GW2. WvW Build. Power Harbinger WvW Roaming Build. Necromancer WvW. Small Scale WvW Build.
Role: Assassin 
The Power Harbinger is a necromancer WvW roaming build with a more aggressive approach that has extreme susceptibility to focus but high mobility and burst. The Sword leaps and Speed Relic are very important for keeping you alive, and knowing when to disengage is important to avoid being focused.
All of the Shroud 2/3/4 abilities have high power scaling, especially the 3 and 4 when they exchange blight for extra damage. Make sure to cast Elixirs at your feet to gain more blight which will heal you over time and will give you more strike damage as well.
Death Magic traits will be your passive defenses, gaining carapace by condition applications will improve your toughness and cleanse, but at the same time improve your damage even more.
Shroud 4 is an evade and a Daze tied to a leap, so choosing whether to be aggressive or defensive with this skill is key. If you go too hard and have no escapes you can easily die. Always try to have an escape whether it is through the mobility of your Sword, Shroud skills, or Spectral Walk.
Basic Rotation
- Sword 2 > 4 > 5 > 4 > 5 > 3 > Swap
- Spear 4 > 4 > 3 > 2 > 5 > Enter Shroud
- Shroud 3 > 4 > 5 > 2 > 111
Use Sword 3 to kite in between your burst combo to get distance if you are in danger or to chase a pressured target. Keep poking with Sword skills and use the Sword 4 to pressure while kiting due to its ability to cast it behind you, then go for the burst combo with Spear 4, if it lands you can port to your target and instantly immobilize them with the Spear 3 (precast while port) which will allow you to deal massive damage with the fully charged Spear 2.
| Item | Stat | Rune / Sigil |
|---|---|---|
| Helm Dragon | ||
| Shoulders Dragon | ||
| Coat Dragon | ||
| Gloves Dragon | ||
| Leggings Dragon | ||
| Boots Dragon |
| Spear Dragon |
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| Sword Dragon | ||
| Sword Dragon |
Alternatives
- Weapon: Replace Spear with Axe/Focus for more ranged pressure but less mobility.
- Sigil: instead of Earth
- Relic: instead of Speed for more sustain in smaller fights
| Spear | Heal / Utility / Elite |
| Sword / Sword | Shroud Skills |
Alternatives
- Utility: instead of Elixir of Ignorance
Alternatives
- Harbinger: for more protection uptime
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3 Comments
Is this still only good tier build?
Its a good build but we still require more time to test how to perform against other new builds, it takes a while to define the meta. WvW and PvP builds always need extensive playtest time to know if its really good or not, its not that simple as pve where you only test in a golem, you know what I mean.
Gotcha! Thanks for the reply! =)