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Weaver
Power Staff
Weaver
Power Sword
Tempest
Healing | Dhuum

Gear & Food
Traits & Skills
Rotation
Gameplay

Disclaimer: This guide assumes permanent

Weakness on bosses.

Weapons
Full Berserker’s Weapons

Food

Infusions
18 x Mighty Infusions

Base Specializations: Note: See the guide below to see which skills to take for each encounter.
Arcane
Air

Weaver Arcane

Huge hitbox + Lightning Hammer

Small hitbox + Lightning Hammer

Written Rotation

Opening

		Skills
		Precast .
		, .
		, into.
		, , Spawn Conjure.
		Conjure, , .
		, , into.
		, , Drop , .

Rotation with Air Glyph

		Skills
		x6, , .
		, .
		, .
		, , into	FGS
		, pickup if avaiable(->).	.
		, .	, drop , 2x , , .
		x7, , .
		, , , into
		, Spawn .
		, , .
		, .
		x2, .

Rotation with Fire Glyph

This rotation is meant for when you won’t get another
because boss is about to die/phase and you replace it with 1 or 2
instead. If you constantly repeat this rotation,
cd will become gradually higher and you will have to add 1 extra
before each swap to
for cds to sync.

		Skills
		x6, , , into
		, , into
		, into
		, , into	FGS
		, pickup if avaiable(->)
		, x2, into	, drop , , ,
		x6, , , into
		, into
		, ,
		repeat from step 4 and prioritize before

KC Opener for Burst phases

Skills	When?	why?
, .	While in green circle, when it’s close to dissapearing.	Swiftness for , for the buff(s), both last long enoug to be precasted.
.	When middle Orb spawns. (assuming Chronos insta pull, otherwise delay it)	Double attuning grants for your opening skills.
, .
, , into.
.
Spawn , then until close to phasing.
.	If close to phasing.

Video example : KC Opener for Burst phases

Note:
"
" stands for:

.
2x
Auto Chain.

Written Rotation Explanation

The rotation has 3 main skills that you should get the most out of;

.
or
.
.

As well as a few fillers for when those are on cooldown:
,
,
,
,
,
,
and
.

is a strong modifier in the rotation and is important to achieve higher dps.

Meteor Shower

There are 4 ways to cast it;

After
from
-
into
followed by the second
for
.

This is your standard opening rotation which will work almost everywhere.

From
into
to skip
, followed by
and
in
then a second
for
.

Your basic mid rotation transition. Use this while

is on cooldown.

From
into
followed by
and
back to
then a second
attune for
.

Use this if

and

come off cd at the same time.

Note that this applies only to

rotation. If using

then go

followed by

and then

into

From
into
followed by
and
then a second
for
.

This is a bit situational. It is useful at Sloth and Samarog if cc is slow and your

is off cooldown.

Ice Bow

Only one useful way to cast it and that’s whenever you have
up.

is a DPS increase as long as it’s cast won’t delay your next
.

In the Golem arcane rotation the 3^rd time you use

you only use

and

If you’re stuck on
and the break bar is up then
and
twice before
. This adds bonus impacts based on Water Arrow stacks.

Lightning Hammer

Point of
is to give extra ferocity to
and for that reason should be used only subsequent to the
(and
if up) after
.

While on
you will almost always do the same skill chain,
followed by 2
Auto Attack chains.

Despite the tooltip,
can hit up to 21 times depending on hitbox size which makes it a high RNG skill. One way to lower the RNG a bit is to stand in the middle of the hitbox for more average amount of hits.

Gylph of Storms

Always use it in
to get the most amount of hits then swap to double
after for modifiers.

Fillers

Prioritize this over any other skill as it’s cooldown is another reason why your

may get delayed.

Use this if you won’t be able to do another

before attuning to a different element.

Used mostly after double attuning to

for the double burn ticks plus

for the power damage it gives.

Using it in

works as well as long as

is up still.

If the boss is about to phase then attunement rules can be disregarded and just try to make the most out of it before the boss is phased.

Can simply use this as your 1^st skill every time you attune to

or to precast while running to a boss.

