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Herald - Hammer Herald

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魂武者 (Revenant)heraldstrike damagedpsboon support

Under construction.webp This is a placeholder build that was useful in the past. Click here to view current builds.

Focused on: Strike damage, Dps and Boon support

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds Secrets of the Obscure builds

Difficulty: Normal

Overview

A Power based Herald build for WvW. The utility of Glint, the durability of Jalis, and the damage of 聚能崩灭 图标聚能崩灭 allow this build to deal strong damage with great sustain, while buffing allies.

Skill Bar

Variants

  • HammerSpear Spear has great utility and damage, but a much shorter range

Template Code

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Specializations

Variants

  • 残忍暴行 图标残忍暴行 constant stability removal with quickness uptime but less DPS.

Variants

  • 核心价值 图标核心价值 offers more group utility, but less movement speed.

Equipment

Head
Marauder
Shoulders
Marauder
Chest
Marauder
Hands
Marauder
Legs
Marauder
Feet
Marauder
Backpiece
Marauder
Accessory
Marauder
Accessory
Marauder
Amulet
Marauder
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Marauder

Equipment Variants

Stats

Consumables

Usage

Priorities

High

  • Ranged Spike

Moderate

  • Sustained damage
  • Boon support

Low

  • CC

Surviving

  • This build has moderate passive defense
  • This build has moderate mobility skill access
    • 幻影突袭 图标幻影突袭 will lunge towards a target if they are within range, otherwise it moves you considerably less than 900 range
      • Neutral creatures can be used as targets
  • This build has high active defenses
    • Only use 相位猛击 图标相位猛击 defensively if desperate, it will likely leave you more out of position than when you started
    • Toggle 复仇之锤 图标复仇之锤 on whenever you expect significant pressure, its upkeep is cheap
    • 崇高矮人 图标崇高矮人 breaks stuns at the beginning of the cast, dodge or weapon stow to cancel the cast if you're in danger
    • Keep 圣光多面体 图标圣光多面体 active as often as possible so that 圣光灌注 图标圣光灌注 is available
    • Save 自然多面体 图标自然多面体 + 真正本质 图标真正本质 for use in Jalis stance
    • Don't waste 黑暗凝视 图标黑暗凝视 on trivial CC, the 激怒 图标激怒 it provides is very valuable

Active defense priority

Detailed Explanations

Ranged Spike

Sustained damage

  • You can 相位猛击 图标相位猛击 through traps and marks to activate them without taking any damage.
  • Try to place 稳固激发 图标稳固激发 in the direction your group is pushing if possible, but prioritize hitting enemies
  • Toggle on 复仇之锤 图标复仇之锤 any time you're in range and in Jalis, but prioritize other skills when energy is limited

Skill priority

Greatsword

Hammer

Boon support

CC