Build:Firebrand - Frontline Firebrand

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Focused on: Ground control, Healing, Support, Utility.

Designed for:

World vs World

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Overview

Frontline firebrand provides a large amount of Stability as well as moderate damage, healing and utility.

Skill Bar

HammerHealingUtilityElite

Mace/Shield

Skill Variants

Heal

Utility

• if projectile hate is needed
• personal defense

Elite

Specializations

Variants

• Increases healing output and adds a lot of stats but hurts Stability output.

Variants

Variants

• Only one Guardian per party needs to take since its effect does not stack, and Communal Defenses gives excellent passive healing.

Swap Honor to Valor for more personal sustain at the cost of group healing and utility.

Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of Durability

18x

Mighty WvW Infusion

Variants

Stats

• Swap Celestial for Crusader's for an easier to obtain stat.
• Minstrel's, Wanderer's and Commander's are good options to add boon duration.
• Marauder is a good option to add damage.
• Cleric's can be used to add healing power.

Infusions

• 18x
  Healing WvW Infusion

  Healing WvW Infusion

  +5 Healing Power -1% Damage taken from Guards and Lords

Sigils

• Superior Sigil of Energy

  9

  Superior Sigil of Energy

  Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
  ⇒
  Superior Sigil of Renewal

  9

  Superior Sigil of Renewal

  Heal Nearby Allies on Weapon Swap (360 radius). (Cooldown: 9s)
  At 370+ Healing Power, out scales the healing of Renewal Sigil, however Renewal can be useful for inexperienced players.
• Superior Sigil of Concentration

  9

  Superior Sigil of Concentration

  Boons you apply last 33% longer for 7 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
  for Stability uptime.
• Superior Sigil of Transference

  Superior Sigil of Transference

  Outgoing healing effectiveness is increased by 10%.
• Superior Sigil of Benevolence

  Superior Sigil of Benevolence

  Gain a charge that grants 0.5% outgoing healing effectiveness toward other allies each time you kill a foe, five if you kill an enemy player.

Consumables

Food

• Plate of Mussels Gnashblade

  Plate of Mussels Gnashblade

  Nourishment (30 min):

  +10% Damage Reduction+70 Concentrationn+10% Experience from kills

  Consumable
  Defensive option.
• Fried Oyster Sandwich

  Fried Oyster Sandwich

  Nourishment (30 m):

  +10% Damage Reduction+70 Power+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
  Offensive option.
• Loaf of Saffron Bread

  Loaf of Saffron Bread

  Nourishment (30 m):

  Incoming damage reduced by 20% while stunned, knocked down, or knocked back.-20% condition duration+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
  Alternate defensive option vs condi pressure.
• Delicious Rice Ball

  Delicious Rice Ball

  Nourishment (30m):

  100 Healing Power+10% Healing Effectiveness (Outgoing)+25% Magic Find during Lunar New Year

  Consumable

Utility

• Magnanimous Maintenance Oil

  Magnanimous Maintenance Oil

  Nourishment (30 m):

  Gain Concentration equal to 3% of your VitalityGain Concentration equal to 3% of your Toughness+10% Experience from Kills

  Consumable
  Support option.
• Magnanimous Sharpening Stone

  Magnanimous Sharpening Stone

  Nourishment (30 m):

  Gain Power equal to 3% of your VitalityGain Power equal to 3% of your Toughness+10% Experience from Kills

  Consumable
  Offensive option.

Usage

Hammer

• Rotation: Engage with , and immediately after use . Catch enemies with . Continue autoattacking until is ready or until you regroup, in which case save to blast Water Fields.
• is a blast finisher - use it on combo fields like fire, water, and chill.

Mace/Shield

• Use Mace/Shield to support your group and create heavy burst CC and healing. The autoattack provides very strong AoE healing.
• Rotation: Autoattack continuously throughout the fight. When bombing the enemy in Mace, use your to give an extremely high healing Regeneration plus AoE pressure. Then activate on your shield for a burst heal to allies and protection, followed by for a high damage skill and a small damage mitigation. Either when you see a downed enemy or ally, use to push back a res/stomp attempt, either double tapping for a large burst AoE heal or channeling for projectile defense.

General

• Use to escape damage. will also refresh your tomes, meaning it is best used when all tomes are on cooldown.
• Use when you are being overwhelmed with conditions. Try to use it during fights and not on regroups, where you may block allies from blasting water fields.
• - gives area Stability to help secure stomps/resurrection or mitigate the effectiveness of an enemy CC (try to use SYG proactively, before a bomb). It is only a stun break for yourself, not your party.
  • If possible use while and/or are ready/active.
• is your -and your party's- panic stability and area break stun. Use it only after is on cooldown and stability it urgently needed.

Tomes

• Tomes will go on full cooldown once stowed so make sure to only pull them out when you can make full use of them.
• Use on spikes and for general DPS
  • Use as often as possible for a significant group damage increase.
  • On spikes pull enemies in with then follow up with and
• brings high healing and condition cleanse.
  • Try to use before other healing skills to benefit from the increased healing.
  • creates a Water Field - coordinate with your allies to blast it for healing.
• Use for its Stability access to fill in gaps between
  • brings a very strong pulsing Resistance field, make use of it against condition pressure.