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Support Luminary

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

守护者 (Guardian)luminary

Build Template

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Overview

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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

You can pick another skill for your third utility slot according to what your group needs:

In the Honor Trait Line:

  • 防护复苏 图标防护复苏 for additional Protection on heal.
  • 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.

You can also play a more Aegis oriented version to spam more 光耀勇气 图标光耀勇气 :

  • Spear can be used instead of Staff for increased condition cleanse and Resistance output, at the cost of extra CC and Swiftness.
  • Axe instead of Mace for an extra powerful Pull at the cost of healing, Protection and Aegis output. Pair it with 守护复苏 图标守护复苏.

As for relic, you have a lot of choices as this build doesn't really synergize with any of them:

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Support Luminary 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.

Support Luminary has access to empowered Virtues, but also to an unique Radiant Shroud:

  • Every 2 - 5 is associated to a weapon. Using these weapons will increase the shroud's Cooldown on exit, so you might not want to use all of them. Each weapon grants an unique passive effect to the player while also changing the effect of your Auto Attack Chain.
  • As you are only able to acquire one of these buffs at a time, we will try to equip 夜光法杖 图标夜光法杖 and 光辉壁垒 图标光辉壁垒 as much as possible.
  • Equiping weapons is vital as you trigger 光明启迪 图标光明启迪, which reduces Cooldown of 光耀勇气 图标光耀勇气, a powerful application of Stability, Protection, Resistance and Aegis.

Boons and Supporting Allies

Primary Support Boons

As a Primary Support, your main job is to keep reapplying Stability, Protection and Resistance to your party. Here is a breakdown of your available sources.

Stability

SourceNotesUsage
光耀勇气 图标光耀勇气Grants Stability, Protection and Resistance to your sub-group in a 600 Radius.Aim to use this skill as much as possible on the important clashes. We will start with this skill on engage.
"坚守阵地!" 图标"坚守阵地!"Grants Stability, Resolution in a 600 Radius and Stun Break yourself.Use this skill on our squad main Cooldowns to ensure our allies won't be stopped by Crowd Controls.
神圣之地 图标神圣之地A powerful field pulsing Stability on the targeted area. This skill is ideal to constantly reapply the boon to allies to counter incoming Boon Removal.Use this skill on any important clash when the sources we previously mentionned are on Cooldown.
英勇姿态 图标英勇姿态Grants Stability and Protection in a 300 Radius.Keep this skill as a way to fill the gaps in your rotation in order to keep the Stability uptime as high as possible.

Protection

SourceNotesUsage
光耀勇气 图标光耀勇气Grants Stability, Protection and Resistance to your sub-group in a 600 Radius.Aim to use this skill as much as possible on the important clashes. We will start with this skill on engage.
防御反击 图标防御反击Block the next incoming hit then counter-attack, granting boons to nearby allies at 240 Range.Use this skill when both squads are clashing and you need to absorb pressure in front.
裁决盾击 图标裁决盾击Grants boons in a cone in front of you.This skill can be used to help your allies at a decent range, especially on a risky movement or if they get in trouble far from your squad.
微光姿态 图标微光姿态Using any of your Stance utility skills will grant Protection in the Stance Radius.Simply keep your Stances for their primary uses but remember they will grant Protection aswell !

Resistance

SourceNotesUsage
光耀勇气 图标光耀勇气Grants Stability, Protection and Resistance to your sub-group in a 600 Radius.Aim to use this skill as much as possible on the important clashes. We will start with this skill on engage. As it is our only source of Resistance, it is important to abuse triggering 光明启迪 图标光明启迪 to use this skill more often.

Example Rotation

Your gameplan as a Primary Support should be as follows :

  1. 光耀勇气 图标光耀勇气 on the first move. 光耀正义 图标光耀正义 to cover the Stability from getting removed by enemies.
  2. "坚守阵地!" 图标"坚守阵地!" on the following move. This is usually the Well of Corruption Call from your Commander.
  3. 进入光辉熔炉 图标进入光辉熔炉晕眩巨锤 图标晕眩巨锤夜光法杖 图标夜光法杖复苏微光 图标复苏微光光辉壁垒 图标光辉壁垒 in order to grant boons, Heals and trigger 光明启迪 图标光明启迪.
  4. 神圣之地 图标神圣之地 on the following move. Aim this skill carefully and avoid using it while your squad is moving.
  5. 英勇姿态 图标英勇姿态 can then be used once your Stability runs out or if you need to instantly reapply this boon after any incoming Boon Removal.

From this point, your first Cooldowns should already be back and you can repeat the process in order to ensure your party has Stability on every single move. This is your main priority as a Support Luminary. Try not overlapping Stability sources as much as possible to ensure a longer boon uptime for your party : reapplying 5 stacks of Stability over 10 already existing stacks does not hold any value.

You should maximize your efficiency during the downtimes in between these applications to grant other boons. Here are a few interesting skills to use in between moves :

Support Allies

光耀决心 图标光耀决心 is a powerful instant cast that Heals and Remove Conditions from allies. Use this skill as often as possible as it is also affected by 光明启迪 图标光明启迪.

Our main sources of sustained Healing from our weapons are :

However, most of our burst will come from 夜光法杖 图标夜光法杖复苏微光 图标复苏微光 and 决心姿态 图标决心姿态. Keep these Cooldowns for the main clashes and use your weapon skills to fill in between.

Mind 耀眼爆发 图标耀眼爆发, your Radiant Forge Auto Attack, will also Heal for a decent amount if your last used weapon is 夜光法杖 图标夜光法杖 or 光辉壁垒 图标光辉壁垒.

Defense

  • "坚守阵地!" 图标"坚守阵地!" and 光耀勇气 图标光耀勇气 are your 2 Stun Breaks, with the latter also being shared to your allies. It is adviced to track their Cooldowns as you will be exposed to enemies' Boon Removal effects a lot.
  • 光辉壁垒 图标光辉壁垒 is your main defensive Cooldown, allowing you to Block incoming attacks for 2 seconds.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance DamageSource
守护界线 图标守护界线50 rangeStaff
吸收护盾 图标吸收护盾320 rangeShield