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Power Bladesworn

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

战士 (Warrior)bladeswornpower damage

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Power Bladesworn is a challenging Open World build that uses Dragon Trigger for huge burst damage. High-risk, high-reward playstyle with strong mobility options.

Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • High damage
  • Strong bursts
  • Lots of cleave
  • No ranged DPS
  • Requires accurate positioning
  • Frequent animation locks
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Equipment

Item
Stat
Berserker'sAccessory
Berserker'sAccessory
Berserker'sAmulet
Relic of the Pirate QueenRelic

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

过载弹壳 图标过载弹壳 can be replaced with:

Keep in mind that dropping 过载弹壳 图标过载弹壳 will result in a significant Damage loss.

武术节奏 图标武术节奏 can be replaced when needed:

Axe or Mace can be taken instead of Sword:

  • Axe provides decent Damage, additional Fury and Vulnerability
  • Mace provides additional Defiance Break.

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.
  • 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

Flow generates over time and can be gained at an increased rate by using 心流稳定器 图标心流稳定器. This skill should be used off Cooldown, as it generates both Flow and Fury.

Flow is then consumed by using 巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机 → Dragon Slash—Force.

巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机 → Dragon Slash—Force is your bread and butter, it will deal most of your Damage and should be used off Cooldown as soon as you have enough Flow.

巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机 charges up slowly so make sure you're well positioned before using it. Triggerguard can be used to give yourself Aegis while you channel.

Even though we are only using 巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机 for Dragon Slash—Force, it actually gives you access to three skills:

  • Dragon Slash—Force is a frontal melee cleave
  • Dragon Slash—Boost moves you in a line towards and through your target
  • Dragon Slash—Reach is a ranged attack.

拔出刃枪 图标拔出刃枪 has access to ranged skils that can be useful to tagging, like Cyclone Trigger that shoots up to five nearby enemies.

Dealing Damage

战术装填 图标战术装填 has two important functions:

  • It reloads all the Ammunition on your Bladesworn skills
  • It decreases the charge time of your next 巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机.

战术装填 图标战术装填 should be used off Cooldown to take advantage of these functions.

过载弹壳 图标过载弹壳 makes your explosion skills deal significantly more Damage and it should be used before:

龙刺地雷 图标龙刺地雷 instantly recharges 巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机 which lets you burst with the following:

  1. 巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机 → Flicker Step → Dragon Slash—Force
  2. 龙刺地雷 图标龙刺地雷
  3. 巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机 → Flicker Step → Dragon Slash—Force

Always keep one charge of Flicker Step for when you charge Dragon Slash—Force after 龙刺地雷 图标龙刺地雷 to close the gap.

Consume Ammunition periodically to increase the damage via 侵掠如火 图标侵掠如火:

  • 巨龙怒吼 图标巨龙怒吼*
  • Blooming Fire
  • Artillery Slash*
  • Cyclone Trigger
  • Break Step
  • Triggerguard
  • Flicker Step

(*) Keep in mind that these two skills consume all Ammunition.

巨龙怒吼 图标巨龙怒吼 and Artillery Slash deal more Damage based on the amount of Ammunition consumed. Try to use them both with the most amout of Ammunition available.

Use 突击枪刺 图标突击枪刺 before 巨龙怒吼 图标巨龙怒吼 in order to gain more Ammunition and deal more damage.

Triggerguard and Flicker Step can be used during 巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机 to help maintain 侵掠如火 图标侵掠如火. These skills will not interrupt 巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机.

Burst Rotation

Up to five skills in 拔出刃枪 图标拔出刃枪 can be precasted for 侵掠如火 图标侵掠如火. Another five stacks are gained during the opening.

  1. 心流稳定器 图标心流稳定器 x 2
  2. 战术装填 图标战术装填
  3. 心流稳定器 图标心流稳定器
  4. 过载弹壳 图标过载弹壳
  5. 巨龙怒吼 图标巨龙怒吼
  6. 最终突刺 图标最终突刺
  7. 巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机 → Flicker Step → Dragon Slash—Force
  8. 龙刺地雷 图标龙刺地雷
  9. 巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机 → Flicker Step → Dragon Slash—Force

Flicker Step is used in the rotation before Dragon Slash—Force to activate 佩萨古物 图标佩萨古物.

Defense

伤势愈合 图标伤势愈合 can be used for it's massive Condition Removal and decent Healing. When paired with 巅峰表现 图标巅峰表现 it also makes you deal more Damage for a short duration and is best used before entering 巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机.

The following skills grant us Aegis on use:

治愈威能 图标治愈威能 grants passive life regeneration whenever getting Might. You gain Might whenever you charge 巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机 due to 顽强巨龙 图标顽强巨龙.

You have a lot of mobility skills:

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
Artillery Slash200拔出刃枪 图标拔出刃枪
Dragon Slash—Force500巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机
Dragon Slash—Boost500巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机
Dragon Slash—Reach500巨龙扳机 图标巨龙扳机