Power Alac Renegade - GW2 | Discretize [dT]

The Renegade is one of the professions with the most support and utility. It provides permanent Alacrity, half of the necessary Might with Heroic Command , and if that is not enough already, the Renegade has also excellent CC capabilities with Surge of the Mists and Darkrazor's Daring .

Damage-wise the Renegade is on the lower end compared to the other damage dealing classes. This does not imply that the damage doesn’t matter; in fact Renegade has a very juicy burst that makes slacking DPS players sweaty.

Since the Renegade is a power-oriented build it benefits from Powerful Potion of Slaying Scarlet's Armies and Superior Sigil of Impact .

To see how the Renegade is played in Pick Up Groups refer to Renegade CM guides .

Equipment

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Utilities

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Build

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Renegade

Situational Traits

	If you can’t profit from Incensed Response and someone in your party needs any of the boons given by Spirit Boon . This would most likely be a Guardian in need of Resolution.
	This trait will allow you to provide 25 stacks of Might to your party. If you also want to provide 100% Alacrity in longer fights you will need 100% Boon Duration, however on shorter fights or in fast groups you may be able to get away with less if you precast at the Mistlock Singularity.
	This trait is a personal DPS increase. It can be used on shorter fights where you can precast most of the required Alacrity at the Mistlock Singularity.

Defiance Bar Damage

Hard Crowd Control:

Surge of the Mists - Up to nine hits of 150 Knockback.
Energy Expulsion - 150 Knockback.
Darkrazor's Daring - Up to six hits of 100 Daze.
Jade Winds - 300 Stun.
Call to Anguish - 150 Pull.

Soft Crowd Control:

Chilling Isolation - Chilled for 33 per second.
Shackling Wave - Immobile for 50 per second.
Forced Engagement - Taunt and Slow for 75 and 50 per second.
Icerazor's Ire - Crippled for 15 per second.
Banish Enchantment - Chilled for 33 per second.
Warding Rift - Blinded for 20 per second.
Inspiring Reinforcement - Weakness for 20 per second.
Mender's Rebuke - Weakness for 20 per second.

Situational Skills

	This Herald skill grants you Superspeed.
	Step through the Mists to your target.
	Create a stone road granting Stability to allies.
	Pull enemies up to 360 radius.
	Protective barrier blocking enemy projectiles.
	This Renegade skill shield your allies with -50% Incoming Condition Damage for 10s.
	This Vindicator skill lunge you forward up to 600 range.

Details

Burst Rotation

While Impossible Odds or Vengeful Hammers are up depending on your selected legend.

Ideally you would want to do your burst rotation under the effect of Exposed.

Dealing with No Pain, No Gain

There are multiple weapons in your arsenal to deal with the instability Mistlock Instability: No Pain, No Gain and make it easier to manage the boons that the enemy will receive from this instability. For fractals with Mistlock Instability: No Pain, No Gain it is recommended to run a staff with Superior Sigil of Absorption instead of a Superior Sigil of Force . The Superior Sigil of Absorption will transfer three boons from enemies to you when you interrupt an attack. For enemies with a defiance bar, using a CC skill while the enemy is casting any ability counts as interrupting, even if there is no “interrupted” message. This can also be run on Sword instead of Superior Sigil of Impact if necessary, and the boonstrip can be procced with Darkrazor's Daring

As for legends that you want to run, the general rule of thumb in groups that perform at least relatively well is to run Legendary Renegade Stance and Legendary Demon Stance . If you find the stability to be an issue on Artsariiv in slower groups where "Stand Your Ground!" isn’t enough to cover the Stability, you can run Legendary Dwarf Stance and Legendary Demon Stance or alternatively heavily rely on your Superior Sigil of Absorption to strip the boons and run Legendary Renegade Stance and Legendary Dwarf Stance . However, this isn’t recommended due to the unreliability of Superior Sigil of Absorption .

Abilities

Citadel Order Skills:

Heroic Command (F2) - Share two stacks of Might for each stack.
Citadel Bombardment (F3) - Fire 10 to 15 missiles that inflict high damage and Burning.
Orders from Above (F4) - Share four pulses of Alacrity. Increased to a total of six pulses of Alacrity with Righteous Rebel .