Basically a weaker front-loaded

that you should cast before or after

Used as an

filler for when you go to

for

or as a finisher for when a boss is about to phase or die.

filler.

For more information about the rotation check General Gameplay Tips below.

(21/02/18) Vale Guardian - Weaver Arcane Staff + Lightning Hammer

(08/11/17) Gorseval - Weaver Arcane Staff + Icebow

(11/11/17) Gorseval - Weaver Arcane Staff + Lightning Hammer

(05/12/17) Slothasor - Weaver Arcane Staff

(24/11/17) Keep Construct - Weaver Air Staff

(06/11/17) Samarog - Weaver Arcane Staff

(05/12/17) Deimos - Weaver Air Staff

Gear & Food
Traits & Skills
Rotation

Disclaimer: This guide assumes permanent

Weakness on bosses.

Weapons
Full Berserker’s Weapons

Food

Infusions
18 x Mighty Infusions

Written Rotation

is worth on hitboxes of 140+ (e.g. VG), if 48 hitbox (e,g. Sab) then use
instead. Rotation doesn’t change.
Use
and
while in Full
.

Loop Rotation

		Skills
		, into
		, , , 1 Auto chain into
		, , , 1 Auto chain, into	FGS
		Drop/Pickup (->) else do 2 Auto chains
		1 auto chain, , ,	, 1 Auto chain, , ,
		, , 2 Auto chains, into
		, , 1 Auto chain into
		2 Auto chains,

Gear & Food
Traits & Skills

Weapons
Magi’s Staff

Food

Infusions
18 x Healing Infusions

Tips for each encounter - Click on each section below to expand

This guide is made exclusively for Weaver Power Staff

General Gameplay Tips

Gear Variant

Assuming Weakness:

Spotterless:
Spotterless Keep Construct:
with
instead of
.
Keep Construct:
.

Rotation Tips and Tricks

Pay attention to where you drop your Conjures as you will need to pick them up later. Dropping all of them on top of each other won’t benefit you nor any other Ele.
Use
inside the hitbox for extra damage ticks.
Use
in the middle of hitbox for more average hits.
Point of
is to have it in your hands during most of
for extra ferocity on its hits so adjust your rotation accordingly to achieve that.
Starting in
-
is quite handy at a few bosses if you have to run to them. Good example is Sabetha. Can precast
and
before starting your rotation and gain Swiftness to reach boss faster.

Healing skill variations

: Long cast time burst heal. Not that great for your rotation but really useful for when you’ll take a lot of damage and can’t get heal from other sources. Good example is at Dhuum.
: The low cast time makes this heal easily usable during your rotation for when you wanna heal but not for too much. Good example is at VG when outhealing Greens.
: If you find yourself almost never actually pressing your healing skill in a fight then this heal will keep your Scholar up bit more. Good example is at Samarog.

Spirit Vale

Vale Guardian

Weaver Power

Regardless of Strategy

Weaver Arcane Staff.
At the start of split precast
on blue guardian as it has to die asap.
Save your
for Green Guardian and use it in
-
to apply Vulnerability to it.
Don’t waste your Healing Skill too early during split, wait util Druid runs out of CA before using it.
Adapt your attunement swaps to get
for CC on Green Guardian.

Outhealing Green AoEs

If the group is tanking next to the edge then you can precast
,
and
followed by
until VG is next to the edge. After that start your usual rotation.
If you are tanking on the edge then you can use
into the wall for a DPS increase.
If mid tanking then don’t
a 2nd time per phase unless really low dps. The reason for this is that you want to have
up for Blue Guardian after. Otherwise it’ll die way too slow. Instead of a 2nd
you can pick up your
after
, do 2
Auto attack chains then
. It should phase after. Another option is if you have Holosmith then they can pick up
earlier and phase VG before you can use it a second time.
Time your
cast based on blue spawns to avoid having to interrupt it.
Sidestep blues instead of dodging them for dps uptime.

Running to Green AoEs

Use
to reach Greens while
is on cooldown.
Use
in
only and spam active skill off cd.

Gorseval

Weaver Power

Fast CC

Weaver Arcane Staff.

