Power Willbender
Rotation
Single-Target Opener
Advancing Strike
- (
while dashing withJudge's Intervention
)Advancing Strike
Rushing Justice
Whirling Light
Area Damage Burst
Crashing Courage
(make sure to cancel the aftercast)Symbol of Resolution
Whirling Wrath
Whirling Light
Rushing Justice
Target Stats
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Power Willbender is a roamer that excels at skirmishing, outnumbering, sticking to and bursting targets given its high mobility and damage and has excellent tools to stay alive.
Introduction
Our main role is to generate as many kills as possible in teamfights and outnumbers.
With willbender our virtues are now all movement skills, making us very mobile.
Use your virtues procs and high damage to run down enemies that cannot afford to trade blows with you.
Quick Tips
- Use
to evade attacks.Flowing Resolve
- Use
right next to a moment you’re going to unleash a lot of damage likeJudge's Intervention
,Whirling Wrath
orWhirling Light
‘s second attack.Executioner's Calling
- Use
inside the hitbox of an enemy to deal extra damage.Whirling Wrath
- Use multi hit skills like
,Whirling Wrath
orWhirling Light
and symbols to procExecutioner's Calling
andFlowing Resolve
as often as possible.Crashing Courage
- Try to maintain
to keep up your high critical chance from Righteous Instincts
- Try to avoid using
before you’ve usedRenewed Focus
andFlowing Resolve
unless you have no choice.Crashing Courage
Damage
Willbender heavily relies on modifiers to reach its full damage potential. The important sources of damage amplification are Retribution
Righteous Instincts
Relic[s] of the Brawler
Unscathed Contender
Lethal Tempo
Rushing Justice
Flowing Resolve
Crashing Courage
To maintain these modifiers, there are a couple of aspects to keep in mind:
- Use your teleportation skills as often as possible to set up damage, since they constantly reapply
through .Vanguard Tactics
- Use your Virtues (
,Rushing Justice
,Flowing Resolve
) liberally. They not only provide additionalCrashing Courage
through , but also prevent your empoweredVirtue of Resolution
stacks from running out. While the Willbender Flames left behind after the use of every Virtue already help with activating the lingering effects, it’s perfectly reasonable toLethal Tempo
between bursts to maintainFlowing Resolve
stacks.Lethal Tempo
Greatsword is a burst heavy weapon with great AoE pressure.
is your weakest skill but it’s great for cleaving, make sure to cancel its after-cast by moving or casting another skill.Symbol of Resolution
is a very high burst skill. Ideally use it on disabled targets that will be forced to tank the entire thing. Casting it inside the hitbox of an enemy will be extra deadly because of the projectiles it fires.Whirling Wrath
- Try to land
early, as it does decent power damage over time, and allows you toBinding Blade
enemies that are blocking or evading, interrupting their defensive as long as they don’t havePull
. - Use
to catch up to an enemy getting away. Hits quite hard and appliesLeap of Faith
and heals you. ‘s 3rd attack actually hits quite hard. If you can, finish the auto chain.Strike
Swords have good catchup and single target damage.
is your highest burst skill on this kit. make sure to hit the second strike.Executioner's Calling
- Use
to catch up, applyingAdvancing Strike
to setup further burst, nice damage and preventing your target from retaliating.
It’s also a shadowstep and will therefore apply. has great damage but bad tracking, so use it up close and personal only.Zealot's Defense
is a very good gap closer and applies aSymbol of Blades
to prevent counter pressure. has decent damage on its 3rd strike. If you can, finish the chain.Sword of Wrath
Apart from maintaining Lethal Tempo
Crashing Courage
Rushing Justice
Whirling Light
Refer to the rotation segment for some burst ideas.
Mobility
Willbender has excellent mobility, one of the highest in the game. The only minor drawback being most skills requiring a target. As for mobility that can be used with or without a target, Leap of Faith
Crashing Courage
Advancing Strike
Rushing Justice
Advancing Strike
Rushing Justice
Symbol of Blades
The main takeaways to mastering Willbender’s mobility are:
- Make sure you’re ‘detargeting’ before using skills like
. If you have a target when they are activated, you will move in the direction of your target instead of the direction of your character. To detarget, just left click somewhere that isn’t an enemy player. If that doesn’t work, make sure you have “Autotargetting” ticked off under your combat settings.Leap of Faith
- Like a Revenant, Willbender has much better mobility if your team calls targets. Use your ‘take target’ keybind to get into and out of fights much faster with
andSymbol of Blades
.Judge's Intervention
is also a good mobility tool, but it requires some extra steps to get the full advantage from it.Rushing Justice
has an ‘aftercast’, meaning you’re locked into place in an extra animation after you’ve finished moving forward. To get around this, simplyRushing Justice
after you’ve moved forward to skip the extra animation.Weapon Swap
Sustain and Healing
Willbender has access to decent healing and self-sustain on its own – although Willbender’s Virtues variant is best paired with a Support Build in teamfights to not run out of resustain too fast. Reversal of Fortune
Virtue of Resolution
Vanguard Tactics
Symbol of Resolution
Crashing Courage
Indomitable Courage
Try to time Reversal of Fortune
Dragon Trigger
Maul
Willbender has decent condition cleanse from the combination of Absolute Resolve
Flowing Resolve
Flowing Resolve
Contemplation of Purity
Contemplation of Purity
While pressuring the opponent, the lingering effects of Flowing Resolve
Crashing Courage
Flowing Resolve
Crashing Courage
Flowing Resolve
Crashing Courage
Lastly, make sure to take advantage of Flowing Resolve
Crashing Courage
Renewed Focus
Flowing Resolve
Renewed Focus
Alternatives
Signet of Resolve
Rune[s] of Vampirism