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==Specializations==
 
==Specializations==
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{{Specialization|Virtues|top|top|top}}
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{{Specialization|Virtues|top|top|bot}}
 
{{Specialization|Zeal|mid|mid|bot}}
 
{{Specialization|Zeal|mid|mid|bot}}
 
{{Specialization|Willbender|mid|mid|mid}}
 
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==Equipment==
 
==Equipment==
 
Ascended gear is not required. This set uses gear similar to that of its raid variant; as such, it is excellent for general PVE.
 
Ascended gear is not required. This set uses gear similar to that of its raid variant; as such, it is excellent for general PVE.
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 +
===DPS Equipment===
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This set uses equipment similar to typical Power Willbender raid builds and is a great choice for general PVE.
 
{{PvE equipment
 
{{PvE equipment
 
| weight = Heavy
 
| weight = Heavy
 
| stats = Berserker
 
| stats = Berserker
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| rune = Superior Rune of the Scholar
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| rune = Superior Rune of the Thief
 
| rune-qt = 6
 
| rune-qt = 6
 
| weapon1 = Greatsword
 
| weapon1 = Greatsword
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| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
 
| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
 
}}
 
}}
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* {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Thief}} is much higher DPS than other rune options against bosses, however is less useful against general enemies. {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Eagle}} is a strong alternative.
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 +
===DPS Equipment===
 +
This set uses equipment similar to typical Power Willbender raid builds and is a great choice for general PVE.
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{{PvE equipment
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| weight = Heavy
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| stats = Berserker
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| rune = Superior Rune of the Thief
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| rune-qt = 6
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| weapon1 = Greatsword
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| weapon2 =
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| sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force
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| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
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| weapon3 = Sword
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| weapon4 = Focus
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| sigil3 = Superior Sigil of Force
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| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
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}}
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===Other Equipment===
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Open World allows players to be incredibly versatile with their build. If the above options aren't to your liking, you can customize your build with some of the options below. Keep in mind that the options listed below are not generally accepted in raids, fractals, or other instanced PVE which may limit the versatility or usability of your build.
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===Defense===
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* {{Tooltip|Knight}} trinkets can be used for a boost to Toughness. With a Jade Core, these provide more EHP than something like {{Tooltip|Marauder}} but the DPS loss is a bit higher.
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* {{Sigil|Energy}} can replace {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Force}}, or {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Accuracy}} if crit cap is being reached some other way. Note that this is a very significant DPS loss for this build in particular and it's better to use dodge food like {{Tooltip|Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew}} instead.
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===Budget===
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* {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Air}} is a very good budget replacement for {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Force}}.  
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* {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Eagle}} can be used in place of {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Thief}}
  
 
==Consumables==
 
==Consumables==
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:'''Food'''
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===DPS===
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When trying to maximize DPS, this build does not rely on food to cap crit, making {{Food|Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup}} the best food option for us and [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Avocado_Smoothie Avacado Smoothie] our best budget DPS food. For utility, {{Utility|Superior Sharpening Stone}} or {{Utility|Tin of Fruitcake}} are our best options, though {{Utility|Hardened Sharpening Stone}} can be used as a budget replacement.
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===Defense===
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Since we don't rely on food to crit cap, it's easy to run {{Food|Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew}} as defensive food, or {{Food|Bowl of Meat and Winter Vegetable Stew}} for a huge boost to your endurance regen. Alternatively, {{Food|Scoop of Mintberry Swirl Ice Cream}} can be used for a bit of lifesteal while gaining some small profit buffs.
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===Farming===
 
* Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
 
* Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
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* {{food|Peppermint Omnomberry Bar}} - farming
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* {{food|Peppermint Omnomberry Bar}}
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* {{food|Dragon's Breath Bun}}, {{food|Plate of Truffle Steak}} - DPS
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* {{Utility|Sharpening Skull}} (and variants)
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* {{food|Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew}} - defense
 
