Warrior - Power Bannerslave (Fractal)

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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, Banners, CC.

Designed for:

Fractals

Overview

Power Bannerslave (also known as Banner Support or BS) is a meta defining offensive support that provides its party 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 fractal group.

For a variant that sacrifices some damage for the ability to strip boons, see Spellbreaker - Power Boonstrip Bannerslave (Fractal).

This guide is focused on fractals. For the raid version see Warrior - Power Bannerslave.

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 Rampage is enough to cover 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)

Elite Skills

• Battle Standard provides Fury and can be used as an emergency resurrect in inexperienced groups.

Traits

Variants

• Phalanx Strength if extra might generation is required, such as in a composition with no Druid.

Equipment

This gear assumes you are getting 225 precision from having 150 AR and a Mist Offensive Potion with the Fractal Attunement mastery. If you have more AR, you can replace Assassin's pieces with Berserker's.

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Superior Rune of the Scholar

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Mighty +5 Agony Infusion

If running a greatsword use

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Variants

• or slaying potions when applicable.

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:

1. Place Banner of Discipline and Banner of Strength
2. "To the Limit!" for adrenaline
3. Throw Axe
4. Throw Bolas
5. Eviscerate
6. Cyclone Axe
7. Throw Axe
8. Dual Strike
9. Whirling Axe
10. Throw Bolas
11. Cyclone Axe
12. Throw Axe
13. 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

1. Place Banner of Discipline and Banner of Strength
2. "To the Limit!" for adrenaline
3. Bladetrail
4. Weapon swap
5. Throw Bolas
6. Eviscerate
7. Cyclone Axe
8. Throw Axe
9. Dual Strike
10. Whirling Axe
11. 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
12. Throw Bolas
13. Eviscerate
14. Cyclone Axe
15. Throw Axe
16. Weapon swap
17. Arcing Slice
18. Hundred Blades
19. Whirlwind Attack
20. Bladetrail
21. Throw Bolas
22. Arcing Slice
23. Weapon swap
24. Cyclone Axe
25. Throw Axe
26. Dual Strike
27. Whirling Axe
28. 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.

Video example