
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 100%
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| − | |style="background: #aa6622;"| 35%
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| − | | 50%
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| − | * Using mace brings high {{tooltip|Vigor}} uptime and some barrier
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| − | ! Mechanist (heal)
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| − | | Alacrity
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 25
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 100%
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 100%
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| − | | 100%
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| − | * Provides 100% {{tooltip|Regeneration}} and {{tooltip|Vigor}}
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| − | * Provides ~80% {{tooltip|Swiftness}} with {{skill|Infusion Bomb}}
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| − | * Has on-demand {{tooltip|Aegis}} and {{tooltip|Stability}} with {{skill|Crisis Zone}} as it isn't needed for {{tooltip|Alacrity}}
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| − | |-
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| − | ! Mirage
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| − | | Alacrity
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 25
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| − | |style="background: #666622;"| 60%
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| − | |style="background: #aa2222;"| 0%
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| − | | 17%
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| − | * {{Skill|Winds of Chaos}} randomly generate extra {{tooltip|Fury}} or {{tooltip|Might}}
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| − | * {{Skill|Chaos Storm}} provides a random amount of {{tooltip|Aegis}}, {{tooltip|Resolution}} and {{tooltip|Swiftness}}
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| − | ! Renegade
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| − | | Alacrity
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| − | |style="background: #aa2222;"| 0 | |
| − | |style="background: #aa2222;"| 0%
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| − | |style="background: #446622;"| 80% | |
| − | | 85%
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| − | * Can provide ~16 {{tooltip|Might}} by sacrificing a bit of damage so you have the energy for {{skill|Heroic Command}}
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| − | * Can provide ~55% {{tooltip|Fury}} by taking {{trait|Assassin's Presence}}, but it is DPS loss on what is already a low DPS class
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| − | |-
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| − | ! Scrapper
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| − | | Quickness
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| − | |style="background: #aa2222;"| 7
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| − | |style="background: #666622;"| 60%
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| − | |style="background: #aa6622;"| 35%
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| − | | 30%
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| − | * Provides ~100% {{tooltip|Superspeed}}
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| − | * Can provide on-demand {{tooltip|Stability}} by replacing {{skill|Shredder Gyro}} with {{skill|Bulwark Gyro}}
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| − | |-
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| − | ! Specter
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| − | | Alacrity
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| − | |style="background: #666622;"| 14
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 100%
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| − | |style="background: #aa2222;"| 0%
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| − | | 57%
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| − | * Provides ~100% {{tooltip|Swiftness}} with {{skill|Siphon}}
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| − | * Provides ~100% {{tooltip|Vigor}}
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| − | * {{skill|Well of Bounty}} provides a small amount of {{tooltip|Stability}} and {{tooltip|Resistance}}, but you need to use it off cooldown so it is unreliable
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| − | {{Collapse end}}
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| − | |-
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| − | ! Tempest
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| − | | Alacrity
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 25
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| − | |style="background: #666622;"| 0%*
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 100%
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| − | | 57%
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| − | * Does not generate {{tooltip|Fury}} but can extend it on allies
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| − | * Can provide permanent {{tooltip|Swiftness}} with {{skill|Cyclone}} and {{skill|"Eye of the Storm!"}}
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| − | * Can provide on-demand {{tooltip|Aegis}} or {{tooltip|Stability}} with {{skill|"Aftershock!"}} or {{skill|"Eye of the Storm!"}}
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| − | ! Untamed
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| − | | Alacrity
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| − | |style="background: #aa2222;"| 0
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| − | |style="background: #666622;"| 55%
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| − | |style="background: #aa2222;"| 0%
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| − | | 16%
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| − | * With some adjustments to the build it can bring a lot of {{tooltip|Might}} as well
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| − | ! Warrior
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| − | | Quickness
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| − | |style="background: #aa2222;"| 7
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 100%
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| − | |style="background: #aa2222;"| 0%
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| − | | 0%
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| − | * Spellbreaker generates an extra ~5 {{tooltip|Might}}
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| − | * Provides ~45% {{tooltip|Resistance}} and some {{tooltip|Stability}} with {{skill|Banner of Tactics}} but you need to use it off cooldown so it isn't reliable
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| − | * Can provide {{tooltip|Aegis}} and Barrier with {{skill|Banner of Defense}} but you need to use it off cooldown so it isn't reliable
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| − | |-
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| − | ! Willbender
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| − | | Alacrity
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| − | |style="background: #aa2222;"| 3
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| − | |style="background: #226622;"| 100%
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| − | |style="background: #aa2222;"| 0%
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| − | | 20%
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| − | | {{Collapse start|Click for more details}}
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| − | * Can provide on-demand {{tooltip|Aegis}} or {{tooltip|Stability}} by swapping out a utility
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| − | ===Healers===
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| − | Depending on the boss, a squad may desire multiple healers. While groups should always be aiming to have as few healers as possible, as many as necessary should be taken.
