been thinking this over, and yeah, its madness that the class based on outcompeting magic through martial prowess cannot pull out an Anti-Magic Glock and honor the Founding Fathers.
As an OW-obsessed player when on WB, I'll try some Willbender Conceited Curate. I do use Ritualist Armor instead, as I also have a Firebrand the set was originally built for, but also have an... obsession with "all boons" WB (swapping to Battle Presence and Feel my Wrath for random group OW events to hand out boons while still being WB).
playing willbender in open world definitely makes you feel a bit spoiled with the amount of boons you get. whenever I swap to a class without huge boon generation it all just feels so weird
@@Evan4K I want to reply and thank you again. Conceited Curate + Ritualist = face-tank Willbender. Can even give out boons through Phoenix Protocol + Battle Presence and limited Feel My Wrath while in random groups. No dying (30k hp + 2 sustain sources) damage is kept decent thanks to condi build.
I'm fairly new to the game and I saw a couple of builds using off-hand weapons only on 2nd slot. My question is aren't you missing out some bonus stats coming from a main weapon? How does this work?
When you have the off hand only on the second set it will use the main hand weapon from the first set by default. So you don't miss out on stats since it will use whatever is on the first weapon set.
personally I prefer trapper. balthazar runes on this build will end up getting you way over capped on burn duration you would have to swap around sigils and or stats to get a better stat spread without being over capped. also the general condi duration from trapper will also apply to the bleeding that the pistols are applying
what Evan above said is correct, however Balthazar runes can give you higher dps than trapper, however this is primarily because since you are now capped on burning duration you can switch some of your vipers gear to sinister and considering burning is over 75% of the damage this will give you higher numbers since sinister is vipers without expertise but the 3 other stats are now higher, but this only really matters if you enjoy min maxing and if you want to play other condi builds with the same gear trapper+full vipers will be better
armor on the thumbnail is the new polychromatic armor with the astral ward legs. but the character in the video is wearing a combination of decades armor, etherbound, houndskin shoulders
something really fun I like to do in open world is take valor trait line specifically for the redemption trait which basically let's you have 2 litany of wrath (the omega life steal heal skill) which is pretty fun actually
I do find it strange you call this a beginners build when this is nearly identical to the snowcrows page, gear is basically a different way to get to a similar stat total but everything else is the exactly the same, you didn't go over snowcrows rotations but for this build the optimal rotation is actually fairly straightforward although it is quite fast
I disagree, condi willbender is mostly just spam all your buttons off cool down following simple principles of use 4 3 times per weapon swap, and never dely f1 and purging flames, reaper's primary loop is use wells go in shroud off cool down which I would say that they're fairly similar in terms of complexity, but if your pushing benchmarks them reaper is defiantly harder since you have to consider some semi advanced after cast canceling on greatsword in addition to "just go faster" where as willbender is pretty much only "just go faster" after a bit of practice on both I bench around 32k on reaper but over to 37k on wilbender, if both are played to perfection willbender does benchmark higher dps
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I was suggested this build as condi alternative to my DH and it doesn't disappoint. Feels like an assassin on Red bull. Thanks.
Babe wake up, new Evan video just dropped
I started maining guardian because of you. Thank you!
Guardian getting mh pistol before warrior still seems crazy to me.
been thinking this over, and yeah, its madness that the class based on outcompeting magic through martial prowess cannot pull out an Anti-Magic Glock and honor the Founding Fathers.
how do you unlock pistol on guardian??
@BunnYRabbiT260 Need Secrets of the obscure. You unlock it in the story
Great intro to cWB. I love this spec and main it for raids and group content. Really solid and easy to pump condi dps!
Great video, pistol willbender is my favorite build!
This looks fun- gotta give it a try!
Great introduction, love your content.
