Build:Spellbreaker - Power Spellbreaker

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: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World, Open World General and [[|]]

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on April 30, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Power Spellbreaker is a very strong open world solo build with a low skill floor and a very high skill ceiling thanks to the nature of Full Counter. It can be built many different ways, from DPS to sustain tank, and can even bring support for allies in group events.

Meta Rating

Power Spellbreaker is a fantastic solo build and is rated meta for this purpose. For zerg farming, other builds will outperform it, though it still holds its own in a lot of popular farms.

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Skill Bar

Dagger/Axe

Hammer

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Mace (Mainhand) - Extra defense and CC
• Shield - Extra defense and CC

Skill Variants

Heal Skills

• Mending - Condition clear at the cost of adrenaline
• Defiant Stance - extremely strong counter-pressure heal

Utilities

• Signet of Stamina - more dodges.
• Kick (warrior utility) - alternative to Bull's Charge
• Dolyak Signet - stability and damage reduction
• "Shake It Off!" - best condition clear and stunbreak
• Signet of Might - high DPS option
• Endure Pain - immortality for a few seconds
• Banner of Discipline - boost ally damage; great for zergs
• Banner of Strength - boost ally damage; great for zergs
• Banner of Defense - boost ally defense; good for zergs
• Banner of Tactics - boost ally defense; good in zergs
  • If taking banners, consider taking Doubled Standards

Elite Skills

• Battle Standard - ally rez + boon support
• Winds of Disenchantment - projectile hate

Specializations

• Heightened Focus - combined with Sigil of Superior Sigil of Celerity and Dual Strike, provides permanent Quickness
• Sun and Moon Style - use if taking daggers
• Brave Stride - nearly permanent Stability uptime
• Guard Counter - grants significant protection uptime
• Slow Counter - if not running a dagger
• Burst Mastery - if not running an axe
• Might Makes Right - provides extremely high sustain when combined with Magebane Tether
• Berserker's Power - high DPS without relying on CC, better if using Greatsword or Axe/Axe.

Tactics Variant

For a massive boost to sustain, replace Defense with Tactics.

Discipline Variant

If running banners for a zerg, consider swapping to Berserker's Power and using this variant instead.

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

Variant Equipment

Gear

• Knight - defensive trinkets

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Air, Sigil of Superior Sigil of Accuracy - budget dps
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - strong defense sigil
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Draining - use with mace for an increase to sustain

Runes

• Rune of Superior Rune of Infiltration, Rune of Superior Rune of Strength - budget dps
• Rune of Superior Rune of Durability, Rune of Superior Rune of Vampirism - Defense

Consumables

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
• - farming
• , - DPS
• - defense

Utility

• (and variants) - farming
• , - dps

Usage

Damage

• Use off cooldown: Signet of Rage, "For Great Justice!", Breaching Strike (or any current Burst skill at 2 bars)
• This build focuses on using Disables to proc Aggressive Onslaught. Space out Disables to maintain high Quickness uptime.
  • Disables to focus on are: Earthshaker, Backbreaker, Bull's Charge, Disrupting Stab.
• You also should focus on maintaining Weakness when possible. Weakness not only provides you a damage bonus through Cull the Weak but also provides you with great personal defenses against non-defiant foes. Your primary sources of Weakness are Fierce Blow and your Burst Skills.
  • Note, however, that Skelk Venom ( https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Skale_Venom_%28consumable%29 ) is a consumable which will greatly assist in Weakness application at practically no cost.

Defense

• Full Counter is a really powerful defensive skill, try to use it instead of dodging whenever possible.
  • Note that Full Counter reduces the damage of attacks to 0 rather than actually blocking them. This is relevant if trying not to get hit by an attack (e.g. for specific achievements).
• Mace/Shield has several blocks and CC
• Remember to always dodge and sidestep attacks if possible (except when baiting Full Counter).

Sustain

• If using Might Makes Right, granting might to yourself will provide healing and endurance regeneration.
• If using Tactics, Shouts provide extra healing.
• If using Daggers, Sun and Moon Style provides very high health per second.

Crowd Control

• Skull Crack
• Pommel Bash
• Shield Bash/Tremor
• Kick (warrior utility)
• Stomp
• Seriously just hit any button on this build and you're probably going to CC something.

Video Examples

• Avatar of Balthazar Solo with an old version of this build