Paragon - Support Paragon

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Healing, Condition cleanse and Crowd control

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on October 30, 2025 and is up to date for the October 28, 2025 patch.

Overview

A Paragon build for WvW that brings healing, condition cleanse, CC, and very high boon application.

Skill Bar

Staff

Sword/Warhorn

Utility

Variants

Weapons

• Sword/Warhorn ⇒ Hammer

Utilities

• "Shake It Off!" stunbreak/cleanse

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Specializations

Variants

• Warrior's Sprint if you're having trouble surviving

Variants

• Phalanx Strength if your party isn't at 25 Might

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Equipment

Head
Minstrel

Shoulders
Minstrel

Chest
Minstrel

Hands
Minstrel

Legs
Minstrel

Feet
Minstrel

Backpiece
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Amulet
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Sword
Minstrel

Warhorn
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Staff
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x17

Infusion
x1

Relic

Equipment Variant

Relic

• Relic of Mistburn - only with Phalanx Strength

Sigil

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - swap out Sigil of Superior Sigil of Fire if Adrenaline isn't an issue

Usage

Quick Guide

• Support Paragon is a healing/clease support focused on boon application
• Prioritize keeping Chant of Action active and reactivating it as often as possible
• Use Chant of Recuperation and Chant of Freedom to reduce the cooldown of all Chants and apply Quickness via Feverish Pulse
• Use your Burst skills and Weapon Swap off cooldown to maintain Motivation and proc Marching Orders + Soldier's Comfort + Martial Cadence
• Maintain Adrenaline with "We Shall Return!" and "Brace Yourselves!"
• Use "Never Surrender!" and Banner of Tactics frequently to give your party Resistance
• Heal and Condition Clear your party with Staff and Warhorn skills
• CC when your group spikes with Flurry and Snap Pull

Surviving

• This build has high passive defense
• This build has high mobility skill access
• This build has moderate active defenses

Defensive Skill List Bullet Catcher - Block Full Counter - Evade "To the Limit!" - Healing + Condition Clear Chant of Freedom - Stunbreak Valiant Leap - Movement Line Breaker - Movement Savage Leap - Movement

Priorities

High

• Battle Standard

Moderate

• Boon Support
• Heal/Cleanse Support

Low

• CC

Detailed Explanations

Battle Standard

• Battle Standard revives allies in its entire radius and finishes downed enemies in its center radius
• You should focus on using Battle Standard for reviving allies
  • If you predict allies will go down on an enemy spike you can pre-cast Battle Standard to rez them faster
• If you don't have Quickness proc Feverish Pulse if a Chant is avalible before starting the Battle Standard cast
• If your group is using voice comms it is helpful to communicate that you are casting a rez so that nobody else overlaps your cast and wastes a cooldown
• If you need to cancel Battle Standard during the cast you can use a Stow Weapon keybind or Escape
  • You should cancel the cast if someone else will land a rez first or the rez is no longer needed

Boon Support

List of Important Boon Application Skills Banner of Tactics - Resistance + Stability + Resolution "Never Surrender!" - Resistance + Regeneration + Resolution Chant of Action - Might + Fury All Chants with Feverish Pulse - Quickness Burst skills via Marching Orders + Soldier's Comfort - Protection Charge (warrior) - Quickness Call of Valor - Vigor Valiant Leap - Might + Fury Line Breaker - Protection

• Your main gamplay loop as a Paragon revolves around casting all of your Chant skills as often as possible to proc Feverish Pulse while ending on Chant of Action to maintain the pulsing Might whenever you can
  • Always try to play around the cooldown reduction on Feverish Pulse by activating Chant of Action before your other Chants
  • Hit enemies as well as allies with your skills whenever possible to gain Adrenaline for your Chants
• Your secondary priority is using your Burst skills and Weapon Swap frequently to maintain Motivation

Opening Combo

1. Chant of Action
2. Chant of Recuperation
3. Chant of Freedom
4. Chant of Action

• Try to get in combat early, before groups fully engage, by walking into unthreatening ground AoEs or ranged skills for a tick. This will let you build Adrenaline with Valiant Leap, "We Shall Return!" and "Brace Yourselves!"
• Use Banner of Tactics if your group is missing Stability before a push, or during a clash to provide Resistance and Superspeed
  • The strongest part of Banner of Tactics is the Resistance, get as much value out of it as possible
• "Never Surrender!" should be cast off cooldown for boon application rather than stunbreaking
• Valiant Leap should be used on your group frequently for Might and Fury as well as the Adrenaline it grants for hitting allies
• The condition clear from Charge (warrior) is good, but the Quickness is so valuable that unless your party already has 100% Quickness uptime Charge (warrior) should generally be used whenever your group is spiking rather than being saved for a cleanse

Heal/Cleanse Support

List of Healing skills "We Shall Return!" "Brace Yourselves!" - Barrier Chant of Recuperation Burst skills via Marching Orders + Soldier's Comfort + Martial Cadence Path to Victory Valiant Leap Line Breaker Bullet Catcher ⇒ Defiant Roar Call of Valor - Barrier

List of Condition Clear skills "We Shall Return!" Chant of Recuperation + Calming Tongue Burst skills via Marching Orders + Martial Cadence Charge (warrior) Call of Valor

• Path to Victory, Valiant Leap, Line Breaker and Bullet Catcher ⇒ Defiant Roar should all be cast on your group when clashing with the enemy to heal
• Hit the enemy group as well as your own with Line Breaker when possible to apply Weakness
  • Line Breaker has a significant aftercast animation lock, be careful with where you aim it
• Stand very slightly in front of your commander (your character model should still touch theirs) during clashes to charge Bullet Catcher
• Call of Valor gives hefty Barrier and cleanse, use it while your group is clashing with the enemy

CC

List of CC skills Snap Pull Flurry

• Use Flurry 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
• The Immobilize of Flurry is applied on the first tick of the skill, since your damage is irrelevant you should cancel the channel immediately after with a Stow Weapon keybind
• Use Snap Pull when:
  • Your group calls a spike such as Wells
  • Your group is range spiking the enemy
  • Enemy groups move defensively while your group is pushing
• Do not use Snap Pull when:
  • Your group is pushing and the enemy group is pushing
  • Your group is moving away from the enemy
  • It would pull the enemy group out of your groups spike (except for range spikes)

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.