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Power Amalgam

Guild Wars 2 Power Amalgam - Hammer Meta build for open-world: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

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Power Amalgam is a power damage Open World build offering flexibility and strong DPS for solo and group content.

Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • High damage
  • Easy to learn
  • Defensive options
  • Lots of cleave
  • Strong bursts
  • Relies on enemy conditions
  • Loses damage on moving targets
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

防护协议:荆棘 图标防护协议:荆棘 进攻协议:毁坏 图标进攻协议:毁坏 进攻协议:抹除 图标进攻协议:抹除

海盗女王古物 图标海盗女王古物 can be replaced when needed:

Janthir Wilds Relics:

Secrets of the Obscure Relics:

Core Game Relics:

  • 雄鹰古物 图标雄鹰古物 flat 10% Damage to enemies under 50% Health
  • 潜行者古物 图标潜行者古物 is an easy to maintain Damage buff.
  • 流水古物 图标流水古物 grants Condition Removal when you use your Heal skill.
  • 骑兵古物 图标骑兵古物 grants you Aegis, Quickness, Swiftness, Resistance and Might when you hit an enemy with your mount engage skill. (Hint: the Skyscale engage skill will leave a pulsing field that will give boons on every strike!).

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Use your Morph skills off Cooldown in order to gain boons, deal Damage and maintain the buff from 自愿宿主 图标自愿宿主.

You gain boons due to 新型基因 图标新型基因 which causes the following:

新型基因 图标新型基因 also causes all of your Morph skills to grant Alacrity.

白银内衬 图标白银内衬 further causes your Morphs to grant their Strain bonuses:

Dealing Damage

Open with 进攻协议:抹除 图标进攻协议:抹除 for Might. Keep using your Morphs off Cooldown for high Damage and plenty of boons.

防护协议:荆棘 图标防护协议:荆棘 does very high Damage and should be used with high priority.

Use 流体状态 图标流体状态 to Pull in enemies and deal high Damage.

When 静电冲击 图标静电冲击 Comes off Cooldown, use the following combo:

After your 炸弹包 图标炸弹包 Combo, use the following when available:

  1. 电子回旋 图标电子回旋 + 破片手雷 图标破片手雷
  2. 冰冻手雷 图标冰冻手雷 + 毒气手雷 图标毒气手雷

电子回旋 图标电子回旋 + 破片手雷 图标破片手雷 and Auto Attack Chains until 静电冲击 图标静电冲击 is off Cooldown.

雷霆一击 图标雷霆一击 deals AoE pulsing Damage and is a Stun.

Remember that 电子回旋 图标电子回旋 is an AoE skill as well as providing you with Projectile Reflect.

If you can, pair 破片手雷 图标破片手雷 with 毒气手雷 图标毒气手雷冰冻手雷 图标冰冻手雷

Use 手雷包 图标手雷包 to tag mobs to make sure you steal all the precious loot.

There are a few traits you need to know about to maximise your Damage:

  • 钢片炸药 图标钢片炸药 causes your Explosion skills to inflict Vulnerability.
  • 优质枪械 图标优质枪械 provides you with 15% additional Critical Chance if you are within the Range threshold. Pay attention!
  • 弹药改装 图标弹药改装 increases Damage based on the number of conditions on your target. 手雷包 图标手雷包 has many useful conditions tucked away inside.

Defense

自动除颤 图标自动除颤 is your last defense. Once used, it lasts for five seconds and will Heal you a large amount if you take lethal Damage during this time. It will also act as a Condition Removal for any damaging conditions.

电击护盾 图标电击护盾 will Block attacks in front of you and provides you with Barrier for each hit.

火箭冲锋 图标火箭冲锋 acts as an Evade when moving forwards. Each leap gives 0.3 seconds of Evade for a total of one second.

炸弹包 图标炸弹包 has three different Defiance Break skills to lock enemies down.

防护协议:荆棘 图标防护协议:荆棘 is your only Stun Break.

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