Renegade - Cele Renegade (GvG)

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Focused on: Direct damage and Utility

Designed for: WvW GvG

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

Overview

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

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Shortbow

Staff

Utility

Traits

Equipment

Head
Celestial

Shoulders
Celestial

Chest
Celestial

Hands
Celestial

Legs
Celestial

Feet
Celestial

Backpiece
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Amulet
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Shortbow
Celestial

Sigil

Staff
Celestial

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Variants

Stats

Diviner stats can be used to add boon duration and damage in exchange for survivability
- Keep in mind only 78% Boon Duration is needed for permanent Alacrity uptime as long as you press
  Orders from Above
  off cooldown, assuming the boon doesn't get stripped/removed.

Sigils

Superior Sigil of Concentration
trades some boon rip for more Alacrity uptime

Consumables

Usage

General

Always try to swap legends when off cooldown to refresh energy
- Make sure to be under 10 energy when swapping legends to activate
  Charged Mists
- Vengeful Hammers
  and
  Heroic Command
  are both useful for dumping energy quickly

Priorities

High

Boon rip
Alacrity

Moderate

CC
Support

Low

Damage

Surviving

This build has high passive defense
This build has moderate mobility skill access
- Don't cast
  Surge of the Mists
  into
  Line of Warding
  or similar effects if you don't have Stability
- 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
Warding Rift
Surge of the Mists
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
, try to cast three every time you go into demon stance
Try to target players behind or inside their group, to maximize hits with
Banish Enchantment

Alacrity

Try to cast
Orders from Above
off cooldown, you may need to delay it in
Legendary Demon Stance
to boonrip instead

CC

Use CC when:
- Your group calls a spike:
  - Winds -
    Winds of Disenchantment
  - Wells -
    Well of Corruption
    +
    Well of Suffering
  - Shades -
    Desert Shroud
  - Traps -
    Procession of Blades
    +
    Test of Faith
- On top of enemy downs (while alive players are on top of them)
- Enemy groups moving defensively while your group is pushing
Only prioritize CC against enemies lacking Stability, make sure to watch enemy buff bars
Don't cast
Forced Engagement
into projectile block or reflect

CC priority

Support

Use
Heroic Command
on spikes if your group doesn't have 25 stacks of Might
Try to land
Inspiring Reinforcement
over your groups path
Cast
Rite of the Great Dwarf
just before engaging or while engaged in melee

Damage

Don't cast
Sevenshot
into projectile block or reflect
Never use
Citadel Bombardment
for damage, the cost is too high and the damage too low

Skill priority

Renegade - Cele Renegade (GvG)

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