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Focused on: Support, Healing and Utility
Designed for: Raids and Fractals
Expansions required: Path of Fire Builds
Difficulty: Normal
This build was last updated on February 03, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
A Firebrand support build for raids and fractals, providing permanent 
急速 and high 
激怒 and 
威能 uptime. This build brings a massive amount of healing, and a wide range of defensive utility including 
圣盾, 
保护, 
抗性, 
决心, 
稳固, heavy condition cleanse, and projectile destruction.
This build will usually be paired with a DPS-focused source of 
敏捷, and it is especially popular in fractal groups as it doesn't have to give up any utility in order to provide healing.
Key to a guardian's strength is its versatility, so be sure to read the skill and trait variants to know what you should be bringing.
Skill Bar
Weapon Variants
- Sword also generates 激怒 to your subgroup with
利刃符印, and provides a teleport on a low cooldown, useful on fights like Matthias where you move around a lot. - Spear is an option for players that own Janthir Wilds. It offers the most healing of the weapons, along with 激怒, 威能, 抗性, 决心 and even some condi cleanse. The 威能 generation is lower than Staff, its ranged capabilities are less impressive, and it lacks the utility of Shield, but the three weapons are all very strong and you can swap between different setups depending on the encounter.
Other weapon variants sacrifice your 激怒 or 威能 generation, so make sure someone else is covering these boons before using!
- Hammer provides a knockback, immobilize Immobilize, and
守护之环, useful on fights like Samarog where pushing/CC is required. The auto chain also drops a symbol, providing a lot of healing and 保护 for your subgroup.
- If using
冰川之心, Hammer becomes your second strongest healing weapon (after Staff) as every skill becomes a heal.
- If using
- Greatsword provides an AoE pull and good mobility, useful on fights like Slothasor for pulling adds and dropping poisons.
- Scepter is your only ranged weapon, useful for kiting mechanics like poison on Siax or flak on Sabetha while offering a bit of 威能 on the symbol. (But try not to kite if you can help it, as Firebrand loses a lot of effectiveness when not with the main group.)
- Mace provides an extra block and improved healing to your subgroup, as well as easy access to 保护 and
再生.
Skill Variants
As Firebrand is a defensive support, it's important to swap skills to fit the encounter. All of the following utility skills and elite skills are viable depending on the situation:
Utility
神圣之地 - A source of pulsing 稳固 for your team. Longer duration, but harder to use than 
"坚守阵地！".- "坚守阵地！" - Instant AoE stun break and 稳固.
学识咒语 - Popular choice for raids. Provides tons of 再生 and Condition Cleanse.
仁慈纹章 - if you think a ranged revive will be needed.
"守住阵线！" - more 保护 and 再生 uptime.
"前进！" - could be used if you need to apply 圣盾 in a larger AoE than 
慰藉咒语, or for more 圣盾 uptime in general.
复仇之盾 - destroys projectiles in fights like Arkk. Isn't always reliable as the shield has very low health and can be killed easily.
反射之墙 - reflects projectiles. Take it if Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark is not enough for the fight.
智慧之锤 - even more CC.
庇护之地 - very strong CC. Also works well in situations where mobs heavily outnumber your team:
- Subject 6 in Thaumanova Reactor Fractal, prevents mini oozes from coming to subject 6 when your teammates take down Veteran Ooze.
- Elite Molten Flame Shaman(before crossing bridge)/Champion Molten Effigy in Molten Boss Fractal.
- Abyss chamber and Last boss prevent spectral flames from reaching your team / The Voice in Deepstone Fractal.
- Siren's Reef (Black Peter,Deposit treasure, last 3 bosses)
Elite
自由咒语 - multiple instant AoE stun breaks and stability (and quickness if 
稳健急速 is traited).
专注复苏 - personal invulnerability and cooldown reset on tomes.
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Trait Variants
奉献大师 if you're running consecrations.- 冰川之心 adds a moderate AoE heal to every CC, immobilize or chill you perform. This synergises well with a lot of your kit, but in particular Hammer.
纯洁之心 - Worse 威能 uptime for slightly better heal potential. Popular choice for Raids.
意志之力 if your party can't stay stacked in your symbols.
沉言重词 gives you more pages to use for utility. Make sure you're still providing enough 再生 and 保护 though.
防护复苏 if you want more 保护 for your party.
守护复苏 great trait for speedy reviving.
密语档案 if you want spam a lot of tome skills. Make sure you're still providing enough 急速 though.
Equipment
Minstrel Variant
This version gives you more toughness and vitality for surviving or tanking.
