Harbinger - Celestial Elixir Roamer

• Harbinger - Pistol Curses - Conquest PvP version of the build.

Variants

• 扭曲药剂 lets you share your elite's boons with allies, something that's worth considering if you're roaming with a group.

Food

• - passive damage mitigation and great stats.

• - active damage mitigation.

  • - budget version

Utility

• for a condition focused approach, or for a direct damage focus.

• Budget: either from Canned Food Crates found in WvW s or purchased from the Permanent Portable Provisioner.

• Alternatively you could use a for an even more tanky build, especially if you've sacrificed some of it for Ritualist pieces.

Elite specialization basics

• doesn't replace your health bar! Unlike other Necromancer shrouds, Harbinger Shroud can't be used to soak damage, which makes this spec more squishy by default. Death Magic should offset this a bit.

• You can enter shroud even with no Life Force to use, but staying inside still drains your LF each interval.

General

• is unique in a sense that it doesn't require Life Force to activate - this skill even gives you LF! Because of that LF management is much less of a concern on Harbinger builds.

• is one of the more versatile skills in the build:

  • The healing and endurance reduction from and is great for wearing down other tanky Cele roamer specs.
  • Could be used defensively for AoE projectile denial, helping you survive pressure, even shutting down elites such as .
  • It's unblockable and the does solid damage on its own.

• On Staff always try to use AFTER for a free combo.

Damage

• This part of the build is rather straightforward, there aren't any complicated burst chains you have to learn. It's all about keeping the target constantly pressured.

• In terms of damage, Shroud > Pistol > Staff. Staff is mainly a utility/defensive weapon.

• Elixirs apply Blight to you and Shroud skills can consume Blight, empowering them. Consider using elixirs right before entering Shroud. is especially good at kicking off burst combos. You always get the boon of elixirs you use, but enemies must be inside the impact area to get the negative effects.

Skill Variants

Utility

All of your utility skills are optional, there are plenty of viable choices. As a general rule you should always keep at least 1 stunbreak on your bar.

• 鬼灵影步 - stunbreak, cleansing, and great tool for kiting. The lengthy CD is the only downside, you should definitely make room for another stunbreak on your bar when playing this.

• 瘟疫纹章 - has such a low CD that you can get away with only taking this one, but it's safer to go with 2.

• 无知试剂 - low CD stunbreak with damage mitigation, and the 抗性 is useful against 目盲 spamming specs like Fresh Air Ele, Willbender or D/P Thief.

• 召唤血肉地虫 - stunbreak that could also be used as a mobility tool, it's especially useful at scaling difficult terrain and kiting to the highground. The downside is the long cast time, especially when you're trying to set this up as an escape tool while disengaging.

• 福佑试剂 - if you need more cleansing.

• 鬼灵圆环 - area denial skill that could ward off attackers or trap enemies inside.

Weapons

There are several viable options for the off-hand slot. Torch however requires the Secrets of the Obscure expansion so if you don't have access to it then you're forced to pick one of the following weapons (except Sword, which also requires SotO):

• Warhorn - this is mostly taken with a 速度古物 for improved mobility. The 迅捷 sources in the build however are scarce and with long CDs, which makes this vulnerable to boon removal. The unblockable CC of Warhorn 4 can be good value too but it has a shorter range than the one on Torch. Warhorn also makes it easier to drop movement speed runes for something with higher stats.

• Focus - adds a great boonrip skill with high damage, it's the most bursty option (and the lowest sustain one).

• Dagger - a defensive weapon with extra condition removal and damage mitigation through and .

• Sword - primarily a defensive/CC focused weapon. The Weakness and Fear make it valuable even if its damage is on the lower end.

Stats: a Ritualist Amulet + 1 ring coupled with 超级旅者符文 would give us roughly 25% boon duration and 10% condi duration, among other things. These Ritualist pieces also sacrifice some passive tankiness (mainly Toughness) and strike damage (lower Power/Precison/Ferocity), shifting the build a bit more towards active sustain and condi damage. You can still keep playing full Cele if you prefer the Power bursts of Harbinger shroud or the slightly higher passive sustain, the difference isn't anything major either way. This is just something you can refine and tinker with. Going more into the Ritualist direction could also work, but with each Cele piece you sacrifice you become more squishy and your direct damage drops further.

Equipment Variants

Runes

Traveler is mainly taken for its passive mobility and boon duration. Other viable options include:

• 超级激荡符文 - keeps the passive mobility boost and boon duration but focuses more on strike damage. Consider going full Cele with no Ritualist pieces in order to further lean into the Power angle.

• 超级陷阱师符文 - solid offensive option if damage is all you care about.

• 超级燃火者符文 - way higher 急速 uptime and good stats.

Relic

• 河流古物 - a bit more healing and better CD recovery.

• 恶魔女王古物 - more 中毒 spam and higher healing reduction from it, which is especially useful when fighting other high sustain builds.

• 伊斯加然古物 - boosts both your strike damage and condition pressure while being easy to maintain.

• 纳约斯古物 - extra survivability.

Sigils

• 超级慷慨法印 over Cleansing - slightly worse condition removal for increased pressure. In most cases Generosity should be enough, but Cleansing is the safest and most forgiving option.