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Power Herald

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

魂武者 (Revenant)heraldpower damage

Build Template

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Overview

Build Difficulty: ● ● ● ○ ○

Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Provides party boons
  • Good mobility
  • Provides self boons
  • Sustained damage
  • Defensive options
  • Relies on resource management
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Equipment

Item
Stat
Berserker'sAmulet
Relic of the ZephyriteRelic
Primary Weapon Set
Main HandSword
Off HandShield
Other Items
Superior Rune of the Dolyak (PvP)Rune

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

Spear can be replaced with Hammer.

You can swap out Retribution Trait Line for Devastation Trait Line exchanging defense for more damage.

The traits you take in Devastation is as follows: 好斗降临 图标好斗降临, 名声狼藉 图标名声狼藉, 迅捷处决 图标迅捷处决

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Power Herald is a very tanky teamfighter and a roamer that does significant damage despite being very hard to kill.

Facets grant boons to allies and have individual Upkeep cost.

压倒优势 图标压倒优势 can be used for extra damage in 传奇刺客姿态 图标传奇刺客姿态.

真正本质 图标真正本质 cleanses conditions on allies, also extends boons on allies. In 传奇刺客姿态 图标传奇刺客姿态 it strips boons from nearby enemies and deals damage.

Dealing Damage

Use the following Facets off Cooldown:

  1. 元素多面体 图标元素多面体元素轰击 图标元素轰击
  2. 力量多面体 图标力量多面体力量爆发 图标力量爆发

Some useful things to know about 传奇巨龙姿态 图标传奇巨龙姿态:

These are your big hitting skills on Sword:

  1. 冰冻隔离 图标冰冻隔离 deals more damage if it only hits one target.
  2. 无情突击 图标无情突击

These are your big hitting skills on Spear:

  1. 深渊原力 图标深渊原力 use off cooldown.
  2. 深渊霹雳 图标深渊霹雳 crowd-controls on the first pulse.
  3. 深渊毁灭 图标深渊毁灭 hard to aim on your enemies but deals significant damage. Don't have to worry about getting it to 3 stacks, since you will be swapping weapon sets a lot.

On both weapon sets, your both autoattacks deal great damage, especially when paired with 压倒优势 图标压倒优势.

位面穿行 图标位面穿行 is a powerful tool to chase down enemies.

压倒优势 图标压倒优势 deals significant damage when striking enemies.

Legendary Stance Swap as often as possible.

Defense

Maintain 混沌多面体 图标混沌多面体 for Protection and 圣光多面体 图标圣光多面体 for Regeneration.

圣光灌注 图标圣光灌注 will convert all incoming damage to healing for a short duration.

Your Weapons have a variety of defensive skills:

  • Sword has access to 无情突击 图标无情突击 which Evades attacks.
  • Shield has access to 茂盛特使 图标茂盛特使 which heals, grants Protection and Aegis to allies. Additionally has access to 水晶休眠 图标水晶休眠 which blocks and pulses healing to nearby allies.
  • Spear has access to 深渊突袭 图标深渊突袭 which is a short Evade.

You can Stun Break with 黑暗凝视 图标黑暗凝视 or 暗影回撤 图标暗影回撤.

You only have a few condition cleanses which come from 净化引导 图标净化引导 and 超级洁净法印 图标超级洁净法印 but this is compensated due to running Retribution Trait Line which grants you near permanent uptime of Resolution.

附魔匕首 图标附魔匕首 doesn't initially heal for much but by hitting enemies causes you to life siphon from them healing for much more.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance ValueSource
深渊霹雳 图标深渊霹雳PullSpear
翠玉风暴 图标翠玉风暴3sUtility
混乱疾风 图标混乱疾风LaunchUtility