October 2024

Condition Alacrity Tempest

Condition Alacrity Tempest is a versatile offensive support build that provides permanent , 25 , and , as well as boon extension for other boons thanks to . Multiple traits and utility skills can be modified to suit the specific requirements of different encounters. Use and off-cooldown to apply via , and fill downtime with damaging and boon-providing skills. Always channel Overloads until the end to grant powerful element-specific effects and additional . Swap attunements promptly in this order: -> ->. Late Overloads result in lost uptime. spreads boons to allies, and extends the duration of boons on allies so make sure to cast both as soon as possible. Delay after to share with allies that are too far away to get from . Use and while on . Use and off cooldown While not part of the rotation, contains…

Power Willbender

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 . Always maintain the effect of a Virtue skill to reduce the cooldowns of your weapon skills via : Use  off-cooldown. and can also be used, however should be kept available to refresh if necessary. The main damaging skills are and on Greatsword, so the focus will be to reset and use these as often as possible. Maintain Symbols under enemies at all times (, ) to increase damage via . 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…

Defense Spellbreaker

Mobile and bursty build with decent team fight potential. However, the main value you get from this build is its 1v1 potential as well as its 1v2 potential. This build has good consistent damage, and excellent survivability. You have a variety of hard-hitting skills to keep throwing at your opponent in a 1v1 to eventually overwhelm them when they run out of defensives. Most notably, hits hard, applies , and is hard to avoid. Good followups include , , -> and . The counterattack on also hits very hard, so make sure to hit it as well. You should also use your various CCs and to help setup the aforementioned skills. Your CCs mostly include , , , and . Your CCs also synergize very well with trait and makes them even more dangerous, forcing your opponent to choose between…

Static Discharge Holo

Static Discharge Holosmith is a high-skill build that brings excellent damage, crowd control, mobility, and condition cleanse in a neat package. While not as popular as other roamers, Holosmith also benefits from an ability to take 1v1s and act as a pseudo side noder. Sword/Shield is also a viable weapon choice. Use it if you don’t have Secrets of the Obscure. For a more aggressive version of the build, see the Mortar Kit Variant. Holosmith gives an engineer access to , a transform ability that gives access to five new weapon skills.  is similar to a Necromancer , except instead of using an energy pool like Life Force, Photon Forge builds Heat, a mechanic unique to the Holosmith. Heat needs to be carefully managed since gaining too much causes you to . takes you out of Photon Forge, deals high…

Fresh Air Catalyst

Fresh Air Catalyst is a highly mobile dps roamer that provides excellent boon support to the team.  Catalyst is driven by in the Air traitline. not only buffs damage but allows you to constantly swap into to refresh the buff, gain very high uptime, and access your frequently. Tip: lacks native combo finishers, but you can swap to during the cast of skills like  to get a from a combo field. Your ‘Hard CC’ comes from and  and . is especially good in mirrors against other Catalysts since it is unblockable and ignores and . Keep in mind that all your CC skills can be reset to extend lockdowns. This is especially useful with double  to secure kills in a teamfight. Note: Don’t waste , is also a combo finisher that will let you chain with for extra reflects. While…

Condition Weaver

Condition Weaver offers high condition burst damage and moderate survivability. holds the key to damage in this build, but also requires a long, fast-paced rotation that is heavily reliant on and for success. Your rotation consists of two parts: (1) the Rotation and (2) the regular Loop. reduces your attunement swap cooldowns to 2 seconds and grants you an element-specific buff for each element attuned. Attuning to all four elements in the next 20 seconds achieves a granting a large boost to your stats for 10 seconds. Delaying  as long as possible is ideal, as this maintains the Woven Fire bonus for almost the full 20-second window after casting . After this, grants 30 seconds of +20% condition damage. On encounters with multiple phases, might not always be off cooldown at the start of a phase. If this happens you…

