GW2. Raid Build. Power Spellbreaker. Tank/DPS Warrior PvE 2023.

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Overview

The Power Spellbreaker is a Tank/DPS warrior build with great sustain due to Full Counter and Defiant Stance allowing you to negate the damage of mechanics while also bringing the utility of boon removal. You can provide quickness and other boons with Banners and Greatsword, or go for full DPS with Hammer.

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Greatsword/Quickness Variant

Playstyle

Role: Tank DPS

Always prioritize your burst F1 skills on the target to get the Magebane Tether and to build up stacks of Berserker’s Power, then land your disables on the target to gain stacks of Attacker’s Insight. Then prioritize landing your high damage abilities like Whirling Axe 5 with all your damage modifiers.

The flow of your build should be to use your burst skills when possible and then all of your weapon skills in between your bursts, swap weapon after using your second burst and then repeat. Use banners off cooldown instead of some of the weapon skills, but not instead of a burst skill, always try to keep your burst skills on cooldown.

Example Rotation:

• Open with Banners and getting adrenaline
• Dagger 3 > Axe 4 >Dagger F1 > 5
• Swap Weapon

Then perform the following in a loop

• Greatsword F1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > F1 > Swap
• Dagger F1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > F1 > Swap

If necessary, use Defiant Stance to ignore mechanics or Full Counter F2 to evade an attack, which can also recharge your F1 with enough adrenaline.

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Equipment

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Alternatives

• Stats: Mix in Knights or Commander gear when tanking to get enough toughness
• Weapon: Replace Axe with Shield if you need it for tanking high pressure bosses

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Skills

Greatsword	Heal / Utility / Elite
Dagger / Axe

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Alternatives

• Elite: for more Boon Removal and denial, especially during Qadim
• Utility: for a different kind of support from your banner
• Utility: if you want to run a full DPS variant but with Greatsword not Hammer, and then use full Berserker stats

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Traits

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Build Template

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

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Gameplay

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Tank PoV:

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Hammer/DPS Variant

Like the Greatsword Variant, you want to prioritize CC and burst skills due to the damage modifiers they give, but you have much more access to them because of the Defense traits and Hammer. Any CC you land, even against defiant targets, will give you adrenaline. This provides enough adrenaline to use burst skills off cooldown as well as Full Counter F2 when needed. Your heaviest hitting skills are Axe 5 and Hammer 2, and Hammer 2 will be recharged by Hammer 5, meaning you should always use 2 > 5 > 2, and if it isn’t available then just prioritize Hammer 2. Also try to use Bull’s Charge before your Axe 5 to get the damage modifier on your burst.

Example Rotation:

• Open with Bull’s Charge and Hammer 4 for adrenaline
• Hammer F1 > 2 > 5 > 2
• Swap Weapon

Then perform the following in a loop

• Dagger F1 > 3 > 4 > (Bull’s Charge) 5 > 2 > F1 > Swap
• Hammer F1 > 2 > 5 > 2 > 3 > 4 > F1 > Swap

If necessary, use Defiant Stance to ignore mechanics or Full Counter F2 to evade an attack, which can also recharge your F1 with enough adrenaline.

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Equipment

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Alternatives

• Stats: Mix in Knights or Commander gear when tanking to get enough toughness

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Skills

Hammer	Heal / Utility / Elite
Dagger / Axe

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Alternatives

• Elite: for more Boon Removal and projectile denial, especially during Qadim

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Traits

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Build Template

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

[&DQIWPwQfPT0pD6cAqQBqAK0ArQCvAKgA7gDuAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=]