Willbender - Alacrity Support Power DPS

This is a test build. You may comment and rate it.

Focused on: Direct damage and Support

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on September 19, 2024.

Overview

A power boon support build that provides permanent Alacrity, permanent Fury and ~20 stacks of Might.

Unfortunately, this build is reliant on being able to hit a target to generate Alacrity. It also relies on Virtues to do competitive damage, thus it must maintain high health and Aegis uptime on itself for Unscathed Contender. This makes Alacrity Willbender is a rather niche pick.

Skill Bar

Sword/Focus

Greatsword

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Players that own Secrets of the Obscure can run Longbow instead of Sword/Focus, this is a small DPS loss but has better ranged potential.
• For players that own Janthir Wilds, Spear is higher damage than Sword/Focus, but as a relatively slow weapon this makes Alacrity much tighter.

Skill Variants

• Bring Heaven's Palm if you need CC.

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Specializations

• It is worth running Restorative Virtues if using Spear, though this cuts into your Might generation significantly.

Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Assassin

Chest
Assassin

Hands
Assassin

Legs
Assassin

Feet
Assassin

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Assassin

Ring
Assassin

Ring
Assassin

Sword
Berserker

Focus
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

• If using a different setup you should aim for ~2320 precision (assuming Sigil of Superior Sigil of Accuracy).

Consumables

Food

• or ascended versions

Utility

Usage

Rotation

Opener

If you won't need it, you can precast Crashing Courage. Begin on Sword/Focus.

1. Flowing Resolve
2. Sword of Justice
3. Shield of Wrath
4. Ray of Judgment
5. Symbol of Blades
6. Weapon Swap

Greatsword Loop

1. Symbol of Resolution
2. Whirling Wrath
3. Leap of Faith
4. Binding Blade
5. Autoattack until Whirling Wrath is nearly available
6. Sword of Justice
7. Flowing Resolve, or Crashing Courage if Flowing Resolve is not available
8. Flash Combo
9. Whirling Wrath
10. Symbol of Resolution
11. Weapon Swap

Sword Loop

1. Symbol of Blades
2. Rushing Justice
3. Sword of Wrath ⇒ Sword Arc ⇒ Sword Wave x3
4. Sword of Justice
5. Ray of Judgment
6. Flowing Resolve, or Crashing Courage if Flowing Resolve is not available
7. Symbol of Blades
8. Zealot's Defense
9. Rushing Justice
10. Weapon Swap
11. Return to start of Greatsword Loop

Video example

Sword/Sword Rotation

Video example

Spear Rotation

Due to the slow-hitting nature of Spear, it is recommended that you run Restorative Virtues and follow the DPS rotation. Be aware you will need to throw in extra uses of Flowing Resolve to maintain Alacrity, and even then it will be tight, so you may want to take some extra boon duration as well (the most efficient way to do this is swap in Diviner stats gear).

Longbow Rotation

Video example

General Tips

1. Cast Shield of Wrath and Ray of Judgment off cooldown.
2. Use Binding Blade to fill in gaps where you don't have time for a full auto chain.
3. You can adjust where you use Sword of Justice depending on whether you want to focus on DPS or Alacrity by using it before Rushing Justice or Flowing Resolve respectively. Make sure you do not end up compromising your Alacrity uptime though!