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Overview
A Power based Herald build for WvW. The utility of Glint, the mobility of Shiro and the damage of Hammer 2 allow this build to deal massive damage with great sustain.
Skill Bar
HammerHealingUtilityElite
Specializations
Variants
Equipment
First Weapon Set
- Hammer
- Stats: Berserker's
Superior Sigil of Force Superior Sigil of Force
Superior Sigil of Accuracy Superior Sigil of Accuracy
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Second Weapon Set
- Staff
- Stats: Berserker's
Superior Sigil of Bloodlust Superior Sigil of Bloodlust Gain a charge of +10 power each time you kill a foe, five if you kill an enemy player.
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)
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Armor
- Stats: Berserker's
Superior Rune of the Scholar Superior Rune of the Scholar (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Ferocity, +5% damage while your health is above 90%.
- Stats: Berserker's
Superior Rune of the Scholar Superior Rune of the Scholar (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Ferocity, +5% damage while your health is above 90%.
- Stats: Berserker's
Superior Rune of the Scholar Superior Rune of the Scholar (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Ferocity, +5% damage while your health is above 90%.
- Stats: Berserker's
Superior Rune of the Scholar Superior Rune of the Scholar (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Ferocity, +5% damage while your health is above 90%.
- Stats: Assassin's
Superior Rune of the Scholar Superior Rune of the Scholar (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Ferocity, +5% damage while your health is above 90%.
- Stats: Berserker's
Superior Rune of the Scholar Superior Rune of the Scholar (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Ferocity, +5% damage while your health is above 90%.
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Accessories
- Stats: Berserker's
- Stats: Berserker's
- Stats: Berserker's
- Stats: Marauder's
- Stats: Marauder's
- Stats: Assassin's
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Infusions
- 18x
Mighty WvW Infusion
Mighty WvW Infusion +5 Power +1% Damage to Guards and Lords
Variants
Stats
- Keep in mind that the current setup aims for 100% crit with fury in hammer. Accuracy sigil can be swapped out if changing gear.
- Assassin's can be used over Berserker's to manipulate crit chance as can precision infusions.
- Use Marauder's if you find you need extra defensive stats.
Sigil
Superior Sigil of Strength 1
Superior Sigil of Strength 60% Chance on Critical: Gain Might (10 seconds). (Cooldown: 1s)
Superior Sigil of Air 3
Superior Sigil of Air 50% Chance on Critical: Cause a Lightning Strike. (Cooldown: 3s)
Superior Sigil of Fire 5
Superior Sigil of Fire 50% Chance on Critical: Trigger a Flame Blast for area of effect damage (240 radius). (Cooldown: 5s)
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)
Staff only
Superior Sigil of Absorption
Superior Sigil of Absorption Steal a boon when interrupting an enemy.
Superior Sigil of Draining
Superior Sigil of Draining Steal life when interrupting an enemy.
Rune
Superior Rune of Strength
Superior Rune of Strength (1): +25 Power (2): +10% Might Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 20% Might Duration (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.
If 25
Might can't be maintained without it, or for party support.
Consumables
Food
Carrot Soufflé
Carrot Soufflé Nourishment (60 m):
+200 power for 30s after killing an enemy+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from kills Consumable
Highest damage option
Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup
Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup Nourishment (1 h):
+100 Power+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from Kills Consumable
Safer option.
Utility
Furious Sharpening Stone
Furious Sharpening Stone Nourishment (30 m):
Gain Power equal to 3% of your PrecisionGain Ferocity equal to 3% of your Precision+10% Experience from Kills Consumable
Potent Superior Sharpening Stone
Potent Superior Sharpening Stone Nourishment (1 h):
Gain power equal to 3% of your precisionGain power equal to 6% of your ferocity+10 Experience from kills Consumable
Usage
Hammer
- is your bread and butter damage skill, try to land it as often as possible.
- will only hit a maximum of 5 targets across all three pulses and increases in damage the further the pulse is from you. Try to hit with the second or third pulse rather than the first when possible.
- gives a 1.25s Evade frame and a Blast Finisher, be careful not to get caught behind your group while casting this skill.
- You can through traps and marks to activate them without taking any damage.
- You can swap stances during the cast time to proc Can't find such trait "Equilibrium"! Please refer to our trait index
- has a long cast time, so try to predict where the enemies will go or use it on stationary targets like downed players that the enemy will move on to.
Staff
- is a blast finisher and also cleanses conditions.
- Avoid damage with .
- Use to disrupt players trying to finish/revive downs.
Glint (Legendary Dragon Stance)
- Maintaining should typically be your highest priority.
- up time is very important, try to maintain your group's fury.
- is a stun break.
- 's chain effect converts all damage you take into healing for 3 seconds. This is a strong tool against condition pressure.
- can be used to move downed opponents out of banner range and interrupt rezes.
- When running to/from objectives, speed up your zerg with .
General
- Both and have obvious tells and are easy to dodge, stow weapons to cancel casting if they're about to be evaded/blinded - this will save all the energy cost and only send the skill on a cd of 4 seconds. The same qualities make these skills perfect for fake casting them by stowing weapon immediately after beginning to cast, baiting enemy dodges/blocks.
Weaknesses
- Skill usage is reliant on energy management
- Potential to be locked into the wrong stance at the wrong time
- Heavy condition pressure
Best backline open field/defending build there is. Dwarf herald is slightly more necessary rev spec but this is still very strong. Very weak build inside enemy keeps and towers, dies easily as people can cloud it down thus 4 stars as you're better off in the more survivable retribution version or staff weaver often times.
This however deserves 5 stars when there is no commander, enemy is much stronger than you or it is only open field fights.