Build:Renegade - Mallyx Renegade

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Direct damage and Utility

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

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

Overview

A support Renegade build for WvW, centered around alacrity share and boon rip. Offers permanent access to Alacrity and great group utility through Jalis and Mallyx.

Skillbar

Shortbow

Mace/Sword

Utility

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Greatsword

Template Code

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Specializations

Variants

• Aggressive Agility

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

Shortbow
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Mace
Celestial

Sword
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Variants

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Rage - provides some extra Quickness uptime for Brutality

Usage

Energy Management

It is important to swap legends as often as possible since each legend swap gives you up to 75 energy (Going from 0 -> 50 + Charged Mists). During the 10s between legend swap CDs, you have 125 energy assuming Charged Mists was procced. Because Orders from Above needs to be cast in both Mallyx and Jalis, you need two plans for each legend on how to spend energy.

Due to the cooldown of Banish Enchantment Mallyx rotations are extremely tight. Any boon rip on Alacrity, Chill or lack of Quickness can make it difficult to cast all three Banish Enchantment and swap legends on time. They can be made significantly easier but slightly less efficient by adding Heroic Command or Spiritcrush and slightly delaying the legend swap. Another option is swapping one cast of Banish Enchantment to Pain Absorption which will avoid delaying the legend swap but lose boon rip.

Mace skills - Searing Fissure and Echoing Eruption - cost only 5 energy and can be slotted in to use up the 5 energy often left over when rotating through other skills. Shackling Wave can be used in place of Spiritcrush or Heroic Command whenever you're in range to use it.

In the following recommended energy uses, any skill that is used multiple times in a single legend (Banish Enchantment/Inspiring Reinforcement) must be cast as soon as possible. Use these basic rotations as a framework to balance your energy usage, they can be adapted to your needs. For example if you needed to cast Call to Anguish to avoid damage or CC you could remove the cast of Pain Absorption from the Mallyx rotations and still spend the same amount of energy.

Mallyx Alac

• Banish Enchantmentx3 - 90 energy
• Orders from Above - 20 energy
• Heroic Command - 10 energy
  • Total 120
• Spiritcrush (optional, easier version) - 12 energy

Mallyx

• Banish Enchantmentx3 - 90 energy
• Pain Absorption - 30 energy
  • Total 120
• Heroic Command/Spiritcrush (optional, easier version) - 10/12 energy

Jalis Alac

• Inspiring Reinforcementx2 - 60 energy
• Rite of the Great Dwarf - 40 energy
• Orders from Above - 20 energy
  • Total 120

Jalis

• Inspiring Reinforcementx2 - 60 energy
• Rite of the Great Dwarf - 40 energy
• Heroic Command - 10 energy
• Spiritcrush - 12 energy
  • Total 122 energy

• Make sure to be under 10 energy when swapping legends to activate Charged Mists
  • Vengeful Hammers, Embrace the Darkness and Heroic Command are useful for dumping energy quickly if something goes wrong

Priorities

High

• Boon rip
• Alacrity

Moderate

• Support

Low

Surviving

• This build has high passive defense
• This build has moderate mobility skill access
  • Use Call to Anguish only when desperate for mobility, the energy is better spent on other things
• This builds has moderate active defenses
  • Toggle Vengeful Hammers on whenever you expect significant pressure, its upkeep is cheap
  • Rite of the Great Dwarf and Pain Absorption break stuns at the beginning of the cast, dodge or weapon stow to cancel the cast if you're in danger

Active defense priority

• Rite of the Great Dwarf/Pain Absorption - for stunbreaking
• Vengeful Hammers
• Soothing Stone - for Immobilize
• Dodge
• Rite of the Great Dwarf - general use
• Soothing Stone/Empowering Misery - general use

Detailed Explanations

Boon rip

• Banish Enchantment is your highest priority in Legendary Demon Stance, make sure to keep enough energy to cast it off CD
  • Try to target players behind or inside the enemy group, to maximize hits with Banish Enchantment
• Make sure to autoattack to proc Brutality

Alacrity

• Press Orders from Above as soon as it comes off cooldown

Support

• Prioritize aiming Inspiring Reinforcement in the direction your group is moving to, not at the enemy
  • Do hit the enemy when possible though
  • You can move slightly behind your group before casting to make it easier to land