CC Distribution - GW2 | Discretize [dT]

Basics of Crowd Control:

What is a Defiance bar?

The Defiance bar (also called a break bar) is a very important mechanic in fractals mainly due to its ability to let players do more damage to a mob for a certain amount of time after breaking it.

Usually elite or higher mobs will have a defiance bar in fractals, your goal should be to break this bar as fast as possible. To break a defiance bar, you need to use CC skills on the enemy whose break bar you want to break. The size of the bar varies from boss to boss and between mobs too, what matters is that you should break it.

Once you break an enemy’s defiance bar they will gain an effect named Exposed, which means they take 10% more power damage and 20% more condition damage for 10 seconds (in most cases). They will also usually be Stun, which means they are unable to attack you or deal damage to you. The Stun will usually last for a shorter duration than Exposed.

This guide aims to help you understand how your team should cooperate to break all the CC bars. Fractals demand CC contributions from every member of the party, even the DPS players! A list of CC skills along with their defiance bar damage can be found on each class’s respective Build page .

In Tier 4 fractals (T4) a break bar usually does not exceed 800 units, nevertheless, it is everyone’s responsibility to break bars as quickly as possible. In PuG (Pick up Group, players from the LFG system) runs, where you can rely on the fact that 4 out of 5 people did not read this page it is very much recommended to make up for their lack of CC with additional CC skills.

Soft CC table

Condition	CC per second
Fear	100 per second
Taunt	75 per second
Immobile	50 per second
slow	50 per second
Chilled	33 per second
Blinded	20 per second
Weakness	20 per second
Crippled	15 per second

Fractal Boss Defiance Bar Sizes

Condition	CC per second
T4 Bosses	Standard (May Vary) - 800
MAMA	MAMA - 1800 Knights - 800
Siax	2100
Ensolyss	Phase 1 - 2000 Phase 2+3 - 2250
Skorvald	2200
Artsariiv	Artsariiv - 2100 Split 1 Clones - 600 Split 2 Clones - 350
Arkk	1800
Ai, Keeper of the Peak	Ai - 3200 Sorrows - 1500

Challenge Mode CC distributions

The following CC schedules are used in dT daily runs. They are set for consistency over the fastest possible kill and will over CC some bars to ensure quick breaks. Although these schedules are set up for triple Soulbeast, one can easily be swapped for a different class such as Weaver, Dragonhunter or Bladesworn with minimal changes to the schedule, since apart from Artsariiv all of these classes can cover a Soulbeast CC on the phases it is required (or the Renegade and Scrapper can do extra).

Phase	CC Required	Power Renegade 🡢 Go to build	Power Scrapper 🡢 Go to build	Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build	Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build	Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build	Total
Phase 1	1800	Surge of the Mists (5 hits) 750 damage	Thunderclap (1 hit) 100 damage Blast Gyro 300 damage	Point-Blank Shot 150 damage Path of Scars 150 damage	Point-Blank Shot 150 damage Path of Scars 150 damage	Point-Blank Shot 150 damage Path of Scars 150 damage	2050
Knight 1	800	Shackling Wave (5 hits) 50 damage	Spare Capacitor 200 damage	Charge 200 damage	Charge 200 damage	Charge 200 damage	800
Knight 2	800	Darkrazor's Daring (2 hits) 200 damage		Charge 200 damage	Charge 200 damage	Charge 200 damage	800
Knight 3	800	Shackling Wave (5 hits) 50 damage	Spare Capacitor 200 damage	Charge 200 damage	Charge 200 damage	Charge 200 damage	800
Phase 4	1800	Surge of the Mists (Optional) 750 damage Darkrazor's Daring (Optional) 200 damage	Thunderclap (1 hit) 100 damage Blast Gyro 300 damage Supply Crate 232 damage	Path of Scars 150 damage	Path of Scars 150 damage	Path of Scars 150 damage	2032

Phase	CC Required	Power Renegade 🡢 Go to build	Power Scrapper 🡢 Go to build	Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build	Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build	Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build	Total
Phase 1	2000	Surge of the Mists (5 hits) 750 damage Darkrazor's Daring (1 hit1) 100 damage	Thunderclap (1 hit) 100 damage Blast Gyro 300 damage Supply Crate (optional) 232 damage	Charge 200 damage Point-Blank Shot 150 damage	Charge 200 damage Point-Blank Shot 150 damage	Charge 200 damage Point-Blank Shot 150 damage	2300
Phase 2+3	2250	Surge of the Mists (5 hits) 750 damage Darkrazor's Daring (1 hit1) 100 damage	Thunderclap (1 hit) 100 damage Blast Gyro 300 damage	Charge 200 damage Point-Blank Shot 150 damage	Charge 200 damage Point-Blank Shot 150 damage	Charge 200 damage Point-Blank Shot 150 damage	2300

