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Power Conduit

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

魂武者 (Revenant)conduitpower damage

Build Template

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Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • High damage
  • Strong bursts
  • Lots of cleave
  • Good mobility
  • Relies on resource management
  • Requires accurate positioning
  • Forced movement
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

萦绕决心 图标萦绕决心 can be picked if you struggle using your weapon skills to generate Affinity.

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Power Conduit is a melee DPS using the usual Revenant Energy to line up powerful bursts.

On top of that, Conduit gains Affinity, another ressource that empowers 释放潜力:刺客 图标释放潜力:刺客 and 释放潜力:苦行僧 图标释放潜力:苦行僧, the F2 skill in our respective legends. Charges can be obtained by using any weapon or legend skills.

Power Conduit also gets access to 宇宙智慧 图标宇宙智慧, temporarily increasing the effectiveness of our current legend skills by granting it additional effects.

Spear will help us dealing with targets we cannot reach from melee, aswell as cleaving from safer places.

Greatsword is our primary source of melee spike and burst to get the enemy players Downed and killed.

传奇刺客姿态 图标传奇刺客姿态 and 传奇实体姿态 图标传奇实体姿态 will support the previously mentioned playstyles by bringing additional options and tools to be efficient, such as 翠玉风暴 图标翠玉风暴 and 双月横扫 图标双月横扫 respectively.

Dealing Damage

Fight Engage

Always start the fight on 传奇实体姿态 图标传奇实体姿态 as it will allow you to poke enemies with 双月横扫 图标双月横扫 on engage.

Your weapon sets and stances all have different uses and can be mixed during the fight. Therefore, there is no real rotation set in stone and it is adviced to understand the use of each skill to spend your Energy wisely.

传奇刺客姿态 图标传奇刺客姿态 skills:

  • 翠玉风暴 图标翠玉风暴 can be used on important calls for massive Damage and a Stun. The other skills are simply not worth and you would rather use your weapon skills to pair it with this elite. Keep in mind that 翠玉风暴 图标翠玉风暴 costs a lot of Energy.

传奇实体姿态 图标传奇实体姿态 skills:

  • 双月横扫 图标双月横扫 is a great skill dealing Damage around yourself and at the aimed location: you can use it both as poke and as a strong melee burst.
  • 角斗防御 图标角斗防御 serves as a cheap Stun Break which deals decent Damage around yourself aswell as inflicting Weakness. Mind this skill is a "fake" instant cast and will cancel any other action you are currently doing, including Dodge.
  • 欺骗烟雾 图标欺骗烟雾 is a strong gap closer and Damage source. Hitting an enemy with this skill will allow you to cast it again for free, up to 3 times. Though, aim this skill wisely as you might end up teleporting right into the enemy's bomb.

Knowing the most important skills, you should now be aware of the different combos you can do in order to maximize their synergy. Here are a few examples:

Melee combos :

Ranged combos :

Spear Rotation

You should be on Spear in order to Range spike, but also to exhaust the enemy support tools and keep sustaining Damage with your other allies :

  • 深渊原力 图标深渊原力 is a really strong filler skill with a good Damage for Energy ratio.
  • 深渊突袭 图标深渊突袭 can be used in order to punish enemies pushing while getting an Evade frame.
  • 深渊霹雳 图标深渊霹雳 is a really strong Pull which should be aimed to setup major bursts along with your squad.
  • 深渊毁灭 图标深渊毁灭 is the main source of Damage of this weapon : try to aim it properly in order to hit the enemy frontline, and keep in mind using any other Spear skill will reduce the Cooldown of this one. It should be your priority to cast this spell as many times as possible.

A basic burst combo would be :

  1. 深渊毁灭 图标深渊毁灭
  2. 深渊霹雳 图标深渊霹雳
  3. 深渊毁灭 图标深渊毁灭
  4. 深渊原力 图标深渊原力
  5. 深渊毁灭 图标深渊毁灭

Greatsword Rotation

You should be on Greatsword to deal massive burst Damage in melee :

  • 迷雾释放 图标迷雾释放 for strong melee burst. Mind the really short range.
  • 幻影突袭 图标幻影突袭 for quick gap closer and strong Damage. Be aware you will end up in melee during the cast so use it carefully.
  • 永恒挽歌 图标永恒挽歌 is your major source of burst, especially paired with the other skills. Try to cast it first so the delayed Damages will hit with your next skill. Mind that this skill can hit from a slightly higher Range than the other Greatsword skills and is therefore your safest cast.

A basic melee combo would be :

  1. 永恒挽歌 图标永恒挽歌
  2. 幻影突袭 图标幻影突袭 if you can land safely on your target.
  3. 迷雾释放 图标迷雾释放

Using your Dodges properly after or during your combos is crucial if you are about to die from enemy's melee pressure. Dying is far worse than skipping a skill in your combo in order to stay alive.

Rotation Notes

  • 释放潜力:刺客 图标释放潜力:刺客 and 释放潜力:苦行僧 图标释放潜力:苦行僧 Cooldowns are reset every time you swap legend: you should always try to use this skill in your current legend before swapping.
  • In order to generate Affinity in 传奇刺客姿态 图标传奇刺客姿态, you can use cheap skills like 附魔匕首 图标附魔匕首 and 压倒优势 图标压倒优势 to quickly generate charges.
  • Use 宇宙智慧 图标宇宙智慧 anytime you are about to execute a melee combo for some extra Damage.
  • Try to avoid swapping stance when you have a lot of Energy left: you should get used to the Energy cost of your skills in order to optimize your Energy use and not waste it.

Defense

Power Conduit is naturally exposed to Damage due to its mostly short Range while bursting. It is important to properly manage defensive Cooldowns such as Dodges in order to stay alive.

As a last option, do not hesitate to abuse the Range of your Spear in order to avoid Damage.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance DamageSource
深渊霹雳 图标深渊霹雳180 RangeSpear
双月横扫 图标双月横扫2.25 Seconds传奇实体姿态 图标传奇实体姿态
翠玉风暴 图标翠玉风暴3 Seconds传奇刺客姿态 图标传奇刺客姿态