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Power Spellbreaker

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

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Power Spellbreaker is a defensive Open World build that combines strong melee damage with boon removal and defense via Full Counter. Great for disabling foes and surviving tough fights. Power Spellbreaker is a fantastic build for general Open World play.

Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Plenty of CC
  • Provides self boons
  • Sustained damage
  • No ranged DPS
  • Relies on specific boon
  • Easy to cancel skills
  • Frequent animation locks
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

伤势愈合 图标伤势愈合 can be replaced when needed:

  • 藐视姿态 图标藐视姿态 for a strong Healing through damage negation.

威能纹章 图标威能纹章 can be replaced when needed:

盛怒纹章 图标盛怒纹章 can be replaced when needed:

  • when mass Resurrection is needed
  • 弱化之风 图标弱化之风 to Block Projectiles and Boon Removal.

巅峰表现 图标巅峰表现 can be swapped to 英勇神行 图标英勇神行 when Stability is needed.

刚毅不屈 图标刚毅不屈 can be swapped to 强力巨剑 图标强力巨剑 if you are struggling with Might.

Dagger can be taken instead of Mace off hand in order to benefit from 日月同辉 图标日月同辉.

Mace can be taken instead of Dagger off hand if you require more 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

This build relies on constant application of Defiance Break in order to function. Keep in mind that the target must be doing an action when you hit them.

Some of these interactions are for boons and Adrenaline:

Some of them are for a direct buff to your stats:

全力反击 图标全力反击 is a very powerful tool! This skill has a host of effects:

  • It Blocks the next incoming Damage
  • If the Block is triggered, the counter-attack deals Damage and Dazes nearby enemies
  • During this counter-attack, you have a small Evasion window
  • Finally, it resets your Burst skill.

Dealing Damage

武者束缚 图标武者束缚 greatly increases your Damage. This trait is triggered when you use your Burst skill or 全力反击 图标全力反击. Here are somethings to know about this trait:

  • It can only trigger every 12 seconds
  • It cannot be active on more than one enemy at once so be careful when using 全力反击 图标全力反击 as it may trigger on a random enemy
  • It ticks Might every second that it is tethered
  • If you break the 600 Range threshold, you will Pull the enemy to you or inflict Defiance Break.

Some useful things to know about Hammer:

  • 凶猛打击 图标凶猛打击 is a nice chunk of Damage. Make sure to use it as often as possible.
  • 震撼锤击 图标震撼锤击 inflicts a Knockback on foes. Take care not to send enemies flying away from your Damage.
  • 裂背重锤 图标裂背重锤 resets the Cooldown of 凶猛打击 图标凶猛打击, so make sure to use the latter first. 裂背重锤 图标裂背重锤 deals increased Defiance Break to Weakened enemies. What a coincidence that 凶猛打击 图标凶猛打击 applies Weakness.
  • 撼地重击 图标撼地重击 should be used on Cooldown. It is an AoE attack that inflicts Stun, it deals decent Damage and can also be used for gap closing.

Some useful things to know about Dagger and Mace:

  • 突破打击 图标突破打击 deals solid Damage, causes you to leap to your target and will strip boons
  • 光环切片 图标光环切片 should only be used for movement or engaging as it does very little Damage
  • 干扰戳刺 图标干扰戳刺 inflicts a decent amount of Daze
  • 碎裂重锤 图标碎裂重锤 does decent Damage, inflicts Vulnerability and grants you Might
  • 大地震颤 图标大地震颤 will Knockdown up to six enemies. It also resets the Cooldown of 碎裂重锤 图标碎裂重锤.

公牛冲锋 图标公牛冲锋 and 伤势愈合 图标伤势愈合 can be used to trigger 巅峰表现 图标巅峰表现 for a nice Damage increase. Although you should save 公牛冲锋 图标公牛冲锋 if you need Defiance Break and 伤势愈合 图标伤势愈合 if you need the healing.

Every Defiance Break applied also Boon Removal because of 驱法之力 图标驱法之力.

盛怒纹章 图标盛怒纹章 can be used to give yourself Fury, Swiftness and to top up your Might.

Burst Rotation

  1. 公牛冲锋 图标公牛冲锋
  2. 突破打击 图标突破打击
  3. 碎裂重锤 图标碎裂重锤大地震颤 图标大地震颤碎裂重锤 图标碎裂重锤
  4. 干扰戳刺 图标干扰戳刺
  5. Weapon Swap
  6. 凶猛打击 图标凶猛打击
  7. 撼地重击 图标撼地重击
  8. 巨锤冲击 图标巨锤冲击
  9. 震撼锤击 图标震撼锤击
  10. Auto Attack Chain x 2
  11. 凶猛打击 图标凶猛打击裂背重锤 图标裂背重锤凶猛打击 图标凶猛打击
  12. 撼地重击 图标撼地重击
  13. 巨锤冲击 图标巨锤冲击

Defense

全力反击 图标全力反击 should be used wisely. Don't waste it and stand there like a numpty. Everyone will see that you wasted it and sat there spinning with a big golden orb around you. They know. You know. We all know. Save it for when you know you will trigger it.

伤势愈合 图标伤势愈合 is a strong skill. It has a short Cooldown and also Condition Removal.

You receive passive life regeneration as long as you keep using your Burst skills because of 怒气恢复 图标怒气恢复.

You can use 光环切片 图标光环切片 to escape tricky situations. You can also use 公牛冲锋 图标公牛冲锋 if it's available.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
干扰戳刺 图标干扰戳刺100–250Dagger
大地震颤 图标大地震颤300Mace
震撼锤击 图标震撼锤击150Hammer
裂背重锤 图标裂背重锤300-400Hammer
公牛冲锋 图标公牛冲锋300Utility
全力反击 图标全力反击100Burst
撼地重击 图标撼地重击100Burst