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Support Firebrand

Guild Wars 2 Support Firebrand - Mace & Shield / Staff Meta build for wvw: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

守护者 (Guardian)firebrand

Build Template

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Overview

Build Difficulty: ● ● ● ○ ○

Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Plenty of CC
  • Easy to learn
  • Plenty of utility
  • Defensive options
  • Access to healing & support
  • Provides party boons
  • High mastery curve
  • Relies on resource management
  • Requires accurate positioning
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

Choose a skill according to what your group needs:

In the Honor Trait Line:

  • 守护复苏 图标守护复苏 is additional Knockback, healing and projectile destruction when reviving an ally.
  • 纯洁之心 图标纯洁之心 adds additional healing to Aegis you grant.
  • 强化力量 图标强化力量 increases your Might generation when you land critical hits.

In the Firebrand Trait Line:

  • 密语档案 图标密语档案 grants you 3 additional pages at the cost of extra Quickness generation.

  • Spear can be used instead of Staff for increased condition cleanse and Resistance output, at the cost of extra CC and Swiftness.

  • Axe can be used instead Mace for extra Pull and Fury generation at the cost of extra healing, Protection and Aegis output.

  • 超级流水符文 图标超级流水符文 can be used instead for higher healing output at the trade of some Vitality

  • 超级能量法印 图标超级能量法印 can be taken over 超级转移法印 图标超级转移法印 if you need the extra dodges.

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Support Firebrand is a strong support that focuses on giving Stability. The build also has strong offensive options to Crowd Control enemies whilst retaining a lot of defensive options to support your allies. It provides Stun Breaks, strong Heals, Cleanses and good defensive boons output.

Firebrand has its Virtues replaced by Tomes:

  • 正义圣书 图标正义圣书 is your offensive Tome granting you access to a Pull and damaging options.
  • 决心圣书 图标决心圣书 is a defensive Tome granting you access to Cleanses, Healing and Epilogue: Eternal Oasis.
  • 勇气圣书 图标勇气圣书 is a defensive Tome granting you access to important boons like Stability and Resistance alongside Epilogue: Unbroken Lines.

Boons and Supporting allies

Prestacking Might and Other Boons

If possible; swap your third utility slot, exlcuding "坚守阵地!" 图标"坚守阵地!" or 神圣之地 图标神圣之地, to "前进!" 图标"前进!" and cast one of it's Charges 15 seconds before a fight starts to grant your allies Aegis before swapping back to your desired utility.

Keep casting 迅捷符印 图标迅捷符印 beneath your group to stack Swiftness out of combat.

If your Commander calls for Fire Fields or a Might call before a fight starts, combo any Fire Field with 神圣打击 图标神圣打击 then cast 能量引导 图标能量引导 to grant your allies Might.

Primary Boons

Stability is extremely important and here is your list of sources. This is one of your main responsibilities!

SourceNotesUsage
"坚守阵地!" 图标"坚守阵地!"Personal Stun Break applying Stability to you and your alliesBest used at 1200 Range from the enemy and prioritized over other Stability sources when available.
自由咒语 图标自由咒语Group Stun Break that applies Stability to you and your alliesBest used to fill gaps in Stability or to Stun Break yourself or allies. Try not to use the last charge unless really needed
神圣之地 图标神圣之地AoE that pulses StabilityBest used to fill in gaps in Stability or when your squad is mitigating or not moving mid fight
勇气圣书 图标勇气圣书不屈勇气 图标不屈勇气Group Stun Break that applies Stability to you and your alliesBest used when there is a lot of pressure to fill gaps in Stability as you are most likely going to spend Pages in that Tome to support your group
Epilogue: Unbroken LinesGrants Toughness and Stability to you and your alliesBest used to help mitigate damage when the enemy is bombing you.

A simple rotation you can follow is to:

  1. "坚守阵地!" 图标"坚守阵地!"
  2. 勇气圣书 图标勇气圣书不屈勇气 图标不屈勇气
  3. 神圣之地 图标神圣之地
  4. "坚守阵地!" 图标"坚守阵地!"

You can fill the gaps with 自由咒语 图标自由咒语.

慰藉咒语 图标慰藉咒语 (via 解放之誓 图标解放之誓) and activating 稳健急速 图标稳健急速 by granting an ally Aegis or Stability will grant Quickness.

Other Boons

能量引导 图标能量引导, entering 正义圣书 图标正义圣书 and also casting Epilogue: Ashes of the Just will grant Might to your allies.

Chapter 4: Stalwart Stand will grant Resistance, make sure you cast this when crossing the enemy zerg or when you get bombed.

防御反击 图标防御反击, 裁决盾击 图标裁决盾击, entering 决心圣书 图标决心圣书 and casting Epilogue: Unbroken Lines will be the main ways you will provide Protection to your allies.

Make sure you have enough Pages to cast Chapter 4: Stalwart Stand and Epilogue: Unbroken Lines. Keep in mind that every third tome skill you use, you will gain back one Page thanks to 敏捷学者 图标敏捷学者.

A lot of Boon Removal skills strip the last boon applied to you. Because of this, to avoid having Stability stripped from your allies easily, you want to cover it with other boons.

An easy way to do this is to cast 慰藉咒语 图标慰藉咒语 or to trigger 美德启发 图标美德启发 by entering a Tome after casting one of your Stability sources. You an keep track of the Cooldown of 美德启发 图标美德启发 when your respective Tomes' icon switches to Dormant Courage.

Supporting Allies

Entering 决心圣书 图标决心圣书 will trigger 纯粹决心 图标纯粹决心.

  • Epilogue: Eternal Oasis is best used if your party has a lot of conditions and to help your secondary support with the additional healing effectiveness bonus.
  • Chapter 2: Radiant Recovery can also be used if you have the spare Page for Condition Removal.

Try to Stun Break your allies by entering 勇气圣书 图标勇气圣书 to trigger 不屈勇气 图标不屈勇气 or using 自由咒语 图标自由咒语 after pointing your camera at them if they are stuck behind.

神圣打击 图标神圣打击 and 能量引导 图标能量引导 will Heal allies whilst you are in Staff. 能量引导 图标能量引导 will additionally restore Endurance to allies thanks to 荣耀法杖 图标荣耀法杖.

信仰符印 图标信仰符印 and 吸收护盾 图标吸收护盾>吸收护盾 图标吸收护盾 will Heal allies on your Mace / Shield set.

无私英勇 图标无私英勇 will Heal allies around you when you Dodge.

Defense

Personal Stun Breaks via "坚守阵地!" 图标"坚守阵地!", 勇气圣书 图标勇气圣书不屈勇气 图标不屈勇气 or 自由咒语 图标自由咒语.

You can cleanse Immobilize via 决心圣书 图标决心圣书纯粹决心 图标纯粹决心 and optionally casting Epilogue: Eternal Oasis if really needed.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance DamageSource
守护界线 图标守护界线50 rangeStaff
Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke240 range正义圣书 图标正义圣书
吸收护盾 图标吸收护盾320 rangeShield
Chapter 2: Daring Challenge1 Second勇气圣书 图标勇气圣书