Build:Specter - Support Specter

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

Focused on: Healing, Condition cleanse and Boon support

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on July 18, 2025 and is up to date for the August 19, 2025 patch.

Overview

Specter fills the heal/cleanse spot of a party through interplay with Dark Aura enhancing traits, providing high barrier, good healing, good condition cleansing, and great boon support.

Skill Bar

Scepter/Pistol

Scepter/Pistol

Utility

Variants

Utility

• Blinding Powder Stun break

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Specializations

Variants

• Quick Pockets

Equipment

Head
Minstrel

Shoulders
Minstrel

Chest
Minstrel

Hands
Minstrel

Legs
Minstrel

Feet
Minstrel

Backpiece
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Amulet
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Scepter
Minstrel

Pistol
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Scepter
Minstrel

Pistol
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Consumables

• • Alternative

Usage

General

• As soon as you get the 25 stacks of Sigil of Superior Sigil of Life, swap to the Scepter/Pistol without it
  • Otherwise avoid swapping weapons

Overall Priorities

High

• Barrier/Healing

Moderate

• Boon Application
• Condition Cleanse

Low

• CC

Surviving

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

Active defense priority

• Blinding Powder - for Stunbreaking
• Dodge
• Enter Shadow Shroud

Detailed Explanations

Barrier/Healing

• Prioritize using Siphon on allies.
  • Every time you Siphon, you heal nearby allies, cleanse conditions from them, grant boons, and create a pulsing dark field that grants protection.
    • If your group is single targeting, you can Siphon a marked target to remove their stability without putting yourself out of position.
• All of your initiative should be spent on Shadow Sap. Always prioritize using this skill on dark fields so you (and your allies) gain dark aura.
  • Everytime you gain dark aura, nearby allies are healed and lose 1 condition. This build prioritizes blasting your own dark fields in order to take full advantage of dark aura application.
• Use Grasping Shadows in your dark fields to double up on cleansing and healing.
• Use Dawn's Repose in your dark fields to double up on barrier and grant additional healing and cleansing.
• Though Well of Silence dazes foes on its initial strike, its priority is to cleanse conditions and provide a Dark Field for blasting.

Boon Application

• Use Well of Bounty whenever your party is lacking Stability
  • Ideally also use it in a location your party will stay for multiple ticks, not while your group is moving
• Mind Shock is a good source of small stability and also grants aegis on a short cooldown.

CC

• Shadowfall will CC opponents three times with the caveat that you must position yourself adjacent to the enemy. Be careful not to place yourself directly into an enemy stack.

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.