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Power Troubadour

Guild Wars 2 Power Troubadour - Spear / Axe & Shield Meta build for pvp: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

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Build Template

Template Code
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Overview

Build Difficulty: ● ● ● ○ ○

Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • High damage
  • Good mobility
  • Plenty of CC
  • Provides party boons
  • Provides self boons
  • High learning curve
  • High mastery curve
  • No ranged DPS
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Equipment

Item
Stat
Berserker'sAmulet
Relic of MistburnRelic
Primary Weapon Set
Other Items
Superior Rune of the Dolyak (PvP)Rune

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Power Troubadour is a burst duelist. It relies on really high damage and crowd control to secure kills against any duelist. It has decent sustain but mostly relies on evade frames and blocks to survive.

Troubadour replaces clones with Notes to empower its shatters, giving it longer passives. The shatters are also reworked into melee abilities.

Damage

Troubadour has a lot of damage sources:

  • 活跃琵琶 图标活跃琵琶 should always be used early and with three notes. It has low range but really high damage and gives a damage buff plus Might.
  • 间隙危机 图标间隙危机. Try to hit with the edge of this skill for extra damage and Clarity to empower your next Spear ability.
  • 音浪渐强 图标音浪渐强 damage scales with the amount of shatter passives you have up and gives Quickness.
  • 幻影长矛 图标幻影长矛 is better used with Clarity but does good damage even without it.
  • 对称利斧 图标对称利斧 is great to use right after 活跃琵琶 图标活跃琵琶 to ensure hitting all of it. It also breaks enemy target.

The crowd control helps you connect those damage abilities:

  • 精神崩塌 图标精神崩塌 Stuns if under the effect of Clarity, which also resets 间隙危机 图标间隙危机. This is by far the best skill to spend Clarity on.
  • 惑心长笛 图标惑心长笛 only Daze in front of you. Try not to waste notes on it.
  • 迷神手鼓 图标迷神手鼓 is a strong close range Stun. It's important to hit in melee range to have it be a Stun rather than a Daze.
  • 时间潮汐 图标时间潮汐 is a slow Stun but gives you Might and Swiftness.

Defense

和谐竖琴 图标和谐竖琴 is your best survivability. Spending Notes on it will give you Healing overtime.

回忆幻像 图标回忆幻像 will let you use it a 2nd time if you block at least 1 hit.

虚拟反转 图标虚拟反转 gives you an Evade, Heal and Condition Removal.

午夜纹章 图标午夜纹章 and 闪光传送 图标闪光传送 are both your Stun Break.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
精神崩塌 图标精神崩塌2 secondsSpear
时间潮汐 图标时间潮汐1 secondShield
惑心长笛 图标惑心长笛1 secondProfession Specific
迷神手鼓 图标迷神手鼓1 second, 2 second or 2 secondsProfession Specific