Paragon - Support Paragon

Boon Support

List of Important Boon Application Skills

• - + +

• - + +

• - +

• All Chants with -

• Burst skills via + -

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• -

• - +

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• Your main gamplay loop as a Paragon revolves around casting all of your Chant skills as often as possible to proc while ending on to maintain the pulsing whenever you can

  • Always try to play around the cooldown reduction on by activating before your other Chants
  • Hit enemies as well as allies with your skills whenever possible to gain Adrenaline for your Chants

• Your secondary priority is using your Burst skills and Weapon Swap frequently to maintain Motivation

Opening Combo

• Try to get in combat early, before groups fully engage, by walking into unthreatening ground AoEs or ranged skills for a tick. This will let you build Adrenaline with , and
• Use if your group is missing before a push, or during a clash to provide and
  • The strongest part of is the , get as much value out of it as possible
• should be cast off cooldown for boon application rather than stunbreaking
• should be used on your group frequently for and as well as the Adrenaline it grants for hitting allies
• The condition clear from is good, but the is so valuable that unless your party already has 100% uptime should generally be used whenever your group is spiking rather than being saved for a cleanse

Heal/Cleanse Support

List of Healing skills

• -
• Burst skills via + +
• -

List of Condition Clear skills

• +

• Burst skills via +

• , , and should all be cast on your group when clashing with the enemy to heal

• Hit the enemy group as well as your own with when possible to apply

  • has a significant aftercast animation lock, be careful with where you aim it
    • If used directly on top of yourself you can avoid the animation lock on entirely

• gives hefty and cleanse, use it while your group is clashing with the enemy

CC

List of CC skills

• Use when:

  • Your group calls a spike such as Wells ()
  • On top of enemy downs (while alive enemies are on top of them)
  • Enemy groups move defensively while your group is pushing

• The of is applied on the first tick of the skill, since your damage is irrelevant you should cancel the channel immediately after with a Stow Weapon keybind

• Use when:

  • Your group calls a spike such as Wells
  • Your group is range spiking the enemy
  • Enemy groups move defensively while your group is pushing

• Do not use when:

  • Your group is pushing and the enemy group is pushing
  • Your group is moving away from the enemy
  • It would pull the enemy group out of your groups spike (except for range spikes)

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.