Consumables
Food
Utility
Usage
Fitting Into Party Compositions
- As you provide 急速, 激怒 and 威能, you can be paired with any 敏捷-provider. However, if they are able to provide 激怒 or 威能 then this opens up your options for traits or weapons.
- If you’re planning to play Support Firebrand in high-level fractals, the high movement uptime can result in lower 威能 uptime as
能量引导 is harder to use. It might be worth ensuring your 敏捷-provider also provides some 威能 to fill in the gaps. - An important note is to make sure your teammates know you are a Support Healer and not Quickness Support Condi DPS or Condi DPS. This lets your group adapt their builds and avoids awkward moments where you have to explain why you're lowest on the DPS meter.
General Tips
- Know you should use 圣盾 via mob/boss attack (example: Ensolyss use his Upswing (orange AoE), Lunge, etc...)
- You don't have to use all charges on your books. Often using 1-3 abilities is enough and often more efficient.
- Use F2
决心圣书 for heavy pressure situations and Condi cleanse (Skill 2 and 5 remove conditions). - Use F3
勇气圣书 for 稳固, Reflects and bonus toughness for your group from Epilogue Unbroken Lines Epilogue Unbroken Lines. - Use F1
正义圣书 in low pressure situations for additional damage.
Healing
- Get your party to stack as closely as possible to you so they get the full benefit of your heals and mantras.
- In order of healing, your strongest heals in 决心圣书 are:
- While Epilogue: Eternal Oasis Epilogue: Eternal Oasis is nice if there are condis to cleanse, the 33% healing buff will probably be lower healing than if you'd spent those two pages on Chapter 1: Desert Bloom Chapter 1: Desert Bloom instead.
- Your basic healing rotation consists of swapping between staff and axe/shield and using 能量引导 and
复仇符印 as much as possible to maintain 威能 and 激怒. - For burst heals use
吸收护盾, 决心圣书, and 
神圣打击.
- If a period of sustained healing is required, you can do 3-1-4, then exit and combo 神圣打击 with the water field from Chapter 4: Shining River Chapter 4: Shining River.
- If a period of sustained healing is required, you can do 3-1-4, then exit and combo
- The most powerful tool you can provide as a firebrand is 圣盾. Watch for big incoming hits, then mitigate them with
防御反击, 
裁决盾击, or "前进！".
- This also improves your healing due to
活力壁垒.
- This also improves your healing due to
- Cleanse conditions if needed with 决心圣书 - Epilogue Eternal Oasis Epilogue Eternal Oasis (convert up to 5 condi to boon) or Chapter 2: Radiant Recovery Chapter 2: Radiant Recovery, 学识咒语, or 神圣打击 + Light Field from your weapon/utility skills.
Boons
- Depending on your rotation, you can output 9-12 stacks of 威能 from 能量引导, and ~15 from
潜能咒语. You can also dip into 正义圣书 to fill gaps in might via 
美德启发 and Epilogue: Ashes of the Just Epilogue: Ashes of the Just. - 复仇符印 or 利刃符印 will pulse 激怒 to your subgroup or party. You can also generate a lot with
闪耀圆转 on Spear, just make sure it is Illuminated before use. - Use
"怒气冲天！" to cover gaps in 急速 and 激怒. The build is perfectly capable of providing both without this elite though. - Try to dip into 决心圣书 and use Chapter 3: Azure Sun Chapter 3: Azure Sun regularly (whenever you hit max pages, for example). This is sufficient to maintain
活力, 再生 and 
迅捷. 
暂时恢复 generates close to 50% 保护 uptime, and 裁决盾击 provides just under 40%. The easiest way to make it permanent is to occasionally jump into 勇气圣书 and use Chapter 1: Unflinching Charge Chapter 1: Unflinching Charge.
Pre-stacking Buffs (Fractals only)
You have to prestack buffs for your party before entering boss fight. Prestacking is done near Mistlock Singularities to abuse the skill reset after using it. Don't use mistlocks before prestacking. Fractal meta is heavily dependant on prestacks!!!
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- Take 神圣之地 and position yourself near Mistlock Singularity while facing your teammates.
- Take
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- Use 神圣之地 to provide a fire field for blasting. <-- This is also a signal for your teammates to also start prestacking.
- Use
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- Use "怒气冲天！".
- Use
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- Take Mistlock Singularity.
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- Replace 神圣之地 with your previous skill if needed.
- Replace
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- Run for the boss as fast as possible.
