Build:Spellbreaker - Power Spellbreaker

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

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on May 26, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A Power Spellbreaker build for general open world.

This build's strengths include:

• Extremely high CC
• Good damage
• Very high innate defense

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Skill Bar

Dagger/Axe

Hammer

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Mace (Mainhand) - Extra defense and CC
• Rifle - only real valid ranged option, rarely recommended.

Specializations

Sustain

Use this variant for higher sustain. Best paired with Defiant Stance.

Sustain: Tactics

For extreme sustain, replace Defense with Tactics.

• Shrug It Off - condition cleanse

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.
This set uses gear similar to that of Build:Berserker_-_Power_DPS, making it a good option for general PVE.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Dagger
Berserker

Axe
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Hammer
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter and Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar are interchangeable.
• You can use Relic of Zakiros to trade a minor amount of damage for sustain, Relic of the Cavalier to start combat with boons, or Relic of Durability for a little extra defense.
• For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use Knight trinkets.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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Farming

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
• (and variants)

Usage

Damage

This build heavily benefits from using CC to proc Attacker's Insight. As such, CC is part of our damage rotation. It's very important to be familiar with your CC skills and to watch your stacks; if you have dropped a stack, CC skills take the highest priority.

Opener

A basic opener is as follows:

1. Fill gaps with auto-attacks.
2. Cast Bull's Charge, Signet of Rage, and "For Great Justice!" off cooldown.
3. Open on Hammer
4. "For Great Justice!"
5. Signet of Rage
6. "To the Limit!"
7. Bull's Charge
8. Earthshaker
9. Fierce Blow
10. Staggering Blow
11. Backbreaker
12. Hammer Shock
13. Earthshaker
14. "For Great Justice!"
15. Weapon Swap
16. Dual Strike
17. Whirling Axe
18. Breaching Strike
19. Disrupting Stab
20. Dual Strike
21. Breaching Strike
22. Weapon Swap

From here, a basic priority can be followed.

Priority

"For Great Justice!", Bull's Charge, and Signet of Rage should be used off cooldown. Fill cooldown gaps with auto-attacks.

Hammer

1. Fierce Blow
2. Earthshaker
3. Backbreaker
4. Staggering Blow
5. Hammer Shock

Dagger/Axe

1. Whirling Axe
2. Dual Strike
3. Breaching Strike
4. Disrupting Stab

• Only use Aura Slicer for mobility or the Leap Finisher.

Defense

• Full Counter - by far your most powerful defensive tool
• This build has many defensive skills and traits listed above to make use of. Use Warrior's high health pool and dodges to your advantage.
• Defiant Stance is an absurdly powerful defensive tool when paired with endurance regeneration to stall for cooldowns.
• Many enemies are going to be CC'd nearly permanently by this build, which is amazing for both offense and defense.

CC

The skills listed below are just the ones built into the default build. Warrior has a myriad of incredible CC options if you happen to need more.

• Full Counter
• Earthshaker
• Backbreaker
• Staggering Blow
• Hammer Shock
• Disrupting Stab
• Bull's Charge