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| − | In general, you want your boon supports to be the healers, but special mention must go to Scourge - while it has low healing and provides practically no boons, it has the strongest access to [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Barrier barrier] in the game. Barrier effectively prevents the targets from taking damage and can even allow the group to survive some attacks that would otherwise instantly down players. Scourge also has access to {{Trait|Transfusion}}, which will teleport downed players to your location and begin reviving them. This enables Scourge to save a group from situations that would otherwise be a wipe.
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| − | | |
| − | | |
| − | <blockquote>
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| − | ====A note on reviving====
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| − | It is important to note that reviving players from downed state is everyone’s responsibility - letting a player die because a DPS player won’t break their rotation will result in much lower DPS overall.
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| − | | |
| − | There are a few exceptions:
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| − | *If reviving the player would get other players killed.
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| − | *The tank should not revive as they will turn the boss towards the rest of the group, making matters worse.
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| − | *Healers are well suited to reviving as healing % modifiers affect the speed of reviving. However, in cases where there is only one healer, the loss of healing on the remaining players can easily lead to more people being downed. With multiple healers, this is less risky, but you should still avoid having all healers reviving.
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| − | | |
| − | Of course, everyone should still revive as a last resort if no-one else will.
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| − | </blockquote>
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| − | | |
| − | | |
| − | <blockquote>
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| − | ====A note on buff priority====
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| − | Generally speaking, boons apply on the following priority: Subgroup -> Proximity. This means that a five-target buff will be applied to members of the subgroup within range, and if this is fewer than five, it will then be applied to the closest player regardless of subgroup. Similarly, if there are more than five targets within the subgroup in range, it will apply to the five closest players to the source of the boon.
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| − | | |
| − | Healing and condition cleansing is slightly different: a healing skill will not target a player that is at full health, nor will a condition cleanse target a player with no conditions (there are some exceptions, typically when the skill also provides a boon), and will instead apply to the highest priority target that can be healed. This means healing will “overflow” to other subgroups, though the healer’s subgroup will still receive more.</blockquote>
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| − | | |
| − | <blockquote>
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| − | ====A note on stacking====
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| − | There are very few abilities in Guild Wars 2 that target a specific character for boons or heals, most are instead applied in an AoE according to the priorities described above. This means that groups will “stack” near one another to ensure that supports can hit as many players as possible.
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| − | | |
| − | In general, melee weapons deal more damage than ranged options and so the result is that the stack will want to be in melee range where possible. Therefore, in the vast majority of encounters the tank will face the boss in one direction while everyone else stacks directly behind it. This also ensures that players take less damage, as attacks aimed at the tank usually cleave.
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| − | | |
| − | Because of this, the benefits of ranged weapons are somewhat minimized and even classes that are capable of dealing all their damage at range are still encouraged to be in melee.</blockquote>
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| − | | |
| − | ===Boon Support Pairings===
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| − | As most heal builds can easily provide {{tooltip|Might}} and {{tooltip|Fury}}, groups that run two healers don't really need to worry too much about composition beyond the basics. On many encounters this is overkill (or the group may want to run something like a heal scourge instead), so the subgroup without a healer will need to make sure that there is a good pairing.
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| − | | |
| − | To restrict the options a bit, we will only look at pairings that provide good {{tooltip|Protection}} uptime (or good barrier). This adds a safety net that will be useful for groups that are used to having two healers.
