Firebrand - Support Valorbrand
This build was last updated on March 01, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.
Overview
A PvP support Firebrand build focusing on healing, cleansing and boon sharing.
Skill Bar
Staff
Sword/Shield
Utility
Skill Variants
Weapons
- Mace over Sword - more forgiving and beginner-friendly option with increased sustain/support but lower mobility. Take on Honor. Mace is also the preferred weapon of most Guardians in 2v2 and 3v3 seasons.
Template Code
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Specializations
Equipment
Staff
Sigil
Sigil
Sword
Shield
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
Amulet
Relic
Usage
To be added
Ratings
My favourite part of this build is that it eliminates one of core guards weaknesses, the ability to run out of fuel. This build just keeps pumping out heals, cleanses and cc's and it feels better if you get used to all of the tomes, however as it is mentioned, loosing renewed focus feels pretty terrible since every other valid support has a form of invulnerability, even druid to some extent, which makes the build very punishing. The build also has much less swiftness access than the core build, making it feel very slow in comparison. Still solid, but I think for general play, core is still better.
I am in love with this build. Its focus is on team healing and it does that incredibly well. You can do damage when you need, stall, but overall its self and team sustain is top tier. Only thing I tweaked is Protector's Restoration instead of Protective Reviver in the Honor tree for a more consistent proc.
I think it's too hard to play for what it brings to the table. Core guard and support chrono are a billion times easier and produce similar results to Pianobrand played at peak performance. In this meta you get deleted without invulns and this forsakes the invuln elite for the mantra. I'm not saying it's bad, but unless it's THE strongest spec at a given time I wouldn't recommend it because it's insanely punishing to make mistakes with. The average player is better off playing other builds.
After the support mesmer nerfs this might just be the new #1 support again. It just does everything. Not the easiest to pick up, even after tempest I struggled with this a lot before I got used to the build but it was worth it. I'm loving the extra mobility of merciful intervention, might be my favorite skill on guard now. Merciful into shield knockback is so satisfying, especially if you get to push enemies off places like clocktower haha, that's the "minigame" I've been enjoying the most recently. I once got someone rallied by knocking an enemy to their deaths with the rez trait proc, priceless.
After several reworks and even more buffs FB is once again viable. Core Guard already has a solid support toolkit and FB makes the class even more versatile while amplifying every strength it's already had. The only downsides are the loss of Renewed Focus (which makes this a bit more punishing to play especially when you can't port to allies with Merciful Intervention) and the loss of shouts/instant virtue F2 means that the reactive condi cleansing is a bit worse, but these are things we can live with.
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