Support Druid

Support Druid is a bursty condition cleanser with both defensive and offensive capabilities. Druid can provide strong heals and boons. However, it shines in its ability to spam cleanses and stun break allies within a large radius. Healing and damaging enemies will grant you Astral Force and you passively gain Astral Force thanks to . Once the bar is full you can then consume it to gain access to the form which lasts for 15 seconds. This profession mechanic changes all of your weapon and Glyph skills, giving you access to powerful tools to support your party. As a support class staying alive should be prioritized above all else since you can’t provide much support if you’re dead. Keep your health above zero with tactful use of dodging and positioning. Your positioning and facing are important as many skills are…

Support Vindicator

The Vindicator elite specialization offers Revenants a remarkable option for excelling as a supportive force within any group. Boasting not only potent support abilities but also remarkable self-sustainability, Vindicator has become even more formidable due to recent balance adjustments. These changes have breathed new life into the favoured legend, Ventari, elevating its effectiveness. Additionally, Saint Viktor continues to be a vital component of your support build, remaining a cornerstone despite the adjustments it has undergone. The build is best described as a Healer and condition cleanser that offers support to players that are on and off of tag. Vindicator is able to easily provide huge heals, cleanses, barrier, stun breaks and some boons either over time or in a burst.  However where it really shines is in it’s ability to heal and it can also do this from 900 range…

Power Vindicator

Power Vindicator is a bursty power build that excels at encounters with large hitboxes, as scales with hitbox size. The rotation is forgiving and easy to pick up. This build only uses Greatsword, which allows for a Staff Weapon Swap in encounters that require a lot of CC. swaps your from Archemorus (Red/Orange) to Saint Viktor (Blue). Always stay in Archemorus since and are part of your rotation. Be aware that dodging during the channeling of any skill will cancel it. Use Dodge regularly to spend your endurance and apply buffs: Dodging grants to you and your allies via and upkeeps the strike damage buff from 100% of the time. is a 2-second channel block to be used if you are out of dodges. After you block some hits, use to unleash a strong Counter-attack. restores half a Dodge. It…

Booster Untamed

This Celestial Booster Untamed is a great beginner-friendly offensive setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. While Untamed, you gain access to and , which flips your Pet Skills to an Unleashed version or gives you access to an Unleashed Ambush attack ( in this build). Unleashed skills are altered versions of the base skills, which either modify or empower their behavior. Whenever you use an Ambush, you will provide and to yourself and allies nearby thanks to the trait . grants you access to three useful abilities and 25% damage reduction via : deals damage and teleports your…

Booster Herald

This Celestial Booster Herald is a great offensive support made for open-world and is beginner friendly. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes, weapons, and sigils. If one does not have the level 80 booster available to them then the equipment can be obtained through crafting or purchasing directly from the trading post. This build utilizes the Herald elite specialization of a Revenant. Specifically, this build will allow you to provide you and your party with 100% , , , , uptime and up to 25 stacks of . Booster herald also possesses excellent sustain, defensive options, and control abilities so it can survive almost all situations and performs well in almost any solo or group scenario! abilities are called facets, activating them once will…

Booster Tempest

This Celestial Booster Tempest is a great beginner-friendly offensive setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. The purpose of this build is to support allies with excellent healing, , , , , and as well as provide very strong condition cleanse. This build functions well as a burst healer. is a strong heal and condition cleanse. Other options for healing include , and . Support starts with the use of . Finish your overloads in , , and while using your warhorn skills off cooldown. While in it’s important to use which will spread all the boons on you…

Power Chrono

Power Chronomancer  is one of the highest damage spec. Power Chrono is unique in its ability to ‘oneshot’ multiple opponents in a row with . Power Chronomancer is played as a high-damage Roamer, meaning your job is to +1 a duelist or to get quick kills in teamfights. Avoid taking 1v1s or staying in extended fights, once Chrono starts running out of cooldowns its lack of defensive utility and condition cleanse makes it easy to focus. Always have a priority target in mind before you engage in any fight, and be proactive about leaving before you feed and die. Chronomancer changes the standard mesmer shatters and gains new ones. The relevant changes for us are and .   splits the damage from into 2 parts; lets you set up a Continuum Rift. You can use all your dps skills then…

