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Beginner Power Vindicator

Guild Wars 2 Beginner Power Vindicator - Greatsword / Sword & Sword Meta build for raids: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

魂武者 (Revenant)vindicatorpower damage

Build Template

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Overview

Build Difficulty: ● ○ ○ ○ ○

Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • High damage
  • Easy to learn
  • Strong bursts
  • Lots of cleave
  • No ranged DPS
  • Low amounts of CC
  • Relies on resource management
  • Requires accurate positioning
  • Forced movement
Power
3040
Toughness
1000
Vitality
1078
Precision
1947
Critical Chance
50.09%
Ferocity
1342
Critical Damage
239.4%
Condition Damage
0
Healing Power
0
Expertise
0
Condition Duration
0%
Concentration
0
Boon Duration
0%

Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

When playing in a party, Endurance management can be a challenge if another party member grants bonus Endurance or if Vigor uptime is lacking.

Chronomancer and Tempest supports often provide extra Endurance, so you will occasionally suffer a small damage decrease from having full Endurance. For now, do not worry about this as your next Dodge will only be a few seconds later. Other supports can struggle with Vigor uptime, so you might need to skip a Dodge by filling with Auto Attacks.

You do grant yourself some Vigor with 灵魂增益 图标灵魂增益, but not enough to provide yourself 100% uptime.

Optionally, you can run 超级空气法印 图标超级空气法印 instead of 超级水能法印 图标超级水能法印. 超级空气法印 图标超级空气法印 will increase your damage when learning the rotation and concept while 超级水能法印 图标超级水能法印 is better when you are fast and fluent in your rotation.

Rotation & Extras

Dodge for Damage

Instead of only avoiding damage, Vindicator's Dodge deals damage with 固执废墟 图标固执废墟! Dodge also provides a +25% damage increase for 10 seconds with 死亡前兆 图标死亡前兆 as well as +10% from 海兽之力 图标海兽之力 for not having a full Endurance bar. Most of the challenge of Vindicator will be Endurance management to maintain these buffs.

Each Dodge uses 50 Endurance and, with Vigor, a character gains 7.5 Endurance each second. To ensure Endurance is never full, get in the habit of Dodging at least every 5 seconds.

Try to get used to your Dodge timings to maintain your damage buffs.

Hint: by performing your special Dodge, you perform an actual dodge at the same time, which means you can still dodge attacks and other things as usual.

In step five, 能量结合 图标能量结合 will be introduced to help with Endurance management, but until then if you run out of Endurance, replace the next Dodge with a full Auto Attack chain.

Step 1: Legendary Alliance + Greatsword

To kick off this rotation, stick to Greatsword in your 传奇同盟 图标传奇同盟. 永恒挽歌 图标永恒挽歌 is the skill that deals the most amount of damage while 迷雾释放 图标迷雾释放 has a very short Cooldown.

Try to maximize their usage by upkeeping the buffs from 死亡前兆 图标死亡前兆 and 海兽之力 图标海兽之力 and your first loop:

  1. Dodge → 永恒挽歌 图标永恒挽歌
  2. 迷雾释放 图标迷雾释放
  3. 迷雾挥斩 图标迷雾挥斩迷雾劈砍 图标迷雾劈砍迷雾弧切 图标迷雾弧切

Repeat 迷雾释放 图标迷雾释放, together with a full Auto Attack chain until either 永恒挽歌 图标永恒挽歌 or 迷雾释放 图标迷雾释放 becomes available.

Get used to the timing of both Dodge and Auto Attack animations. Complete each Auto Attack chain as canceling it will be a big damage loss. If timing isn't perfect, cancelling a 迷雾挥斩 图标迷雾挥斩 is ok.

Step 2: Legendary Assassin Stance + Swords

Like all Power Revenant builds, 传奇刺客姿态 图标传奇刺客姿态 is a major source of damage. The skill 压倒优势 图标压倒优势 benefits from fast attacks, so whenever switching to 传奇刺客姿态 图标传奇刺客姿态 also Weapon Swap to Swords for faster Auto Attacks.

From the Step 1 loop, after the fourth 迷雾释放 图标迷雾释放, swap to 传奇刺客姿态 图标传奇刺客姿态 and Weapon Swap. Use 冰冻隔离 图标冰冻隔离 three times and Dodge twice.

Learn your ping to know when to Dodge and queue 冰冻隔离 图标冰冻隔离, trying to not cancel Auto Attack chains. Focus on fast and smooth transitions between Legend and Weapon Sets. This can be the hardest part of many Revenant builds, so do not move on until you can confidently perform the transition.

Step 3: Simple Rotation

Now that you can fluidly transition between 传奇同盟 图标传奇同盟 and 传奇刺客姿态 图标传奇刺客姿态, its time to add in additional skills used with each transition by replacing the first loop of each Legend.

传奇同盟 图标传奇同盟 Rotation:

传奇刺客姿态 图标传奇刺客姿态 Rotation:

Step 4: Extended Greatsword Rotation

In this Step, add in a second casting before leaving 传奇同盟 图标传奇同盟 by replacing the final Dodge → 迷雾释放 图标迷雾释放 loop with the more efficient one below:

传奇同盟 图标传奇同盟 Rotation:

Step 5: Energy Meld

For our last step, cast 能量结合 图标能量结合 twice in 传奇同盟 图标传奇同盟. It will increase the damage of the next Dodge and provide some extra Endurance. It has a short cooldown, so when it comes off Cooldown will be the new timing to finish the 传奇同盟 图标传奇同盟 loop:

传奇同盟 图标传奇同盟 Rotation:

Transitioning to the Full Build

You are now more than ready for the full build. In it you'll notice that the rotation is much tighter and will transition faster between Legends. There is also a simple opener which is worth learning as all the Vindicator skills have relatively short Cooldowns, so you will be able to use it nearly every phase of a fight.