Renegade - Ventari Renegade

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: Direct damage, Utility and Healing

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on October 20, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A support Renegade build for WvW, centered around alacrity share and Stability. Offers access to Alacrity and great group utility through Jalis and Ventari.

Skillbar

Staff

Scepter/Sword

Utility

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Axe

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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

Staff
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Scepter
Minstrel

Sword
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Variants

Gear

• You can use some Giver stats to get 100% boon duration for a slight survivability loss

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Frenzy

Usage

Energy Management

It is important to swap legends as often as possible since each legend swap gives you up to 75 energy (Going from 0 -> 50 + Charged Mists). During the 10s between legend swap CDs, you have 125 energy assuming Charged Mists was procced. Because Orders from Above needs to be cast in both Mallyx and Jalis, you need two plans for each legend on how to spend energy.

Otherworldly Bond and Mender's Rebuke - cost only 5 energy and can be slotted in to use up the 5 energy often left over when rotating through other skills. Shackling Wave, Warding Rift, Blossoming Aura and Heroic Command are interchangeable in terms of energy cost, so use whichever is best in the situation.

In the following recommended energy uses, any skill that is used multiple times in a single legend (Purifying Essence/Inspiring Reinforcement) must be cast as soon as possible. Use these basic rotations as a framework to balance your energy usage, they can be adapted to your needs. For example if you need to cast Warding Rift (10 energy) to avoid damage you could remove a cast of Natural Harmony (20 energy) and add a cast of Blossoming Aura (10 energy) to still spend the same amount of energy.

Ventari Alac

• Energy Expulsion - 35 energy
• Purifying Essencex2 - 50 energy
• Natural Harmony - 20 energy
• Orders from Above - 20 energy
  • Total 125

Ventari

• Energy Expulsion - 35 energy
• Purifying Essencex2 - 50 energy
• Natural Harmonyx3 - 20 energy
  • Total 125

Jalis Alac

• Inspiring Reinforcementx2 - 60 energy
• Rite of the Great Dwarf - 40 energy
• Orders from Above - 20 energy
  • Total 120

Jalis

• Inspiring Reinforcementx2 - 60 energy
• Rite of the Great Dwarf - 40 energy
• Heroic Command - 10 energy
• Blossoming Aura - 10 energy
  • Total 120 energy

• Make sure to be under 10 energy when swapping legends to activate Charged Mists
  • Vengeful Hammers, Protective Solace and Heroic Command are useful for dumping energy quickly if something goes wrong

Priorities

High

• Alacrity

Moderate

• Support

Surviving

• This build has high passive defense
• This build has moderate mobility skill access
  • Use Call to Anguish only when desperate for mobility, the energy is better spent on other things
• This build has moderate active defenses
  • Toggle Vengeful Hammers on whenever you expect significant pressure, its upkeep is cheap
  • Rite of the Great Dwarf breaks stuns at the beginning of the cast, dodge or weapon stow to cancel the cast if you're in danger

Active defense priority

• Rite of the Great Dwarf - for stunbreaking
• Vengeful Hammers
• Soothing Stone - for Immobilize
• Dodge
• Rite of the Great Dwarf - general use
• Soothing Stone - general use

Detailed Explanations

Alacrity

• Press Orders from Above as soon as it comes off cooldown

Support

• Prioritize aiming Inspiring Reinforcement in the direction your group is moving to, not at the enemy
  • Do hit the enemy when possible though
  • You can move slightly behind your group before casting to make it easier to land
• Spam Project Tranquility on your group as often as possible
• Always use Energy Expulsion before any utility skills in Ventari to benefit from the Empowered Bonus
  • Purifying Essence is usually the best skill to use the second Empower on