Team - Heavy Bunker

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Part of the current metagame.

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great.

Focused on: Direct damage, Support, Mobility.

Designed for:

World vs World

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Introduction

This team composition revolves around a 6 Guard:6 Support:3 DPS ratio to protect and set up for a small number of extremely high damage builds.

Guardians in this comp typically run extremely high defensive stats including healing power, focusing on support rather than personal damage. They support their party with boons and sustain as well as controlling downstates from both sides.

Banish

1

25

Banish

Launch your foe with a powerful smash.

Damage: 244

Launch: 750

Range: 130

on enemy downs to set up blink stomps,

Merciful Intervention

50

Merciful Intervention

Meditation. Shadowstep to an ally in the targeted area and heal around them. If no ally is present in the targeted area, this ability will not shadowstep.

Healing: 1,960

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 180

Range: 1,200

to both blink stomp and to save friendly downs along with

Superior Rune of Mercy

Superior Rune of Mercy

(1): +25 Toughness (2): Gain up to 400 toughness while revivng allies, based on your level. (3): +50 Toughness (4): You resurrect allies with 30% more health. (5): +100 Toughness (6): You revive allied players 20% faster.

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Tempests provide healing, defensive boons and utility from

Powerful Aura

When you apply an aura to yourself, grant that aura to all nearby allies as well.

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 600

and

30

Elemental Bastion

Auras you apply heal allies. Apply a frost aura to yourself and nearby allies when struck while below the health threshold.

Healing: 552

Health Threshold: 75%

Frost Aura (4s): -10% Incoming Damage.

Number of Allied Targets: 5

Radius: 360

. They can also preform blink stomps using

Lightning Flash

40

Lightning Flash

Cantrip. Teleport to target area.

Damage: 365

Number of Targets: 1

Radius: 120

Range: 900

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Heralds provide boon duration using

Facet of Nature

2

Facet of Nature

Place the facet of nature on yourself to grant nearby allies naturalistic resonance every few seconds to increase outgoing boon duration.

Facet of Nature: Pulse Naturalistic Resonance to nearby allies every few seconds.

Naturalistic Resonance (3s): Increase outgoing boon duration by 50%.

Number of Targets: 5

Invetval: 3s

Radius: 600

, resistance uptime from

Pain Absorption

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35

Pain Absorption

Legendary Demon Stance. Grant resistance to yourself and nearby allies. Absorb conditions from those allies, gaining additional resistance per condition.

Conditions Transferred: 1

Resistance (2s): Conditions currently on you are ineffective; stacks duration.

Self-Resistance Per Condition(2s): Conditions currently on you are ineffective; stacks duration.

Number of Targets: 5

Range: 600

, boon removal from

Banish Enchantment

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20

Banish Enchantment

Legendary Demon Stance. Deal damage, apply confusion, and remove boons from your foe.

Damage: 66

₃Confusion (6s): 149 Damage On Skill Use, 180 Damage

Boons Removed: 2

Number of Targets: 5

Range: 600

Unblockable

and high AoE damage. The choice of secondary Legend determines if the revenant will bring the boon support with Glint stance's

Facet of Chaos

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Facet of Chaos

Legendary Dragon Stance. Place the facet of chaoson yourself to grant nearby allies protection every few seconds.

Facet of Chaos: Pulse protection to nearby allies every few seconds.

Protection (3s): -33% Incoming Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Interval: 3s

Radius: 600

,

Facet of Darkness

-2

Facet of Darkness

Legendary Dragon Stance. Place the facet of darkness on yourself to grant nearby allies fury every few seconds.

Facet of Darkness: Pulse fury to nearby allies every few seconds.

Fury (3s): 20% Critical Chance

Number of Targets: 5

Interval: 3s

Radius: 600

,

Facet of Strength

-2

Facet of Strength

Legendary Dragon Stance. Place the facet of strength on yourself to grant nearby allies might every few seconds.

Facet of Strength: Pulse might to nearby allies every few seconds.

