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Hand Kite Luminary

Guild Wars 2 Hand Kite Luminary - Mace & Shield / Mace & Focus Meta build for raids: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

守护者 (Guardian)luminary

Build Template

Template Code
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Overview

Build Difficulty: ● ● ○ ○ ○

Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Easy to learn
  • Requires accurate positioning
Power
1000
Toughness
1492
Vitality
2631
Precision
1040
Critical Chance
42.67%
Ferocity
0
Critical Damage
150%
Condition Damage
0
Healing Power
1489
Expertise
0
Condition Duration
0%
Concentration
383
Boon Duration
50.53%

Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

You can replace 仁慈干涉 图标仁慈干涉 when needed for:

Hand kiting on Luminary is very lenient, so you can swap runes and gear prefixes as needed:

When swapping prefixes, keep in mind the following guidelines:

  • Too much Magi's can cause Dark Saul to aggro on you if your Precision gets high enough.
  • Too much Giver's or Minstrel's can steal aggro from your tank sooner than expected, thanks to having 240 Toughness by default from 顽强防御 图标顽强防御.

Rotation & Extras

Rotation Concept

Alternate between 防御反击 图标防御反击 and 裁决盾击 图标裁决盾击 as your blocking source between each set of hands and use the intermission between each stack to refresh boons and top off your health, as shown in the examples below:

First stack:

  1. Tank the first 2 hands.
  2. Block hand 3 and 4 with 防御反击 图标防御反击.
  3. Dodge out of or Heal through the fifth hand.

Second stack:

  1. Tank the first 3 hands.
  2. Block hand 4 with 裁决盾击 图标裁决盾击 (cast it immediately after hand 3).
  3. Dodge out of or Heal through hand 5.

Intermission and downtime:

  • 光耀正义 图标光耀正义 for a few seconds of Quickness.
  • 信仰符印 图标信仰符印 for Regeneration and Healing.
  • Use forge skills for Alacrity, Heals, Barrier and damage mitigation. Equipping a Radiant Weapon gives 10% damage reduction due to 圣辉者的祝福 图标圣辉者的祝福!

Forge loop:

  1. 光耀决心 图标光耀决心 + 光耀勇气 图标光耀勇气 (when available).
  2. 晕眩巨锤 图标晕眩巨锤.
  3. 夜光法杖 图标夜光法杖复苏微光 图标复苏微光 (double tap the skill for Heals).
  4. 光辉壁垒 图标光辉壁垒光耀劈砍 图标光耀劈砍 (double tap the skill for Barrier).

Always use 光辉壁垒 图标光辉壁垒 last when available to get additional damage mitigation from 光辉军械 图标光辉军械. Avoid using 闪光利刃 图标闪光利刃 since this is a leap.

You will get a lot of sustain from blocking on this build, since not only will it prevent damage, it will also Heal you for a percentage of your health via 防御者古物 图标防御者古物.

Protection is upkept passively by blocking damage with Aegis due to 恒定勇气 图标恒定勇气. You also gain additional Protection from 防御反击 图标防御反击, 裁决盾击 图标裁决盾击 and 夜光法杖 图标夜光法杖.

You can use 忠诚姿态 图标忠诚姿态 for addtional damage mitigation and double-tap 吸收护盾 图标吸收护盾 or use 仁慈干涉 图标仁慈干涉 freely for on-demand healing.

Mind Crush

  • Use 庇护治疗 图标庇护治疗 to Block Deimos's 精神压制 图标精神压制 attack. The channeled Block is only 2 seconds and will thus need to be timed well.
  • You have an additional channeled Block in 光辉壁垒 图标光辉壁垒 when available.
  • In an emergency, you can swap to your Focus set and use 愤怒护盾 图标愤怒护盾 as a Block instead.
  • In the worst of cases, you can rely on one of your Aegis sources to block the 精神压制 图标精神压制, or use 仁慈干涉 图标仁慈干涉 for a very brief visit to Saul's protective bubble if absolutely necessary.

Remember to heal yourself via 信仰符印 图标信仰符印 or other sources after a 精神压制 图标精神压制, since you will have the 精神虚弱 图标精神虚弱 debuff on you for the next 10 seconds!

Rotation Notes

  • 愤怒护盾 图标愤怒护盾, 防御反击 图标防御反击, 庇护治疗 图标庇护治疗 and 光辉壁垒 图标光辉壁垒 are all useful during the 10% phase to avoid getting knocked off the edge by Deimos's slam attack.
  • When played well, this build is durable enough to withstand both the pressure of hand kiting and the pressure of a triggered 迅速腐化 图标迅速腐化 (oil/black), if it comes to that.
  • You can use 闪光利刃 图标闪光利刃 for movement in case you need to reposition or neutralize a 恶魔投掷物 图标恶魔投掷物 (tear).

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