User:Rosnzn

This is a test build. You may comment and rate it.

Designed for: WvW Roaming

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

Overview

An unkillable 1v1 build with decent damage wich can adapt to more offensive or defensive variants. It can manage to survive up to 3 enemies without problems and can cycle trough defensives in order to survive for a decent amount of time even against more enemies.

Skillbar

Staff

Greatsword

Utility

Skill Variants

Weapon

You can replace greatsword, wich is a balanced weapon between offense and defense for: Mace/shield for full defensive anti projectile setup. Dagger/sword for offensive variant.

Utility

• Endure Pain over "Shake It Off!" - Against bursty non condi user endure pain may be useful

Template Code

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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

Greatsword
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Staff
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Equipment Variants

Runes

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Herald - Stronger against non-condi users

Consumables

Food

• Great boost to endurance regeneration
• Cheap variant

Usage

General

While this build does provide mid to low damage, it can manage anyone in a 1v1 and can outsustain offensive builds without breaking a sweat
Against more enemies you can also easily manage to survive and eventually kill squishy targets by kiting and running dishing out some damage while in the process. It's only weakness being boonrip and excessive constant condi pressure, but yet again you can always disengage with your movement skills and cycle block/heal/dodges to run away from bad situations.

Surviving

• This build has high passive defense
• This build has moderate mobility skill access
• This builds has high active defenses

Synergies

Relic of Rivers provide Regeneration and Alacrity on dodge, by leveraging: Might Makes Right , Building Momentum , , Last Stand , Signet of Stamina and sigil of energy that procs on weapon swap you will have access to an ungodly amount of dodges wich will provide 100% uptime of regeneration and alacrity.

You also have a lot of might enabler like: Marching Orders , Empower Allies , Forceful Greatsword , Reckless Dodge , Signet of Rage When applying might you also get heal and endurance from: Might Makes Right and Mending Might . While Adrenal Health will passively heal you as long as you hit with your burst skills.

How to do damage

Simply by cycling your damaging and defensive spells will eventually grind down your enemies while keeping you full of defensive buffs and heals, traits like Empowered and Pinnacle of Strength Pinnacle of Strength seamlessly synergize, providing a decent amount of damage, while Resilient Roll will make you ignore conditions like blind, root, chill; making it easier to land your skills
Dont use Hundred Blades unless your enemy is stunned/downed or if you are high on health and you think it will hit for at least half of its duration. Greatsword purpose is to act as gap closer/distance maker with spell numer #3 and #5, and because of its easy poke with #4 and good damage of its burst skill.

How to defend while being pressured

When being pressured you will have to cycle between your active defensive options wich will be used either to dodge damage, or to create distance from danger:

 Evades/Block
Whirlwind Attack Signet of Stamina Bullet Catcher 

Movement Skills
Valiant Leap Line Breaker Rush Line Breaker 

Damage reducer/absorb
Defiant Stance Balanced Stance 

Direct Heals
Valiant Leap Line Breaker  Path to Victory Defiant Roar 

Your goal is to cycle your defensives in way where you are always using a defensive after another. You will have to use your Evades/Block to dodge bursts, Movement Skills to create distance when in danger, spam Heals when you have received some damage and use Damage reducer/absorb when you expect a burst to be coming (while Balanced Stance provides immunity to critical hits it's better to use it as stunbreak).
Some ability like Valiant Leap Line Breaker are both heals and movement skills, use it offensively when not in danger and use them to run away from the enemies while in danger.
Permanent Alacrity will make it easier to cycle trough your skills, keep in mind to swap weapons almost every time you can in order to trigger sigil of Energy. Also never overcap your endurance while swapping weapons, remember that you can initiate a dodge and swap weapon in the middle of it.