Power Willbender

October 2024

Introduction

Power Spear Willbender is a powerful high burst build with cleave damage and a good amount of CC. This build also additional , , , , and to your team without swapping out any skills.

Note that this build has a plenty of movement skills and animation locks. Watch out where you dash!

Build Fundamentals

Keep your uptime of Inspiring Virtue high by using your Virtue skills. Precasting Flowing Resolve and Crashing Courage before the fight increases your opening burst through stacking Lethal Tempo and maintaining Inspiring Virtue.

Flowing Resolve and Crashing Courage are best used to maintain Inspiring Virtue after your opener. Since Flowing Resolve has a dash attached to it, try to use it when Helio Rush or Flash Combo are off cooldown in order to get back to your target faster and continue with your rotation.

Crashing Courage is a shadowstep mobility skill, allowing you to choose where you end up after using it. Use this skill to maintain Inspiring Virtue right before your finish your Spear Loop. It also grants self and , and can be used to reposition your character closer or further from your target as needed.

After your opener, your Loop is not going to change. The idea at the beginning is to use all your charges of Sword of Justice while using some skills in between its short cooldown. The first Spear Loop is different due to Symbol of Luminance not being ready at the beginning as it was used in the opener. Here’s how an early loop should go:

1. Start in Spear and use Sword of Justice  Symbol of Luminance Gleaming Disc Solar Storm, then Weapon Swap to Greatsword.
2. Once in Greatsword, use Symbol of Resolution Whirling Wrath first, and then Rushing Justice to keep Inspiring Virtue active.
3. Sword of Justice Flash Combo Binding Blade Sword of Justice. With this combo, you can activate all charges of Sword of Justice with very little downtime.
4. Follow your normal Greatsword Loop and Weapon Swap to Spear.
5. Your first Spear Loop is also slightly different due to Symbol of Luminance being on cooldown from the previous rotation. Instead, skip this skill at the beginning, and prioritize Gleaming Disc Solar Storm Helio Rush, then use Sword of Justice Symbol of Luminance.
6. At this point, to keep Inspiring Virtue active, use Flowing Resolve and go back to the boss with Helio Rush. After this, the ending of your Spear Loop will no longer change.

Avoid delaying using Rushing Justice since it provides a good amount of damage whilst also helping to maintain Inspiring Virtue.

Helio Rush should be used always while you’re affected by Illuminated to further increase its damage – use any spear skill other than Daybreaking Slash to gain this buff.

Symbol of Luminance places Symbol of Luminance on the ground, granting Spear skills the Illuminated buff for the next few seconds, without it disappearing after using a Spear skill.

Build Specifics

Along with its damage, Power Willbender also helps the team with plenty of boons.

Virtues:

• Rushing Justice – grants 3 stacks of to allies.
• Flowing Resolve – grants to allies.
• Crashing Courage – grants to allies.

Spear:

• Symbol of Luminance – provides to allies.
• Gleaming Disc – provides 6 stacks of to allies. If this skill is used whilst affected by Illuminated, you also provide .
• Helio Rush – provides under the effect of Illuminated and if the allies are not full life.

Greatsword:

• Symbol of Resolution – provides to allies.

Willbender has plenty of Light Fields and Whirl Finishers, making you able to help with conditions cleanse for allies. Solar Storm also helps with this purpose.

Crowd Control

CC skills in your current set:

• Heaven's Palm – your biggest CC that is not in your rotation but always available
• Binding Blade Pull – while in Greatsword
• Bane Signet – if necessary. Bear in mind that using this will negatively impact your DPS.
• Symbol of Luminance – low CC during your Spear Loop.

Replace Flash Combo with one of these skills for extra CC:

• Heel Crack – short CD and can be used twice.
• Roiling Light Quick Retribution
• Sanctuary – insane amount of CC over time.

Alternatives

Utility Skills

If needed feel free to replace Flash Combo with one of the following skills:

• Wall of Reflection – for projectile reflect.
• Sanctuary – for strong CC and projectiles block.
• "Stand Your Ground!" – for group
• "Advance!" – for group

Heaven's Palm can be replaced with one of the following:

• "Feel My Wrath!" – for precasting boons before the fight.
• Signet of Courage – for passive group healing.