Difference between revisions of "Willbender - DPS Alacbender"
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Revision as of 12:29, 24 March 2023
The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great
Focused on: Strike damage and Dps
Designed for: WvW Zerg
Expansions required: 
Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on March 24, 2023 and is up to date for the February 11, 2025 patch.
Overview
A build designed for massive AoE DPS, with great access to spike damage, ground AoE, ranged pressure and 
Alacrity.
Skill Bar
Greatsword
Scepter/Torch
Utility
Variants
- Weapons
- Swapping Greatsword to Staff is better if you have low melee uptime
- Skills
Template Code
[&DQEqOhA+GykDAQAA/hIAAEgBAACKEgAANwEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=]
Specializations
Template Code
[&DQEqOi4lQRYDAQAANgEAAEgBAADYGgAANwEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=]
Equipment
Head
Marauder
Shoulders
Marauder
Chest
Marauder
Hands
Marauder
Legs
Marauder
Feet
Marauder
Backpiece
Marauder
Accessory
Marauder
Accessory
Marauder
Amulet
Marauder
Ring
Marauder
Ring
Marauder
Greatsword
Marauder
Sigil
Sigil
Scepter
Marauder
Torch
Marauder
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x18
Equipment Variants
- Stats
- Use
Berserker stats if you find you need more offensive stats
- Sigils
Consumables
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- personal food option
Usage
Overall Priorities
- High
- Moderate
- Spike damage
- Sustained damage
- Low
- Single target
Surviving
- This build has moderate passive defense
- This build has high mobility skill access
- This builds has moderate active defenses
- Beware of unblockable CCs () when using
- Standing briefly still while channeling can sometimes be better than moving straight back to your group
- Use when pushing if your firebrand's
Stability is on cooldown - Because resets your virtues, you should use them before casting if they are not on cooldown.
- Beware of unblockable CCs () when using
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Detailed Explanations
Alacrity
- Use before casting your Symbol skills or to give your group alacrity
- Be careful not to double tap or the second charge will be wasted
Spike damage
- Use to add damage to melee spikes and protect your other casts with
Aegis and Stability
- If you don't need the extra boons use before the spike instead
- Use a Stow Weapon keybind on at ~3/4ths of the cast to avoid unnessecary after cast
- Make sure to practice the timing, since cancelling early will waste the cast and put it on a short cooldown
- Melee Spike example: / ⇒ ⇒ ⇒
Sustained damage
- When using ground AoEs like Symbol skills or , try to place them so that one edge is on the enemy group and the other edge is in the direction they are moving to
- Camp Greatsword as long as you can autoattack safely with it, until is ready
- Use your Symbol skills quickly after swapping weapons so that the cooldowns will line up for future swaps
- Combine your Symbol skills with other damage to generate higher spikes
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- Try to hit your own group with as well if you can, but prioritize hitting enemies
- Maintain by activating and
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Single Target
- Use to follow up on other CC or to catch targets as enemies disengage
- If you have a chance to use on an isolated target without projectile block, take it
Ratings
Comments
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