Difference between revisions of "Herald - Power Herald"
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| − | A power {{Tooltip|Herald}} build for open world. Herald shines as a boon dps, providing their allies and themselves with permanent boons, most notably permanent | + | A power {{Tooltip|Herald}} build for open world. Herald shines as a boon dps, providing their allies and themselves with permanent boons, most notably permanent {{Tooltip|Fury}} and {{Tooltip|Quickness}}, and {{Tooltip|Might}} (25 permanent for self, and about 12 for allies). It deals decent damage and has some innate sustain, but it lacks condition removal and requires the player to be constantly swapping legends to regenerate energy. |
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===Weapon Variants=== | ===Weapon Variants=== | ||
| − | * If you don't have access to [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Weaponmaster_Training Weaponmaster Training] with Secrets of the Obscure you will not be able to wield a {{Tooltip|Greatsword}}, use mainhand and offhand {{Tooltip|sword}} | + | * If you don't have access to [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Weaponmaster_Training Weaponmaster Training] with Secrets of the Obscure you will not be able to wield a {{Tooltip|Greatsword}}, use mainhand and offhand {{Tooltip|sword|swords}} instead. |
* {{Tooltip|Staff}} is taken mainly for the defiance damage of {{Skill|Surge of the Mists}}. Only swap to staff when you need to break a defiance bar quickly, and return to your other weapon set as soon as possible. | * {{Tooltip|Staff}} is taken mainly for the defiance damage of {{Skill|Surge of the Mists}}. Only swap to staff when you need to break a defiance bar quickly, and return to your other weapon set as soon as possible. | ||
* {{Tooltip|Hammer}} - ranged AoE; use this in place of {{Tooltip|Staff}} if you require ranged damage. | * {{Tooltip|Hammer}} - ranged AoE; use this in place of {{Tooltip|Staff}} if you require ranged damage. | ||
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{{Specialization|Invocation|mid|bot|bot}} | {{Specialization|Invocation|mid|bot|bot}} | ||
{{Specialization|Devastation|mid|mid|mid}} | {{Specialization|Devastation|mid|mid|mid}} | ||
| − | {{Specialization|Herald|mid| | + | {{Specialization|Herald|mid|top|top}} |
===Variants=== | ===Variants=== | ||
* {{Trait|Cleansing Channel}} - condition cleanse. | * {{Trait|Cleansing Channel}} - condition cleanse. | ||
* {{Trait|Dance of Death}} - sustain. | * {{Trait|Dance of Death}} - sustain. | ||
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* {{Trait|Forceful Persistence}} - when playing in groups and someone else is already providing permanent {{Tooltip|Quickness}}. | * {{Trait|Forceful Persistence}} - when playing in groups and someone else is already providing permanent {{Tooltip|Quickness}}. | ||
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The facet can be consumed for an additional effect. On Glint, it increases the duration of existing boons on yourself and nearby allies by 2 seconds. On Shiro, it removes 2 boons from nearby enemies. On Jalis, it provides Stability. | The facet can be consumed for an additional effect. On Glint, it increases the duration of existing boons on yourself and nearby allies by 2 seconds. On Shiro, it removes 2 boons from nearby enemies. On Jalis, it provides Stability. | ||
| − | + | ===Quickness and Facets=== | |
| + | The key to this build is to maintain permanent {{Tooltip|Quickness}} from {{Trait|Elevated Compassion}} by having an upkeep cost of 6 or higher. When channelling Glint, the best combination for this is {{Skill|Facet of Nature}}, {{Skill|Facet of Darkness}}, and {{Skill|Facet of Strength}}. | ||
| + | * In {{Skill|Legendary Assassin Stance}}, maintain {{Skill|Impossible Odds}}. | ||
| + | ** If you replaced Shiro with {{Skill|Legendary Dwarf Stance}}, maintain {{Skill|Vengeful Hammers}}. | ||
| + | * In {{Skill|Legendary Dragon Stance}}: | ||
| + | ** Always maintain {{Skill|Facet of Darkness}} for {{Tooltip|Fury}} which also activates {{Trait|Incensed Response}}. Only consume it if you need the stun break. | ||
| + | ** Maintain {{Skill|Facet of Strength}} for {{Tooltip|Might}} generation. In short fights, it can be consumed for a small damage buff. | ||
| + | ** Maintain {{Skill|Facet of Nature}}. Its passive effects are decent. It can be consumed in Glint to save energy in Shiro, but then you will need to activate other Facets when you return to Glint to maintain an upkeep cost of 6 or more. | ||
| + | ** {{Skill|Facet of Light}} is not worth maintaining since regeneration is extremely weak in dps gear. Only maintain it if Facet of Nature is on cooldown and you need the upkeep cost. Only consume it when under much preassure. | ||
