The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Sustain, Hybrid damage and Support
Designed for: WvW Roaming
Difficulty: Easy
This build was last updated on November 21, 2024 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
战士 (Warrior)
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Defense variant, trades dodge economy for superior condition cleanse and weakness spam. Full bunker.
A core Warrior WvW Roaming build with decent damage and incredible sustain, focusing on hybrid damage with Celestial stats. Can be played solo, but excels in group scenarios where it can make full use of 
治愈威能 and 
活力战吼.
Heal
"突破极限！" can be considered for the Defense variant or if you're roaming in a group where someone else might be able to help you out with cleanses.Utility
"听我号令！" over Bull's Charge, tech choice vs thieves or when you want to support your allies with more instant heals.Elite
战斗旗帜 is an option if you are roaming in a group of 3 or more. Any less and rampage becomes the better option for it's versatility.
盛怒纹章 can be taken if you do not need rampage for stomping or escaping, or if you take Defense traitline over Strength. Supplements adrenaline generation and can be used in emergencies to recover 40 endurance and heal via 
强力正义 and 治愈威能.
Weapons
When running the Defense variant:
战术旗帜 over Bull's Charge. Offers 5 stacks of stability with 8 seconds of duration, 5s of superspeed, 4.75 seconds of quickness with banner trait, and will slowly build resistance when standing in the radius, all on a 30 second cooldown. With banner trait, gives almost 100% uptime on resistance assuming you're in the circle for the banner boon application ticks.Variants
Food
- great stats that fit Celestial builds perfectly while also providing 10% damage reduction.
- a very strong defensive option which improves your already great endurance regen. Even has synergy with related traits and the Strength line.
Utility
General
Playstyle: despite having a longbow, this is very much a melee build. Try sticking to targets to deliver maximum damage, or snare and briefly outrange them while conditions are ticking away.
Swap weapons roughly every 5 seconds, use this time to rotate through weapon skills as fast as possible.
Damage
If possible, dodge into enemies to damage them with and generate . This is especially useful if you're ed as the damage of the dodge will miss, consuming the condition and allowing you to immediately follow up with something.
is a cone attack which means it's best used in point-blank range where all 3 arrows are guaranteed to hit the target.
Swapping to bow procs and . The Geomancy proc itself strikes foes around you, which is an instant trigger for the Doom sigil, meaning that a weapon swap (even in the middle of your dodge) is an instant source of 3 and 3 procs. Following up with a in point-blank range adds 3 to the mix. This is a great way of putting pressure on a target in no time.
hits hard with power damage and is a blast finisher, but is hard to land from range unless the target is CC'd. It's yet another longbow skill best used in melee range or close to it.
is strong for its , but is slow and hard to land with a long windup, making it easy to dodge. As such, try and use this skill after baiting out some dodges. This skill can be stowed in order to cancel the attack but still have the windup, potentially baiting out dodges - but only do this if you know it will generate value or you the your opponent already dodging.
Burst skills:
gives you 100% crit chance for a couple of seconds everytime you swap to axe. Just about every skill on this weapon hits hard but try to prioritize and in this window.
has 3 main functions: finishing move against low-HP targets, a tool for ranged poking that snares enemies, and it's also a potential trigger for the Immob from the trait. Immob from Leg Specialist makes this great at setting up other skills such as Eviscerate, Bull's Charge, or even a ranged Impale which would otherwise be easy to dodge.
is versatile in its usage. The pulsing and are difficult to cleanse, making this skill excellent at applying cover conditions to enemies while keeping them snared.
applies a lot of stacks if the counter hits, and is a high priority skill for the build's condition damage pressure output. Can be used reactively to block important skills, or any skill really if damage is your main goal. This skill will only block 1 hit within 130 range of the target, but outside of that range it will continue blocking until the block ends. This makes it an excellent tool for kiting to terrain against enemies with ranged pressure.
can be your make or break skill during duels or downing an opponent. Try to use it at the end of a player's dodge or stability to make it even harder to dodge, and make the most out of it. Alternatively, this can be used defensively for the evasion and mobility to avoid damage, disengage from a fight, or reach favourable terrain.
Combo examples
Vision proc combo in melee range or slightly outside melee
Longbow sigil proc combo
Sustain
and causes applications to heal you and grant a tiny bit of endurance.
and will be used to manage condition levels before resorting to mass cleanses.
should almost always be used whenever it's available as long as you're missing more than 7k health, but if you're facing a condition build and all of your cleanses are on CD then you might want to hold onto it for a bit so you don't get caught offguard with a condi burst. The 5 cleanses make this your best skill against conditions.
is another source of passive cleansing and healing, potentially even a stun break.
(SIO) is the only on-demand stun break in the build. This skill also affects nearby allies and can be used to support them if you can afford it.
is used to upkeep both permanent Fury and high stacks of Might, while also serving as a healing skill that regenerates both health and endurance.
is an excellent defensive skill that can block way more than just one attack as long as you're not facing the target or you're outside melee range.
(when used without a target) is a useful tool for disengaging and putting some distance between you and your enemies in case you're low on health and need to wait for defensive CDs.
, Bull's Charge, and several Rampage skills have synergy, freeing you from Immob.
Rampage
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