Firebrand - Support Firebrand

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Overview

Support firebrand provides a large amount of Stability as well as powerful healing and boon support.

Skill Bar

StaffHealingUtilityElite

Axe/Shield

Weapon Variants

Mace/Shield

Brings a powerful block and boon support at the cost of CC.

Skill Variants

Heal

viable burst heal option.

Utility

Provides more personal sustain at the cost of supporting team.
AoE condition cleanse at the cost of your 1 personal defense skill
when quickness uptime is required
if projectile hate is needed
AoE ticking healing.

Elite

Personal defense

Specializations

Take

if the second guardian in a party.

Variants

If regen/protection uptime isn't an issue.

Variants

Swap Virtues to Valor for more personal sustain at the cost of tome uptime. Recommended as a second Firebrand in a party

Variants

excellent passive healing bonus, preferred option if having multiple guards using Valor as
does not stack.

Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of the Monk

18x

Healing WvW Infusion

Consumables

Variants

Stats

Nomad's can be an easier to obtain stat in place of Minstrel's but looses boon support.
Cleric's can be used to add healing power at the cost of boon support and personal sustain.

Runes

strongest boon support and defensive option with less healing
strong option for GvG

Sigils

for Stability uptime.
when confident on 25 stack uptime, Benevolence is an option when not stacking other modifiers for outgoing healing.

Food

Defensive option.
Useful feast option against condition pressure.

Utility

Support option when lacking boon duration.

Usage

General

Use
to stun break for caught allies. Part communication and an attentive eye are key here.
Use
when you are being overwhelmed with conditions. Try to use it during fights and not on regroups.
- gives area Stability to help secure stomps/resurrection or mitigate the effectiveness of an enemy CC (try to use SYG proactively, before a bomb). It is only a stun break for yourself, not your party.
is your -and your party's- panic stability and area break stun. Use it only after
is on cooldown and stability it urgently needed.
and
make up a significant part of your group healing. Try to use your dodge rolls and aegis skills not only just for personal defense but also when your group requires some healing.

Tomes

Tomes will go on full cooldown once stowed so make sure to only pull them out when you can make full use of them.
Use
on spikes and for general DPS
- Use
  
  Epilogue: Ashes of the Just
  
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  Epilogue: Ashes of the Just
  
  Recall the memory of fallen heroes, granting allies the searing blades of justice.
  
  ₃Ashes of the Just (10s): Your next strike burns with justice.
  
  Burning (3s): 393 Damage
  
  Radius: 600
  
  as often as possible for a significant group damage increase.
- On spikes pull enemies in with
  
  Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke
  
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  Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke
  
  Ignite the air around you in an expanding burst.
  
  Damage: 160 (0.45)
  
  Pull: 240
  
  Number of Targets: 5
  
  Radius: 240
  
  Range: 900
  
  then follow up with
  
  Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath
  
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  10
  
  Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath
  
  Detail the suffering in fire and blood inflicted during Vabbi's occupation.
  
  Damage: 1135 (3.2)
  
  Bleeding (2s): 44 Damage
  
  Burning (2s): 262 Damage
  
  Number of Targets: 5
  
  Pulses: 5
  
  Duration: 4 seconds
  
  Interval: 1 second
  
  Radius: 360
  
  Combo Field: Fire
  
  and
  
  Chapter 2: Igniting Burst
  
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  4
  
  Chapter 2: Igniting Burst
  
  Ignite the air around you in an expanding burst.
  
  Damage: 195 (0.55)
  
  ₂Burning (6s): 1572 Damage
  
  Weakness (4s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
  
  Number of Targets: 5
  
  Radius: 240
brings high healing and condition cleanse. As a support Firebrand, you will be fulling healing allies with only a few skills, and may sometimes have to camp the tome.
- Try to use
  
  Epilogue: Eternal Oasis
  
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  12
  
  Epilogue: Eternal Oasis
  
  Purify your allies with the waters of Amnoon and increase the healing they receive.
  
  [PvE] Eternal Oasis (8s): 33% Heal Effectiveness
  
  [PvP/WvW] Eternal Oasis (8s): 20% Heal Effectiveness
  
  Conditions Converted to Boons: 5.
  
  Number of Allied Targets: 5
  
  Range: 600
  
  before other healing skills to benefit from the increased healing.
- Chapter 4: Shining River
  
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  10
  
  Chapter 4: Shining River
  
  Release a torrent of pages describing the water cycle of the Elon River. Heal allies and grant them swiftness.
  
  [PvE] Healing: 376 (0.26)
  
  [PvP/WvW] Healing: 287 (0.26)
  
  Swiftness (5s): 33% Movement Speed
  
  Pulses: 5
  
  Combo Field: Water
  
  Radius: 360
  
  creates a Water Field - coordinate with your allies to blast it for healing.
Use
for its Stability access to fill in gaps between
- Chapter 4: Stalwart Stand
  
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  10
  
  Chapter 4: Stalwart Stand
  
  Recount the stand of Elonian loyalists against Palawa Joko, granting resistance to your allies.
  
  Resistance (1s): Conditions currently on you are ineffective; stacks duration.
  
  Number of Pulses (PvE): 4
  
  Number of Targets: 3
  
  Interval: 1 second
  
  Radius: 360
  
  Combo Field: Light
  
  Range: 1,200
  
  Breaks stun
  
  brings a very strong pulsing Resistance field, make use of it against condition pressure.
- Epilogue: Unbroken Lines
  
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  12
  
  Epilogue: Unbroken Lines
  
  Recalling the memory of heroes past, enchant nearby allies with formidable defenses.
  
  Aegis (4s): Block the next incoming attack.
  
  Protection (5s): -33% Incoming Damage.
  
  Retaliation (3s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source.
  
  Stability (5s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared or taunted.
  
  Unbroken Lines (PvE, 5s): 300 Toughness
  
  Unbroken Lines (PvP/WvW, 5s): 200 Toughness
  
  Radius: 600
  
  a modest AoE block/heal, stability and an extremely powerful AoE toughness buff.

Staff

Rotation: Engage with
, throw
and pressure with
,
and immediately after use Epilogue: Ashes of the Just then Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke to pull and catch enemies. After using tome pages
to burst heal allies, followed by other Tomes or swapping to Mace/Shield as needed by the group.

Mace/Shield

Use Mace/Shield to support your group and create heavy burst CC and healing. The autoattack provides very strong AoE healing.
Rotation: Autoattack continuously throughout the fight. When bombing the enemy in Mace, use your
to give an extremely high healing Regeneration plus AoE pressure. Then activate on your shield
for a burst heal to allies and protection, followed by
for a high damage skill and a small damage mitigation. Either when you see a downed enemy or ally, use
to push back a res/stomp attempt, either double tapping for a large burst AoE heal or channeling for projectile defense.

Axe/Shield

Use Axe/Shield for both defensive support from the shield and for offensive plays with
, an AoE pull. This combos effectively with Wells and with
, where you can pull enemies back inside of your group's ground pressure.

Firebrand - Support Firebrand

Contents

Overview

Skill Bar

Weapon Variants

Skill Variants

Specializations

Variants

Equipment

Consumables

Variants

Usage