If you trust your group’s CC then can take
over
.
Use
right before retal to maintain perfect scholar.
Time your casts to avoid getting interrupted by stomps unless you know you’ll get Aegis.
Place your
near the Spirit that you will go to during split or just place it at the edge of boss’ hitbox and take it after it phases.

Slow CC

Weaver Arcane Staff.

Using
,
and
will kill you. Also being mispositioned (too far from the healer) will get you killed.
Make sure you have 2 charges of
ready for each retal. Use it instantly at the start of retal and then keep using it off-cd untill retal ends (3 times is possible).
Remember the most important rule - Dead DPS is no DPS.

Sabetha

Weaver Power

If doing Cannons

Weaver Arcane Staff.

You can
to the launch pads and destroy Cannons with
,
and
.
You can be mid
cast while being launched up since it won’t interrupt cast and will get you more average hits too.

If not doing Cannons

Weaver Arcane Staff.

Weaver Sword

Difference between Staff and Sword on this hitbox is none dps wise so play whichever you want.

Overall DPS tips

Make sure to max melee to avoid getting Red Bombs since they target closest person and then have to interrupt your rotation.
Due to hitbox size
is better than
here.

Salvation Pass

Slothasor

Weaver Power

Weaver Arcane Staff if you have a Dragonhunter and/or Druid Healing in your subgroup.
Weaver Air Staff with
if you don’t have any of those or think that your boons will get corrupted often.

Place your
and
where you can easily pick them up later.
Try your best to time your cooldowns based on cc and dps of your group.

Trio

Weaver Power

Weaver Arcane Staff.

Cleave as much as possible since Elementalists are the main source of cleave damage for this encounter.
,
and
are your main cleave skills. Place them properly to make the most out of their cleave.
If you feel like tryharding a time gated event then get a
and swap food to
:^)

Matthias

Weaver Power

Weaver Arcane Staff.

Ideally you should really relog to a different condi profession.
Swap
for
if trust issues. This can help with Poison dropping, Storm clouds, split bomb explosions etc.
If you get mechanics while on
then remember
gives Super Speed so use it to drop them faster.
Careful with your rotation to not waste important skills during invuln phases.

Stronghold of the Faithful

Escort

Weaver Power

Weaver Arcane Staff.

Remember to drop
for the Mesmer at the entrace to the cave.
Open up before each ad group in
-
with
and
. These skills are really solid soft CC’s to help you land your burst better.
Cleave as much as possible here and use
when needed.

Keep Construct

Weaver Power

Weaver Air Staff.

Mid tanking:

Wall tanking:

See gear variant section to know which setup to use.
Make sure you have
.
If using
then use it outside burn phases to make the best use out of
into wall. Aim to use both
’s during 1 phase. Can precast
before last burn phase if it’s off cooldown but be careful with the passive
s as they can interrupt Orb pushing.
Use
only during burn phases. Reason for using it over
is that you get perma
for whole burn phase as well as double
.

KC Opener for Burst phases

Skills	When?	why?
, .	While in green circle, when it’s close to dissapearing.	Swiftness for , for the buff(s), both last long enoug to be precasted.
.	When middle Orb spawns. (assuming Chronos insta pull, otherwise delay it)	Double attuning grants for your opening skills.
, .
, , into.
.
Spawn , then until close to phasing.
.	If close to phasing.

Video example : KC Opener for Burst phases

Xera

Weaver Power

Weaver Arcane Staff.

Help with Orb pushing by using
on one of them, call out which one to avoid confusion.
While on 1^st Shard try to stand in Chrono’s Wells as you will need the Quickness for 2^nd Shard. Save
for 2^nd Shard.
If you have fast pre event, then don’t use
and
on the 1^st shard.
You should apply Vulnerability with
on the 1^st shard while in
-
and swap between
and
.

Not Moving Strategy - 1^st Phase:

Focus on doing a good rotation as not much else to do here.

Not Moving Strategy - 2^nd Phase:

Aim
and
on edge of platform for more hits.
If you are ported, help with orb pushing by using
. Don’t waste
on the 1^st Shard.
No matter on which side you tank you will have to clear a few shards, use
and
for that.
Avoid Red Orbs at all costs, even if you have to interrupt
.

