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 Visions of Eternity builds
Difficulty: Normal
This build was last updated on March 10, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
A support Luminary build for WvW. Provides a large amount of 
稳固 and boon support.
Skill Bar
Variants
Weapons
- Axe provides excellent CC but at a short range
- Recommended for smaller numbers
- Staff ⇒ Spear
Utility
"前进！" is always decent for more 
顽强防御 procs
忠诚姿态 AoE stunbreak that still gives 
圣盾, but with a longer CD than "前进！" and only one charge-
辉耀姿态
屏障
-
神圣之地
稳固
净化火焰 condition clear
真理之弓 healing
庇护之地 for CC
仁慈纹章 for smaller numbers
Elite
Template Code
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Variants
Equipment
Equipment Variants
Relic
Sigils
Consumables
Usage
Quick Guide
- Luminary supports its group by maintaining critical boons, particularly 稳固
- Keep 稳固 on your group for each push by spreading out your cooldowns
- Use
进入光辉熔炉 every 15 seconds when 
夜光法杖 is ready to reset your Virtue cooldowns with 
光明启迪 - Keep up
抗性 for your party by using with 
光耀勇气 - Keep
威能, 
激怒, 
保护, and 
迅捷 on your party
- CC enemies on your groups spikes
General
- An important part of your support output comes from using your 进入光辉熔炉 skills to proc
辉煌武器 and 光明启迪
- You should aim to use 进入光辉熔炉 every 15 seconds to use 夜光法杖 off cooldown as well as any other Forge skills that are off cooldown
Surviving
- This build has high passive defense
- This build has low mobility skill access
- This build has high active defense
Defensive Skill List
- 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:
- 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
- Prioritize 光耀勇气 so that you can reset its cooldown with 进入光辉熔炉 + 光明启迪
- When using 稳固 skills cover the application by applying other boons immediately after the cast
光耀正义 is ideal for this because it is 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
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
- Defensive boons like 保护, 抗性 or 圣盾 should be prioritized when your group is on the defensive
- Offensive boons like 威能 and
急速 should be prioritized when your group is on the offensive - Use
防御反击 when your group is trading hits with the enemy group - Use
裁决盾击 before your group engages the enemy or while your group is trading with the enemy - Your 圣盾 skills should be used as frequently as possible without overlapping previous applications while 光耀勇气 is on cooldown to proc 顽强防御
- Blast Fire fields before fights start with your group with
神圣打击 - Use
迅捷符印 to keep 迅捷 on your party whenever you have nothing else to cast
能量引导 has a long cast time, so use it before your group is about to push or when your group is staying still to spike
- Don't be afraid to cancel the channel of 能量引导 if the situation changes and it becomes unsafe to continue
- Don't be afraid to cancel the channel of
CC
CC Skill List
守护界线 - AoE Line
闪光利刃 - Immobilize Immobilize
吸收护盾 - Aoe 
击退- 庇护之地 - AoE 击退 (optional)
- Use your CC when:
- The position of 守护界线 can be changed by turning your character during the cast time before it finishes
Condition clear
- 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
- Allies are very likely to get Immobilize Immobilize at the same times they need
Healing
Healing Skill List
- The heal on 能量引导 is substantial, but heavily backloaded to the final tick
- Since you need to use your Forge skills off cooldown don't worry too much about the healing from 夜光法杖/
复苏微光
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.