Build:Spellbreaker - Support Spellbreaker (GvG)

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Focused on: Healing, Condition cleanse, Boon removal and Crowd control

Designed for: WvW GvG

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

Overview

A Spellbreaker build for WvW that brings modest healing, strong condition cleanse and incredible boon removal. They also have near constant application of some form of crowd control.

Skill Bar

Hammer

Sword/Warhorn

Utility

Variants

• "On My Mark!"
• "Shake It Off!"
• Stomp

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Specializations

Variants

• Shrug It Off
  - if party is already capped on Might
• Phalanx Strength
  - if party is already capped on Quickness
• Vigorous Shouts
  - if party is already capped on Quickness and Might

Variants

• Swapping Discipline to Defense gains great personal survivability and adrenaline gain in exchange for
  Fast Hands

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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

Hammer
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Sword
Celestial

Warhorn
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Equipment Variant

Stats

• Minstrel for more healing with
  Vigorous Shouts
• Giver for more Immobilize duration at the cost of Might and Quickness uptime

Consumables

• Spherified Peppercorn-Spiced Oyster Soup
  • Dragon's Revelry Starcake
    personal food option
• Corsair Maintenance Oil

Usage

Priorities

High

• CC
• Boon rip

Moderate

• Condition clear
• Boonshare

Low

• Supporting allies

Surviving

• This build has high passive defense
• This build has high mobility skill access
  • Savage Leap
    will leap towards your target if you have one, make sure to drop your target if you need to use it for mobility
  • Since
    Earthshaker
    has other uses, prioritize
    Savage Leap
    when repositioning defensively
• This builds has low active defenses
  • Balanced Stance
    gives Stability and makes you immune to critical hits for its duration, but is important for protecting
    Winds of Disenchantment

Expand Active defense priority Warrior's Sprint - for Immobilize Savage Leap / Earthshaker Charge - for Immobilize Balanced Stance - for stunbreaking Dodge Balanced Stance - general use

Detailed Explanations

CC

• Use your CC when:
  • Your group calls a spike:
    • Winds -
      Winds of Disenchantment
    • Wells -
      Well of Corruption
      +
      Well of Suffering
    • Shades -
      Desert Shroud
    • Traps -
      Procession of Blades
      +
      Test of Faith
  • On top of enemy downs (while alive players are on top of them)
  • Enemy groups moving defensively while your group is pushing
• Much of your boon rip comes from CC due to the synergies between
  Dispelling Force
  ,
  Superior Sigil of Absorption
  and
  Enchantment Collapse
  • Since you need to actually apply the stun/daze/knockdown to proc your trait/sigil synergies, make sure to target enemy players and watch their boon bar, only prioritizing CCing over boon rip when they run out of Stability
• Aim
  Earthshaker
  to the side of enemy groups instead of center mass to avoid damage. The AoE is large enough to still catch 5 targets.
• Full Counter
  should be used exclusively to reset the cooldown of
  Earthshaker
  • To ensure
    Full Counter
    triggers, you can briefly move into hostile enemy ground pressure.
• Make use of
  Hammer Shock
  to proc
  Leg Specialist
  when you need a CC with a range higher than your other, melee range CCs
• Be careful with the knockback of
  Staggering Blow
  , the skill is not worth casting if it will move enemies out of damage
• Flurry
  can be cancelled with a Stow Weapon keybind. Flurry applies its Immobilize instantly, and the other effects are negligible on a support build.
• Backbreaker
  is a single target CC and very slow cast, its best use is following up on a player singled out by other CC and unable to avoid it
• Your Hammer skills are generally better than the skills in Sword/Warhorn, don't be afraid to camp the weapon and wait for cooldowns if there isn't a good opportunity for any skills on the other set
  • At the same time, if you can't do anything in Hammer swap to Sword/Warhorn so your Weapon Swap will be ready after you use the skills on Sword/Warhorn
• Sword autoattacks are slightly better than Hammer due to proccing
  Leg Specialist
  on the third hit of the chain

Expand CC priority Hammer Shock - while enemies have Stability (procs Leg Specialist ) Earthshaker - only when enemies lack Stability Full Counter - only when enemies lack Stability Hammer Shock - general use Staggering Blow - only when enemies lack Stability Flurry Backbreaker - only when enemies lack Stability Sword Autoattacks - Leg Specialist

Boon rip

• Land
  Winds of Disenchantment
  on the enemy group while your group is in range to follow up with a spike
  • Communicate while casting, let your team know if it gets interrupted and whether it's available or not
  • Make sure
    Balanced Stance
    is ready every time
    Winds of Disenchantment
    is and use it immediately before starting the cast to protect it
  • It is worth casting
    Earthshaker
    and/or
    Savage Leap
    just to get into a better position for
    Winds of Disenchantment
    , even if they hit no enemies
• Break Enchantments
  is a great way to proc
  Loss Aversion
  to give you enough Adrenaline for
  Earthshaker
• Use Autoattacks to proc
  Superior Sigil of Nullification
  and
  Enchantment Collapse
  when no other useful skills are ready and you can do it safely.

Condition Clear

• Focus on clearing Immobilize since your clears are very good at doing it and you have limited clears available
  • Charge
    specifically clears Immobilize in a very large radius and should be prioritized whenever possible
• The most important time to clear Immobilize is when enemies are spiking, watch out for the following skills:
  • Winds -
    Winds of Disenchantment
  • Wells -
    Well of Corruption
    +
    Well of Suffering
    or
    Gravity Well
  • Traps -
    Procession of Blades
    +
    Test of Faith
  • Shades -
    Desert Shroud

Boonshare

• Most of your boons come passively from
  Empower Allies
  and
  Martial Cadence
• Use
  Charge
  to give Quickness when your group is spiking

Supporting allies

• Use
  Call of Valor
  just before engaging when possible, since the Barrier will last 5 seconds after application
  • If an ally in your party has
    Illusion of Life
    cast on them and does not manage to remove it before the duration times out, you can keep them alive by giving them Barrier before the 15 second duration ends

Settings

• Under General Options / User Interface check Always show squad health bars and Always show party health bars. These will make it much easier to keep track of who needs your support.
• Also under General Options / User Interface turn on Thick party health bars
  • Thick squad health bars can be used too as a matter of personal preference, but is not recommended for large numbers
• Under Squad Options uncheck View as a grid. This will allow you to keep track of your allies' boons, conditions and health, enabling a better decision-making and skill management.