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Power Harbinger

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

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Power Harbinger is an Open World build that uses Sword for easy mobility, and Spear for high strike damage, making it ideal for aggressive, fast-moving gameplay.

Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Good mobility
  • High damage
  • Plenty of CC
  • Relies on resource management
  • Forced movement
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

The following skills can be swapped in depending on the situation:

风险试剂 图标风险试剂 for when additional Might and Fury is needed

福佑试剂 图标福佑试剂 for when large bursts of Condition Removal is needed

无知试剂 图标无知试剂 for when Resistance and additional Stun Break is needed

苦难法池 图标苦难法池 for when Damage skills are needed

黑暗法池 图标黑暗法池 for when Damage skills and Blind are needed

怨恨纹章 图标怨恨纹章 for when passive Damage boosts are needed

腐蚀毒云 图标腐蚀毒云 for when Projectile Destruction is needed

召唤血肉魔像 图标召唤血肉魔像 for when large amounts of Defiance Break are needed

If Secrets of the Obscure (SotO) is not owned, Staff can be taken in place of Sword.

If Janthir Wilds (JW) is not owned, Staff can be taken in place of Spear.

Axe can be taken instead of main-hand Sword if Ranged Damage is needed but the targets have Reflect Projectiles effects.

Dagger can be taken instead of main-hand Sword for additional Healing while losing Ranged Damage.

超级嗜血法印 图标超级嗜血法印 can be taken on either of the weapon sets. The bonus from the stacks will apply even while the weapon with the sigil is not the active set.

The armor from Power Harbinger (Raid) can be used in place of what is listed here. This page shows an alternative without any infusions.

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:

  • 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.
  • 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!).

致命急速 图标致命急速 can be replaced with 层叠腐化 图标层叠腐化 when playing in a group with another Fury source.

破势爆弹 图标破势爆弹 can be replaced with 暗影疾速 图标暗影疾速 when Vulnerability is already in excess and/or when the Swiftness and Cleanse would be more desired.

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Quickness is generated from 先驱帷幕 图标先驱帷幕, 苦痛试剂 图标苦痛试剂, and 吞噬面容 图标吞噬面容

Defeat enemies from ranged while using 先驱帷幕 图标先驱帷幕 and Sword. Swap to Spear for extra mobility, Self Healing, and/or fighting enemies with Reflect Projectiles effects.

Dealing Damage

Follow this skill priority on your Sword set:

Follow this skill priority on your Spear set:

Follow this skill priority while in 先驱帷幕 图标先驱帷幕:

Fill the gaps between skills with Auto Attacks

Enter and stay in 先驱帷幕 图标先驱帷幕 often to maintain the benefits of your traits and to upkeep vital boons Boons on yourself and Conditions on the enemy

悲痛欲绝 图标悲痛欲绝 will not reset the cooldown of 千疮百孔 图标千疮百孔 while 千疮百孔 图标千疮百孔 is still casting. Cast another skill between using 千疮百孔 图标千疮百孔 and 悲痛欲绝 图标悲痛欲绝

Sword flip skills will be available to cast even if the target hit by the initial skill is dead or out of range. Attempting to cast these will still take the same cast time and health cost, but no effect will be gained

Defense

勇气试剂 图标勇气试剂 provides defensive boons, including Aegis, Stability, and Resistance

先驱帷幕 图标先驱帷幕 will provide a short duration -50% damage reduction and Stability

贪食跃冲 图标贪食跃冲 has a short Evade while the skill is moving to the cast target area

鬼灵影步 图标鬼灵影步 is a Stun Break and pulsing Condition Removal

暴食征途 图标暴食征途暴殄天物 图标暴殄天物 and 千疮百孔 图标千疮百孔 with Soul Shards provides a large amount of Self Healing if you can hit targets

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
吞噬面容 图标吞噬面容200Sword
腐坏纷争 图标腐坏纷争150Spear
鬼灵缚爪 图标鬼灵缚爪150 per projectile, up to 750Utility
冲锋陷阵 图标冲锋陷阵500 - 900 on averageAlternate Elite
贪食跃冲 图标贪食跃冲100Profession Mechanic
致命抽取 图标致命抽取300Profession Mechanic

Defiance Break values stated on 冲锋陷阵 图标冲锋陷阵 from 召唤血肉魔像 图标召唤血肉魔像 are inaccurate, while other skills such as 鬼灵缚爪 图标鬼灵缚爪 do not list any.