Build:Team - HA BBway

This build is in the testing phase. Please join the discussion and rate this build if you have experience with this or closely related builds. This build has been designed for the following use: PvP HA PvP team

This build is significantly affected by the Flux: Xinrae's Revenge. See the build's talk page for discussion and ramifications not noted here.   Notes: Team members will disable each others' skills.

A modified version of BBSway with more lamer defense and offensive capabilities.

Frequency

A typical build found in HA that is used more by PUGs than guild teams.

Team Composition

/ 2 Backbreaker Warriors

/ Third Backbreaker Warrior

OR

/ Earth Shaker Warrior

/ IH Snare Ranger

/ Spirit Pool Ritualist

/ Peace and Harmony Prot

/ 2 Prism Healers

x3 Backbreaker Warriors

Warrior / Assassin 12 Dagger Mastery 8 + 1 Strength 10 + 1 + 1 Hammer Mastery Your attack skills gain 9% armor penetration. Backbreaker PropheciesWarrior. Hammer Mastery 12BackbreakerElite Hammer AttackIf Backbreaker hits, you strike for +16 damage and your target is knocked down. This knockdown lasts 4 seconds if you have at least 8 Strength. This attack skill has % armor penetration.9 Flail NightfallWarrior. Strength 9FlailStanceFor 9 seconds, you attack 33% faster but move 33% slower.4 Falling Spider FactionsAssassin. Dagger Mastery 12Falling SpiderOff-Hand AttackMust strike a knocked-down foe. If it hits, Falling Spider strikes for +31 damage and target foe is Poisoned for 17 seconds. This attack skill has % armor penetration.58 Twisting Fangs FactionsAssassin. Critical Strikes 0Twisting FangsDual AttackMust follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Twisting Fangs strikes for +10 damage and struck foe suffers from Bleeding and Deep Wound for 5 seconds. This attack skill has % armor penetration.1015 Falling Lotus Strike EotNAssassin. Dagger Mastery 12Falling Lotus StrikeOff-Hand AttackMust strike a knocked-down foe. If it hits, you strike for +31 damage and gain 10 Energy. This attack skill has % armor penetration.512 Blades of Steel FactionsAssassin. Dagger Mastery 12Blades of SteelDual AttackMust follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +14 damage (maximum bonus 60) for each recharging dagger attack. This attack skill has % armor penetration.58 Dash FactionsAssassin. UnlinkedDashStanceFor 3 seconds, you run 50% faster.58 Resurrection Signet CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedResurrection SignetSignetResurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost.3   Template code

Notes

• Have one Backbreaker Warrior bring Disrupting Dagger

Equipment

• Full Survivor Insignias.
• Vitaes and Superior Vigor.
• Vampiric and Zealous daggers.
• Sundering/Furious Hammer.
• Defensive Sets (Furious Spear for building adrenaline).

Position 1 Variant: Earth Shaker Warrior

Warrior / Assassin 8 + 1 Hammer Mastery 12 + 1 + 1 Strength 10 Dagger Mastery Your attack skills gain 14% armor penetration. Earth Shaker PropheciesWarrior. Hammer Mastery 9Earth ShakerElite Hammer AttackTarget foe and all adjacent foes are knocked down. (50% failure chance with Hammer Mastery 4 or less.) This attack skill has % armor penetration.8 Flail NightfallWarrior. Strength 14FlailStanceFor 14 seconds, you attack 33% faster but move 33% slower.4 Falling Spider FactionsAssassin. Dagger Mastery 10Falling SpiderOff-Hand AttackMust strike a knocked-down foe. If it hits, Falling Spider strikes for +28 damage and target foe is Poisoned for 15 seconds. This attack skill has % armor penetration.58 Death Blossom (PvP) FactionsAssassin. Dagger Mastery 10Death Blossom (PvP)Dual AttackMust follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Death Blossom strikes target foe for +37 damage and all adjacent foes take 37 damage. This attack skill has % armor penetration.56 Falling Lotus Strike EotNAssassin. Dagger Mastery 10Falling Lotus StrikeOff-Hand AttackMust strike a knocked-down foe. If it hits, you strike for +28 damage and gain 8 Energy. This attack skill has % armor penetration.512 Blades of Steel FactionsAssassin. Dagger Mastery 10Blades of SteelDual AttackMust follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +12 damage (maximum bonus 60) for each recharging dagger attack. This attack skill has % armor penetration.58 Dash FactionsAssassin. UnlinkedDashStanceFor 3 seconds, you run 50% faster.58 Resurrection Signet CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedResurrection SignetSignetResurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost.3   Template code Equipment Sentinel's or Survivor Insignias. Stonefist Insignia on Boots or Arms. Vitae's and Superior Vigor. Vampiric and Zealous Daggers. Sundering/Furious Hammer. Defensive sets (Furious Spear for building adrenaline). Usage Build Adrenaline via Daggers/Spear Use Hammer for BB/Earth Shaker, Swap to Vampiric/Zealous and use chain. Use Disrupting Dagger to interrupt key skills such as Resurrection Signet. With IH up you can practically Qknock, use this wisely.

