CHEAP OPEN WORLD WILLBENDER - Build for Guild Wars 2. Willbender - Guardian.

[@RobinDuehring]

I'm rolling a music themed character and I sure could use some help deciding which profession/build/spec since we don't really have a bard build /spec (I'm considering Willbender) - his name will be Miles Blueclaw, Charr of course - I'm halfway to the "jazz connoisseur" title, I have some shades skin, I'm gonna get the Echovalds lute back piece and I've got a little gold set aside for an orcestrial weapon or two - halp Mind over meta - your my only hopez!

[@MindOverMeta]

This may me one of the favorite questions I have ever seen in a comment. For me I think music, I go singer and I grab the Voice of Metal Warhorn skin in Grothmar Valley. Currently my favorite Warhorn spec is Tempest. I couple it with the shouts. So realistically I run Condi Tempest because it can be done even Cheaper than this build and is realistically speaking a real beast and nice and beefy. I go with either dagger or scepter (both are really strong). And use my orchestral skin that way. Voice of Metal: wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Voice_of_Metal (Fun fact it has it's own sounds) Condi Tempest kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYTbhIF8j62rrJo The Condi Tempest Gear setup is less than 8g in exotics, but unfortunately there is no Shopping List on the video as it was done a long time ago. But you can play the intro sequence of me buying everything back at low speed or just get the names from the gear section. Send me a message in game if you ever finish it. I would absolutely love to see it.

[@RobinDuehring]

@@MindOverMeta THis is amazing!! and it couldn't be more perfect since I'm taking my fresh air tempest and making her celestial catalyst (another of your fab builds) - Thank you so much! I'm super excited - where can I send you pics of Miles Blueclaw when he's done?

[@MindOverMeta]

@@RobinDuehring send me an ingame mail with the URL to mindcircus.1506 :))

[@RobinDuehring]

@@MindOverMeta got you added - I'm Luscious.9358 - I'll begin work on Miles Blueclaw today!

[@Leuk0s]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU There is a DIRE need for more budget builds for new and returning players because most of the stat combos for the "better" builds don't have accessible Rare or Exotic quality gear - particularly in the Trinkets slot. The inclusion of optional upgrades is a fantastic addition that gives us a path of progression and a roadmap for things we can do to improve our build over time. You've done more in the first 5 minutes to help new Guardians out than most build guides ever do.

[@MindOverMeta]

I'm super glad you found this valuable. I was/am a little concerned about the faster format, but I'm going to do a few more of these before making up my mind.

[@tjduck85]

Agreed.

[@natalyiatimoshenkova1273]

That was pretty much my "wishlist" for a bargain-builds video. I miss the fashion break, but transmutation charges don't grow on trees (EoD has burned my supplies, certainly.) I have a couple friends who can use just this sort of build for their classes.

[@angusmctavish7692]

While discussing the build thanks for outlaying the choices and why. Helps a lot when new to a class.

[@maxventunosei5017]

Thank you so much for all your hard work with the videos it's highly appreciated

[@OmnomnomPancake]

Thanks for this. Budget builds are useful for my new 80s which don't have the Celestial Exotics my booster characters received. I look forward to grinding Willbender on my recent 80 Guardian knowing there's a straightforward and affordable gear set for them!

[@MindOverMeta]

Glad I could help

[@VII_Spiritual]

Sick guide, the format is solid imo. Thanks for your time and effort.

[@MindOverMeta]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@yoberg75]

These vids have been awesome man! I fell in love with the Virtuoso thanks to your guide, and it's my new main. Excited to give this one a shot. Definitely running Bane and Courage signets while I farm the HPs to unlock the rest of Willbender. Keep up the awesome work, and I look forward to the next one!

[@Seba-bp5os]

This build is amazing dude. Thank you.

[@kianqalashahar]

All your videos are great. Just trying a Willbender out for the first time, and I'm looking for a tip from those more experienced with the profession than I--they seem very glass cannon, very squishy. Not just champs but even groups of trash seem to me that they'd rip this build down pretty quickly unless the plan is to use mobility to run away a lot. But I'm probably missing something.

[@hariboplaysforfun]

Ive been loving your guides very very much!! If i can suggest, please add some demos of fighting some champions/events 😆

[@Leuk0s]

I'd like to second this. Seeing how things play out is pretty valuable especially if you make mistakes so we can see how to fix those mistakes in real time.

[@MindOverMeta]

Noted

[@gailbrookhart1777]

@@MindOverMeta This goes with a thought I've been having that may be useful. I'd like to see not so much a blow by blow account for individual bosses but just a nice general tip collection for being in the right combat frame of mind and getting better broad skills in reading tells, survival strategies (aka, Oh SHEYET! buttons), fighting with a balance of dmg out skills along with your sustain in skills so that you don't go too far to the side and tip over/DIE!, etc.

