Spellbreaker - DPS Spellbreaker

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The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great.

Focused on: Direct damage, Utility.

Designed for:

World vs World

Overview

A Spellbreaker build for WvW. Combines high personal damage, good personal survivability and extreme boonrip.

Skill Bar

First Weapon Set

GreatswordHealingUtilityElite

Hammer

Skill Variants

• Heal
  • Healing Signet strong in fights with heavy range pressure

• Utility
  • Dolyak Signet over Balanced Stance. This choice is up to personal preference; Dolyak gives more more stability and bonus toughness until used, but is weaker against boon removal.
  • "Shake It Off!" for more access to stunbreaks and AoE cleanse.
  • Endure Pain over Break Enchantments a more defensive option.
  • Berserker Stance over Featherfoot Grace for more adrenaline, good against strong range pressure.

Specializations

• 24px No Escape Less damage for a modest CC

Equipment

42px

42px

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

18x

Mighty WvW Infusion

Consumables

Food

• Loaf of Saffron Bread

  Loaf of Saffron Bread

  Nourishment (30 m):

  Incoming damage reduced by 20% while stunned, knocked down, or knocked back.-20% condition duration+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
  against condition pressure.
• Fried Oyster Sandwich

  Fried Oyster Sandwich

  Nourishment (30 m):

  +10% Damage Reduction+70 Power+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
• Bowl of Mussel Soup

  Bowl of Mussel Soup

  Nourishment (30 min):

  +10% Damage Reduction+70 Vitality+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
• Carrot Soufflé

  Carrot Soufflé

  Nourishment (60 m):

  +200 power for 30s after killing an enemy+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from kills

  Consumable
  pure damage option

Utility

• Furious Sharpening Stone

  Furious Sharpening Stone

  Nourishment (30 m):

  Gain Power equal to 3% of your PrecisionGain Ferocity equal to 3% of your Precision+10% Experience from Kills

  Consumable
• Superior Sharpening Stone

  Superior Sharpening Stone

  Nourishment (30 m):

  Gain power equal to 3% of your precisionGain power equal to 6% of your ferocity+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
  cheaper option.

Variants

Stats

• Use as much Marauder's gear as you need to survive, fill in other slots with Berserker's for a small DPS increase
• Once in full Berserker's, Assassin's may be used in some slots for a very small DPS increase, the amount of Assassin's to use will depend on your average might uptime so make use of an Effective Power calculator.

Sigils

• Superior Sigil of Energy

  9

  Superior Sigil of Energy

  Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
• Superior Sigil of Strength

  1

  Superior Sigil of Strength

  60% Chance on Critical: Gain Might (10 seconds). (Cooldown: 1s)
• Superior Sigil of Hydromancy

  9

  Superior Sigil of Hydromancy

  Damage nearby foes and chill them for 2 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
• Superior Sigil of Leeching

  9

  Superior Sigil of Leeching

  Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat steals some health. (Cooldown: 9s)

Runes

• Superior Rune of Strength

  Superior Rune of Strength

  (1): +25 Power (2): +10% Might Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 20% Might Duration (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.
  damage option.
• cheaper option than scholar.
• Superior Rune of Durability

  Superior Rune of Durability

  (1): +25 Toughness (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Toughness (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies protection and regeneration for 3 seconds and resistance for 1 second. (Cooldown: 20 seconds) (5): +100 Toughness (6): +15% Boon Duration; +125 Vitality
  defensive option with group support.
• defensive option.

Usage

General

• Coordinate Winds of Disenchantment with your team to lock down and kill enemies stuck inside.
  • Winds of Disenchantment moves with the Spellbreaker, allowing you to chase enemy groups. Be careful to stay within range of support, as you can be interrupted.
• Cast Break Enchantments as often as possible.
• 24px Full Counter resets the cooldown on your burst skills, make sure to use them before full counter.
• Versatile Rage provides 5 adrenaline, half of what is needed for a Burst skill. Swap often to maximize DPS.
• Warrior's Sprint removes Immobilize when using a movement skill - list of movement skills in the build:
  • Hammer: Earthshaker
  • Greatsword: Whirlwind Attack and Rush
• Use your utilities conservatively, once out of cooldowns you become a very easy target.
  • Dolyak Signet and Balanced Stance should be used as stunbreaks and not preemptively unless absolutely necessary.
• Be mindful of your opponent's dodges and boons: look out for Aegis and Stability when attempting to CC. Count their dodges, too; if you see an opponent dodge twice in a row with no stability it is time to unload.
• If you go to your keybinding options, you can assign a "Stow Weapon" key. If you press your stow weapon key during a long weapon animation (i.e., Hammer 4, 5) you can cancel the cast and put it on a 3 second cooldown instead of the full duration. This is excellent for baiting dodges from your enemies, as well as cancelling skills you know won't connect.

Greatsword/Hammer

• Use downed or CCed enemies as a setup for Hundred Blades. Cleaving on friendly downs to protect teammates rezzing is also useful.
• Try to use your burst skills before Hundred Blades for maximum DPS and also to refill adrenaline.
• Whirlwind Attack deals substantial damage and should NOT be used only for its mobility.
• Use Staggering Blow and Earthshaker on friendly and enemy downs to disrupt rezzes and stomps.
• Earthshaker is a Blast Finishers, try to land it on allied Combo Fields.

Videos

• YouTube:
  [rQm] Lapiy
• YouTube:
  [BoRP] Lapiy
• YouTube:
  Diablo Sinz