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| designed for = WvW Roaming
 
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| focus = direct damage, sustain
 
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All 3 options are viable for the last slot of Invocation:
 
All 3 options are viable for the last slot of Invocation:
 
* {{Trait|Song of the Mists}} improves {{Tooltip|Quickness}} uptime and has synergy with {{Tooltip|Devastation}} if you're running that.
 
* {{Trait|Song of the Mists}} improves {{Tooltip|Quickness}} uptime and has synergy with {{Tooltip|Devastation}} if you're running that.
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* {{Trait|Charged Mists}} allows you to spend more energy, increasing both survivability and
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* {{Trait|Charged Mists}} allows you to spend more energy each legend swap cycle, giving you more of everything.
 
* {{Trait|Roiling Mists}} is an excellent passive damage boost that pushes you near the crit cap, and the build has permanent {{Tooltip|Fury}} uptime to go with it.
 
* {{Trait|Roiling Mists}} is an excellent passive damage boost that pushes you near the crit cap, and the build has permanent {{Tooltip|Fury}} uptime to go with it.
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===Specialization Variants===
 
===Specialization Variants===
 
Devastation over Salvation could also work. This results in far higher damage but much lower sustain, making the build a lot less forgiving to play:
 
Devastation over Salvation could also work. This results in far higher damage but much lower sustain, making the build a lot less forgiving to play:
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'''Variants'''
 
'''Variants'''
 
* {{Trait|Dance of Death}} offers better sustain.
 
* {{Trait|Dance of Death}} offers better sustain.
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* {{Trait|Aggressive Agility}} adds some {{Tooltip|Resistance}} to skills like {{Skill|Deathstrike}} and {{Skill|Unrelenting Assault}} which could counter conditions such as {{Tooltip|Weakness}}, making it harder for enemies to shut down your damage.
 
  
  
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There are plenty of other viable runes for this build, including:
 
There are plenty of other viable runes for this build, including:
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* {{Rune|Superior Rune of Fireworks}} - good stats and an even better 6th proc. The {{Tooltip|Vigor}} from this rune allows you to run {{Trait|Song of Arboreum}} for better endurance regen.
 
* {{Rune|Superior Rune of Fireworks}} - good stats and an even better 6th proc. The {{Tooltip|Vigor}} from this rune allows you to run {{Trait|Song of Arboreum}} for better endurance regen.
  
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* {{Rune|Superior Rune of Surging}} - the {{Skill|Shocking Aura}} proc from the 6th bonus works quite well with the instant cast {{Skill|Urn of Saint Viktor}} when you're under heavy pressure, easily stopping any burst attempts if the enemies didn't have {{Tooltip|Stability}}. The stats are nice too.
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* {{Rune|Superior Rune of Surging}} - the {{Skill|Shocking Aura}} proc from the 6th bonus works quite well with the instant cast {{Skill|Urn of Saint Viktor}} when you're under heavy pressure, easily stopping any burst attempts if the enemies didn't have {{Tooltip|Stability}}. The stats are nice too.-->
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'''Relics'''
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The combination of {{Relic|Relic of Evasion}} and the trait {{Trait|Song of Arboreum}} provides quite a lot of extra endurance regen which is important for various trait synergies. If you want to play a more offensive version of the build you could play with a different relic too, but in that case you should go for {{Trait|Angsiyan's Trust}} and using endurance regen food is highly recommended. Other viable relic options are:
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* {{Relic|Relic of Isgarren}} - better burst damage.
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* {{Relic|Relic of the Daredevil}} - improves the consistency of some of your harder hitting skills. Has some anti-synergy with {{Trait|Roiling Mists}} but works well with other Invocation GM traits.
  
  
 
==Consumables==
 
==Consumables==
 
'''Food'''
 
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* {{Food|Holographic Super Cake}} - extra endurance regen and the healing procs ensure effortless 100% uptime on {{Trait|Unyielding Devotion}}.
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* {{Food|Holographic Super Cake}} - extra endurance regen, and the healing procs ensure effortless 100% uptime on {{Trait|Unyielding Devotion}}.
  
 
* {{Food|Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew}} - same as the previous option but offers slightly higher damage instead of sustain. More endurance means more dodges, and dodging is a key part of the build.
 
* {{Food|Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew}} - same as the previous option but offers slightly higher damage instead of sustain. More endurance means more dodges, and dodging is a key part of the build.

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Focused on: Direct damage and Sustain

Designed for: WvW Roaming

Difficulty:
Normal

Overview

A Power damage focused Vindicator build with good sustain. It's not quite as durable as the Retribution version but the damage is higher and it's still fairly tanky. It's possible to push this build even further into the high risk, high reward territory by taking Devastation Devastation but the loss of cleansing could hurt a lot in certain matchups.


Skill Bar

Greatsword
Staff
Utility
Utility


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Specializations

Variants

All 3 options are viable for the last slot of Invocation:

  • Song of the Mists improves Quickness Quickness uptime and has synergy with Devastation Devastation if you're running that.
  • Charged Mists allows you to spend more energy each legend swap cycle, giving you more of everything.
  • Roiling Mists is an excellent passive damage boost that pushes you near the crit cap, and the build has permanent Fury Fury uptime to go with it.


Specialization Variants

Devastation over Salvation could also work. This results in far higher damage but much lower sustain, making the build a lot less forgiving to play:

Variants

  • Dance of Death offers better sustain.


Equipment

Head
Marauder
Shoulders
Marauder
Chest
Marauder
Hands
Marauder
Legs
Marauder
Feet
Marauder
Backpiece
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Greatsword
Marauder
Sigil
Sigil
Staff
Marauder
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x18
Relic

Relics

The combination of Relic of Evasion and the trait Song of Arboreum provides quite a lot of extra endurance regen which is important for various trait synergies. If you want to play a more offensive version of the build you could play with a different relic too, but in that case you should go for Angsiyan's Trust and using endurance regen food is highly recommended. Other viable relic options are:

  • Relic of Isgarren - better burst damage.
  • Relic of the Daredevil - improves the consistency of some of your harder hitting skills. Has some anti-synergy with Roiling Mists but works well with other Invocation GM traits.


Consumables

Food

  • - extra endurance regen, and the healing procs ensure effortless 100% uptime on Unyielding Devotion.
  • - same as the previous option but offers slightly higher damage instead of sustain. More endurance means more dodges, and dodging is a key part of the build.
  • - great offensive stats and extra tankiness via damage reduction.


Utility

  • or , whichever is cheaper.


Usage

To be added

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Ratings

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5 stars
Hanz gave this build 5 stars • May 2023
Personally I prefer this in 1v1s over the more bunker-ish Retribution build, but that one certainly handles outnumbered situations better and is safer for beginners. Even this version's fairly tank,y probably a bit overtuned even for how much damage it does while having a bunch of defensive CDs for every situation. I like the trait flexibility too, there are more things that can be adjusted on this one to tailor it to your playstyle.

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