Warrior - Power Bannerslave (Fractal)

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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 and . It also provides , strong CC, and very good DPS for a support build. Due to the raw power of its damage buffs one bannerslave is standard in most fractal groups.

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

Variants

Elite Skills

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

Traits

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Variants

if extra might generation is required, such as in a composition with no Druid. Take in this case.

Equipment

This gear is meant to provide the most min-maxed gear in a Fractals context.

This gear assumes you do not have access to .
This gear assumes you have trained all the Fractal Masteries, at least 150 AR and 5 stacks of the Mist Offensive Potion: stat conversion will give us at least 225 extra Precision. If you have more AR, you can replace Assassin's pieces with Berserker's.
Boots, Gloves and Shoulders all have the same stats, so it doesn't matter which one of them is assassin.

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

18x

Mighty +5 Agony Infusion

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

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

Rotation

Opening rotation:

Place and
for adrenaline

From here, use your axe skills as they come off cooldown. Fill in gaps with
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Chop
Chop your foe.
Damage: 252
Number of Targets: 3
Range: 130

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

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 .
Swap to mace/mace if CC is required. A full adrenaline is your strongest CC skill, with and also being CC options. When you swap back to axe/axe simply repeat the opening rotation.

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