Sword Skills:

Preparation Thrust - The auto-attack chain cleaves and provides Vulnerability on the two first attacks. The third attack creates an exploding rift on up to three targets, with each explosion hitting three targets. Potentially hitting nine times.
Chilling Isolation - High damage skill with low cooldown and energy cost, also provides Chilled. The second attack deals increased damage to isolated enemies.
Unrelenting Assault - A two second evade that also provides Might to yourself.
Shackling Wave - High damage skill, however, should be used in key moments due to the energy cost, cooldown, and application of Vulnerability.
Deathstrike - Shadowstep to the target, grants two hits with decent damage. Should be used in key moments, unless energy and timing allow it to be used for damage.

Staff Skills:

Rapid Swipe - The auto-attack chain cleaves and the last hit provides a small amount of healing to allies.
Mender's Rebuke - Provides Weakness and a small amount of healing to allies.
Warding Rift - A two second block that causes Blinded foes.
Renewing Wave - Provides a blast for a combo field, cleanses two conditions and heals allies.
Surge of the Mists - The strongest Crowd Control skill in your arsenal, which grants between three and nine hits of Knockback.

Notable Traits:

Swift Termination - 20% damage increase when foe is below 50% health.
Dance of Death - When you apply Vulnerability you gain stacks of , which make your next attack(s) steal health.
Rising Tide - 7% damage increase while your health is above 90%.
Charged Mists - Grant 25 more energy when you swap Legends below 10 energy.
Ashen Demeanor - Disabling a foe provides Vulnerability.
Brutal Momentum - 33% Critical chance increase when your endurance is full.
Vindication - Increases the missile count of Citadel Bombardment to 15.
Lasting Legacy - Heroic Command shares more stacks of Might and the duration is increased by 50%.
Righteous Rebel - The duration of Alacrity shared from Orders from Above is increased by 50%.

Legends

Legendary Renegade Stance

Breakrazor's Bastion - Summons a spirit that heals you on cast and pulses heal to allies in an area around it. Reduces damage taken from conditions by 50%.
Razorclaw's Rage - Summons a spirit that causes your party to inflict Bleeding on attack.
Darkrazor's Daring - Summons a spirit that Dazes enemies in an area around it for ¼ of a second once per second for six seconds.
Icerazor's Ire - Summons a spirit that deals high damage to enemies around it and inflicts Vulnerability
Soulcleave's Summit - Summons a spirit that enchants your party’s attacks with life steal. Increases damage dealt by your party while healing them for each attack.

Legendary Assassin Stance

Enchanted Daggers - Every ½ second your next six attacks siphon life from your target.
Phase Traversal - Shadowsteps you to your target and gives you two stacks of unblockable.
Riposting Shadows - Stunbreak and evade that removes movement-impairing conditions like Crippled.
Impossible Odds - Toggle: Damage modifier, grants you another hit on your attacks and increases your movement speed.
Jade Winds - Deal damage, inflict Vulnerability and Stun five nearby enemies.

Legendary Dwarf Stance

Soothing Stone - Powerful self-heal and condition cleanse.
Inspiring Reinforcement - Grant Stability to your party and inflict Weakness and damage to enemies standing in the field.
Forced Engagement - Shoot out a chain to your target that applies Taunt and Slow to your target and four nearby enemies.
Vengeful Hammers - Toggle: Summon hammers to spin around you dealing damage to nearby enemies while draining your energy.
Rite of the Great Dwarf - Stunbreak which reduces incoming damage by 50% for your party.

Legendary Demon Stance

Empowering Misery - A decent self-heal that heals more for each unique condition on you.
Pain Absorption - Draw one condition from nearby allies and provide Resistance to your party. Also works as a stunbreak.
Banish Enchantment - Removes three boons from enemies in a line up to five unique enemies and causes Chilled on enemies hit.
Call to Anguish - Jump to a location and pull five nearby enemies inflicting Chilled on them.
Embrace the Darkness - Toggle: Deal damage to nearby enemies and pulse Torment to them. Drains energy when toggled on.

Legendary Centaur Stance

Project Tranquility - Summon Ventari’s Tablet which heals nearby allies every few seconds.
Ventari's Will - Move Ventari’s Tablet to the target location.
Protective Solace - Toggle: Summons a protective barrier that absorbs (not reflect) projectiles around the tablet.
Natural Harmony - Heals the party for a decent amount around the tablet.
Purifying Essence - Cleanses three conditions from allies near the tablet and heals per condition cleansed.
Energy Expulsion - Drains your remaining energy to explode Ventari’s Tablet, cleansing one condition per 10 energy drained. Ventari’s Tablet shatters into smaller fragments that can be picked up by allies for a small heal.