Infuriating Heat Snare

Ranger / Elementalist 12 + 1 Expertise 9 Earth Magic 9 + 1 + 1 Wilderness Survival The energy cost of attack skills, rituals, touch skills and all Ranger skills is reduced by 52%. Infuriating Heat NightfallRanger. Expertise 13Infuriating HeatElite Nature RitualCreate a level 9 Spirit with 180 Health and 56 armor. Non-Spirit creatures within its range gain adrenaline twice as fast. This Spirit dies after 56 seconds.2315 Nature's Renewal CoreRanger. Wilderness Survival 11Nature's RenewalNature RitualCreate a level 8 Spirit with 160 Health and 50 armor. For 118 seconds, Enchantments and Hexes cast by non-Spirit creatures take twice as long to cast, and it costs twice as much Energy to maintain Enchantments. This Spirit dies after 118 seconds.2560 Tranquility FactionsRanger. Wilderness Survival 11TranquilityNature RitualCreate a level 8 Spirit with 160 Health and 50 armor. Enchantments cast by non-Spirit creatures within its range expire 42% faster. This Spirit dies after 48 seconds.7560 Natural Stride NightfallRanger. Wilderness Survival 11Natural StrideStanceFor 6 seconds, you run 33% faster and have a 50% chance to block incoming attacks. Natural Stride ends if you become Hexed or Enchanted.212 Distracting Shot CoreRanger. Expertise 13Distracting ShotBow AttackIf Distracting Shot hits, it interrupts target foe's action but deals only 14 damage. If the interrupted action was a skill, that skill is disabled for an additional 20 seconds.2½10 Grasping Earth PropheciesElementalist. Earth Magic 9Grasping EarthHex SpellFor 13 seconds, all nearby foes move 50% slower.10¾12 Ward Against Foes CoreElementalist. Earth Magic 9Ward Against FoesWard SpellYou create a Ward Against Foes at your current location. For 15 seconds, non-Spirit foes in this area move 50% slower.15120 Resurrection Signet CoreNo Profession. UnlinkedResurrection SignetSignetResurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost.3   Template code

Equipment

• Full Survivors etc.
• Recurve Bow of Defense (or Fortitude)
• 40/40 or High Energy set for Earth Magic snares.
• Defensive Sets

Usage

• Set up IH/Tranq/NR in a tactical, hard to reach area.
• Snare wisely.

Spirit Pool Ritualist

Ritualist / Mesmer 11 + 1 Spawning Power 11 + 1 + 1 Communing 8 + 1 Restoration Magic 3 Inspiration Magic Creatures you create have 48% more Health, and weapon spells you cast last 48% longer. Soul Twisting FactionsRitualist. Spawning Power 12Soul TwistingElite SkillFor 37 seconds, your Binding Rituals cost 15 less Energy (minimum 10) and recharge instantly. Soul Twisting ends after 3 Binding Rituals.515 Shelter (PvP) FactionsRitualist. Communing 13Shelter (PvP)Binding RitualCreate a level 7 Spirit with 140 (+67) Health and 44 armor. Non-Spirit allies within its range cannot lose more than 10% maximum Health from a single attack. When this Spirit prevents damage, it loses 49 Health. This Spirit lasts 56 seconds.25545 Displacement (PvP) FactionsRitualist. Communing 13Displacement (PvP)Binding RitualCreate a level 9 Spirit with 180 (+86) Health and 56 armor. All non-Spirit allies within its range have a 75% chance to block incoming attacks. Every time an attack is blocked in this way, this Spirit takes 60 damage. This Spirit dies after 56 seconds.15345 Union (PvP) FactionsRitualist. Communing 13Union (PvP)Binding RitualCreate a level 7 Spirit with 140 (+67) Health and 44 armor. Whenever a non-Spirit ally in its range takes damage or life steal, it is reduced by 15 and the Spirit takes 15 damage. This Spirit dies after 56 seconds.15345 Pain (PvP) FactionsRitualist. Communing 13Pain (PvP)Binding RitualCreate a level 7 Spirit with 140 (+67) Health and 44 armor. This Spirit's attacks deal 27 damage. This Spirit dies after 134 seconds.5330 Brutal Weapon FactionsRitualist. Communing 13Brutal WeaponWeapon SpellGive target ally a Brutal Weapon for 36 (+17.3) seconds. The bearer's weapon strikes for +14 damage as long as the bearer is under no Enchantments.10115 Leech Signet CoreMesmer. Inspiration Magic 3Leech SignetSignetInterrupt target foe's action. If that action was a Spell, you gain 5 Energy.¼30 Death Pact Signet (PvP) NightfallRitualist. Restoration Magic 9Death Pact Signet (PvP)SignetResurrect target party member with your current Health and 66% Energy. The next time that ally dies within 120 seconds, so do you.412   Template code