  
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:'''Utility'''
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Other options, such as [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Feast_of_Delectable_Birthday_Cake Birthday Cake], [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Homemade_Campfire_Treat Campfire Treats], [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Spicy_Pumpkin_Cookie Spicy Pumpkin Cookie], or other similar food is fine to use. The general goal is to prioritize the following:
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* {{Utility|Sharpening Skull}} (and variants) - farming
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# Flat % Experience, like we see on Ascended Food
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* {{utility|Tin of Fruitcake}}, {{utility|Superior Sharpening Stone}} - dps
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# % Karma Gain
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# % Magic Find
 +
# Experience from kills
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# % Gold find
  
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This assumes you are converting Karma and Spirit Shards to gold correctly. If you are not converting Karma or Spirit Shards, prioritize Magic Find.
  
 
==Usage==
 
==Usage==
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For a rotation, it is advised to simply use the raid rotation from [[Build:Willbender_-_Power_DPS|Willbender - Power DPS]].
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* Note that to play this build effectively, "Melee Attack Assist" must be turned off in the settings. This is to ensure you can enter enemy hitboxes to maximize the effectiveness of {{Skill|Whirling Wrath}} and {{Skill|Binding Blade}}.
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 +
===DPS===
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;General Advice
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* Use {{Skill|Rusing Justice}} to trigger {{Trait|Inspiring Virtue}} and {{Trait|Holy Reckoning}} / {{Trait|Restorative Virtues}}. This is our absolute top priority.
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* This build strongly benefits from increasing the total number of hits within the rotation due to Willbender's Master-Tier traits, and this is doubly true if playing in groups and using {{Trait|Restorative Virtues}}.
 +
* Maintaining high symbol uptime to increase ticking hits/damage and vuln is critical.
 +
* Using {{Skill|Whirling Wrath}} within {{Skill|Purging Flames}} helps maximize DPS, however the two will not always line up and it is never worth delaying them.
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* Stay inside the enemy hitbox for {{Skill|Whirling Wrath}} and {{Skill|Binding Blade}}.
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;Opener
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Power Willbender's opener when solo is slightly altered from its raid opener due to a lack of reliable quickness and alacrity and to optimize vuln ramp. Open on Sword/Focus.
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# Note that Rushing Justice is only mentioned once in the opener, however you should use it off-cooldown. It takes priority over every other skill.
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# {{Skill|Shield of Wrath}}
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# {{Skill|Rushing Justice}}
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# {{Skill|Sword of Justice}}
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# {{Skill|Symbol of Blades}}
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# {{Skill|Ray of Justice}}
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# {{Skill|Sword of Justice}}
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# Weapon Swap
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# {{Skill|Symbol of Resolution}}
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# {{Skill|Purging Flames}}
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# {{Skill|Whirling Wrath}}
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# {{Skill|Sword of Justice}}
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# Fill with auto-attacks, {{Skill|Leap of Faith}}, {{Skill|Binding Blade}}
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# {{Skill|Whirling Wrath}}
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# {{Skill|Symbol of Resolution}}
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# Weapon Swap
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;Priority
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After the opener above, the rotation boils down into a very simple priority. You should weapon swap off cooldown, but if a skill listed below is about to come off cooldown, delay the weapon swap. Note that {{Skill|Rushing Justice}} takes priority over every other skill.
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* On Sword, prioritize {{Skill|Ray of Justice}} {{to}} {{Skill|Symbol of Blades}} {{to}} {{Skill|Zealot's Defense}}. Fill with auto-attacks.
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* On Greatsword, prioritize {{Skill|Symbol of Resolution}} {{to}} {{Skill|Whirling Wrath}}. Fill with auto-attacks, {{Skill|Leap of Faith}}, or {{Skill|Binding Blade}}.
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* Use {{Skill|Purging Flames}} and {{Skill|Sword of Justice}} off cooldown. Prioritize them over other filler skills.
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===Defense===
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* {{Skill|Crashing Courage}} is an incredible defensive tool that also helps proc {{Trait|Inspiring Virtue}}. If using {{Trait|Indomitable Courage}} it also breaks stun and grants us and our allies {{Tooltip|Stability}}.
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* {{Skill|Shelter}} and {{Skill|Renewed Focus}} provide long-duration blocks that can further be chained with {{Skill|Crashing Courage}} for a very strong defensive skill chain to allow cooldowns to reset.
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===Sustain===
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* {{Skill|Litany of Wrath}} is an incredibly powerful heal but has a bit of a learning curve. When using this skill, it is imperative that you continue to DPS; treat this ability like an invulnerability window.
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* {{Skill|Flowing Resolve}} can be a substantial heal, even in glass DPS gear.
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 +
===Zerging===
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* Equipping a Staff with a {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Fire}} can provide significant ranged AOE coverage. Keep your Greatsword for bosses or static mob packs.
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* Taking {{Skill|"Stand Your Ground!"}} over {{Skill|Purging Flames}} is amazing for a reliable stunbreak, though {{Trait|Indomitable Courage}} does this as well.  
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===CC===
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* {{Skill|Heaven's Palm}} is one of the strongest CC skills in the game
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* {{Skill|Binding Blade}}

