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Power Willbender

Guild Wars 2 Power Willbender - Greatsword / Spear Meta build for open-world: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

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Power Willbender is a mobility-focused Open World build that delivers fast-paced strike damage with strong sustain and high DPS, perfect for aggressive play and farming.

Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • High damage
  • Good mobility
  • Provides self boons
  • No ranged DPS
  • Fast paced rotation
  • Forced movement
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

"前进!" 图标"前进!" can be replaced when needed:

"怒气冲天!" 图标"怒气冲天!" can be replaced when needed:

  • 专注复苏 图标专注复苏 will make you Invulnerable for three seconds and will Recharge your Virtues
  • 如来神掌 图标如来神掌 for more Defiance Break.

自负助理 图标自负助理 grants high Healing at a moderate Damage loss.

纯粹决心 图标纯粹决心 provides additional Healing and Condition Cleanse.

Longbow or Sword / Focus can be taken instead of Spear if you do not have access to Janthir Wilds (JW).

  • Longbow provides good Ranged Damage but lacks on Resolution generation
  • Sword and Focus provides boons, mobility and defense skills.

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.
  • 防御者古物 图标防御者古物 for a Heal every time you Block
  • 骁骑兵古物 图标骁骑兵古物 grants Condition Removal when you use a shout.
  • 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

Willbender Flames are gained when using your Virtues and constantly Damage enemies that are standing within them. Maintaining uptime on your Willbender Flames is the key to success on this build.

Just in case you forgot, these are your Virtues:

Each Virtue produces its own Willbender Flames and only one can be active at any one time. Make sure not to overlap them as they will be wasted. Each Willbender Flame has a slightly different shape but they all have the same effects.

You have a lot of traits that interact with your Virtues:

Keep high uptime on your Symbols to activate traits from Zeal:

Dealing Damage

Use "怒气冲天!" 图标"怒气冲天!" at the start of combat so you begin with plenty of boons.

Use 急速正义 图标急速正义 and 正义之剑 图标正义之剑 off Cooldown.

Space out the use of your other Virtues, 流动决心 图标流动决心 and 英勇冲撞 图标英勇冲撞, to maintain uptime on 美德激励 图标美德激励 and your Willbender Flames

Rotate between Spear and Greatsword, using big skills off Cooldown.

Follow this skill priority on your Greatsword:

  1. 决心符印 图标决心符印
  2. 愤怒回旋 图标愤怒回旋
  3. 信仰之跃 图标信仰之跃
  4. Use 束缚之刃 图标束缚之刃利刃拉拽 图标利刃拉拽 for Defiance Break or to group enemies.

Follow this skill priority on your Spear:

Remember that you generate Vulnerability by fighting enemies inside your Symbols due to 揭露符印 图标揭露符印.

无伤斗魂 图标无伤斗魂 provides a damage boost assuming you have Aegis. Your main source of Aegis is "前进!" 图标"前进!".

Burst Rotation

  1. Precast 流动决心 图标流动决心
  2. 正义之剑 图标正义之剑
  3. 急速正义 图标急速正义
  4. 光照符印 图标光照符印
  5. 日光奔袭 图标日光奔袭闪耀圆转 图标闪耀圆转
  6. 太阳风暴 图标太阳风暴
  7. Weapon Swap
  8. 决心符印 图标决心符印愤怒回旋 图标愤怒回旋
  9. 英勇冲撞 图标英勇冲撞
  10. 闪现连击 图标闪现连击
  11. 束缚之刃 图标束缚之刃
  12. 决心符印 图标决心符印正义之剑 图标正义之剑愤怒回旋 图标愤怒回旋
  13. 急速正义 图标急速正义
  14. 正义之剑 图标正义之剑
  15. Auto Chain
  16. 决心符印 图标决心符印信仰之跃 图标信仰之跃愤怒回旋 图标愤怒回旋

Illuminated is a buff that enhances your next 日光奔袭 图标日光奔袭, 闪耀圆转 图标闪耀圆转 or 太阳风暴 图标太阳风暴.

All skills gain Illuminated while 光照符印 图标光照符印 is active.

If you are not Illuminated, you will gain the buff after using 日光奔袭 图标日光奔袭, 闪耀圆转 图标闪耀圆转 or 太阳风暴 图标太阳风暴.

Defense

愤怒祷词 图标愤怒祷词 essentially functions as an Invulnerability window, use this to your advantage.

Use 流动决心 图标流动决心 for the following effects:

  • Heal yourself every five consecutive hits
  • Regeneration due to 美德启发 图标美德启发
  • An Evade for 0.75 seconds.

英勇冲撞 图标英勇冲撞 has quite a few defensive effects:

  • It provides Aegis and Stability every five consecutive hits
  • Protection due to 美德启发 图标美德启发.
  • It is also a Stun Break.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
束缚之刃 图标束缚之刃利刃拉拽 图标利刃拉拽150 PullGreatsword
光照符印 图标光照符印150Spear
怨毒纹章 图标怨毒纹章300 KnockdownUtility
动荡之光 图标动荡之光快速惩戒 图标快速惩戒300 DazeAlternate Utility
庇护之地 图标庇护之地150 x 7 for a total of 1050Alternate Utility
如来神掌 图标如来神掌450 KnockdownAlternate Elite