Virtuoso - Power Speartuoso

• Virtuoso - Power Speartuoso Roamer - WvW version of the build.

• Twitch: Saelos

Variants

• 幻影之怒 can increase the damage/consistency of your Phantasms greatly, but taking this trait sacrifices 活力 uptime that'd synergize with 灵能回应.

Specialization Variants

Both Dueling and Illusions can be replaced by Domination, especially when playing with Greatsword:

Skill Variants

Utility

• 幻象纹章 over 灵刃新生 - Signet of Illusions can partially reset your shatters.

Elite

• 谦逊纹章 - a more offensive elite skill that can transform an enemy player into a moa bird, making them an easy target. Works best when you can line up other CCs too like 时间潮汐 or your teammates can follow up with some burst of their own. It's also great at shutting down other transformations in general such as 怒神附体 or 死亡之幕. The signet even causes Necromancers to lose all of their minions upon transformation, which is a threat not only to MM Necros but also those who run 召唤血肉地虫 and might end up losing their escape route as a result.

Weapons

• Spear is set in stone but the second set is highly customizable. Both Greatsword for more burst damage with some range and Dagger/x for a ranged set are popular options. Offhand Shield for more survivability or Pistol for higher pressure are also viable choices. Torch can work too if you want more condi cleansing or 潜行.

Equipment Variants

Relics

• 烟花古物 - more offensive option that synergizes with multiple Bladesongs and some weapon skills.

Runes

• 破法者符文 - slightly more precision for higher critical strike chance

Elite specialization basics

• Shatters are replaced by Bladesongs (we're still going to refer to these as shatters).

• Instead of generating clones in combat you now stack Blades and Blades persist even after combat. The maximum count is 5 instead of 3.

• Bladesongs are a bit more clunky than regular shatters. They require you to face the target to activate and have a cast time, therefore the first 3 cannot be used defensively while stunned.

General

• Blocking or dodging an attack stocks blades for shatters, and using a shatter skills grants 圣盾. The interaction between these two ensures that you'll almost always have some blades ready to be used.

• Blocking or dodging also gives you important boons such as 激怒 and 急速, which serve as ideal setup for shatter skills and 间隙危机.

Damage

• 和谐咏刃 is your main burst skill as far as shatters are concerned and has 2 charges.

• Use 悲伤咏刃 as a filler when Bladesong Harmony is on CD.

• Dagger #2 利刃呼唤 is quite powerful in its own right. The skill shoots projectiles at your target, but the bulk of the damage is delivered when these projectiles return. For burst damage you should try to sync up the returning blades with a shatter or 间隙危机.

Spear

• 间隙危机 (MTG) is the bread and butter of spear, it's both the main burst skill and its central mechanic.

• Whenever you score a hit with MTG you gain Clarity, which empowers your next skill. Therefore MTG should almost always be the first skill you use on Spear.

• MTG does more damage and has a higher crit chance if the target is near the outer edge of the skill. Try to use it from just outside melee range!

• isn't just a Phantasm skill. If you can hit an enemy with the leap itself, you'll remove some boons too.

  • Clarity: summon 2 Phantasms.

• The main purpose of is to reset the CD of MTG and serve as a gap closer for it.

  • Clarity: stuns the target.

• While is mainly a defensive skill on this set, it does quite high damage in melee and can be used to safely counterpressure enemies.

Spear burst rotation

1. while trying to hit enemies with the outer ring.
2. which is now empowered and stuns targets.
3. again. Try to walk away from the stunned target while casting it in order to put them inside the outer ring of MTG.
4. which should now summon 2 Phantasms due to having Clarity.

Sustain

• is the strongest defensive skill you have. Not only does it prevent incoming attacks, but also saves you from condition damage you'd be taking.

  • Don't hesitate to use to reset this skill if you're in trouble.

• has value as an instant source of that can be used even while stunned, or to shield yourself from an incoming attack while doing your Spear burst.

• is the main source of condi cleansing here. Try to use it with 3+ blades stocked whenever possible.

  • In condition matchups you may want to hold onto this skill longer. Heal only when you need to cleanse, if you're not in too much danger.

• The second best cleanse is on Spear.

• Third best is weapon swapping for .

• Swap to shield if you're being pressured, it has 2 blocking skills on skill #4 that you can use to buy time for CDs to come back up, or to build distance.

• is your last resort option for when you need to disengage or create some breathing room.