| + | ** {{Skill|Facet of Elements}} should be consumed off cooldown for damage unless you need the upkeep cost if Facet of Nature is on cooldown. | ||
| + | ** {{Skill|Facet of Chaos}} consumes too much energy, only use it if your other Facets are on cooldown and you need the upkeep cost. Consume it if you need crowd control. | ||
===Damage=== | ===Damage=== | ||
| − | + | * This build maintains permanent {{Tooltip|Fury}} and {{Tooltip|Quickness}} on itself and nearby allies. You will also provide about 12 {{Tooltip|Might}} to allies while you yourself will easily maintain 25 stacks due to {{Trait|Incensed Response}}. | |
| − | + | * Our main damaging weapon is {{Tooltip|Greatsword}}, use all skills except {{Skill|Imperial Guard}}, save it in case you need an emergency block. Try to not interrupt auto-attack chains. | |
| − | * This build maintains permanent | + | **If using {{Tooltip|sword|swords}}, use {{Skill|Chilling Isolation}}, {{Skill|Shackling Wave}}, and {{Skill|Deathstrike}}. |
| − | + | * Watch energy in {{Skill|Legendary Assassin Stance}}, do not consume all your energy, you want to maintain {{Skill|Impossible Odds}}. | |
| − | * | ||
| − | * If using {{ | ||
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===Defense=== | ===Defense=== | ||
| − | * {{Skill|Infuse Light}} | + | * {{Skill|Infuse Light}} converts all damage to healing, but watch its long cooldown. |
| − | * {{Skill|Facet of Chaos}} | + | * {{Skill|Facet of Chaos}} can be used for {{Tooltip|Protection}} uptime. |
| − | * Both {{Tooltip|Greatsword}} and {{Tooltip|Staff}} have | + | * Both {{Tooltip|Greatsword}} and {{Tooltip|Staff}} have channeled blocks. |
| − | * {{Trait|Dance of Death}} | + | * Consider {{Trait|Dance of Death}} for a relatively small DPS loss but a massive boost to personal sustain. |
| − | * {{Trait|Cleansing Channel}} | + | * Use {{Trait|Cleansing Channel}} if you need condition cleanse. |
| − | * {{Skill|Legendary Dwarf Stance}} | + | * {{Skill|Legendary Dwarf Stance}} can replace {{Skill|Legendary Assassin Stance}} to trade damage for more defense. |
** {{Skill|Vengeful Hammers}} provides passive damage reduction. | ** {{Skill|Vengeful Hammers}} provides passive damage reduction. | ||
** {{Skill|Inspiring Reinforcement}} provides {{Tooltip|Stability}} for yourself and allies. | ** {{Skill|Inspiring Reinforcement}} provides {{Tooltip|Stability}} for yourself and allies. | ||
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** {{Skill|Soothing Stone}} is a fantastic heal that cleanses conditions | ** {{Skill|Soothing Stone}} is a fantastic heal that cleanses conditions | ||
** {{Skill|Rite of the Great Dwarf}} breaks stun and provides significant damage reduction. | ** {{Skill|Rite of the Great Dwarf}} breaks stun and provides significant damage reduction. | ||
| − | * In rare circumstances, it may be beneficial to use {{Skill|Legendary Centaur Stance}} for {{Skill|Protective Solace}} as a powerful projectile block. This shouldn't be common, as even very powerful projectile-based attacks can often simply be dodged. | + | * In rare circumstances, it may be beneficial to use {{Skill|Legendary Centaur Stance}} for {{Skill|Protective Solace}} as a powerful projectile block. This shouldn't be common, as even very powerful projectile-based attacks can often simply be dodged, and the upkeep cost of it is massive. |
===Crowd Control=== | ===Crowd Control=== | ||
We lose a lot of damage by swapping to {{Tooltip|Staff}} for {{Skill|Surge of the Mists}}, so it should be a last resort if we absolutely need to break a bar. On encounters with a very early breakbar, opening on {{Tooltip|Staff}} with {{Skill|Legendary Assassin Stance}} and using {{Skill|Surge of the Mists}} into {{Skill|Jade Winds}} can be beneficial. | We lose a lot of damage by swapping to {{Tooltip|Staff}} for {{Skill|Surge of the Mists}}, so it should be a last resort if we absolutely need to break a bar. On encounters with a very early breakbar, opening on {{Tooltip|Staff}} with {{Skill|Legendary Assassin Stance}} and using {{Skill|Surge of the Mists}} into {{Skill|Jade Winds}} can be beneficial. | ||
* {{Skill|Facet of Chaos}} {{to}} {{Skill|Chaotic Release}} | * {{Skill|Facet of Chaos}} {{to}} {{Skill|Chaotic Release}} | ||
| − | * {{Skill|Jade Winds}} | + | * {{Skill|Jade Winds}} |
* {{Skill|Surge of the Mists}} | * {{Skill|Surge of the Mists}} | ||
Revision as of 19:19, 19 February 2025
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 and Open World General
Expansions required: 
Difficulty:
Easy
This build was last updated on February 19, 2025 and is up to date for the February 11, 2025 patch.
