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Virtues Spear

Trap and topple mighty foes with our Guild Wars 2 Virtues Spear build.
Published Feb 11, 2025 Updated Feb 18, 2025
Raids - February 2025 Balance
Yulian meta team
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Power Dragonhunter Radiance Longbow Virtues Spear
Skills Gearset Build Template DPS Report
Guardian Builds

Power Dragonhunter wields light and virtues as power sources to purge Tyria of its enemies with an arsenal of options:

  • Spear excels at short, close-range skirmishes.
  • Longbow excels at longer skirmishes and gives you the option to (temporarily) fight from a distance.
  • Radiance rewards you for actively blocking enemy attacks by reducing the cooldown of through .
  • Virtues rewards you with a sizeable power boost, if you can maintain a high number of boons due to and if you are able to avoid enemy attacks due to .
Pros +
Good mobility Fluid rotation Strong bursts Defensive options Lots of cleave
Cons -
Easy to cancel skills Loses damage on moving targets
Attributes
Power 2759
Toughness 1000
Vitality 1486
Precision 2323
Critical Chance 75%
Ferocity 0
Critical Damage 238.6%
Condition Damage 99
Healing Power 0
Expertise 0
Condition Duration 0%
Concentration 0
Boon Duration 0%
Benchmark History
Last Benchmark Max
44990
Last Benchmark Average
44500
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 SpearMain Hand
Secondary Weapon Set

Assassin's GreatswordMain Hand
Other Items

Infusionx18

Food

Utility

Jade Bot Core
Traits & Skills
Skills

can be replaced with:

  • for frequent Breakbar damage.
  • for infrequent Breakbar damage.
  • for Aegis and Swiftness.
  • for Resolution and Stability.
Skill Reference Guide
Greatsword Default Keybind
Auto Attack
2
3
4
5
Spear Default Keybind
Auto Attack
2
3
4
5
Virtue Default Keybind
F1
F2
F3
Equipment Notes

by itself ensures sufficient uptime on .
Rotation & Extras
  3. F1
  4. 5
  5. 4
  6. 2
  7. 3
  8. Weapon Swap

Illuminated enhances your next , , or . You gain it after casting one of those skills and while standing in .

Prioritise your skills in the following order:

Greatsword Spear
1. 1.
2. F1 2. F1
3. 4 3. 5
4. 2 4. 3
5. 3 5. 2

Fill the time in-between with Auto Attacks and your remaining skills:

  • F2 on Spear and F3 on Greatsword to maintain .
  • to maintain while and are active.
  • , Illuminated 4, and 5 while , , and are active.

Weapon Swap after casting 3 / 3 for the second time.
Rotation Notes

Cast 2 and 5 inside a foe's hitbox to ensure that their projectiles connect. The latter spawns a projectile per foe in range (up to five).

Hover over a UI element (e.g. skill bar) with your cursor while casting 2 to stay in place for optimal damage, and avoid Weapon Swap during it as it will incur an aftercast.
Skill Defiance Break Source
5 150 Greatsword
5 150 Spear
F1 150 Virtue
300 Utility Skill
150 Elite Skill
200 Alternate Utility Skill
150 per Pulse Alternate Utility Skill

Casting F1 will remove from your targets.

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