Power Willbender

Published Feb 23, 2024 Updated Mar 5, 2025

Open World - February 2025 Balance

Power Willbender

Skills Gearset Build Template

Guardian Builds

Skills Gearset Build Template

Guardian Builds

Pros +

High damage Good mobility Provides self boons

Cons -

No ranged DPS Fast paced rotation Forced movement

Gear

Item	Stat
	Berserker'sHelm
	Assassin'sShoulders
	Assassin'sCoat
	Assassin'sGloves
	Assassin'sLeggings
	Assassin'sBoots

Item	Stat
	Assassin'sBackpiece
	Assassin'sAccessory
	Assassin'sAccessory
	Assassin'sAmulet
	Assassin'sRing
	Berserker'sRing
	Relic

Primary Weapon Set
	Assassin's GreatswordMain Hand
Secondary Weapon Set
	Assassin's SpearMain Hand
Other Items
	Enrichment
	Food
	Utility
	Jade Bot Core

Traits & Skills

Skills

Skill Notes

can be replaced when needed:

provides Evade, Stun Break and 300 Defiance Break
causes additional cleave damage
is a single-target shadowstep, with to disengage
to Reflect Projectiles
for personal Condition Removal
for massive Defiance Break
for even more Defiance Break
to Revive and teleport to allies
for additional Condition Removal
for Resolution, Stability and a Stun Break
for Protection and Regeneration.

can be replaced when needed:

will make you Invulnerable for three seconds and will Recharge your Virtues
for more Defiance Break.

Skill Reference Guide

Greatsword	Default Keybind
	Auto Attack Chain
	`2`
	`3`
	`4`
	`5`

Spear	Default Keybind
	Auto Attack
	`2`
	`3`
	`4`
	`5`

Virtue	Default Keybind
	`F1`
	`F2`
	`F3`

Trait Notes

causes high self-healing at a moderate damage loss.

provides additional self-healing and Condition Cleanse.

Equipment Notes

Longbow or Sword / Focus can be taken instead of Spear if you do not have access to Janthir Wilds (JW).

Longbow provides good Ranged damage but lacks on Resolution generation
Sword and Focus provides boons, mobility and defense skills.

can be replaced when needed:

for a Heal every time you Block
coverts Critical Strikes into Healing
grants Condition Removal when you use a shout
grants Condition Removal when you use your heal skill
provides increased Movement Speed and Superspeed when entering combat.
gain Might x 3 and Fury when you disable an enemy on a one second Cooldown
gain Might x 8 and Fury when you use your heal skill on a 10 second Cooldown
gain Aegis, Quickness, Swiftness, Resistance and Might when you hit an enemy with your mount engage skill

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Willbender Flames are gained when using your Virtues and constantly damage enemies that are standing within them. Maintaining uptime on your Willbender Flames is the key to success on this build.

Just in case you forgot, these are your Virtues:

Each Virtue produces its own Willbender Flames and only one can be active at any one time. Make sure not to overlap them as they will be wasted. Each Willbender Flame has a slightly different shape but they all have the same effects.

You have a lot of traits that interact with your Virtues:

grants Might, Regeneration or Protection
grants Resolution
grants +10% Damage for six seconds
grants Swiftness
grants Might and Fury
grants +2% Damage, +2% Condition Damage per stack upon using a Virtue up to five stacks. You also gain a stack when you trigger your Virtue's passive.
buffs up to 5% but reduces its duration down to four seconds.

Keep high uptime on your Symbols to activate traits from Zeal:

to apply Vulnerability and increased Damage
causes your Symbols to deal 30% more Damage
grants a 2% Damage increase per stack up to a maximum of five stacks.

Dealing Damage

Use at the start of combat so you begin with plenty of boons.

Use and off Cooldown.

Space out the use of your other Virtues, and , to maintain uptime on and your Willbender Flames

Rotate between Spear and Greatsword, using big skills off Cooldown.

Follow this skill priority on your Greatsword:

Use for Defiance Break or to group enemies.

Follow this skill priority on your Spear:

(if not Illuminated)
(if Illuminated)
(if Illuminated)

Remember that you generate Vulnerability by fighting enemies inside your Symbols due to .

provides a damage boost assuming you have Aegis. Your main source of Aegis is .

Illuminated is a buff that enhances your next , or .

All skills gain Illuminated while is active.

If you are not Illuminated, you will gain the buff after using , or .

Defense

essentially functions as an invulnerability window, use this to your advantage.

Use for the following effects:

Heal yourself every five consecutive hits
Regeneration due to
An Evade for 0.75 seconds.

has quite a few defensive effects:

It provides Aegis and Stability every five consecutive hits
Protection due to .
It is also a Stun Break.

Crowd Control

Skill	Defiance Break	Source
	150 Pull	Greatsword
	150	Spear
	300 Knockdown	Utility
	300 Daze	Alternate Utility
	150 x 7 for a total of 1050	Alternate Utility
	450 Knockdown	Alternate Elite

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Power Willbender

Key Concepts

Dealing Damage

Defense

Crowd Control

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