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| − | | |
| − | While Specter does not provide {{tooltip|Protection}} it does provide a good amount of Barrier, which might serve the same function. In cases where this is the only defensive buff in the group, it will be indicated with an asterisk.
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| − | <div>
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| − | <div class="row">
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| − | <div class="col">
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| − | ====Quickness Pairings====
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| − | {| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
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| − | |-
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| − | ! Quickness
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| − | ! Alacrity
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| − | |-
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| − | | Catalyst
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| − | | Tempest, Renegade, Specter
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| − | |-
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| − | | Chronomancer / Warrior
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| − | | Tempest
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| − | |-
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| − | | Firebrand
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| − | | Mechanist, Tempest
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| − | |-
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| − | | Harbinger
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| − | | Specter*, Tempest
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| − | |-
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| − | | Herald
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| − | | Mechanist, Mirage, Specter, Tempest
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| − | |-
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| − | | Scrapper
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| − | | Mechanist, Tempest
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| − | |}
| |
| | </div> | | </div> |
| | | | |
| − | <div class="col"> | + | <div class="d-flex align-items-center build-row-header great-header" id="great">Great</div> |
| − | ====Alacrity Pairings====
| + | {{#ask: |
| − | {| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
| + | [[Category:PvP Conquest builds]] |
| − | |- | + | [[Category:Great builds]] |
| − | ! Alacrity
| + | [[Is meta build::false]] |
| − | ! Quickness
| + | |?Is for elite specialization |
| − | |- | + | |?Is for profession |
| − | | Mechanist, Mirage | + | |?Has build name |
| − | | Herald, Firebrand, Scrapper | + | |?Has PvP rune |
| − | |- | + | |?Has PvP amulet |
| − | | Renegade | + | |?Has heal skill |
| − | | Catalyst | + | |?Has utilities |
| − | |- | + | |?Has elite skill |
| − | | Specter | + | |?Has legend 1 |
| − | | Catalyst*, Herald, Harbinger* | + | |?Has legend 2 |
| − | |- | + | |?Has specializations |
| − | | Tempest | + | |?Is meta build |
| − | | Anything | + | |?Is test build |
| − | |- | + | |?Is draft build |
| − | | Chronomancer, Untamed, Willbender | + | |?Has build rating |
| − | | These options are lacking in boons, so they will generally need to be paired with a healer. Alternatively, with some adjustments a Herald can likely provide enough Might. | + | |format=template |
| − | |}
| + | |format=template |
| − | </div></div></div> | + | |template=PvP build row |
| − | | + | }} |
| − | | + | <div id="incontentAd2"></div> |
| − | The tables above should suffice in the majority of cases, but there are a few classes that require specific boons to function optimally, creating further considerations:
| + | <div class="d-flex align-items-center build-row-header good-header" id="good">Good</div> |
| − | | + | {{#ask: |
| − | | + | [[Category:PvP Conquest builds]] |
| − | Mesmers running the Chaos traitline require high {{Tooltip|Regeneration}} uptime. Most healers are capable of providing this to at least their own subgroup, but in the case of single-healer setups they should be placed in the same subgroup as the healer. Heralds and Mechanists using Mace also provide a good amount of {{Tooltip|Regeneration}}.
| + | [[Category:Good builds]] |
| − | | + | [[Is meta build::false]] |
| − | Next, Dragonhunters require high {{Tooltip|Resolution}} uptime, which is best provided by other Guardians using greatswords. Hence Dragonhunters should usually be placed together or split evenly between the two subgroups if there are too many. Firebrands and power Renegades also provide a lot.
| + | |?Is for elite specialization |
| − | | + | |?Is for profession |
| − | Scrappers and hammer Spellbreakers benefit from {{tooltip|Stability}}. Though this is typically only used on-demand, Alacrity Mechanists and Specters, and Quickness Warriors generate some passively.
| + | |?Has build name |
| − | | + | |?Has PvP rune |
| − | Weavers and Warriors running Discipline - Both of these classes get a significant damage buff from {{Tooltip|Swiftness}}. Most healers can provide it, as can Catalysts, Heralds, Specters and Tempest.
