Vindicator - Retribution Greatsword Roamer

This is a test build. You may comment and rate it.

Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: WvW Roaming

Difficulty:
TBD

Overview

A Vindicator build with a healthy mix of sustain and damage for WvW Roaming.


Skill Bar

Greatsword
Sword/Sword
Utility
Utility

Skill Bar Variants

Weapons

  • Staff over Sword/Sword - much better sustain and some extra CC, but we only recommend this against enemies with low sustain. Giving up the Sword set makes it way harder to win against tanky opponents, your damage might not be enough with Staff.


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Specializations


Equipment

Head
Marauder
Shoulders
Marauder
Chest
Marauder
Hands
Marauder
Legs
Marauder
Feet
Marauder
Backpiece
Marauder
Accessory
Diviner
Accessory
Diviner
Amulet
Diviner
Ring
Diviner
Ring
Diviner
Greatsword
Marauder
Sigil
Sigil
Sword
Marauder
Sword
Marauder
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x18


Equipment Variants

Stats

  • Replacing all the Diviner Diviner pieces with Berserker Berserker is also a viable option if you're willing to give up sustain for more damage, or you already have a Berserker set and don't want to get Diviner. Both are fine, but right now we recommend Diviner because the build has access to plenty of strong boons and good Might Might stacking and Vigor Vigor + Resolution Resolution uptime is important.

Runes

  • Rune of Superior Rune of Speed - higher mobility to help you build (or close) the gap between you and the enemy, decent defensive stats.


Consumables

Food

  • - great stats all around and some damage mitigation.
  • - this and other oyster consumables are decent (and cheap) defensive options if you can't afford the ascended feast.
  • - cheap non-ascended option.


Utility

  • or , whichever is cheaper.


Usage

To be added


Ratings

This build has a rating of 5 stars based on 2 votes.
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4 stars
Hanz gave this build 4 stars • August 2023
It's still strong against high damage, low sustain builds but tanky cele ones can be a struggle. Damage is not what it used to be and losing the Chill on dodge hurts more than expected. Still a very sturdy, beginner friendly build that can stand its ground in just about any matchup, but it's not as faceroll as it used to be, and it's worth swapping to some harder builds that have more damage once you're more familiar with Revenant.
5 stars
Kanok gave this build 5 stars • April 2023
After playing this for about a week and going up against some stiff builds, I can say this build is pretty amazing. With the flexibility of dual Alliance for both DPS and self healing and the benefit of Impossible Odds for higher damage output, Retribution Vindi is so good for survivability. The roaming Willbender is a heavy hitter and really annoying to combat, but with proper mitigation of damage and dodging at the right times, you can easily take them down and survive their onslaught. Highly recommend in the current meta!

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