Equipment

• Full Shaman's
• 40/40 Channeling/Communing Set.
• High Energy sets.
• 40/40 Resto Set.

Usage

• Spam Spirits.
• Spam weapons on the warriors.
• Death Pact for hard res.

Peace and Harmony Prot

Monk / Paragon 12 + 1 + 1 Protection Prayers 10 Command 8 + 1 Divine Favor Your allies are healed for 29 Health whenever you cast Monk spells on them. Peace and Harmony PropheciesMonk. Divine Favor 9Peace and HarmonyElite Enchantment SpellTarget ally loses 5 conditions and hexes. For 2 seconds, conditions and hexes expire 90% faster on that ally. All your Smiting Prayers are disabled for 20 seconds. Target ally gets healed for 29 Health.5¼10 Deny Hexes FactionsMonk. Divine Favor 9Deny HexesSpellRemove one Hex from target ally for each recharging Divine Favor skill you have. Target ally gets healed for 29 Health.5112 Spirit Bond (PvP) FactionsMonk. Protection Prayers 14Spirit Bond (PvP)Enchantment SpellFor 8 seconds, whenever target ally takes more than 50 damage from the next 10 attacks or Spells, that ally is healed for 86 Health. Target ally gets healed for 29 Health.10¼5 Shield of Absorption NightfallMonk. Protection Prayers 14Shield of AbsorptionEnchantment SpellFor 7 seconds, damage received by target ally is reduced by 5 each time that ally is hit while under the effects of this Enchantment. Target ally gets healed for 29 Health.5110 Aura of Stability EotNMonk. Protection Prayers 14Aura of StabilityEnchantment SpellFor 8 seconds, target other ally cannot be knocked down. Target ally gets healed for 29 Health.5¼12 "Fall Back!" (PvP) NightfallParagon. Command 10"Fall Back!" (PvP)ShoutFor 8 seconds, all allies within earshot gain 12 Health per second while moving and move 33% faster. "Fall Back!" ends on an ally affected by this Shout when that ally successfully hits with an attack.1025 "Make Haste!" NightfallParagon. Command 10"Make Haste!"ShoutFor 15 seconds, target other ally moves 33% faster. This Skill ends if that ally successfully hits with an attack.510 Song of Concentration NightfallParagon. UnlinkedSong of ConcentrationChantFor 10 seconds, the next Skill used by each ally within earshot cannot be interrupted.825   Template code

Equipment

• Full Survivors or Stalwart etc.
• 40/20/20 Enchanting Divine and Protection staff.
• High Energy sets.
• Furious spear/Defensive sets for building.

Usage

• Peace and Harmony on targets that are stacked with Hexes/conditions.
• Prot allies with SB/SoA.
• AoS the Prism healers.
• Use shouts on runners.
• Build adrenaline with your furious spear for SoC.

