Guild Wars 2

So I wanted to look for a build that has Phalanx Strength, but I haven’t find any. So I’m introducing the “Phalanx Hambow.”

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-ss-o;1NK-Q0Y4ZL-60;9;6JTJ;418-07C57-SwG6U;1H7W3H7W36gQ

What is the purpose of this build?

This build is a Damage support build. By using FGJ and SoR, you grant 11 stacks of might to all of your friends. Empower Allies also boost power by 150 points. By swapping weapons, you also add in 3 more stacks of might. The Longbow Firefield and blast combo add 6 more stacks. If you are quick enough, you can use Earthshaker for another 6 stacks of might. So by existing, you boost all your allies with 21-25 stacks of might + 150 power. Imagine 4 players(assuming one player is at home point) with 21-25 stacks of might + 150 power.

• Rune of Strength makes 6 second of might turn into 10.25 second of might.
• Even after 10 seconds of might stack is up, your allies will still have
• I wanted to add Sigil of Strength but there was no Precision in this build. So I replaced it with energy runes for more survivability.
• Soldier Amulet is there because it makes you very tanky. What good is a support warrior if it is a dead warrior. Perhaps using Knight Amulet would be the better choice so I can slot in Sigil of Strength, but I haven’t tried that combo yet.
• I chose Hammer and Longbow because of the fire field/blast finisher and because of the hammer’s incredibly strong CC. Other weapon sets are just no good at support/CC compared to the hambow.

How to play this build

• Where the zerg goes, you follow. This isn’t a solo build. It works well solo like a normal Hambow build, but the build full potential is in a zerg.
• If you know how to play Hambow, it plays like the same. CC the hell out of your enemies.
• Use SoR and FGS when near an ally. You want to position yourself where the maximum amount of players can gets might stacks.

Why should you change your hambow to this build?

If you are using a zerker Hambow, there is no need to change it. Zerker hambow is different from Phalanx Hambow. Zerker version is high personal damage. If you are using the tanky Hambow, change it to this build because it offers more damage support and more survivibility in exchange for personal damage.

I used this in Solo queue, most of the midpoint fights are about overwhelming the enemy with big damage.