Power Harbinger Open World Build

GW2. Best Open World Build. Power Harbinger Open World. Necromancer PvE.

The Power Harbinger for Open World is a necromancer build with a high-risk high-reward playstyle. Like the reaper specialization, it can get high uptimes of quickness, but unlike the reaper, it is not very tanky. The harbinger is squishy but with much more sustain. Active dodging and positioning are required to survive, but this is very capable with this build’s tools.

The Swords offer ranged damage and life steal. Their flip-over skills cost health, but this can be healed passively. Staff is a mostly defensive and kiting weapon, especially skill #4 which can transfer conditions off you.

Weapon Skill Rotation

• Use Elixirs at your feet
• Sword 5 > 4 > 2 > 5 > 4 > Swap
• Staff 5 > 2 > 3 > 4 > Swap

When your weapon skills are on cooldown or Shroud is off cooldown, enter into Harbinger Shroud (F1) and use the 2 skill which does great damage for how low its cooldown is. While in Shroud and whenever you cast Elixirs at your feet, you will gain Blight which reduces your maximum health but increases your damage and healing. You can also expend this Blight to increase the damage of the Shroud 3/4 skills significantly. The Blight stacks run out independently, so consuming these stacks is worth it, but you should do so when nearing the max stacks of 25 to maintain the highest damage modifier.

Shroud Priority

• Shroud 2
• Shroud 3/4 when near 25 Blight stacks
• Shroud 5 if CC is possible
• Shroud 1

When under pressure, use the Shroud 4 as a dodge, and keep using the 1 as it stacks many conditions that will count for carapace stacks which will provide you pulsing protection when above 25 stacks. When you are about to run out of life force, use one final Shroud 2 and then exit Shroud. Repeat the weapon skill rotation in the opposite order and then return to Shroud.

Alternatives

• Jade Bot Core: for extra vitality

Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)

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