[@MindOverMeta]

@@gailbrookhart1777 A general "combat tips" guide is something I have been contemplating" for a while. Truthfully though I am not the greatest player and am not the greatest one to be handing out this kind of advice. But it's something I will give a bit more thought to.

[@OmnomnomPancake]

@@MindOverMeta I think it would be a useful video. You share information well, and have lots of experience with the game. I think folks are looking for approachable video content for an at times very complex game, and having someone who's played a lot even just narrating their decisions is helpful. You covered quite a lot of newbie stuff in your recent Sylvari Necro series, for instance. I was watching it to see someone with thousands of hours of game time narrating a casual character level-up, and I learned a tonne of stuff, often incidentally. It's probably difficult to determine what to cover in a combat tips video when you've had so long to play, but I'd be interested to see what you'll come up with, if it occurs. It's interesting to watch highlight videos where more experienced players can commentate their skill use and remark on how they adapted if a fight goes south, etc. Just simple colour commentary provides a lot of incidental information on the game that Meta might not even know they're sharing. If I wanted to watch an extreme pro doing twitch-PVP builds for competitive, well those already exist and stress me out, haha.

[@tjduck85]

I went full Carrion, which you can also do cheap with Brutus' & Sheena's armor. You lose out on Toughness - you are Heavy Armor anyway - but you gain in Power. Also for slightly better sustain, since Willbender loses the passive self-healing, I use Signet of Courage.

[@swells1]

really like the idea of cheap builds. Well done.

[@MindOverMeta]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@myommarie5805]

👀👀👀👀👀👀 YES this is perfect!! I often find myself ending up hella broke (in both coinage and transmutes) so this new series is definitely an eye catcher. Thank you for your quality content as always. :D

[@MindOverMeta]

[@Bronzemanna19]

Would love to see a cheap Harbinger! Great video!

[@MindOverMeta]

Noted. Harbinger is one I have my eye on for the early few. Right now Virtuoso and Holosmith are already on the "drawing board", but I think Harb lends itself to this kind of cheap setup very well.

[@mandodelorian4668]

I'm going to have to check this out. I've been running a condi-dps build that does nice damage but takes so much back I feel like I must be hurting myself at the same time, lol. So this should be nice for offsetting that.

[@MindOverMeta]

Honestly I run my top of the line model of this in Trailblazers and it's lovely. This is only about 15% less damage.

[@mew4080]

Mind, what's the best self-healing/sustain build for Willbender?

[@RecklessFables]

Good 'splainer for how-2-Willbend

[@willdeit6057]

Nice one

[@Bulldogs0429]

will this build work on a firebrand until I get the willbender complete?

[@MindOverMeta]

its the same damage engine on a condi build... I have not tested it but it should be fine

[@MrBluetini]

In terms of soloing with this hot hp bosses and the likes, how would you rate it?

[@MindOverMeta]

On a scale of Spellbreaker to Cele Firebrand I rate it Condi Tempest point 5.

[@gailbrookhart1777]

Winner, winner, willbender! Noticed that the trinkets weren't upgraded. Easy remedy though.

[@MindOverMeta]

Ain't no one got cash for that, Gail ;)

[@joeyvpoisonfree]

My man

[@MrJueKa]

"Don`t hate me, cause I`m beautiful." ... oh, my sense of humor ... that was the moment I subscribed to the channel and activated the bell cheap but effective builds and simple outfits, no "Fashion War", so other players around me might even make fun of me and think "oh, what a poor player who can't afford anything" at first sight, but only until they see me in combat ... that`s exactly what I like just looking good is nothing in the game if the rest doesn`t work, e.g. skills and good knowledge of your own class, your own build, combat and boss mechanics, etc. my girl friend for instance doesn`t care about "meta" or build recommendations here on KZbin, she`s running her own build for away from all these, but she`s killing everything which stands in her way and in events on the maps she`s always "last girl standing" with her Revenant (+ changing elite specs depending on her mood), the only class she`s playing, because she doesn`t like all the other ones after testing them ... also according to the motto, it's better to only be able to do one class correctly under all circumstances than all of them just a little bit, which is much more fun in the long run than you think

[@reinlarsa7542]

LET THE WILLBENDING BEGIN! (●'◡'●)

[@tomekc1113]

I love cheap!

[@MaximeQuillet]

Try celestial bro, your life will change

[@MindOverMeta]

Already one of these up on the channel. The idea here was to onboard cheaply

[@pariah0908]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5LFhmR-atdqodU

[@hilding2063]

For ppl with level 80 boost guardian actually come with full set celestial, which is great for those.

[@MindOverMeta]

@@hilding2063 HOLY SHIT I NEVER KNEW THIS. THANKS SO MUCH

[@Drigorin]

@@MindOverMeta yep! I boosted a guardian just to play your celestial firebrand, holy fuck you're a gem.