Firebrand - Power SA

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Healing, Boon support and Crowd control

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Hard

This build was last updated on November 10, 2025 and is up to date for the October 28, 2025 patch.

Overview

A build that uses Shattered Aegis for damage while keeping the Stability and boon support of the normal Firebrand builds

Skill Bar

Spear

Mace/Shield

Utility

Variants

Weapon

• Axe provides excellent CC but at a short range

Utilities

• Mantra of Potence
• Mantra of Lore
• Wall of Reflection
• Signet of Mercy

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Specializations

Variants

• Zealous Scepter - damage increase if you aren't already capped on Might
• Furious Focus - more group damage, less personal damage

Variants

• Absolute Resolve - less damage, decent condition clear
• Indomitable Courage - less damage, more Stability

Variants

• Stoic Demeanor - with Indomitable Courage

Equipment

Head
Wanderer

Shoulders
Wanderer

Chest
Wanderer

Hands
Wanderer

Legs
Wanderer

Feet
Wanderer

Backpiece
Wanderer

Accessory
Wanderer

Accessory
Wanderer

Amulet
Wanderer

Ring
Wanderer

Ring
Wanderer

Spear
Wanderer

Sigil

Sigil

Mace
Wanderer

Shield
Wanderer

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Equipment Variants

Equipment

• Swap Wanderer to Commander for extra damage at the cost of survivability
• Diviner gear can be used for even more damage

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Vision - swap Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy

Consumables

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Usage

Quick Guide

• Power SA guard is a hybrid damage and Stability support
• Keep Stability on your group for each push by spreading out your cooldowns

Stability Skills

• "Stand Your Ground!"
• Hallowed Ground

• Watch for caught allies and use Mantra of Liberation to save them
• Use your Aegis whenever your group is in melee to proc Shattered Aegis

Aegis Skills

• Protector's Strike
• Shield of Judgment
• Mantra of Solace
• "Advance!"
• Tome of Courage

• Spike with Spear for spike damage

Spear Combo

1. Symbol of Luminance
2. Solar Storm
3. Gleaming Disc
4. Tome of Justice ⇒ Chapter 4 Scorched Aftermath
5. Helio Rush (optional)

General

• Focus on using your pages for your highest value skills: Chapter 4 Scorched Aftermath, Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke, Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand, and Epilogue Unbroken Lines

Surviving

• This build has high passive defense
• This build has no mobility skill access
• This build has high active defense

Defensive Skills

Stunbreak

• "Stand Your Ground!"
• Mantra of Liberation
• Tome of Courage + Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand

Condition Clear

• Tome of Resolve
  • Epilogue Eternal Oasis
  • Chapter 2 Radiant Recovery

• • While your active defenses are strong, they are ideally saved for your group and not used selfishly
  • "Stand Your Ground!" can be prioritized over Mantra of Liberation, but only if your entire party is in range and not stunned (or not in range of Mantra of Liberation)

Priorities

High

• Stability
• Stunbreaking aliies
• Signet of Mercy - if applicable

Moderate

• Damage

Low

• CC

Stability

• Use your Stability skills in the following priority order:

Stability priority "Stand Your Ground!" Hallowed Ground Mantra of Liberation Tome of Courage ⇒ Epilogue Unbroken Lines

• Apply Stability before allies get caught by enemy CC
  • Enemy CC is most likely to land when they spike your group, your group is moving through theirs, or your group is moving away from theirs
    • It is better to use your Stability too early than too late
• Spread your Stability application as much as you can without letting allies get caught by CC
  • Avoid overlapping multiple Stability sources on your party, both your own and other players
• The final charge of Mantra of Liberation is very powerful, but should be conserved for use when all other Stability are expended
• Tome of Courage ⇒ Epilogue Unbroken Lines is your last resort for Stability due to the high page cost
• When using Stability skills without pulsing application (everything other than Hallowed Ground) cover the application by applying other boons immediately after the cast
  • This is done because boon strips (which are the most common type of boon removal) always work on a first in, last out priority
    • This means boon strips will always remove the most recently applied boons first
    • Boon corrupts remove a random boon which this technique can still mitigate by ensuring you have as many unique boons as possible

Stunbreaking

• Mantra of Liberation is your group stunbreak, use its charges very carefully - the cooldown is too long to waste them
• Allies are most likely to be CCed at the same times they need Stability or while they are the focus target.
• Turn your camera, make use of a “Look Behind” keybind and listen to voice communications to pay attention to caught allies.

Signet of Mercy

Signet of Mercy

• Watch for low allied health bars to enable precasting (Using the skill before an ally is downed so that it finishes casting on them as soon as they do go down)
• Give yourself quickness with Mantra of Solace before beginning the cast
• Cover the cast with Stability ("Stand Your Ground!" or Mantra of Liberation only - the others are too slow)
• Make sure to communicate over voice comms. Broadcast that you are beginning, casting and finishing the rez, include the name of the person being rezzed if possible.
• If another player with a higher priority calls they are rezzing at the same time, cancel the rez (“Stow Weapon” keybind or Escape button while in a Tome skill) and communicate the fact you are cancelling.

Damage

Damage Priority

Spear

1. Mantra of Solace
2. "Advance!"
3. Symbol of Luminance
4. Solar Storm
5. Gleaming Disc
6. Tome of Justice ⇒ Chapter 4 Scorched Aftermath
7. Helio Rush

Mace/Shield

1. Protector's Strike
2. Shield of Judgment
3. Tome of Justice ⇒ Chapter 4 Scorched Aftermath
4. Symbol of Faith
5. Mantra of Solace
6. "Advance!"

• Start fights in Mace/Shield and swap into Spear to burst
• The majority of your damage comes from Shattered Aegis and Permeating Wrath
  • Whenever the enemy is in range to be hit by Shattered Aegis use one of your Aegis skills
    • Make sure to space out your casts slightly to give the aegis time to be hit by the enemy, if you overwrite Aegis with a new application you'll waste a Shattered Aegis proc

Aegis Skills

• Protector's Strike
• Shield of Judgment
• Mantra of Solace
• "Advance!"
• Tome of Courage

• Skip Symbol of Faith or Helio Rush if you aren't able to get in a good position to use them
• You can cast Solar Storm before using Gleaming Disc, but make sure you're Illuminated for the cast of Solar Storm

CC

CC Skill List Tome of Courage ⇒ Chapter 2 Daring Challenge - AoE Taunt Tome of Justice ⇒ Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke - AoE Pull Shield of Absorption - AoE Knockback

• Use your CC when:
  • Your group calls a spike such as Wells (Well of Corruption)
  • On top of enemy downs (while alive enemies are on top of them)
  • Enemy groups move defensively while your group is pushing
  • Do not use your Knockback CC at the normal time, instead use it while your group is on the defensive or before your group pushes in
• Tome of Courage ⇒ Chapter 2 Daring Challenge is generally not worth the page cost to cast

Settings

• Under General Options / User Interface check Always show squad health bars and Always show party health bars. These will make it much easier to keep track of who needs your support.
• Also under General Options / User Interface turn on Thick party health bars
  • Thick squad health bars can be used too as a matter of personal preference, but is not recommended for large numbers
• Under Squad Options uncheck View as a grid. This will allow you to keep track of your allies' boons, conditions and health, enabling a better decision-making and skill management.