Power Willbender

June 2024

Introduction

Power Willbender is a powerful, fast-paced DPS build with a free-flowing rotation. This build can be easy to pick up but difficult to master, as optimization requires avoiding as many hits as possible to upkeep Unscathed Contender.

Build Fundamentals

Always maintain the effect of a Virtue skill to reduce the cooldowns of your weapon skills via Restorative Virtues:

• Use Rushing Justice off-cooldown.
• Flowing Resolve and Crashing Courage can also be used, however Crashing Courage should be kept available to refresh if necessary.

The main damaging skills are Whirling Wrath and Symbol of Resolution on Greatsword, so the focus will be to reset and use these as often as possible.

Maintain Symbols under enemies at all times (Symbol of Resolution, Symbol of Blades) to increase damage via Symbolic Avenger.

Build Specifics

Instead of a strict rotation, this build uses the main damage skills in each weapon set and fills in the gaps with the remaining skills or Auto-attack chains.

Willbender is very mobile thanks to its Virtues. Rushing Justice, Flowing Resolve, and Crashing Courage can be used to get closer to enemies or move away in dangerous situations.

Crashing Courage provides  as well as  after a short cast time.

Shield of Wrath Is an instant cast 3-attack block that can be useful to maintain precious uptime.

Crowd Control

• Binding Blade Pull
• Bane Signet
• Heaven's Palm

Alternatives

Heaven's Palm can be replaced by "Feel My Wrath!" if in desperate need of more

Bane Signet can optionally be replaced for one of these:

• "Stand Your Ground!" –
• "Advance!" –
• Hammer of Wisdom or Sanctuary – more CC.
• Wall of Reflection – for projectile reflects.

If you don’t own the Secrets of the Obscure expansion, you can change the Relic[s] of Peitha to Relic[s] of Fireworks.