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Power Virtuoso

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

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Power Virtuoso is an Open World build that provides Greatsword burst damage and solid range DPS, perfect for solo and group encounters.

Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Fluid rotation
  • Strong bursts
  • High damage
  • High mastery curve
  • Fast paced rotation
  • Relies on resource management
  • Easy to cancel skills
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

幻影除魔 图标幻影除魔 or 闪光传送 图标闪光传送 can be replaced with:

千刀万剐 图标千刀万剐 can be replaced by:

Focus can be taken instead of Sword off hand for a Pull and Vulnerability at a cost of Damage.

Sword can be taken instead of Dagger which gives you access to 恍惚狂热 图标恍惚狂热 however it removes your Ranged Damage and has slightly overall less Damage.

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:

  • 潜行者古物 图标潜行者古物 is an easy to maintain Damage buff.
  • 烟花古物 图标烟花古物 for 7% Damage after using high Cooldown skills.
  • 雄鹰古物 图标雄鹰古物 flat 10% Damage to enemies under 50% Health.
  • 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

Virtuoso utilises Bladesongs, which are 1200-Ranged projectile skills, with the exceptions of 旋刃魂曲 图标旋刃魂曲 and 失真咏刃 图标失真咏刃.

Virtuoso loses access to Clones, instead opting for Blades. They cannot serve as a distraction for enemies, but they persist indefinetly outside of combat.

Some Virtuoso skills have a Blade parametre. Its main purpose is trait synergies, in our case:

Dealing Damage

Always cast 和谐咏刃 图标和谐咏刃 with five Blades.

Cast 悲伤咏刃 图标悲伤咏刃 and 旋刃魂曲 图标旋刃魂曲 with as many Blades as possible.

Follow this skill priority on your Greatsword set:

  1. 幻影狂战 图标幻影狂战
  2. 镜像飞刃 图标镜像飞刃
  3. 心灵穿刺 图标心灵穿刺

Follow this skill priority on your Dagger / Sword set:

  1. 幻影剑客 图标幻影剑客
  2. 利刃呼唤 图标利刃呼唤
  3. 狂刃风暴 图标狂刃风暴

幻光纹章 图标幻光纹章 resets the Cooldown of your Phantasm skills. When available, use it in the combo:

Fill the gaps between skills with your utilities and Auto Attacks.

Your Vulnerability uptime is different on each weapon set:

  • On your Greatsword set, it comes primarily from strategic usage of 剑刃暴雨 图标剑刃暴雨 and 千刀万剐 图标千刀万剐
  • On your Dagger / Sword set, Vulnerability is very easy to upkeep thanks to 致死利刃 图标致死利刃.

Greatsword has many easy to cancel skills. As such, keep in mind to go fast, but not too fast

Defense

Use 幻象还击 图标幻象还击 for a single channeled Block into an Evade.

Use 失真咏刃 图标失真咏刃 for Invulnerability, with duration based on the amount of Blades used.

闪光传送 图标闪光传送 can be used for mobility and Stun Break.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance DamageSource
幻象还击 图标幻象还击还击之剑 图标还击之剑200Sword
幻象之波 图标幻象之波150Greatsword
灵能之力 图标灵能之力150Alternate Utility
毁灭利刃 图标毁灭利刃200Alternate Utility
错乱咒语 图标错乱咒语150 per ChargeAlternate Utility
谦逊纹章 图标谦逊纹章600Alternate Elite
不谐咏刃 图标不谐咏刃50 per Blade, up to 250Profession Mechanic