Part of the current metagame
Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great
Focused on: Healing, Boon support and Crowd control
Designed for: WvW Zerg
Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds Path of Fire Builds Secrets of the Obscure builds Janthir Wilds builds
Difficulty: Hard
This build was last updated on March 27, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
A support Firebrand build for WvW. Provides a large amount of 
稳固 and boon support.
Skill Bar
Variants
Weapon Variants
- Axe provides excellent CC but at a short range
- Recommended for smaller numbers
- Staff ⇒ Spear
Skill Variants
Template Code
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Variants
纯洁之心 with Spear
Variants
Equipment
Equipment Variants
Relic
Sigils
Consumables
Usage
Quick Guide
- Firebrand supports its group by maintaining critical boons, particularly 稳固
- Keep 稳固 on your group for each push by spreading out your cooldowns
Stability Skills
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"坚守阵地！"
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神圣之地
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自由咒语
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Watch for caught allies and use your reactive tools such as
自由咒语, 
决心圣书 + 
纯粹决心, or Epilogue Eternal Oasis Epilogue Eternal Oasis to save them -
Keep up
抗性 for your party by using 
勇气圣书 ⇒ Chapter 2 Daring Challenge Chapter 2 Daring Challenge and Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand as often as possible
Important Boon Skills
CC Skills
- 勇气圣书 ⇒ Chapter 2 Daring Challenge Chapter 2 Daring Challenge
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守护界线
正义圣书 ⇒ Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke-
吸收护盾
General
- Focus on using your pages for your highest value skills: Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand, Epilogue Eternal Oasis Epilogue Eternal Oasis, and Chapter 2 Daring Challenge Chapter 2 Daring Challenge
- Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke and can sometimes be worth the pages
- Avoid using the final charge of
慰藉咒语
Surviving
- This build has high passive defense
- This build has no mobility skill access
- This build has high active defense
Defensive Skill List
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Stunbreak
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Condition Clear
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圣盾
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Healing
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While your active defenses are strong, they are ideally saved for your group and not used selfishly
Priorities
High
Moderate
- Boon support
- CC
Low
- Condition clear
- Healing
Detailed Explanations
Stability
- Use your 稳固 skills in the following priority order:
Stability
priority
- Apply 稳固 before allies get caught by enemy CC
- Enemy CC is most likely to land when they spike your group, your group is moving through theirs, or your group is moving away from theirs
- It is better to use your 稳固 too early than too late
- It is better to use your
- Enemy CC is most likely to land when they spike your group, your group is moving through theirs, or your group is moving away from theirs
- Spread your 稳固 application as much as you can without letting allies get caught by CC
- Avoid overlapping multiple 稳固 sources on your party, both your own and other players
- Avoid overlapping multiple
- 勇气圣书 +
不屈勇气 is on cooldown and will not activate when the red Dormant Courage buff is on your buff bar - The final charge of 自由咒语 is very powerful, but should be conserved for use when all other 稳固 are expended
- 勇气圣书 ⇒ Epilogue Unbroken Lines Epilogue Unbroken Lines is your last resort for 稳固 due to the high page cost
- When using 稳固 skills without pulsing application (everything other than 神圣之地) cover the application by applying other boons immediately after the cast
- 慰藉咒语 and 正义圣书 +
美德启发 are ideal for this because they are instant, but any boon application is worth doing - This is done because boon strips (which are the most common type of boon removal) always work on a first in, last out priority
- This means boon strips will always remove the most recently applied boons first
- Boon corrupts remove a random boon which this technique can still mitigate by ensuring you have as many unique boons as possible
Stunbreaking
- 自由咒语 is your group stunbreak, use its charges very carefully - the cooldown is too long to waste them
- Allies are most likely to be CCed at the same times they need 稳固 or while they are the focus target.
- Turn your camera, make use of a “Look Behind” keybind and listen to voice communications to pay attention to caught allies.