Often in pug groups teammates might run towards the boss too soon or too late. To prevent that you can do step 7 while running towards the boss or when the fight is about to start. Remember to always use it on your allies.
CC
Baseline CC:
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燃焰利刃
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吸收护盾
- Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke
- Chapter 2: Daring Challenge Chapter 2: Daring Challenge
If you need more CC:
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怨毒纹章
- 庇护之地 - pulsing knockback for 5 seconds
- 智慧之锤 - 2 charges of knockdown
驱逐重击 and 守护之环 if using hammer
束缚之刃 if using greatsword
守护界线 if using staff against non-boss mobs
光芒锁链 if using scepter
General Tips
- Be careful of using Epilogue Unbroken Lines Epilogue Unbroken Lines because it will grant 300 toughness to yourself and nearby allies, potentially interfering with tank aggro.
- 束缚之刃 or Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke can be used to pull adds together.
- Use 自由咒语, 勇气圣书, "坚守阵地！", or 神圣之地 if 稳固 is needed.
- Use 吸收护盾, Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark, 复仇之盾, or 反射之墙 to counter projectiles.
- Use
迅捷符印 when running between encounters.
Encounter Specific Tips
Fractals
Aquatic Ruins
Swampland
Nightmare
- Bring "前进！" to block Ensolyss' slams.
- Avoid dying during Ensolyss' capture phase as you will have to charge your mantras again.
Shattered Observatory
- Bring stability for Skorvald via 勇气圣书 skills and "坚守阵地！" if No Pain No Gain is active as your Renegade should be boonstripping with Mallyx.
- During Skorvald's last phase, provide stability to the group. Enter either or both of 决心圣书 and 勇气圣书.
- You can use Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark in 勇气圣书 to reflect Arkk's Solar Fury (the red balls).
Raids
Spirit Vale
Vale Guardian
- Make sure not to face Seekers when using 燃焰利刃 to ensure you don't pull them into the group.
- 决心圣书 can be used to quickly recover after a skipped green, or at the end of the split phase.
- If you are skipping greens, players getting teleported and downed is often a death sentence.
仁慈干涉 can help you quickly recover them. - 吸收护盾 can be used to knock away Seekers that get too close.
For more information, see our Vale Guardian Guide.
Spirit Woods
For more information, see our Spirit Woods Guide.
Gorseval the Multifarious
- "前进！" can be used to block Gorseval's slams.
- 燃焰利刃 can be used to pull the little spirits into Gorseval to they can be cleaved down.
- Use 决心圣书 during the break bar to help out-heal the returned damage.
- Outside of the break bar, the healing requirement is low on this encounter. Therefore it might be effective to bring 庇护之地 to end it quickly.
- Place 庇护之地 on your group to heal them while you CC.
- Place
For more information, see our Gorseval the Multifarious Guide.
Sabetha the Saboteur
- 勇气圣书 can also be used to provide 稳固 during the flamewall attack.
- If it's available, use Epilogue Unbroken Lines Epilogue Unbroken Lines in 勇气圣书 when Karde spawns, to provide toughness and protection for his flamethrower attack.
For more information, see our Sabetha the Saboteur Guide.
Salvation Pass
Slothasor
- Use 燃焰利刃 to pull slublings (NOT the friendly slubling) into the stack.
- Unless it's being covered by other people, bring "坚守阵地！" to provide 稳固 for the
恐惧 attack after Slothasor's defiance bar is broken. - 决心圣书 can be used to quickly cleanse conditions if people are hit by the shake attack}}
- If slubling pressure is too high, then Chapter 3 Valiant Bulwark Chapter 3 Valiant Bulwark in 勇气圣书 can reduce it, though some slubling attacks are unblockable.
For more information, see our Slothasor Guide.
Bandit Trio
- "坚守阵地！" is worth taking to reduce general annoyance from the various bandit CCs.
For more information, see our Bandit Trio Guide.
Matthias Gabrel
- You can be the group's primary reflect if you bring 反射之墙. Note that you must place the wall inside Matthias' hitbox, or the targeted person will need to remain still in order to ensure all the shards are reflected correctly.
- if you are not the main reflect, you can be a backup by using Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark in 勇气圣书.
- If your group's CC is bad, take 庇护之地 to easily break the sacrifice. Matthias will no longer try to sacrifice players in the abomination phase, so you can use it to block the Shards of Rage attack instead (make sure not the block the bubble attack).
- Matthias will 恐惧 the whole squad when transitioning into the abomination phase. If it's available, enter 勇气圣书 and apply as much 稳固 and 决心 to your group as possible to protect against this.