Revision as of 22:08, 28 July 2023

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: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required: End of Dragons builds

Difficulty:
Normal
This build was last updated on July 28, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Power Willbender is a hyper-mobile, burst strike DPS that applies considerable vulnerability vulnerability and grants itself capped might might and fury fury while also maintaining some quickness quickness


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Skill Bar

Greatsword
Sword/Focus
Utility


Specializations


Equipment

Ascended gear is not required. This set uses gear similar to that of its raid variant; as such, it is excellent for general PVE.

DPS Equipment

This set uses equipment similar to typical Power Willbender raid builds and is a great choice for general PVE.

Head
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Chest
Berserker
Hands
Berserker
Legs
Berserker
Feet
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Greatsword
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Sword
Berserker
Focus
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6


DPS Equipment

This set uses equipment similar to typical Power Willbender raid builds and is a great choice for general PVE.

Head
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Chest
Berserker
Hands
Berserker
Legs
Berserker
Feet
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Greatsword
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Sword
Berserker
Focus
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6


Other Equipment

Open World allows players to be incredibly versatile with their build. If the above options aren't to your liking, you can customize your build with some of the options below. Keep in mind that the options listed below are not generally accepted in raids, fractals, or other instanced PVE which may limit the versatility or usability of your build.

Defense

  • Knight Knight trinkets can be used for a boost to Toughness. With a Jade Core, these provide more EHP than something like Marauder Marauder but the DPS loss is a bit higher.
  • Sigil of Energy can replace Sigil of Superior Sigil of Force, or Sigil of Superior Sigil of Accuracy if crit cap is being reached some other way. Note that this is a very significant DPS loss for this build in particular and it's better to use dodge food like 24px Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew instead.

Budget

  • Sigil of Superior Sigil of Air is a very good budget replacement for Sigil of Superior Sigil of Force.
  • Rune of Superior Rune of the Eagle can be used in place of Rune of Superior Rune of the Thief

Consumables

DPS

When trying to maximize DPS, this build does not rely on food to cap crit, making the best food option for us and Avacado Smoothie our best budget DPS food. For utility, or are our best options, though can be used as a budget replacement.

Defense

Since we don't rely on food to crit cap, it's easy to run as defensive food, or for a huge boost to your endurance regen. Alternatively, can be used for a bit of lifesteal while gaining some small profit buffs.

Farming

  • Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
  • (and variants)

Other options, such as Birthday Cake, Campfire Treats, Spicy Pumpkin Cookie, or other similar food is fine to use. The general goal is to prioritize the following:

  1. Flat % Experience, like we see on Ascended Food
  2. % Karma Gain
  3. % Magic Find
  4. Experience from kills
  5. % Gold find

This assumes you are converting Karma and Spirit Shards to gold correctly. If you are not converting Karma or Spirit Shards, prioritize Magic Find.

Usage

  • Note that to play this build effectively, "Melee Attack Assist" must be turned off in the settings. This is to ensure you can enter enemy hitboxes to maximize the effectiveness of Whirling Wrath and Binding Blade.

