Willbender - Radiant Valorbender

• Note: this build doesn't play Virtues, which means that doesn't grant on its initial cast, only at the very end! As such it's a much less reactive defensive cooldown, and could easily get interrupted. Consider using if you're afraid of getting CC'd while casting this skill.

Sword/Focus

• This is more of a defensive/utility set, but still has decent damage.

• is both defensive and offensive, deals solid damage while destroying enemy projectiles.

• has many uses: vertical mobility via teleportation, symbol for cleaving, to make an important skill miss, or a combo field which can be used to combo with a leap finisher.

• Both focus skills grant and via .

  • doesn't give you the boons right away, the shield must first explode for the boons to be applied.

• isn't very powerful but makes up for it with its versatility. The , cleanse, heal, boons and damage make it useful in just about any situation. Focus skills in general are an important source of in the build, so you should pretty much use this skill on CD.

• is a highly valuable defensive skill if used correctly. Having instant access to a blocking skill could save your life if you get caught in a CC with no available stunbreaks, but it could also cover important casts like your healing skill or allow you to pressure enemies while tanking hits.

  • If the 3 charges aren't consumed, the shield explodes for heavy damage. In combat this is a rather unlikely scenario, the only reliable way of getting the explosion off is casting this skill at a safe distance and jumping in with a teleport just as it's about to expire. When combined with other heavy hitting skills (especially on Spear) and for an instant teleport, the shield can add quite a bit of burst damage to your opener.

Spear

• Spear has its own unique mechanic called illumination. Using any of skills 2-5 and fulfilling the right conditions gives you the Illuminated buff, which increases the effectiveness of your next skill.

• Starting off with is recommended, because it ensures that the rest of your combo is illuminated.

• and go well together, you should aim to line up the 2nd strike of GD with the pass-through damage of HR.

• is the main burst skill here, a powerful AoE with heavy damage that can also heal and cleanse allies in range. Make sure that this skill is always illuminated.

Burst combo examples

Willbender isn't a very complicated spec and you don't have to work hard to do a lot of damage. This section is only meant to give you a few ideas for sequencing, especially when it comes to doing damage with minimal risk.

Spear Combo

You basically just go through your skills from right to left, 5 to 2.

1. Optional if you're outside melee range. You could also pre-cast and jump in with JI right as it's about to explode and you're about to finish casting Symbol of Luminance.
2. for CC and to illuminate the rest of the combo. You don't have to stay inside the symbol!
3. Optional - . Note: consider skipping this when prioritizing single-target damage. ST has a long cast time, you might be better off focusing on the other 2 steps while the CC lasts. ST is best used against multiple targets who are spread, or if you're not in melee range.
4. , the goal here is to hit the target with the second strike at the same time Helio Rush connects.
5. through the target.

Sustain

• Although this is more tanky than your average Willbender build, it still relies on its mobility to avoid damage occasionally.

• A huge part of your sustain comes passively from , restoring health whenever you gain a boon. It heals per stack and application, so 5 stacks of will heal you 5 times. You don't really have to pay much attention to this, it'll happen passively throughout a fight. It does give you even more reasons to maintain though, as keeps giving you every second while you have Resolution, which is further amplified by .

  • If you want to gain a lot of boons quickly, use .

• is an excellent reactive skill which cleanses several conditions and even has an evade frame in case you need to dodge something but don't have the endurance.

• is worth holding onto for its passive in order to get free condition cleansing, but don't hesitate to use it on low health (and even its active can cleanse conditions).

• is a purely defensive stunbreak and your best answer against an overwhelming amount of conditions. Usually a last resort for when you're heavily pressured and other options don't cut it anymore.

• is an excellent and versatile defensive skill. Short CD, grants boons, it's also a ground targeted ranged teleport which adds a lot of vertical mobility to the build. Leaving attackers behind while teleporting to the highground can often save your life. As with most Willbender skills, it's not purely defensive - the AoE it leaves behind upon landing is a good source of cleave damage too, so you could sacrifice this skill to chase or pressure targets if you're fine with giving up a defensive CD.

• is also a stunbreak but most of the time it'll be used to execute burst combos from range. Worth holding onto for defensive purposes when every other stunbreak is on CD though.

• As long as you have you're somewhat safe. It's an incredibly powerful defensive skill which grants you immunity to incoming damage and CC (other than fall damage) when under heavy pressure, and refreshes all of your Virtues which could either help you stay alive longer or run away.