Spellbreaker - DPS Spellbreaker

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

Focused on: Strike damage, Dps and Boon removal

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

This build was last updated on March 28, 2023 and is up to date for the May 02, 2023 game patch.

Overview

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

Skill Bar

Greatsword

Hammer

Utility

Variants

Weapons

• Hammer ⇒ Axe/Axe significantly better spike damage, but drops most CC and a lot of mobility

Utilities

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Specializations

Variant

• on Axe/Axe

Equipment

Head
Marauder

Shoulders
Marauder

Chest
Marauder

Hands
Marauder

Legs
Marauder

Feet
Marauder

Backpiece
Marauder

Accessory
Marauder

Accessory
Marauder

Amulet
Marauder

Ring
Marauder

Ring
Marauder

Greatsword
Marauder

Sigil

Sigil

Hammer
Marauder

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Equipment Variants

Stats

• Feel free to use as much Berserker's gear as you can without dying

Runes

• trades off damage for survivability

Sigils

Consumables

• • feast option with additional power and ferocity.

Usage

Priorities

High

• Spike Damage

Moderate

• Sustained damage
• CC

Low

• Boon rip

Surviving

• This build has moderate passive defense
• This build has high mobility skill access
  • Use to move out after spiking
  • can be used for repositioning or gap closing
    • Drop your target if using it defensively
• This builds has low active defenses
  • gives Stability and makes you immune to critical hits for its duration, but is very important for protecting
  • If you think you're likely to completely die with no chance of being rezzed, use to survive, but if you're likely to be rezzed by an allied or , consider saving the cooldown for instead

Active defense priority

• - for stunbreaking
• - for stunbreaking
• - for Immobilize
• - for Immobilize
• Dodge
• - general use
• - general use

Detailed Explanations

Spike damage

• ⇒ ⇒
  • should be used exclusively to reset the cooldown of
  • To ensure triggers, you can briefly move into hostile enemy ground pressure.
• If your adrenaline is too low, use to activate

Sustained damage

• is situational. You stand still during channel, which means hitting CC'ed, movement impaired and downed foes is the ideal setup for this ability.
  • Making good use of is critical to maximizing damage, look for any chance to get multiple ticks off
    • Delaying your combo for is worth it in low pressure situations where proccing is not guaranteed
  • A stow weapon keybind is very useful to cancel after enemies move out of the way
• Use for single target damage even when already in melee

Skill priority

Greatsword

• - only while on cooldown
• - save to disengage

Hammer

CC

• Use your CC when:
  • Your group calls a spike:
    • Winds -
    • Wells - +
    • Shades -
    • Traps - +
  • On top of enemy downs (while alive players are on top of them)
  • Enemy groups moving defensively while your group is pushing
• Much of your boon rip comes from CC due to the synergies between , and
  • Since you need to actually apply the stun/daze/knockdown to proc your trait/sigil synergies, make sure to target enemy players and watch their boon bar, only prioritizing CCing over boon rip when they run out of Stability
• Aim to the side of enemy groups instead of center mass to avoid damage. The AoE is large enough to still catch 5 targets.
• should be used exclusively to reset the cooldown of , only use it on hammer if you will die without using it
  • To ensure triggers, you can briefly move into hostile enemy ground pressure.
• Be careful with the knockback of , the skill is not worth casting if it will move enemies out of damage
• is a single target CC and very slow cast, its best use is following up on a player singled out by other CC and unable to avoid it

CC priority

• - only when enemies lack Stability
• - only when enemies lack Stability
• - only when enemies lack Stability
• - only when enemies lack Stability

Boon rip

• Land on the enemy group while your group is in range to follow up with a spike
  • Communicate while casting, let your team know if it gets interrupted and whether it's available or not
  • Make sure is ready every time is and use it immediately before starting the cast to protect it
  • It is worth casting just to get into a better position for , even if it hits no enemies
• is a great way to proc to give you enough Adrenaline for