Phase	CC Required	Power Renegade 🡢 Go to build	Power Scrapper 🡢 Go to build	Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build	Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build	Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build	Total
Phase 1	2200	Surge of the Mists (5 hits) 750 damage Darkrazor's Daring (1 hit) 100 damage	Thunderclap (1 hit) 100 damage Blast Gyro 300 damage	Charge 200 damage Path of Scars 150 damage	Charge 200 damage Path of Scars 150 damage	Charge 200 damage Path of Scars 150 damage	2300

1st Split

2nd Split

Split 1	North	650 Damage
North West Power Renegade 🡢 Go to build Surge of the Mists (4 hits) 600 damage		North East Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Spike Trap 232 damage Charge 200 damage Point-Blank Shot 150 damage
	Middle Power Renegade 🡢 Go to build Darkrazor's Daring (6 hits) 600 damage Power Scrapper 🡢 Go to build Flash Grenade 20/s Blinded
South West Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Spike Trap 232 damage Charge 200 damage Point-Blank Shot 150 damage		South East Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Spike Trap 232 damage Charge 200 damage Point-Blank Shot 150 damage

Split 2	North	350 Damage
North West Power Renegade 🡢 Go to build Darkrazor's Daring (4 hits) 400 damage	North Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Winter's Bite 200 damage Charge 200 damage	North East Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Charge 200 damage Point-Blank Shot 150 damage
West Power Renegade 🡢 Go to build Surge of the Mists (3 hits) 450 damage	Middle Power Scrapper 🡢 Go to build Flash Grenade 20/s Blinded Endothermic Shell 33/s Chilled Flash Shell 33/s Blinded	East Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Winter's Bite 200 damage Charge 200 damage
South West Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Charge 200 damage Point-Blank Shot 150 damage	South Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Winter's Bite 200 damage Charge 200 damage	South East Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Charge 200 damage Point-Blank Shot 150 damage

Phase	CC Required	Condi Alac Renegade 🡢 Go to build	Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build	Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build	Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build	Total
Phase 2 + 4 + 6	1800	Surge of the Mists (9 hits) 1350 damage 232 damage	Point-Blank Shot 150 damage	Point-Blank Shot 150 damage	Point-Blank Shot 150 damage	2264

Phase	CC Required	Condi Alac Renegade 🡢 Go to build	Condi Mirage 🡢 Go to build	Condi Specter 🡢 Go to build	Condi Firebrand 🡢 Go to build	Condi Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build	Condi Harbinger 🡢 Go to build
Elemental	3200	Darkrazor's Daring (6 hits) 600 damage Scorchrazor / Temporal Rift 200 damage / 150 damage	Chaos Storm 100 damage Lesser Chaos Storm 100 damage Magic Bullet 250 damage Diversion (No Clones) 100 damage	Basilisk Venom (5 hits) 750 damage	Sanctuary (7 hits) 1050 damage Chains of Light 250 damage	Concussion Shot / Path of Scars 200 damage / 150 damage	Vile Blast 100 damage Voracious Arc 100 damage Vital Draw 300 damage
Dark	3200	Darkrazor's Daring (6 hits) 600 damage Scorchrazor / Temporal Rift 200 damage / 150 damage	Chaos Storm 100 damage Lesser Chaos Storm 100 damage Magic Bullet 250 damage Diversion (No Clones) 100 damage	Basilisk Venom (5 hits) 750 damage	Sanctuary (7 hits) 1050 damage Chains of Light 250 damage	Concussion Shot / Path of Scars 200 damage / 150 damage	Vile Blast 100 damage Voracious Arc 100 damage Vital Draw 300 damage
66% Sorrow	1500				Sanctuary (7 hits) 1050 damage Chains of Light / Blazing Edge 250 damage / 150 damage Slow	Concussion Shot / Path of Scars 200 damage / 150 damage
Right 33% Sorrow	1500				Sanctuary (7 hits) 1050 damage Chains of Light / Blazing Edge 250 damage / 150 damage Slow	Concussion Shot / Path of Scars 200 damage / 150 damage