Might (12s): +30 Power, +30 Condition Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Interval: 3s

Radius: 600

as well as reveal utility from Gaze of Darkness or defensive utility from Jalis stance's

Rite of the Great Dwarf

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40

Rite of the Great Dwarf

Legendary Dwarf Stance. Channel the power of the Rite of the Great Dwarf to turn yourself and nearby allies into stone to reduce incoming damage.

Rite of the Great Dwarf (5s): Gain damage reduction. You are still susceptible to conditions and control effects.

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 600

Breaks Stun

and

Inspiring Reinforcement

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30

10

Inspiring Reinforcement

Legendary Dwarf Stance. Create a stone road that damages and weakens foes as it's created. Once it's created it will pulse, granting stability to allies.

Damage: 266

Stability (1s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared or taunted.

Weakness (6s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

Cascading Attacks: 6

Number of Targets: 5

Pulses: 5

Duration: 5s

Combo Field: Lightning

Range: 600

Reapers provide soft CC from Chill, AoE cleave with

Epidemic

1

20

Epidemic

Corruption. Apply vulnerable on yourself. Spread conditions on a target foe to all nearby foes.

₃Self Vulnerability (6s): 3% Incoming Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 600

Range: 1,200

Unblockable

, and boon corruption from

Spinal Shivers

1¼

20

Spinal Shivers

Chill your target and remove up to three boons, dealing extra damage based on the number of boons removed.

Damage - Three Boons: 322

Damage - Two Boons: 266

Damage - One Boon: 199

Damage - No Boons: 133

Chilled (5s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge Rate

Boons Removed: 3

Range: 1,200

(among other sources).

Party Composition

(2 Stab Groups)

Qty	Profession	Build
Party 1
2	Guardian	Merciful Frontliner
1	Herald	Condition Mallyx
1	Tempest	Midline Auramancer
1	Reaper	Epidemic Shouts
Party 2
2	Guardian	Merciful Frontliner
1	Herald	Condition Mallyx
1	Tempest	Midline Auramancer
1	Reaper	Epidemic Shouts
Party 3
2	Guardian	Merciful Frontliner
1	Herald	Condition Mallyx
1	Tempest	Midline Auramancer
1	Reaper	Epidemic Shouts
15 total

Variants

• When making changes keep in mind the ratio of 6 Guards:6 Support:3 DPS.
• Heralds can be played as condition or power.
• Heralds can be swapped for Scrappers for stealth and reveals.
• Tempests can be swapped to Druids for offensive buffs and stealth.
• The three Reapers can be swapped in whole or in part to Berserker or Daredevil but keep in mind that without any condition damage enemy Heralds will have a significant amount of energy freed up.
• D/Wh is a strong variant for Tempests in this comp since extra focus survivability is less needed.

General Usage

Opening

Guardians can start fights with

Empower

2½

20

Empower

Channel might to yourself and allies around you. Heal nearby allies when it ends.

Healing: 1,500

₁₂Might (10s): 360 Power, 360 Condition Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 600

then swap off staff or blast fire fields for Might. If using Druids or Scrappers blast Smoke Fields for stealth. Scrappers should attempt to reveal the enemy with

¾

20

Detection Pulse

Remove stealth from enemies in a large area.

Revealed (6s): You cannot stealth.

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 600

if they have used a stealth opener.

Targeting

As soon as the enemy team is out of stealth a target should be quickly selected, typically by the driver, as the focus target for the squad. Squad markers should be used on the intended focus target, and each individual party should use the red reticle target to assist their party members in selecting the target. Good targets are low survivability (DPS Elementalist, Power Shatter Mesmer) or mobility builds (Necromancers) and players that are caught out of position. Targets should typically not be swapped off of until they are killed, even if they use defensive cooldowns the best course of action is normally to stay on target until they run out of defensive options entirely.

Setting Up Burst

Try to coordinate mass corrupts (

½

20

Banish Enchantment

Legendary Demon Stance. Deal damage, apply confusion, and remove boons from your foe.