Booster Mechanist

This Celestial Booster Mechanist build is a great beginner-friendly offensive setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. This build will allow you to provide permanent , , and uptime and some . Being a pet build makes it very strong as it allows your mech to tank for you. This build supports allies with , , , , , and . Use and when available to upkeep . Using off-cooldown is unnecessary and, so save the skill to break stuns or cleanse conditions. Giving and is achieved by using and letting your Mech auto-attack and . While applying boons…

Booster Mirage

This celestial booster build is great offensive support made for open-world and is beginner friendly. The equipment above is designed to be played with no modifications from the exotic gear obtained by the level 80 booster. If one does not have the level 80 booster available to them then the equipment can be obtained through crafting or purchasing directly from the trading post. This build utilizes the elite specialization of a mirage. Specifically, this build will allow you to provide support as well as maintain survivability during solo content through the utilization of clones. While playing mirage your dodge is replaced with , which is a very strong ability. While is active you gain powerful abilities depending on the weapon you choose to use. Your main weapon on this build for applying boons to yourself and others is the staff.…

Booster Firebrand

Booster Firebrand is a great, beginner-friendly offensive support for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with no modifications from the exotic gear obtained by the level 80 booster. If one does not have the level 80 booster available to them, then the equipment can be crafted or purchased directly from the trading post. This build utilizes the elite specialization of the Firebrand. Specifically, this build provides excellent boons, and can swap seamlessly between full healer, hybrid support, or even solid damage, functioning well in solo and group content. The Booster Firebrand seamlessly combines condition damage with the ability to support allies with sustained healing, , , , , and while using and burst healing when required. Boon application is fairly straightforward: Use and as often as possible and about every 10 seconds to upkeep , , and some…

Booster Harbinger

This Celestial Booster Harbinger is a great beginner-friendly offensive support setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. This build will allow you to provide permanent , , and 25 . In addition to bringing boons, this build also has a large amount of Crowd Control and boon corruption. This build is able to maintain permanent , ,and 70% on allies while maintaining 25 . Unique to Harbinger is the Blight mechanic . Blight reduces your maximum health while providing you with offensive bonuses. You will be using and to maintain some stacks of . To help mitigate the effects of…

Booster Specter

This Celestial Booster Specter is a great beginner-friendly offensive support setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. Initiative Initiative is a skill cost mechanic unique to all Thief professions. Instead of having recharge time on your weapon skills, Thief spends Initiative to use weapon skills. You have 12 initiative points that recharge over time: 9 from Specter and 3 extra from . also grants Initative while swapping weapons and when using and . Do not deliberately swap weapons for Initiative, but instead, let be triggered by using naturally. Wells and Shrouds Many boons come from . causes Wells to provide…

Booster Renegade

This Celestial Booster Renegade is a great offensive support made for open-world and is beginner friendly. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes, weapons, and sigils. If one does not have the level 80 booster available to them then the equipment can be obtained through crafting or purchasing directly from the trading post. This build utilizes the Renegade elite specialization of a Revenant. Specifically, this build will allow you to provide team support, amazing crowd control, boon removal, and much more. You can provide 100% for up to five allies. Energy is the unique mechanic of Revenant, it is replenished over time as indicated by the arrows to the left and right of the energy indicator. Almost every skill except for auto attacks costs…

Booster Catalyst

This Celestial Booster Catalyst is a great beginner-friendly offensive support setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. This build provides , , , , , and . These boons make this build great for both group and solo content. Catalyst is unique because of the mechanic . The Spheres deal damage and give boons to allies. To build energy to cast the spheres, hit enemies with skills and auto-attacks. We also gain energy by swapping attunements thanks to . Your main source of generating energy quickly is by upkeeping Hammer 3 skills that hit often (, , , and…