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Power Harbinger

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

死灵法师 (Necromancer)harbingerpower damage

Build Template

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Overview

Build Difficulty: ● ● ● ○ ○

Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Good mobility
  • High damage
  • Provides party boons
  • Provides self boons
  • Substantial ranged DPS
  • Relies on resource management
  • Forced movement
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Equipment

Item
Stat
DemolisherAmulet
Relic of FireworksRelic
Primary Weapon Set
Other Items
Superior Rune of the Fighter (PvP)Rune

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

无知试剂 图标无知试剂 can be replaced by any stunbreak you'd prefer such as 召唤血肉地虫 图标召唤血肉地虫

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Power Harbinger is an interesting high burst duelist, basing its sustain on Spear lifesteal, which happens to also be our main burst, and the newly reworked Transfusion.

As any Necromancer this is very susceptible to cc chains and oneshots but a skilled player will always make it shine !

Damage

The key to getting kills is 千疮百孔 图标千疮百孔 with soul shards

As such, the burst goes

It is good to know that 与世隔绝 图标与世隔绝 will reset 千疮百孔 图标千疮百孔 and exiting 先驱帷幕 图标先驱帷幕 will reset 与世隔绝 图标与世隔绝. So you can use 千疮百孔 图标千疮百孔 multiple times in short frame of time. That said it is much better when used with high soul shards count.

The other way to deal damage is through 先驱帷幕 图标先驱帷幕. It will give you access to permanent Quickness.

黑暗弹幕 图标黑暗弹幕 hits decently hard but is better used in melee to ensure every hit. It will corrupt 2 boons from any target hit which can prove gamebreaking in some fights.

吞噬切割 图标吞噬切割 is best used once at 5 or more Blight which builds up by staying in shroud or by using elixirs on yourself.

贪食跃冲 图标贪食跃冲 is similar but adds a Daze which means you should use it carefuly with your last shroud skill.

致命抽取 图标致命抽取, extremely strong gravity well with a small radius.

Staff has passive pressure through its marks. Only 夺魂印记 图标夺魂印记 is really important to our damage since using it before doing spear burst makes it a lot more reliable thanks to Stability and Fear.

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

Defense

Staff is your main source of active sustain. During duels you will be wanting to hit both yourself and your opponent with each skill. These are exactly the size of a normal node.

鲜血印记 图标鲜血印记 is best used off cd.

Blast 凛冬印记 图标凛冬印记 with 腐烂印记 图标腐烂印记 in power matchups but hold 腐烂印记 图标腐烂印记 in condi matchups

Every elixir skill you use will grant you Protection.

先驱帷幕 图标先驱帷幕 will provide a short duration -50% damage reduction and Stability. It will also proc 衰弱帷幕 图标衰弱帷幕 around you.

You can use 贪食跃冲 图标贪食跃冲 for mobility aswell as a short evade frame 贪食跃冲 图标贪食跃冲.

鬼灵影步 图标鬼灵影步 is your main Stun Break, even giving you the option to teleport back to where you first pressed it.

福佑试剂 图标福佑试剂 simple but efficient condi cleanse.

无知试剂 图标无知试剂 simple but efficient stunbreak.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
夺魂印记 图标夺魂印记1 secondStaff
腐坏纷争 图标腐坏纷争1½ second ¼ seconds or 1½ secondsSpear
贪食跃冲 图标贪食跃冲½ secondsProfession Mechanic
致命抽取 图标致命抽取3 secondsProfession Mechanic