Build:Vindicator - Retribution Greatsword Roamer

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

Focused on: Direct damage and Sustain

Designed for: WvW Roaming

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on June 29, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A Vindicator build with a healthy mix of sustain and damage for WvW Roaming.

Skill Bar

Greatsword

Sword/Sword

Utility

Utility

Skill Bar Variants

Weapons

• Staff over Sword/Sword - much better sustain and some extra CC, but we only recommend this against enemies with low sustain. Giving up the Sword set makes it way harder to win against tanky opponents, your damage might not be enough with Staff.

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Equipment

Head
Marauder

Shoulders
Marauder

Chest
Marauder

Hands
Marauder

Legs
Marauder

Feet
Marauder

Backpiece
Marauder

Accessory
Diviner

Accessory
Diviner

Amulet
Diviner

Ring
Diviner

Ring
Diviner

Greatsword
Marauder

Sigil

Sigil

Sword
Marauder

Sword
Marauder

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Equipment Variants

Stats

• Replacing all the Diviner pieces with Berserker is also a viable option if you're willing to give up sustain for more damage, or you already have a Berserker set and don't want to get Diviner. Both are fine, but right now we recommend Diviner because the build has access to plenty of strong boons and good Might stacking and Vigor + Resolution uptime is important.

Runes

• Rune of Superior Rune of Speed - higher mobility to help you build (or close) the gap between you and the enemy, decent defensive stats.

Consumables

Food

• - great stats all around and some damage mitigation.

• - this and other oyster consumables are decent (and cheap) defensive options if you can't afford the ascended feast.

• - cheap non-ascended option.

Utility

• or , whichever is cheaper.

Usage

To be added