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Power Ritualist

Guild Wars 2 Power Ritualist - Axe & Focus / Greatsword Meta build for wvw: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

死灵法师 (Necromancer)ritualistpower damage

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Overview

Build Difficulty: ● ● ● ○ ○

Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Plenty of CC
  • Lots of cleave
  • Simple rotation
  • Requires accurate positioning
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

苦难法池 图标苦难法池 can be replaced with 蝗虫纹章 图标蝗虫纹章 for more Boon Removal at the cost of Damage. Make sure you have the 苦难纹章 图标苦难纹章 trait in order to make it strip boons.

强化灵魂 图标强化灵魂 could be a decent option to bring more offensive boons to the party with Might.

灵魂疗法 图标灵魂疗法 is another great option on that tier to bring Condition Removal to your squad.

Offhand Sword can be considered over Focus to get more AoE damage at the cost of single target spikes and Boon Removal.

Feel free to replace any Marauder gear for Demolisher gear if you have access to it. You can also be running Berserker gear pieces as you get more confident with your positioning.

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Power Ritualist is a Necromancer specialization that utilizes Boon Corruption through skills such as 腐化法池 图标腐化法池 and 夜幕降临 图标夜幕降临. It also outputs a decent amount of Damage, notably thanks to its unique mechanic : 祭祀帷幕 图标祭祀帷幕. Most of its impact being Ranged, it is a really strong safe choice for the Necromancer class, but doesn't provide the prized 恐怖吐息 图标恐怖吐息 from Power Scourge.

It relies on Spirits and their associated Innervations for various effects; our 2 - 4 skills in Ritualist's Shroud will allow us to spawn these Spirits while our F2 - F4 will unleash them for extra effects. Leaving shroud will destroy them, disabling the use of their respective Innervations skills. Using 流浪灵魂 图标流浪灵魂 is our main priority due to its consequent Damage and Crowd Control output : we will double it thanks to 灵魂扭曲 图标灵魂扭曲.

祭祀帷幕 图标祭祀帷幕 is also buffed by a variety of traits:

Use 祭祀帷幕 图标祭祀帷幕 on the squad main spikes to swiftly generate and cleave enemy Downs, while outputting Crowd Controls. Its Range will allow us to surprise enemies which didn't disengage early enough.

Axe, Focus and Greatsword will also help us to control the fight from Range with 噬灵盛宴 图标噬灵盛宴, 刺骨恶寒 图标刺骨恶寒 and 黑暗抓攫 图标黑暗抓攫.

Dealing Damage

Engage

Start on your Axe set to look for a potential Ranged spike with 刺骨恶寒 图标刺骨恶寒 and 恐怖之爪 图标恐怖之爪. We will most likely stay on that set untill the Well of Corruption Spike is called by your Commander.

Well of Corruption Spike

  1. 分裂之器 图标分裂之器
  2. 腐化法池 图标腐化法池苦难法池 图标苦难法池
  3. 祭祀帷幕 图标祭祀帷幕
  4. 流浪灵魂 图标流浪灵魂苦痛灵魂 图标苦痛灵魂流浪灵魂 图标流浪灵魂
  5. Teleport with 灵魂召集 图标灵魂召集 safely in enemy melee range if you are able to.
  6. 支配苦痛 图标支配苦痛
  7. 庇护灵魂 图标庇护灵魂支配庇护 图标支配庇护
  8. 退出祭祀帷幕 图标退出祭祀帷幕
  9. 不洁爆炸 图标不洁爆炸

Nightfall Spike

  1. 夜幕降临 图标夜幕降临
  2. Look for a Pull with 黑暗抓攫 图标黑暗抓攫.
  3. 死亡漩涡 图标死亡漩涡
  4. 掘墓剑斩 图标掘墓剑斩

It can be interesting to use 欣雷之器 图标欣雷之器 or 坚韧之器 图标坚韧之器 on this spike.

The usage of your main Cooldowns will systematically be called if you are using voice communication with your Commander. If not, try to synchronize it as much as possible with the rest of your squad for maximal efficiency.

Your main Cooldowns to look at are 腐化法池 图标腐化法池 and 夜幕降临 图标夜幕降临. It is strongly advised to inform your Commander when 腐化法池 图标腐化法池 has five seconds of Cooldown left and when it is ready.

Outside of your main timings, keep rotating your skills efficiently in order to generate Downs and to keep Removing Boons.

  • 噬灵盛宴 图标噬灵盛宴 deals a lot of Damage while Removing Boons from nearby enemies.
  • 刺骨恶寒 图标刺骨恶寒恐怖之爪 图标恐怖之爪 is a strong single target combo spike to prevent a squishy enemy player from casting freely.
  • 掘墓剑斩 图标掘墓剑斩, 死亡漩涡 图标死亡漩涡 are strong, short range fillers that should be used as much as possible anytime you get the opportunity to.

Mind using your Cooldowns together such as 分裂之器 图标分裂之器 and 祭祀帷幕 图标祭祀帷幕 : they deal massive Damage and can generate multiple Downs when overlaping their effects.

Rotation Notes

Always try to double 流浪灵魂 图标流浪灵魂 thanks to 灵魂扭曲 图标灵魂扭曲. In order to do that, we will often shortly delay entering shroud as 流浪灵魂 图标流浪灵魂 Cooldown is slightly higher than 祭祀帷幕 图标祭祀帷幕Cooldown.

分裂之器 图标分裂之器 should always be used with 腐化法池 图标腐化法池. Though, as it has exactly half its Cooldown, we will be able to instantly use it once more off-sync to get it right back on the next 腐化法池 图标腐化法池. If you do so, it is really important to not delay its use to keep a good spike synchronization over the fight.

Always cast 死亡盛宴 图标死亡盛宴 instantly after 召唤血魔 图标召唤血魔 in order to put it on Cooldown and get 恶意虫群 图标恶意虫群 procs more often.

Defense

祭祀帷幕 图标祭祀帷幕 grants you a native 50% Damage Reduction.

It is important to remember that even though we have Life Force that can be used as a secondary Health Pool, this should be avoided. Ideally, Life Force will be spent exclusively to deal Damage with our skills.

灵魂召集 图标灵魂召集 is a powerful instant teleport which can help you surviving most situations by going back to your stack. It can be interesting to keep this skill defensively if you struggle too much staying alive.

坚韧之器 图标坚韧之器 will allow us and our sub-group to take less Damage on the few next incoming hits. It can be used before any important clash, notably on the first Ranged spike at the start.

欣雷之器 图标欣雷之器 is an excellent party-wide Stun Break which also provides an unique mitigating and life steal effect : try to optimize its use to turn the fight outcome by saving your allies from Crowd Controls or preventing important enemy bursts.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
黑暗抓攫 图标黑暗抓攫900 RangeGreatsword
流浪灵魂 图标流浪灵魂2 Seconds祭祀帷幕 图标祭祀帷幕
流浪灵魂 图标流浪灵魂支配流浪 图标支配流浪1 Second祭祀帷幕 图标祭祀帷幕

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