What's the name of the green cape?
i run this build even at fractals as a adps and its great
As an OW-obsessed player when on WB, I'll try some Willbender Conceited Curate. I do use Ritualist Armor instead, as I also have a Firebrand the set was originally built for, but also have an... obsession with "all boons" WB (swapping to Battle Presence and Feel my Wrath for random group OW events to hand out boons while still being WB).
playing willbender in open world definitely makes you feel a bit spoiled with the amount of boons you get. whenever I swap to a class without huge boon generation it all just feels so weird
@@Evan4K I want to reply and thank you again. Conceited Curate + Ritualist = face-tank Willbender. Can even give out boons through Phoenix Protocol + Battle Presence and limited Feel My Wrath while in random groups. No dying (30k hp + 2 sustain sources) damage is kept decent thanks to condi build.
I'm fairly new to the game and I saw a couple of builds using off-hand weapons only on 2nd slot. My question is aren't you missing out some bonus stats coming from a main weapon? How does this work?
When you have the off hand only on the second set it will use the main hand weapon from the first set by default. So you don't miss out on stats since it will use whatever is on the first weapon set.
@Evan4K Ahh okay i see. Thank you very much!
How does Rune of Balthazar compare to Trapper on Willbender?
personally I prefer trapper. balthazar runes on this build will end up getting you way over capped on burn duration you would have to swap around sigils and or stats to get a better stat spread without being over capped. also the general condi duration from trapper will also apply to the bleeding that the pistols are applying
what Evan above said is correct, however Balthazar runes can give you higher dps than trapper, however this is primarily because since you are now capped on burning duration you can switch some of your vipers gear to sinister and considering burning is over 75% of the damage this will give you higher numbers since sinister is vipers without expertise but the 3 other stats are now higher, but this only really matters if you enjoy min maxing and if you want to play other condi builds with the same gear trapper+full vipers will be better
@@Jackie-m8i thanks for the clarification
literally been agonizing about making a Guardian, so i guess my gargoyle doctor OC is gonna be a Gods-graced cowboy.
thx Evan, Nak'hittav bless you :3
What armor is that? 😮
its an Outfit, dont remember its name, but i do remember that i love the stained glass vibe.
dunno about the guns tho.
Polychromatic armor set
Decade's end armor
@@didoma73 Thank you!
armor on the thumbnail is the new polychromatic armor with the astral ward legs. but the character in the video is wearing a combination of decades armor, etherbound, houndskin shoulders
I'm curious if you think a version of this build could work for PvP? Looks really fun!
I liked it
Even with max jade bot my hp is 14,900, BUT other than that Willbender is so much fun. I'm having a blast.
true, low hp can seem a bit scary. although with all the self healing sources you should be ok
something really fun I like to do in open world is take valor trait line specifically for the redemption trait which basically let's you have 2 litany of wrath (the omega life steal heal skill) which is pretty fun actually
nice video bud, could you please post your build ?
added build links to the video description
This has nothing on my noob condi build that barely got any dmg increase over my celestial noob tank build XD
I do find it strange you call this a beginners build when this is nearly identical to the snowcrows page, gear is basically a different way to get to a similar stat total but everything else is the exactly the same, you didn't go over snowcrows rotations but for this build the optimal rotation is actually fairly straightforward although it is quite fast
Never play anything without perma quickness.
Guardian is faceroll overtuned. IMO losers play Guard in pvp at least.
Just play reaper, simpler and higher dps.
You bring no utilities to the team with this build anyway
People can play whatever they want
I disagree, condi willbender is mostly just spam all your buttons off cool down following simple principles of use 4 3 times per weapon swap, and never dely f1 and purging flames, reaper's primary loop is use wells go in shroud off cool down which I would say that they're fairly similar in terms of complexity, but if your pushing benchmarks them reaper is defiantly harder since you have to consider some semi advanced after cast canceling on greatsword in addition to "just go faster" where as willbender is pretty much only "just go faster" after a bit of practice on both I bench around 32k on reaper but over to 37k on wilbender, if both are played to perfection willbender does benchmark higher dps
Great, easy-to-follow guide! Loving Guardian at the moment and debating DH and WB 🩵