Moving Strategy - 1^st Phase:

Tanking will go like Mid → 3 → Mid → 1 → either phase or go back to Mid.
Focus on dps but remember that Xera will move from Mid to 3, so drop your Conjures
Next Xera will be moved back to Mid after the Mechanic or with the Mechanic in Mid, after that you will have to clear 1. Use
if needed but still assist with damage on Xera to cleave adds.

Moving Strategy - 2^nd Phase:

Tanking will go like Mid → 5 → Mid → 1 → Mid → Dead or → 2 → Dead or Mid.
Drop your Conjures5.
If you are ported, help with orb pushing by using
. Don’t waste
on the 1^st Shard.
Avoid Red Orbs at all costs, even if you have to interrupt
.
After 5 your Tank will go back to Mid and you’ll have to clear 1 again so use
if needed.
After going Mid again, clear 2 if needed, otherwise it should die in mid.

Bastion of the Penitent

Cairn

Weaver Power

Weaver Arcane Staff.

A quite easy boss, basically all you have to do is avoid getting Shared Agony by standing under boss and do a good rotation while avoiding Displacement circles.
Use special action key for a much more reliable evade if you get blues during
cast.

Mursaat Overseer

Weaver Power

Weaver Arcane Staff.

Pretty much a DPS golem so just do a good rotation.
If you find yourself taking a lot of damage then swap to
.

Samarog

Weaver Power

Weaver Arcane Staff.

Do not waste big skills during the break bar unless you know it will be broken ASAP.
Take care of not damaging Guldhem too much until Rigom is under Samarog.
If your group is lacking pushes in the split phase then you can
and/or
too.

Deimos

Weaver Power

Weaver Arcane Staff.

Utilities:

Utilities if organized group:

Utility difference is mainly based on the fact that you can fully melee and time your skills better with proper tanking.
does nothing if Deimos is too far away or if you don’t melee during last phase.
Can pickup
a second time after
and do 2 auto chains then
before first teleport. Alternatively if you have a Holosmith then you can let him pick it up.
If your group has high dps then you won’t get
off cd once you get back up so just use it in
until last 10%. Aim to have it off cd in
for then.
The group is more important than your dps. If you have to interrupt your
for getting out of a black AoE then do that.

Hall of Chains

Soulless Horror

Weaver Power

Weaver Arcane Staff.

It’s advised to relog to a higher dps profession for this encounter. Weaver has the potential for good dps but the random nature of walls makes it not so great. See Team comp.

RIVER OF SOULS

Tempest Power

Scepter/Warhorn Fresh Air Tempest.

Reason for Tempest is Vulnerability, low cd cleave and good single target burst.
Utilities are picked for cleave as well so use them to hit both Bombers.
is good for closing Rifts.
Help to CC the bombers with
and
if needed.
If doing Portal strat then drop
for Chronos.
Remember that Overloads stun break, useful if stunned by timed bombs.

STATUES OF GRENTH

Weaver Power

Statue of Ice

Weaver Air Staff with
.

Spam
off cd.
Have Netflix on 2nd Screen.

Statue of Death

Weaver Arcane Staff.

Do damage and don’t fail at throwing Orbs.

Statue of Darkness

Weaver Arcane Staff if splitting into separate groups
Weaver Air Staff if not splitting

On Weaver Arcane Staff take
over
as it can quite literally save your life.
On Weaver Air Staff have
,
and
for better opening burst but be careful to not overdamage.
Turn Post Processing off to make the area bit brighter.

Dhuum

Weaver Power

Weaver Arcane Staff.

If not doing greens:

If doing Greens:

Be aware of the tank’s movement to know where to drop Conjures.
Precast
before Soul split if you know that you’ll be out of the Druids cleanse range.
If you down before you can reunite with your soul then don’t panic and just
to it then call out to get resed.
Before the last 10% burn phase face towards your spirit while in
-
and
to it. Channel then instantly
while running back. Make sure to interact while in
as it’ll proc Protection from
.

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Tips for each encounter - Click on each section below to expand This guide is made exclusively for Weaver Power Staff

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Tips for each encounter - Click on each section below to expand

This guide is made exclusively for Weaver Power Staff