| + | |?Has PvP amulet |
| − | | + | |?Has heal skill |
| − | Finally, Vindicators, Daredevils and Mirage all want {{tooltip|Vigor}}. This is typically provided by healers, but can also come from Mechanists using mace, Specters and other Vindicators.
| + | |?Has utilities |
| − | | + | |?Has elite skill |
| − | | + | |?Has legend 1 |
| − | | + | |?Has legend 2 |
| − | ==Simple Raid Builds== | + | |?Has specializations |
| − | For a selection of recommended builds for beginners, check out our [[Guide:Simple_Raid_Builds|Simple Raid Builds guide]]
| + | |?Is meta build |
| − | | + | |?Is test build |
| − | | + | |?Is draft build |
| − | ==Raid Guides== | + | |?Has build rating |
| − | Hopefully this guide has provided an understanding of the considerations that go into forming a raid team. Both this and the guides below aim to be written in such a way as to be relevant irrespective of the current balance. They provide details on the roles that are required for each encounter and together with this guide should be enough to build compositions for each encounter that work for your group.
| + | |format=template |
| − | | + | |format=template |
| − | | + | |template=PvP build row |
| − | ===[[Guide:Raid_Wing_1_-_Spirit_Vale|Raid Wing 1 - Spirit Vale]]===
| + | }} |
| − | ===[[Guide:Raid_Wing_2_-_Salvation_Pass|Raid Wing 2 - Salvation Pass]]===
| + | <div id="incontentAd3"></div> |
| − | ===[[Guide:Raid_Wing_3_-_Stronghold_of_the_Faithful|Raid Wing 3 - Stronghold of the Faithful]]===
| + | <div class="d-flex align-items-center build-row-header test-header" id="test">Test</div> |
| − | ===[[Guide:Raid_Wing_4_-_Bastion_of_the_Penitent|Raid Wing 4 - Bastion of the Penitent]]=== | + | {{#ask: |
| − | ===[[Guide:Raid_Wing_5_-_Hall_of_Chains|Raid Wing 5 - Hall of Chains]]===
| + | [[Category:PvP Conquest builds]] |
| − | ===[[Guide:Raid_Wing_6_-_Mythwright_Gambit|Raid Wing 6 - Mythwright Gambit]]===
| + | [[Category:Test builds]] |
| − | ===[[Guide:Raid_Wing_7_-_The_Key_of_Ahdashim|Raid Wing 7 - The Key of Ahdashim]]===
| + | [[Is meta build::false]] |
| | + | |?Is for elite specialization |
| | + | |?Is for profession |
| | + | |?Has build name |
| | + | |?Has PvP rune |
| | + | |?Has PvP amulet |
| | + | |?Has heal skill |
| | + | |?Has utilities |
| | + | |?Has elite skill |
| | + | |?Has legend 1 |
| | + | |?Has legend 2 |
| | + | |?Has specializations |
| | + | |?Is meta build |
| | + | |?Is test build |
| | + | |?Is draft build |
| | + | |?Has build rating |
| | + | |format=template |
| | + | |format=template |
| | + | |template=PvP build row |
| | + | |default=There are currently no test PvP builds |
| | + | }} |
| | + | <div class="d-flex align-items-center build-row-header draft-header" id="draft">Draft</div> |
| | + | {{#ask: |
| | + | [[Category:PvP Conquest builds]] |
| | + | [[Category:Draft builds]] |
| | + | [[Is meta build::false]] |
| | + | |?Is for elite specialization |
| | + | |?Is for profession |
| | + | |?Has build name |
| | + | |?Has PvP rune |
| | + | |?Has PvP amulet |
| | + | |?Has heal skill |
| | + | |?Has utilities |
| | + | |?Has elite skill |
| | + | |?Has legend 1 |
| | + | |?Has legend 2 |
| | + | |?Has specializations |
| | + | |?Is meta build |
| | + | |?Is test build |
| | + | |?Is draft build |
| | + | |?Has build rating |
| | + | |format=template |
| | + | |format=template |
| | + | |template=PvP build row |
| | + | |default=There are currently no draft PvP builds |
| | + | }} |