Damage: 66

₃Confusion (3s): 149 Damage On Skill Use, 90 Damage

Boons Removed: 2

Number of Targets: 5

Range: 600

Unblockable

,

1¼

20

Spinal Shivers

Chill your target and remove up to three boons, dealing extra damage based on the number of boons removed.

Damage—Three Boons: 382

Damage—Two Boons: 306

Damage—One Boon: 229

Damage—No Boons: 153

Chilled (5s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

Boons Removed: 3

Range: 1,200

) to remove important boons such as Stability and Resistance before using CC and burst on a target.

1

20

Epidemic

Corruption. Apply vulnerability on yourself. Spread conditions on a target foe to all nearby foes.

₃Self Vulnerability (6s): 3% Incoming Damage, 3% Incoming Condition Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Unblockable

Radius: 600

Range: 1,200

considers the Reaper's condition damage and not the original applier when calculating the damage for transferred conditions. Coordinate

½

20

Banish Enchantment

Legendary Demon Stance. Deal damage, apply confusion, and remove boons from your foe.

Damage: 66

₃Confusion (3s): 149 Damage On Skill Use, 90 Damage

Boons Removed: 2

Number of Targets: 5

Range: 600

Unblockable

and

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35

Purging Flames

Consecration. Create a ring of fire that burns foes and cures conditions on allies.

₃Burning (5s): 1,965 Damage

Purging Flames: Condition duration is reduced by 33%.

Conditions Removed: 3

Number of Targets: 5

Duration: 5 seconds

Combo Field: Fire

Radius: 240

to stack Burning and Confusion for your Reapers to

1

20

Epidemic

Corruption. Apply vulnerability on yourself. Spread conditions on a target foe to all nearby foes.

₃Self Vulnerability (6s): 3% Incoming Damage, 3% Incoming Condition Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Unblockable

Radius: 600

Range: 1,200

.

Controlling Downstates

Have players communicate with the team while under focus pressure so they can be supported by the rest of the squad. If going into downstate is inevitable, make sure players die in a good position to be quickly revived by the teams guardians with

Superior Rune of Mercy

Superior Rune of Mercy

(1): +25 Toughness (2): Gain up to 400 toughness while revivng allies, based on your level. (3): +50 Toughness (4): You resurrect allies with 30% more health. (5): +100 Toughness (6): You revive allied players 20% faster.

. Downed allies should be stealthed with

Toss Elixir S

½

50

Toss Elixir S

Elixir. Toss Elixir S, granting stealth to allies in target area.

Stealth (5s): Invisible to foes.

Radius: 180

Range: 900

or

Sneak Gyro

45

Sneak Gyro

Gyro. Deploy a sneak gyro to provide stealth to nearby allies.

Stealth (4s): Invisible to foes.

Duration: 30s

Strike Interval: 3s

Radius: 300

. If a friendly down is launched by

Banish

1

25

Banish

Launch your foe with a powerful smash.

Damage: 244

Launch: 750

Range: 130

or Chaotic Release coordinate use of

Merciful Intervention

50

Merciful Intervention

Meditation. Shadowstep to an ally in the targeted area and heal around them. If no ally is present in the targeted area, this ability will not shadowstep.

Healing: 1,960

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 180

Range: 1,200

to quickly move to and revive them.

When pressuring enemy players make sure to be ready to begin a stomp as soon as they go into downstate. Gaze of Darkness should be used on downed players, ideally before they have been stealthed ( Detection Pulse can be used but only after they are stealthed). Elementalists with

Lightning Flash

40

Lightning Flash

Cantrip. Teleport to target area.

Damage: 365

Number of Targets: 1

Radius: 120

Range: 900

and Guardians with

Merciful Intervention

50

Merciful Intervention

Meditation. Shadowstep to an ally in the targeted area and heal around them. If no ally is present in the targeted area, this ability will not shadowstep.

Healing: 1,960

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 180

Range: 1,200

can combine their skills with a launch such as

Banish

1

25

Banish

Launch your foe with a powerful smash.

Damage: 244

Launch: 750

Range: 130

or Chaotic Release to begin a stomp, knock the downed player away from their teammates then blink to the downed player before the stomp ends to finish them.