Overview
A power 
Herald build for open world. Herald shines as a boon dps, providing their allies and themselves with permanent boons, most notably permanent 
Fury and 
Quickness, and 
Might (25 permanent for self, and about 12 for allies). It deals decent damage and has some innate sustain, but it lacks condition removal and requires the player to be constantly swapping legends to regenerate energy.
Template Code
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Skill Bar
Greatsword
Staff
Utility
Utility
Weapon Variants
- If you don't have access to Weaponmaster Training with Secrets of the Obscure you will not be able to wield a
Greatsword, use mainhand and offhand 
swords instead. 
Staff is taken mainly for the defiance damage of . Only swap to staff when you need to break a defiance bar quickly, and return to your other weapon set as soon as possible.
Hammer - ranged AoE; use this in place of Staff if you require ranged damage.
Skill Variants
- - replaces Shiro, trading a bit of damage for defense.
Specializations
Variants
- - condition cleanse.
- - sustain.
- - when playing in groups and someone else is already providing permanent Quickness.
Equipment
Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats. The pure DPS and Boon DPS options for Power Herald use identical gear.
Head
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Chest
Berserker
Hands
Berserker
Legs
Berserker
Feet
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Greatsword
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Staff
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Relic
- and are interchangeable.
- You can use to trade a minor amount of damage for sustain, to start combat with boons, or 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.
- /
- /
Defense
Farming
- Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
- /
- (and variants)
Usage
Facet of Nature
is the profession mechanic of the herald. Activate it to consume 2 energy pips to pulse an effect depending on your channelled legend to yourself and nearby allies. On Glint, this provides +20% boon duration. On Shiro, it provides a small amount of life stealing. On Jalis, it reduces damage taken by 10%.
The facet can be consumed for an additional effect. On Glint, it increases the duration of existing boons on yourself and nearby allies by 2 seconds. On Shiro, it removes 2 boons from nearby enemies. On Jalis, it provides Stability.
Quickness and Facets
The key to this build is to maintain permanent Quickness from by having an upkeep cost of 6 or higher. When channelling Glint, the best combination for this is , , and .
- In , maintain .
- If you replaced Shiro with , maintain .
- In :
- Always maintain for Fury which also activates . Only consume it if you need the stun break.
- Maintain for Might generation. In short fights, it can be consumed for a small damage buff.
- Maintain . Its passive effects are decent. It can be consumed in Glint to save energy in Shiro, but then you will need to activate other Facets when you return to Glint to maintain an upkeep cost of 6 or more.
- is not worth maintaining since regeneration is extremely weak in dps gear. Only maintain it if Facet of Nature is on cooldown and you need the upkeep cost. Only consume it when under much preassure.
- should be consumed off cooldown for damage unless you need the upkeep cost if Facet of Nature is on cooldown.
- consumes too much energy, only use it if your other Facets are on cooldown and you need the upkeep cost. Consume it if you need crowd control.
- Always maintain for
Damage
- This build maintains permanent Fury and Quickness on itself and nearby allies. You will also provide about 12 Might to allies while you yourself will easily maintain 25 stacks due to .
- Our main damaging weapon is Greatsword, use all skills except , save it in case you need an emergency block. Try to not interrupt auto-attack chains.
- If using swords, use , , and .
- If using
- Watch energy in , do not consume all your energy, you want to maintain .
Defense
- converts all damage to healing, but watch its long cooldown.
- can be used for
Protection uptime. - Both Greatsword and Staff have channeled blocks.
- Consider for a relatively small DPS loss but a massive boost to personal sustain.
- Use if you need condition cleanse.
- can replace to trade damage for more defense.
- provides passive damage reduction.
- provides
Stability for yourself and allies. - provides heavy CC
- is a fantastic heal that cleanses conditions
- breaks stun and provides significant damage reduction.
- In rare circumstances, it may be beneficial to use for as a powerful projectile block. This shouldn't be common, as even very powerful projectile-based attacks can often simply be dodged, and the upkeep cost of it is massive.
Crowd Control
We lose a lot of damage by swapping to Staff for , so it should be a last resort if we absolutely need to break a bar. On encounters with a very early breakbar, opening on Staff with and using into can be beneficial.
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Ratings
Busty damage with amazing sustain, absolutely unkillable in open world when used at its full potential. The quickness generation with fury and might absolutely carry in small groups without having to run concentration. Whether you want to play it on sweat mode with no sustain, or easy mode with some dragon stat swap-ins and play it safer (if the amazing synergy with battle scars isn't enough for you) - this destroys the open world scene as hard as scourge. I use Greatsword w/ shortbow for extra ranged potential in the build, allows you to kite-sustain almost anything with absolute glass HP while maintaining good damage. Hardly anything competes this hard right now with an intense power boon carry.
It is impossible to overstate how absolutely broken this build is for open world right now. The only thing that can compete with it is Scourge.
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