Power Untamed is a melee Damage dealer shining in smaller scale fights with powerful Crowd Control and bursts. Due to its short reach, it loses value in largest blob fights despite its incredible survivability.
Based on Cantrips and Ambushes, this build aims to Down enemies with heavy Damage modifiers, but also brings a highly desired tool in WvW : Boon Removal.
Spear and Greatsword complement each other with respective access to range and melee burst to reduce the downtimes in our rotation.
Unleash Mechanic
Stay Unleashed most of the time in order to deal more Damage due to .
You only want to to press , and when their Cooldowns are all up.
grants us access to Ambush weapon skills, just like does when we Weapon Swap. Note you must also be Unleashed to gain the Ambush from .
Start on Spear to look for early Damage with a Ranged Spike on the first clash while staying safe.
On the Well of Corruption Spike, gap close and instantly swap to your Greatsword to follow up. We will aim to catch players lacking Stability with . We should instantly look to generate Downs with our burst rotation and quickly cleave them.
Once you are done completing your Greatsword rotation, you can swap back to Spear and keep dealing sustained Damage.
Use for and as they are both Unblockable and our best bet for Damage.
and can safely be used without being empowered anytime you are in Range.
Power Untamed has many different ways to completely negate power Damage for a short duration:
These tools can be used both reactively and proactively: you can cast one of these skills before an important clash if you know you could be dying in order to land your combos safely.
Additionally, and leaps are also an Evade that can help you escape from AoEs.
also allows you to reposition yourself safely, Blocking all incoming attacks during its cast.
is your only Stun Break: use it carefully and be ready to activate it when you expose yourself to potential enemy Crowd Controls.