- 吸收护盾 can be used to block shards from Matthias' jump attack (make sure not to block the shards from the bubble attack).
For more information, see our Matthias Gabrel Guide.
Stronghold of the Faithful
Escort
- "坚守阵地！" is worth taking to reduce general annoyance from the various White Mantle CCs.
For more information, see our Escort Guide.
Keep Construct
- 燃焰利刃 can be used to pull the orb into a rift.
For more information, see our Keep Construct Guide.
Twisted Castle
- "坚守阵地！" is worth taking to reduce general annoyance from the various White Mantle CCs.
For more information, see our Twisted Castle Guide.
Xera
- Use 燃焰利刃 to pull adds into the stack.
- Use 决心圣书 during the split phase and on the "puzzle islands" to clear condis, provide 迅捷, and
keep everyone alive.
For more information, see our Xera Guide.
Bastion of the Penitent
Cairn the Indomitable
- Bring "坚守阵地！" to help your group if you are skipping greens.
- If you are skipping greens and "坚守阵地！" is not off cooldown, you can use 勇气圣书 to provide some 稳固 to your subgroup instead.
For more information, see our Cairn the Indomitable Guide.
Mursaat Overseer
For more information, see our Mursaat Overseer Guide.
Samarog
- Epilogue Eternal Oasis Epilogue Eternal Oasis in 决心圣书 can be dropped on the target of Brutalize to boost healing to them during the break bar.
- If your group's CC is lacking, you can bring 庇护之地. Try to drop it on the target of Brutalize to provide healing as well as CC.
- 吸收护盾 can be used to knock Rigom into Samarog.
For more information, see our Samarog Guide.
Deimos
- "前进！" can block the pizza attack, as well as Mind Crush in an emergency (or CM).
- When blocking Mind Crush rather than hiding in the dome, you will take ticking damage for 10 seconds afterwards, so 决心圣书 will be useful to keep people alive.
- 仁慈干涉 can be used for quick ressing - especially useful on the hand kiter.
For more information, see our Deimos Guide.
Hall of Chains
Soulless Horror
- Make sure not to pull the Tormented Dead into the group with 燃焰利刃.
- After the Tormented Dead has been knocked, you can use 守护界线 to prevent it from returning to the group.
- You can also knock the Tormented Dead away with 吸收护盾
- 决心圣书 can be useful in dealing with conditions if people are hit by scythes or the Tormented Dead AoE.
- You could take 庇护之地 to help with CC.
For more information, see our Soulless Horror Guide.
River of Souls
- You could bring
勇气纹章 as an emergency heal.
For more information, see our River of Souls Guide.
Statues of Grenth
For more information, see our Statues of Grenth Guide.
Dhuum
- You can use Epilogue Eternal Oasis Epilogue Eternal Oasis at every Greater Death Mark to convert the
折磨.
For more information, see our Dhuum Guide.
Mythwright Gambit
Conjured Amalgamate
- Use 燃焰利刃 to pull in swords and CC shields.
For more information, see our Conjured Amalgamate Guide.
Sorting and Appraisal
For more information, see our Sorting and Appraisal Guide.
Largos Assassins
- As it's hard to maintain DPS during Nikare's charge, use 决心圣书 or 勇气圣书 to heal and clear condis, or provide extra toughness and 保护.
- The breakbar attack fires out projectiles than can be blocked with Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark.
For more information, see our Largos Assassins Guide.
Qadim
- 燃焰利刃 can be used to pull Magma Elementals (either into the group or away, depending on strategy).
- If the squad is really struggling to prevent the Lava Elementals from reaching Qadim, you could consider bringing 庇护之地 as this will prevent them from being able to enter his hitbox for five seconds. Be aware that this will also push Magma Elementals out, so be very careful when you use it.
For more information, see our Qadim Guide.
The Key of Ahdashim
Cardinal Sabir
- 庇护之地 is a good choice here as Sabir cannot be damaged during one of his defiance bars, so breaking it quickly is a group DPS increase.
For more information, see our Cardinal Sabir Guide.
Cardinal Adina
- Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark in 勇气圣书 can be used to protect against the hand knockback in the split phase by camping the tome to keep using it. Note that 勇气圣书 will not be up for every split phase (unless you are very slow) so you will either need to alternate with another player, or just keep it as a backup.
For more information, see our Cardinal Adina Guide.
Qadim the Peerless
- You should bring "坚守阵地！" to protect everyone from the knock-back attack at the start of each phase.
For more information, see our Qadim the Peerless Guide.