DPS

General Advice
  • Use Rusing Justice to trigger Inspiring Virtue and Holy Reckoning / Restorative Virtues. This is our absolute top priority.
  • This build strongly benefits from increasing the total number of hits within the rotation due to Willbender's Master-Tier traits, and this is doubly true if playing in groups and using Restorative Virtues.
  • Maintaining high symbol uptime to increase ticking hits/damage and vuln is critical.
  • Using Whirling Wrath within Purging Flames helps maximize DPS, however the two will not always line up and it is never worth delaying them.
  • Stay inside the enemy hitbox for Whirling Wrath and Binding Blade.
Opener

Power Willbender's opener when solo is slightly altered from its raid opener due to a lack of reliable quickness and alacrity and to optimize vuln ramp. Open on Sword/Focus.

  1. Note that Rushing Justice is only mentioned once in the opener, however you should use it off-cooldown. It takes priority over every other skill.
  2. Shield of Wrath
  3. Rushing Justice
  4. Sword of Justice
  5. Symbol of Blades
  6. Ray of Justice
  7. Sword of Justice
  8. Weapon Swap
  9. Symbol of Resolution
  10. Purging Flames
  11. Whirling Wrath
  12. Sword of Justice
  13. Fill with auto-attacks, Leap of Faith, Binding Blade
  14. Whirling Wrath
  15. Symbol of Resolution
  16. Weapon Swap
Priority

After the opener above, the rotation boils down into a very simple priority. You should weapon swap off cooldown, but if a skill listed below is about to come off cooldown, delay the weapon swap. Note that Rushing Justice takes priority over every other skill.

  • On Sword, prioritize Ray of Justice ⇒ Symbol of Blades ⇒ Zealot's Defense. Fill with auto-attacks.
  • On Greatsword, prioritize Symbol of Resolution ⇒ Whirling Wrath. Fill with auto-attacks, Leap of Faith, or Binding Blade.
  • Use Purging Flames and Sword of Justice off cooldown. Prioritize them over other filler skills.

Defense

  • Crashing Courage is an incredible defensive tool that also helps proc Inspiring Virtue. If using Indomitable Courage it also breaks stun and grants us and our allies Stability Stability.
  • Shelter and Renewed Focus provide long-duration blocks that can further be chained with Crashing Courage for a very strong defensive skill chain to allow cooldowns to reset.

Sustain

  • Litany of Wrath is an incredibly powerful heal but has a bit of a learning curve. When using this skill, it is imperative that you continue to DPS; treat this ability like an invulnerability window.
  • Flowing Resolve can be a substantial heal, even in glass DPS gear.

Zerging

  • Equipping a Staff with a Sigil of Superior Sigil of Fire can provide significant ranged AOE coverage. Keep your Greatsword for bosses or static mob packs.
  • Taking "Stand Your Ground!" over Purging Flames is amazing for a reliable stunbreak, though Indomitable Courage does this as well.

CC

  • Heaven's Palm is one of the strongest CC skills in the game
  • Binding Blade
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Ratings

This build has a rating of 5 stars based on 3 votes.
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5 stars
Blumain gave this build 5 stars • March 2024
I switched to this build coming from a DH and I can say WB is so awesome. More survivabilty and movement compared to DH without sacrificing the damage. This build has it all to survive in open world. Mobility, damage, cleansing, cc, stab, this is the best Guardian build for Open World.
4 stars
Arkevorkhat gave this build 4 stars • August 2023
Generally very solid in its category. Good solo survivability with Flowing Resolve while providing sufficient DPS to handle most normal circumstances. This won't be soloing champions in most peoples' hands, but it's a great place for the average player to be with a simple and easy to execute rotation.
5 stars
Starlitjupiter gave this build 5 stars • June 2023
Power Willbender is one of the highest DPS power builds in the game right now when played solo. Combined with excellent sustain, powerful defensive buffs, and a hyper-versatile toolkit, it is one of the strongest power builds in the game for open world right now.

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