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Power Quickness Untamed Sword / Axe

Unleash the potential of your pet with our Guild Wars 2 Power Quickness Untamed Sword / Axe build.
Published Feb 13, 2025 Updated Feb 14, 2025
Raids - February 2025 Balance
Chimera meta team

Power Untamed skirmishes alongside their animal companion by unleashing their full potential, assisting them with a wide variety of weapons:

  • Spear is a jack of all traits. It allows for great Damage, Mobility and Crowd Control, as well as the option to fight from range if neccessary.
  • Hammer provides high burst Damage and expands your skill horizon by adding an additional four skills.
  • Sword & Axe excels at sustained Damage and gives its user more flexibility and mobility.
  • Maces sacrifice some Damage for extra support in form of Boons, Heals and Crowd Control.
Pros +
Good mobility Plenty of CC Fluid rotation Easy to learn Sustained damage
Cons -
Fast paced rotation Easy to cancel skills Forced movement Frequent animation locks
Attributes
Power 2992
Toughness 1000
Vitality 1537
Precision 1960
Critical Chance 50.71%
Ferocity 1210
Critical Damage 230.6%
Condition Damage 0
Healing Power 0
Expertise 0
Condition Duration 0%
Concentration 240
Boon Duration 41%
Benchmark History
Last Benchmark Max
37029
Last Benchmark Average
36600
Gear
Item Stat

Berserker'sHelm

Berserker'sShoulders

Berserker'sCoat

Berserker'sGloves

Berserker'sLeggings

Berserker'sBoots

Item Stat

Berserker'sBackpiece

Berserker'sAccessory

Berserker'sAccessory

Berserker'sAmulet

Berserker'sRing

Berserker'sRing

Relic

Primary Weapon Set

Berserker's SwordMain Hand

Berserker's AxeOff Hand

Secondary Weapon Set

Berserker's SpearMain Hand

Other Items

Infusionx18

Food

Utility

Traits & Skills
Skills

Pets
Skill Options

can be replaced with for Condition Cleanse.

can be replaced with:

  • for more Defiance Break
  • for group Aegis
  • for Resistance and Condition Cleanse

If you are using Jaguar, you can also swap out if needed.

can be replaced with:

  • allows you to Revive up to five Downed allies at range
  • to Immobilize up to five targets in a large radius
Pet Options

Remember to change your pets according to your group's needs:

  • Jaguar is your best DPS pet and (potentially) mandatory for the rotation
  • Jungle Stalker to help keep up Might
  • White Tiger for access to Aegis
  • Warclaw for Superspeed and Defiance Break
  • Electric Wyvern for a strong Defiance Break option
  • Siege Turtle as another Defiance Break option and projectile destruction via
Skill Reference Guide
Sword & Axe Default Keybind
Ambush 1
2
3
4
5
Spear Default Keybind
Ambush 1
2
3
4
5
Spear Stealth Attacks Default Keybind
2
3
4
5
Unleashed Pet Default Keybind
F1
F2
F3
/ F4
Trait Notes

If your group lacks Might, you can swap pets to make use of .

If you are using Jaguar, you should swap right after using . Remember to swap back to Jaguar as soon as possible.

Rotation & Extras

grants access to Unleashed Ambush skills and has a Cooldown of 9 seconds. Weapon Swap resets this Cooldown when using .

As soon as Weapon Swap is ready, execute the following combo:

  1. Unleashed Ambush Skill
  2. Weapon Swap Unleashed Ambush Skill

As long as the Unleashed Ambush Skill is not delayed, will be reapplied at the same time as Weapon Swap is off Cooldown.

Be careful not to cancel the skill, it is the only source of Quickness.

Make sure you are in

  1. Weapon Swap
Sword & Axe Loop
  1. Auto Chain
  2. Auto Chain
  3. Weapon Swap
Spear
  1. Auto Chain
  2. *
  3. Auto Chain
  4. Weapon Swap
Rotation Notes

should be used off Cooldown without delaying weapon skills or canceling Auto Chains.

* should be used at this point if you are running any other pet than Jaguar.

Use and as well as off Cooldown.

While is active, the following skills may be used during other skills:

Player Crowd Control
Skill Defiance Break *Source
225 Sword
200 Axe
300 Spear
400 Utility
200 Alternate Utility
Pet Crowd Control
Skill Defiance Break Source
300 Warclaw
232 Electric Wyvern
232 Electric Wyvern
232 Siege Turtle
200 Siege Turtle

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