Willbender - Power DPS

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required: End of Dragons builds

Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on May 13, 2023 and is up to date for the March 19, 2024 patch.

Overview

A Power DPS build for Willbender.

When running Virtues, Willbender has the advantage that it can more easily maintain Aegis Aegis than Dragonhunter and core Guardian thanks to Crashing Courage, which can be used to ensure uptime during burst phases where it might otherwise be lost.

Unfortunately, regardless of the build used, Power Willbender's damage is unimpressive, making it a rather niche pick.


Skill Bar

Sword/Focus
Greatsword
Utility


Weapon Variants

  • Offhand Sword deals slightly less damage than Focus, but could be useful if the extra mobility from Advancing Strike would be useful.


Skill Variants

  • Whirling Light could replace Purging Flames:
    • Purging Flames deals slightly more damage, provides a fire field and cleanses conditions, but the boss may move out of it.
    • Whirling Light has 4 whirl finishers, which will cause it to do more damage than Purging Flames if you combo with an ethereal or fire field. It can also be used while moving.
  • Bring Heaven's Palm if you need CC.


Template Code

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Specializations


Specialization Variants

Virtues offers a significant damage boost, but is dependent on maintaining a high uptime of Aegis Aegis which requires skill and will not be practical on many encounters. You should also run Focus.

  • You should run "Advance!" instead of Purging Flames for Aegis Aegis uptime.


Equipment

Head
Dragon
Shoulders
Berserker
Chest
Dragon
Hands
Berserker
Legs
Dragon
Feet
Berserker
Backpiece
Dragon
Accessory
Dragon
Accessory
Dragon
Amulet
Dragon
Ring
Dragon
Ring
Dragon
Sword
Dragon
Focus
Dragon
Sigil
Sigil
Greatsword
Dragon
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x18


Virtues Variant

Head
Assassin
Shoulders
Assassin
Chest
Berserker
Hands
Assassin
Legs
Berserker
Feet
Assassin
Backpiece
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Sword
Berserker
Focus
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Greatsword
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x17
Infusion
x1


Consumables

Food


Utility

    • is slightly better if you're running the Virtues variant.


Usage

Radiance Rotation

Opener

If you won't need them, you can precast Flowing Resolve and Crashing Courage to begin with stacks of Lethal Tempo. Begin on Sword/Focus

  1. Sword of Justice
  2. Shield of Wrath
  3. Ray of Judgment
  4. Symbol of Blades
  5. Rushing Justice
  6. Zealot's Defense
  7. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap


Greatsword Loop

  1. Symbol of Resolution
  2. Whirling Wrath
  3. Binding Blade
  4. Leap of Faith
  5. Purging Flames
  6. Sword of Justice
  7. Autoattack until Symbol of Resolution is available
  8. Symbol of Resolution
  9. Whirling Wrath
  10. Autoattack until Whirling Wrath is available
  11. Whirling Wrath
  12. Symbol of Resolution
  13. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap


Sword Loop

  1. Symbol of Blades
  2. Zealot's Defense
  3. Autoattack until Rushing Justice is available
  4. Rushing Justice, Ray of Judgment and Symbol of Blades - the order can vary each loop
  5. Autoattack until Zealot's Defense is available
  6. Zealot's Defense
  7. Symbol of Blades
  8. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap


Video example


Virtues Rotation

Opener

If you won't need them, you can precast Flowing Resolve and Crashing Courage to begin with stacks of Lethal Tempo. Begin on Sword/Focus.

  1. Sword of Justice
  2. Shield of Wrath
  3. Ray of Judgment
  4. Symbol of Blades
  5. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap


Greatsword Loop

  1. Symbol of Resolution
  2. Whirling Wrath
  3. Binding Blade
  4. Leap of Faith
  5. Purging Flames
  6. Autoattack until Symbol of Resolution is available
  7. Symbol of Resolution
  8. Whirling Wrath
  9. Autoattack until Symbol of Resolution is available
  10. Symbol of Resolution
  11. Whirling Wrath
  12. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap


Sword Loop

  1. Symbol of Blades
  2. Zealot's Defense
  3. Autoattack until Symbol of Blades is available
  4. Symbol of Blades
  5. Autoattack until Zealot's Defense is available
  6. Zealot's Defense
  7. Symbol of Blades
  8. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap


Video example


General Tips

  1. Cast Ray of Judgment and Shield of Wrath off cooldown.
  2. Cast Purging Flames off cooldown, but it is lower priority than other skills.
  3. Use extra charges of Sword of Justice to fill in gaps where you don't have time for a full auto chain - make sure not to let it reach three stacks!
  4. Use Rushing Justice off cooldown, and fill in gaps in Virtue uptime with the other two.
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Ratings

This build has a rating of 4 stars based on 2 votes.
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4 stars
OfficerAndyGentleman gave this build 4 stars • May 2023
The virtues build is the star of the show here, with the ability to do amazing burst damage if it can maintain the bonuses from Unscathed Contender. Otherwise it will typically fall behind dragonhunter.
4 stars
Wolfsen gave this build 4 stars • April 2022
I run virtues over zeal and i found the build kinda stupid, you really have tons of survability while keeping decent dps because you have very few down time: you can dps constantly thanks to the fact that you never have to dodge or move. I haven't tested numbers and i know it's behind carries like weaver but it allows you to dps in most situations where your team is forced to stop dps.

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