- Additional support will often be needed after stunbreaking. Follow up 自由咒语 with 慰藉咒语 for general protection or one of your Condition Clear skills if the player is stuck via soft CC
- Clicking on players you're trying to save will make it easier to see what support they need
Signet of Mercy
Signet of Mercy
- Watch for low allied health bars to enable precasting (Using the skill before an ally is downed so that it finishes casting on them as soon as they do go down)
- Give yourself quickness with 慰藉咒语 before beginning the cast
- Cover the cast with 稳固 ("坚守阵地！" or 自由咒语 only - the others are too slow)
- Make sure to communicate over voice comms. Broadcast that you are beginning, casting and finishing the rez, include the name of the person being rezzed if possible.
- If another player with a higher priority calls they are rezzing at the same time, cancel the rez (“Stow Weapon” keybind or Escape button while in a Tome skill) and communicate the fact you are cancelling.
Boon Support
Non-Stability Boons Per Skill
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迅捷
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威能
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抗性
- All CC skills via
泰然处之 - 勇气圣书 ⇒ Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand
- All CC skills via
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急速
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再生
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Defensive boons like
保护, 抗性 or 圣盾 should be prioritized when your group is on the defensive- Use Chapter 2 Daring Challenge Chapter 2 Daring Challenge and Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand off cooldown to keep high 抗性 uptime
- Make sure to only use these skills if you'll hit an enemy with Chapter 2 Daring Challenge Chapter 2 Daring Challenge and your group will stand in at least a few ticks of Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand
- Use Chapter 2 Daring Challenge Chapter 2 Daring Challenge and Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand off cooldown to keep high
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Offensive boons like
威能 and 急速 should be prioritized when your group is on the offensive -
Use
迅捷符印 to keep 迅捷 on your party whenever you have downtime
CC
CC Skill List
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勇气圣书 ⇒ Chapter 2 Daring Challenge Chapter 2 Daring Challenge - AoE
嘲讽 -
守护界线 - AoE Line
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正义圣书 ⇒ Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke - AoE
拉拽 -
Use your CC when:
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All of your CC skills proc
泰然处之 if they hit an enemy without 稳固- As long as it hits an enemy Chapter 2 Daring Challenge Chapter 2 Daring Challenge will proc 泰然处之 even if the enemy has 稳固
- As long as it hits an enemy Chapter 2 Daring Challenge Chapter 2 Daring Challenge will proc
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The position of
守护界线 can be changed by turning your character during the cast time before it finishes -
Since the page cost of
正义圣书 ⇒ Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke is high it should be saved for your most important group spikes such as Wells
Condition clear
Condition Clear Skill Priority
- 决心圣书 + 纯粹决心
- 决心圣书 ⇒ Epilogue Eternal Oasis Epilogue Eternal Oasis
- 决心圣书 ⇒ Chapter 2 Radiant Recovery Chapter 2 Radiant Recovery
神圣打击 - Light field Blast finisher
- You have limited condition clear compared to other supports, focus on using yours when allies have Immobilize Immobilize
- Allies are very likely to get Immobilize Immobilize at the same times they need 稳固 or 自由咒语
- Allies are very likely to get Immobilize Immobilize at the same times they need
- 决心圣书 + 纯粹决心 is on cooldown and will not activate when the red Dormant Resolve buff is on your buff bar
Healing
Healing Skill List
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能量引导
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神圣打击
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吸收护盾 (only if the knockback isn’t disruptive)
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Dodge (
无私英勇) -
再生
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Most of Firebrand's healing output happens incidentally while doing other things
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The heal on
能量引导 is substantial, but heavily backloaded to the final tick
Settings
- Under General Options / User Interface check Always show squad health bars and Always show party health bars. These will make it much easier to keep track of who needs your support.
- Also under General Options / User Interface turn on Thick party health bars
- Thick squad health bars can be used too as a matter of personal preference, but is not recommended for large numbers
- Under Squad Options uncheck View as a grid. This will allow you to keep track of your allies' boons, conditions and health, enabling a better decision-making and skill management.