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Beginner Condition Willbender

Guild Wars 2 Beginner Condition Willbender - Pistol & Torch / Pistol Meta build for raids: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

守护者 (Guardian)willbendercondition damage

Build Template

Template Code
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Overview

Build Difficulty: ● ● ○ ○ ○

Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • High damage
  • Good mobility
  • Plenty of CC
  • Fluid rotation
  • Strong bursts
  • Lots of cleave
  • High mastery curve
  • Fast paced rotation
  • Easy to cancel skills
  • Forced movement
  • Loses damage on moving targets
Power
2159
Toughness
1000
Vitality
1297
Precision
1842
Critical Chance
45.09%
Ferocity
150
Critical Damage
160%
Condition Damage
2133
Healing Power
0
Expertise
451
Condition Duration
30.06%
Concentration
0
Boon Duration
0%

Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

Using 急速正义 图标急速正义 grants you the Justice buff for 10 seconds thanks to 专制动量 图标专制动量. While this buff is active, you will inflict AoE Burning every three strikes. This means:

  • Use 急速正义 图标急速正义 off Cooldown to maximize DPS.
  • Attacks that hit multiple times such as 和平制造者 图标和平制造者 will proc the Burning effect more often.
  • Casting and triggering 急速正义 图标急速正义 will build stacks of 致命节奏 图标致命节奏, which thanks to 专制动量 图标专制动量 will provide up to +25% Strike Damage and Condition Damage. Other Virtues will also maintain this buff, but using 急速正义 图标急速正义 off Cooldown will fully maintain all stacks.

Thanks to 美德恢复 图标美德恢复, striking enemies while you are buffed by one of your Virtues (i.e. 急速正义 图标急速正义, 流动决心 图标流动决心 and 英勇冲撞 图标英勇冲撞) will reduce the Cooldown of your weapon skills. This stacks per Virtue, which means using multiple Virtues will reduce the Cooldown of your weapon skills even more. While you don't always want to stack Virtue effects during your rotation, it is still something to note to ensure you make the most out of using your Virtues.

In other words, you will gain the most benefit out of using Virtues when your weapon skills are on Cooldown.

Striking an enemy standing inside 引燃符印 图标引燃符印 will Burn all enemies inside the symbol. Projectiles fired through the symbol to strike enemies outside the symbol will apply Burning to all enemies struck by the projectile. Both of these effects share a 1/4-second cooldown—there is no double dipping.

This means that along with 急速正义 图标急速正义, it is important to stack as many multi-hit abilities as possible within these timing windows to maximize DPS. Condition Willbender is a build that greatly rewards pressing your buttons fast.

Rotation & Extras

Introduction

Condition Willbender is a fast-paced build that is easy to learn conceptually but can be difficult to master. That said, it has high damage output, so with enough practice, you'll find yourself 急速正义 图标急速正义 your way up to the top of the DPS charts!

Step One - Basic Rotation Concept

The basic rotation and list of priority skills is:

  1. 急速正义 图标急速正义 off Cooldown
  2. 净化火焰 图标净化火焰
  3. 引燃符印 图标引燃符印
  4. 和平制造者 图标和平制造者

These skills should be top priority even when you start adding other skills to the rotation.

For now, Auto Attack to fill the gaps.

Step Two

Here are some pointers for 旋风之光 图标旋风之光:

  • Use this skill nearly off Cooldown. You can delay it by a second or two to put weapon skills on Cooldown to take advantage of 美德恢复 图标美德恢复.
  • Try to use 旋风之光 图标旋风之光 inside the boss's hitbox to ensure all your Whirl Finishers hit the boss. You will not always have a Combo Field to trigger your Whirl Finishers on the golem, but you will almost always have one in real fights.

Here are some pointers for 流动决心 图标流动决心 and 英勇冲撞 图标英勇冲撞:

  • Use your other Virtues as filler between other skills. Use them when your weapon skills are on Cooldown to allow your weapon skills to recharge faster via 美德恢复 图标美德恢复. Note that both are movement skills, so use them judiciously.
  • You can save 流动决心 图标流动决心 and 英勇冲撞 图标英勇冲撞 to avoid danger through their Evade and shadowstep/Aegis/Stability respectively. Making good use of these skills in real fights will result in higher DPS!

At the start of an encounter or phase, you can cast 流动决心 图标流动决心 twice as a gap closer and/or to quickly max your 致命节奏 图标致命节奏 stacks.

Step Three

Once you are comfortable with the basic rotation, you can start Weapon Swapping to add in off-hand weapon skills.

Off-hand Torch:

Off-hand Pistol:

Some important things to remember about these skills:

  • 狂徒火焰 图标狂徒火焰 and 正义呼唤 图标正义呼唤 are both Ammo skills, which means you can safely prioritize the skills listed in Step 1 and Step 2 without delaying your rotation. However, don't let them sit at 2 Charges for too long!
  • 正义呼唤 图标正义呼唤 can be easily canceled by other skills, so make sure you don't interrupt it early.
  • 狂徒烈焰 图标狂徒烈焰 has no cast time and thus can be activated when casting other skills. You have a 3-second window to use 狂徒火焰 图标狂徒火焰 after activating 狂徒烈焰 图标狂徒烈焰, so put your other skills on Cooldown before throwing 狂徒火焰 图标狂徒火焰.
  • 净化烈焰 图标净化烈焰 has a long cast time and only applies Burning on the last tick. It can be easily canceled by other skills, so make sure you don't interrupt it early, and only use it when all other weapon skills have 2+ seconds of Cooldown left.

Priority Summary

High Priority
  1. 急速正义 图标急速正义
  2. 净化火焰 图标净化火焰
  3. 引燃符印 图标引燃符印
  4. 和平制造者 图标和平制造者
  5. 旋风之光 图标旋风之光
PriorityOff-hand TorchOff-hand Pistol
6.狂徒火焰 图标狂徒火焰 x3正义呼唤 图标正义呼唤 x3
7.净化烈焰 图标净化烈焰司法审判 图标司法审判

Remember to Weapon Swap frequently and cast your other Virtues when your weapon skills are on Cooldown.