Build:Bladesworn - Power Shoutsworn

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Direct damage, Mobility and Sustain

Designed for: PvP Conquest

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on August 24, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

This Bladesworn PvP build has a bit of everything from burst damage to group support and great sustain.

Skill Bar

Axe/Warhorn

Utility

Skill Variants

Heal

• Mending - better defense against conditions. At this point you might want to take Signet of Rage as your elite as Tactical Reload loses quite a bit of value without Combat Stimulant.

Utility

Viable choices for the 3rd utility slot:

• Endure Pain - stun break and defense against burst damage.

• Balanced Stance - a stun break that adds on-demand Stability access to the build and even mititages strike damage, although not as well as Endure Pain does.

• "On My Mark!" - more shout synergy (and thus better healing/group utility), extra damage modifiers plus it's great at countering Stealth but you have to give up a stun break for it which makes the build more risky to play against CC-heavy matchups.

• Banner of Tactics - some group utility plus the Stability protects your long Dragon Trigger casts.

• Dragonspike Mine - shorter CD stun break that also resets the CD on Dragon Trigger, improving mobility and doubling as a burst CD if you can afford to use it offensively.

Elite

• Signet of Rage - better passive flow generation and the active could be used before bursts for Might stacking or as a 2nd healing skill because gaining Might heals you through various trait synergies.

• Battle Standard - best option for 2v2 and 3v3 miniseasons.

Weapons

• Pistol over Warhorn - offers more burst damage, but Dragon's Roar also has great synergy with Unshakable Mountain for barrier as it's an ammo skill with really quick recharge. Losing Warhorn makes you significantly more vulnerable to conditions though.

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Specializations

Variants

• Shrug It Off with Relic of the Trooper is worth considering against condition matchups.

Equipment

Axe

Warhorn

Sigil

Sigil

Rune

Amulet

Relic

Equipment Variants

Sigil

• Sigil of Cleansing over Sigil of Intelligence - if you're having trouble dealing with conditions and don't mind sacrificing some burst damage.

Usage

Elite specialization basics

• Warriors who spec Bladesworn lose access to weapon swapping in combat but gain access to the Gunsaber, which works a bit like an Engineer kit (F1 by default).

• Instead of Adrenaline you build Flow in combat. If you have enough Flow you gain access to Dragon Trigger (F2), which roots you in place and starts consuming Flow when used. Dragon Trigger empowers your Gunsaber skills. The more Flow you consume, the stronger the first 3 skills get. These 3 skills are the main source of your burst damage.

• While swapping in and out of Gunsaber has a 10s CD, this can sometimes be bypassed. Dragon Trigger is on a separate CD and using it puts you back into Gunsaber mode.

General

• Gunsaber isn't a very complicated weapon. 1-4 are damaging skills and 5 is for mobility/ Fury application. Skills 1-3 are ranged, 4 can be both melee and ranged. Spam them in whatever order you wish if they're not on CD.

• The 3 Dragon Trigger burst skills are:
  • Dragon Slash - Force: replaces the autoattack, melee cleave.
  • Dragon Slash - Boost: replaces skill 2, a gap closer/mobility skill with good damage. This is the most commonly used Dragon Trigger skill as it deals high damage and has the reach to hit enemies that are farther away.
  • Dragon Slash - Reach: replaces skill 3, ranged projectile attack.

• While Dragon Trigger is active, Gunsaber skill #5 turns into a ground targeted teleport. While the range is short, this could still allow you to reposition yourself in a way to hit targets who escaped to the highground or are hiding behind a pillar.

• Unyielding Dragon makes it easier to land Dragon Trigger skills by giving you Blind immunity while also making it more threatening by adding a Stun.
  • Skill #4's Aegis application could also come in clutch if your timing is good, potentially blocking a CC skill that would otherwise interrupt the channeling.

• Axe/Warhorn is more of a defensive set by comparison, but Throw Axe is an excellent finishing move against low HP targets even from range. It's quick and does high damage.

• "For Great Justice!" is both a defensive and offensive skill. You can either use it to heal/cleanse yourself and your team or boost your damage depending on the situation.

• Use Warhorn #4 on CD to maintain permanent Swiftness.

• Leg Specialist is one of the few combo pieces in the build. Once every 12 seconds the next cripple you apply from either Throw Axe or Gunsaber #3 roots the target in place for a short duration. Both of these are ranged and could be used to catch up to targets or hit them with something that does high damage like Dragon Trigger or Blooming Fire while they can't dodge.

Sustain

• Every source of Might application heals you thanks to Mending Might and Might Makes Right, turning otherwise damage focused skills like "For Great Justice!" into healing skills.

• Unshakable Mountain is a very important part of your survival kit, giving you barrier whenever you use the last charge of an ammo skill. This includes all of your shouts, Combat Stimulant, Gunsaber skills and even Throw Axe.
  • This trait heavily encourages you to spam Gunsaber skills to make sure you don't build up multiple charges. If every charge is your last one, this trait keeps the procs rolling.

• Vigorous Shouts adds not only sustain but also group healing to the build, making all of your utility skills stronger.

• Relic of the Trooper turns every shout skill into a source of condition cleansing.

• Tactical Reload gives one charge to all Bladesworn ammo skills and makes your next Dragon Trigger charge faster. It's primarily a defensive skill best used to recharge your healing skill and Gunsaber #5 for extra mobility. To get full value out of it make sure that all of your Gunsaber skills are on CD and your heal doesn't have more than 1 charge. This is especially important because of the Unshakable Mountain synergy, as going from 0 ammo to 1 will proc the barrier on the next cast, but going from 1 ammo to 2 doesn't.

• Be careful with the timing of Combat Stimulant! The charges don't stack, if you use the second one before the first heal goes off the first one won't heal you.

• Your best source of condition cleansing is also one of your only stun breaks: "Shake It Off!" so plan your CD management accordingly.
  • A lesser version of this skill could prov from Shrug It Off if you took that trait.

• Endure Pain is the best skill in the build for surviving Power based damage, even allowing you to tank some enemy burst while counter pressuring them. It's also a stun break, so if you're not under any condition pressure you might want to use this first before resorting to "Shake It Off!" later.

• Call of Valor on Warhorn provides much needed cleansing while offering useful boons and barrier for you and your team.

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