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Revision as of 17:28, 6 September 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: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required: End of Dragons builds

Difficulty:
Normal
This build was last updated on September 06, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A Power DPS build for Willbender.

When running Virtues, Willbender has the advantage that it can more easily maintain Aegis Aegis than Dragonhunter and core Guardian thanks to Crashing Courage, which can be used to ensure uptime during burst phases where it might otherwise be lost.

Unfortunately, regardless of the build used, Power Willbender's damage is unimpressive, making it a rather niche pick.


Skill Bar

Sword/Focus
Greatsword
Utility


Weapon Variants

  • Offhand Sword deals slightly less damage than Focus, but could be useful if the extra mobility from Advancing Strike would be useful.
  • 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.


Skill Variants

  • Whirling Light could replace Purging Flames:
    • Purging Flames deals slightly more damage, provides a fire field and cleanses conditions, but the boss may move out of it.
    • Whirling Light has 4 whirl finishers, which will cause it to do more damage than Purging Flames if you combo with an ethereal or fire field. It can also be used while moving.
  • Bring Heaven's Palm if you need CC.


Template Code

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Specializations

  • You could run "Advance!" instead of Purging Flames for Aegis Aegis uptime.


Specialization Variants

Virtues offers a significant damage boost, but is dependent on maintaining a high uptime of Aegis Aegis and remaining above 90% health which requires skill and may not be practical on many encounters. In such an instance you can run Radiance, though in this case Dragonhunter is perhaps a more natural fit.


Equipment

Head
Assassin
Shoulders
Berserker
Chest
Assassin
Hands
Berserker
Legs
Assassin
Feet
Berserker
Backpiece
Assassin
Accessory
Assassin
Accessory
Assassin
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Assassin
Ring
Assassin
Sword
Berserker
Focus
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Greatsword
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x18
Relic
  • This setup has 2323 precision on the Sword set.


Radiance Variant

Head
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Chest
Dragon
Hands
Berserker
Legs
Dragon
Feet
Berserker
Backpiece
Dragon
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Dragon
Ring
Dragon
Ring
Dragon
Sword
Berserker
Focus
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Greatsword
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x18
Relic


Consumables

Food


Utility

    • is slightly better if you're running the Virtues variant.


Usage

Virtues Rotation

Opener

If you won't need them, you can precast Flowing Resolve and Crashing Courage to begin with stacks of Lethal Tempo. Begin on Sword/Focus.

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


Greatsword Loop

  1. Symbol of Resolution
  2. Whirling Wrath
  3. Binding Blade
  4. Leap of Faith
  5. Purging Flames
  6. Autoattack until Symbol of Resolution is available
  7. Symbol of Resolution
  8. Whirling Wrath
  9. Autoattack until Symbol of Resolution is available
  10. Symbol of Resolution
  11. Whirling Wrath
  12. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap


Sword Loop

  1. Symbol of Blades
  2. Zealot's Defense
  3. Autoattack until Symbol of Blades is available
  4. Symbol of Blades
  5. Autoattack until Zealot's Defense is available
  6. Zealot's Defense
  7. Symbol of Blades
  8. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap


Video example


Longbow Rotation

Video example


Radiance Rotation

Opener

If you won't need them, you can precast Flowing Resolve and Crashing Courage to begin with stacks of Lethal Tempo. Begin on Sword/Focus

  1. Sword of Justice
  2. Shield of Wrath
  3. Ray of Judgment
  4. Symbol of Blades
  5. Rushing Justice
  6. Zealot's Defense
  7. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap


Greatsword Loop

  1. Symbol of Resolution
  2. Whirling Wrath
  3. Binding Blade
  4. Leap of Faith
  5. Purging Flames
  6. Sword of Justice
  7. Autoattack until Symbol of Resolution is available
  8. Symbol of Resolution
  9. Whirling Wrath
  10. Autoattack until Whirling Wrath is available
  11. Whirling Wrath
  12. Symbol of Resolution
  13. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap


Sword Loop

  1. Symbol of Blades
  2. Zealot's Defense
  3. Autoattack until Rushing Justice is available
  4. Rushing Justice, Ray of Judgment and Symbol of Blades - the order can vary each loop
  5. Autoattack until Zealot's Defense is available
  6. Zealot's Defense
  7. Symbol of Blades
  8. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap


General Tips

  1. Cast Ray of Judgment and Shield of Wrath off cooldown.
  2. Cast Purging Flames off cooldown, but it is lower priority than other skills.
  3. Use extra charges of Sword of Justice to fill in gaps where you don't have time for a full auto chain - make sure not to let it reach three stacks!
  4. Use Rushing Justice off cooldown, and fill in gaps in Virtue uptime with the other two.
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Ratings

This build has a rating of 4 stars based on 3 votes.
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3 stars
Lazerwolf gave this build 3 stars • October 2024
The Radiance/Zeal variant is a noob trap and it's really inferior to the Virtues/Zeal variant. It really shouldn't be there at all.
4 stars
OfficerAndyGentleman gave this build 4 stars • May 2023
The virtues build is the star of the show here, with the ability to do amazing burst damage if it can maintain the bonuses from Unscathed Contender. Otherwise it will typically fall behind dragonhunter.
4 stars
Wolfsen gave this build 4 stars • April 2022
I run virtues over zeal and i found the build kinda stupid, you really have tons of survability while keeping decent dps because you have very few down time: you can dps constantly thanks to the fact that you never have to dodge or move. I haven't tested numbers and i know it's behind carries like weaver but it allows you to dps in most situations where your team is forced to stop dps.

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