Build:Harbinger - Celestial Signet Roamer

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Focused on: Hybrid damage, Sustain and Boon removal

Designed for: WvW Roaming

Difficulty:

Easy

Overview

Boon strips, cleanses and decent damage to support smaller groups. Enough defensive capability and pressure to survive on it's own too.

Archival note: Signets of Suffering rework killed the build

Skillbar

Axe/Focus

Scepter/Dagger

Utility

Skill Variants

Utility

• Spectral Walk ⇒ Elixir of Bliss for even more condition cleanse but sacrifices a stun break.
• Spectral Walk ⇒ Elixir of Ignorance stunbreak with condition damage denial for your allies.
• Signet of Undeath ⇒ Corrosive Poison Cloud Give up life force regeneration and a ranged revive for a powerful projectile denial.

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Equipment

Head
Celestial

Shoulders
Celestial

Chest
Celestial

Hands
Celestial

Legs
Celestial

Feet
Celestial

Backpiece
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Amulet
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Axe
Celestial

Focus
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Scepter
Celestial

Dagger
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Consumables

• - For more condition damage, your main damage potential.

Equipment Variants

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Generosity - Self cleanse and a little damage boost.
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - If you need more dodges. Generally should not be necessary.

Usage

General

• Use your signet skills before going into shroud, they recharge quickly in shroud and keep their passives.
• Use shroud to pull conditions from allies via Plague Signet. You will cleanse 2 conditions every 3 seconds automatically.
• Swapping between weapons or in and out of shroud will trigger Sigil of Superior Sigil of Cleansing. Combined with Rune of Superior Rune of Antitoxin you will cleanse 4 conditions every time.
• Use your elite to buff your group in situations that require every little bit of performance.
• Use your weapon skills for boon strips, most of your damage comes from shroud.
• Use shroud 4 and 5 to lock enemies in place.

Overall Priorities

High

• Passive condition cleanse
• Boon strips
• Permanent Fury and Quickness to you and allies by being in shroud

Moderate

• CC
• Constant pressure

Low

• Revive via Signet
• Tanking by being a Sponge

Surviving

• This build relies on shroud to negate any and all conditions, make sure to use Axe 2 and focus 4 on cooldown if you need shroud energy quickly. Signet of Undeath will grant you 4% every 3 seconds too, even in shroud.
• Use your dodges only to dodge CC and high power spikes. You can tank condition spikes easily.
• Your only mobility is Shroud 3 and 4, use them wisely. If you run Spectral Walk use it to engage safely.
• Your offensive capabilities are boon strips, CC and spamming torment in shroud. You can keep this up almost constantly, do not stop unless you really have to run away.

Tips & Tricks

• Even on 0 shroud energy you can enter shroud and gain 15% energy via the Corrupted Talent passive trait.
• Use Signet of Vampirism to increase damage to a target by about 300 per hit for you and allies.