Warrior - Power Bannerslave

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Overview

Power Bannerslave (also known as Banner Support or BS) is a meta defining offensive support in raids. This build provides up to 10 players with the unique damage buffs

Banner of Strength and

Banner of Discipline. It also provides

Empower Allies, strong CC, and very high burst DPS for a support build. Due to the raw power of its damage buffs one bannerslave is standard in every raid group.

This build focuses on burst damage and excels in short fights. For a condition build with higher sustained damage, see Berserker - Condi Bannerslave. For a variant with boonstrip but mediocre damage, see Spellbreaker - Power Boonstrip Bannerslave.

This guide is focused on raids. For the fractal version see Warrior - Power Bannerslave (Fractal).

Skillbar

Axe/AxeHealingUtilityElite

Mace/Mace

Weapon Variants

Greatsword

½

Greatsword Swing

Chain. Slash your foe.

Damage: 170

Vulnerability (8s): 1% Incoming Damage

Range: 130

3½

8

Hundred Blades

Repeatedly strike multiple foes. The last strike does extra damage.

₈Damage: 1,032

Final Strike Damage: 271

Number of Targets: 3

Range: 130

1

10

Whirlwind Attack

Whirl in a target's direction, slashing foes along your path.

Damage: 164

Number of Impacts: 4

Number of Targets: 3

Evade: 0.75 seconds

Combo Finisher: Whirl

Range: 450

¾

15

Bladetrail

Throw your greatsword at your foe so that it returns to you, crippling foes along the way.

Damage: 183

Cripple (4s): -50% Movement Speed

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 900

2

20

Rush

Charge and strike your foe.

Damage: 414

Range: 1,200

Greatsword can replace Mace/Mace in encounters where the CC requirement is low and you can trust your squadmates to handle CC. If running this you should take the Forceful Greatsword trait.

Variants

Utility Skills

Kick over Throw Bolas if additional CC is required, or up to personal preference (there is only a low DPS difference between the two)
If you are able to split your banners with another Warrior, take Bull's Charge and Kick along with the single banner.
- If you don't have Spotter, instead replace a banner with Signet of Fury and use Throw Bolas as your only physical. Only do this if another Warrior in your squad is taking the banner you replaced.

Elite Skills

Battle Standard provides Fury and can be used as an emergency resurrect in inexperienced groups.
Rampage provides an absurd amount of CC.

Traits

Strength:

Tactics:

Discipline:

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Axe Mastery

Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of the Thief

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Mighty +5 Agony Infusion

If running a greatsword use

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Consumables

Food

Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

Nourishment (1 h):

+100 Power+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from Kills

Consumable
- Bowl of Curry Butternut Squash Soup
  
  Bowl of Curry Butternut Squash Soup
  
  Nourishment (30 m):
  
  +100 Precision+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from Kills
  
  Consumable
  
  if you don't have Spotter.

Utility

Potent Superior Sharpening Stone

Potent Superior Sharpening Stone

Nourishment (1 h):

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

Consumable

Usage

Mace/Mace Offhand Rotation

Opening rotation:

Place Banner of Discipline and Banner of Strength
"To the Limit!" for adrenaline
Throw Axe
Throw Bolas
Eviscerate
Cyclone Axe
Throw Axe
Dual Strike
Whirling Axe
Throw Bolas
Cyclone Axe
Throw Axe
Eviscerate

From here, use your axe skills as they come off cooldown, making sure to cast Throw Bolas before using Whirling Axe to ensure Peak Performance is active for the entire channel. Fill in gaps with
Chop
¼
Chop
Chop your foe.
Damage: 252
Number of Targets: 3
Range: 130

Double Chop
Double Chop
Chop your foe twice.
Damage (2x): 538
Number of Targets: 3
Range: 130

Triple Chop
1½
Triple Chop
Deliver three final chops to your foe.
Damage (2x): 470
Final Chop Damage: 504
Number of Targets: 3
Range: 130
and be careful not to interrupt your auto-attack chain, as the damage is heavily backloaded onto the end of Triple Chop.
Swap to mace/mace if CC is required. A full adrenaline Skull Crack is your strongest CC skill, with Tremor and Pommel Bash also being CC options. When you swap back to axe/axe simply repeat the opening rotation.

Video example

Greatsword Rotation

Place Banner of Discipline and Banner of Strength
"To the Limit!" for adrenaline
Bladetrail
Weapon swap
Throw Bolas
Eviscerate
Cyclone Axe
Throw Axe
Dual Strike
Whirling Axe
Chop
¼
Chop
Chop your foe.
Damage: 252
Number of Targets: 3
Range: 130

Double Chop
Double Chop
Chop your foe twice.
Damage (2x): 538
Number of Targets: 3
Range: 130

Triple Chop
1½
Triple Chop
Deliver three final chops to your foe.
Damage (2x): 470
Final Chop Damage: 504
Number of Targets: 3
Range: 130
Throw Bolas
Eviscerate
Cyclone Axe
Throw Axe
Weapon swap
Arcing Slice
Hundred Blades
Whirlwind Attack
Bladetrail
Throw Bolas
Arcing Slice
Weapon swap
Cyclone Axe
Throw Axe
Dual Strike
Whirling Axe
Repeat from step 13

With sufficient alacrity uptime there should be almost no time for autoattacks with this rotation.
This rotation should only be used for encounters where your teammates can handle any CC required, since by taking greatsword you forfeit your CC capabilities.