Prism Healers

Elementalist / Ritualist 12 + 1 + 1 Energy Storage 12 Restoration Magic Your maximum Energy is raised by 42. Spirit Transfer FactionsRitualist. Restoration Magic 12Spirit TransferSpellThe Spirit nearest you loses 41 Health. Target ally is healed for 5 for each point of Health lost.10¼5 Ether Prism NightfallElementalist. Energy Storage 14Ether PrismElite SkillFor 3 seconds, all damage you take is reduced by 75%. When Ether Prism ends, you gain 19 Energy.525 Mend Body and Soul FactionsRitualist. Restoration Magic 12Mend Body and SoulSpellTarget ally is healed for 96 Health. That ally loses one Condition for each spirit within earshot.5¾3 Spirit Light FactionsRitualist. Restoration Magic 12Spirit LightSpellTarget ally is healed for 156. If any Spirits are within earshot, you don't sacrifice Health.17%514 Weapon of Warding (PvP) FactionsRitualist. Restoration Magic 12Weapon of Warding (PvP)Weapon SpellFor 7 seconds, target ally has a Weapon of Warding, granting that ally +4 Health regeneration and a 50% chance to block. Weapon of Warding ends if that ally attacks.1018 Weapon of Shadow FactionsRitualist. Restoration Magic 12Weapon of ShadowWeapon SpellFor 7 seconds, target ally has a Weapon of Shadow. Whenever that ally is struck by an attack, that ally's attacker becomes Blinded for 5 seconds. The next 2 times that ally hits with an attack, his target is Blinded for 5 seconds.10120 Protective Was Kaolai FactionsRitualist. Restoration Magic 12Protective Was KaolaiItem SpellHold Kaolai's ashes for up to 51 seconds. While you hold his ashes, you gain 10 armor. When you drop his ashes, all party members are healed for 70 Health10125 Life (PvP) FactionsRitualist. Restoration Magic 12Life (PvP)Binding RitualCreate a level 8 Spirit with 160 Health and 50 armor. When this Spirit dies, all non-Spirit allies within its range are healed for 6 Health for each second this Spirit was alive. This Spirit dies after 20 seconds.10320   Template code

Elementalist / Ritualist 12 + 1 + 1 Energy Storage 12 Restoration Magic Your maximum Energy is raised by 42. Spirit Transfer FactionsRitualist. Restoration Magic 12Spirit TransferSpellThe Spirit nearest you loses 41 Health. Target ally is healed for 5 for each point of Health lost.10¼5 Ether Prism NightfallElementalist. Energy Storage 14Ether PrismElite SkillFor 3 seconds, all damage you take is reduced by 75%. When Ether Prism ends, you gain 19 Energy.525 Mend Body and Soul FactionsRitualist. Restoration Magic 12Mend Body and SoulSpellTarget ally is healed for 96 Health. That ally loses one Condition for each spirit within earshot.5¾3 Spirit Light FactionsRitualist. Restoration Magic 12Spirit LightSpellTarget ally is healed for 156. If any Spirits are within earshot, you don't sacrifice Health.17%514 Weapon of Warding (PvP) FactionsRitualist. Restoration Magic 12Weapon of Warding (PvP)Weapon SpellFor 7 seconds, target ally has a Weapon of Warding, granting that ally +4 Health regeneration and a 50% chance to block. Weapon of Warding ends if that ally attacks.1018 Weapon of Shadow FactionsRitualist. Restoration Magic 12Weapon of ShadowWeapon SpellFor 7 seconds, target ally has a Weapon of Shadow. Whenever that ally is struck by an attack, that ally's attacker becomes Blinded for 5 seconds. The next 2 times that ally hits with an attack, his target is Blinded for 5 seconds.10120 Protective Was Kaolai FactionsRitualist. Restoration Magic 12Protective Was KaolaiItem SpellHold Kaolai's ashes for up to 51 seconds. While you hold his ashes, you gain 10 armor. When you drop his ashes, all party members are healed for 70 Health10125 Recovery (PvP) NightfallRitualist. Restoration Magic 12Recovery (PvP)Binding RitualCreate a level 8 Spirit with 160 Health and 50 armor. Conditions on allies within range of this Spirit expire 44% faster. This Spirit dies after 54 seconds.15330   Template code

Equipment

• Full Survivors or Heralds. etc.
• 40/40 Resto Set.
• High and Low Energy Sets.
• Defensive Sets.

Usage

• Use Spirit Transfer as a big heal/spike catch.
• Use Ether Prism as a self-anti-spike and energy management.
• Use Mend Body and Soul for a heal/condition removal.
• Use Spirit Light for a moderate heal.
• Use Weapon of Warding for blocking.
• Use Weapon of Shadow for Blind.
• Use PwK for + AL and party healing.
• Maintain both respective spirits.

See also

• GvG Tranquility