Common skills you will use a Lot

There are 5 Key part to focus as a Firebrand.

      1. Focus on your skills
      2. Focus on staying close to your commander and direction
      3. Focus on enemy’s commander where they are going, Be aware of stealth push
      4. Focus on your Party’s Boon and where they are
      5. Have Fun! 😄 especially not getting a lot of bags😭

Before Engage on Enemy

      Commander call Symbol here | Symbol
            Staff 3 – Symbol of Swiftness | Give Swiftness to party or squad

      Commander call Empower | Might Stack
            Staff 4 – Empowered | Stack Might(12) to Party OR squad combine Stack Might(25)

      Sometimes when Alex say “Empower” hes already finish casting it and moving forward already.
      While your casting it and not finished. At that moment just cancel it.
      What you can do next time is

            Healing Skill 6 – Mantra of Solace + Staff 4 – Empowered
            whenever using Healing Skill it give Quickness Boon to cast faster because of
            Stalwart Speed
            

            You can do it with your Elite Skill but I Highly dont recommend it because you need to save it!
            Scroll down to Stun-Break Party out of Bubble to know why

            Wait every 12 seconds after you cast it. Cast Aegis again and receive Quickness Boon again
            Scroll down to Aegis Skills to know which aegis skill you can use
      

      You can do the same for Symbol of Swiftness

• Healing Skill 6 – Mantra of Solace + Staff 3 Symbol of Swiftness

                        OR

      Cast faster with both skill – Symbol and Empower

•       Healing Skill 6 – Mantra of Solace + Staff 3 Symbol of Swiftness + Staff 4 Empowered
        Note – Always First heal mantra + either one cast after, Staff 3 or Staff 4

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Engage on Range Spike

• At this moment, your party should have Aegis, Stability, and Regeneration Boons because of you.
        
  Stability will be Stack Up because of your Scrapper skill Defense Field in the party provided it.

• Lets say WORST case scenario, If your scrapper don’t give Defense Field , what you can do is give Elite Skill
  make sure party have 2 Stacks before the range spike
  

• Lets say WORST WORST case scenario, your scrapper don’t give Defense Field, you did a range spike, you only have one cooldown Elite Skill
  Just Spam Aegis to Allies
  “You will never run out of skills to Spam Aegis” - Tsrow
  scroll down to know more on How to Spam Aegis and checkout Aegis Skills

      If staff 3 Symbol of Swiftness is available
      Staff 3 Symbol of Swiftness + Staff 2 Holy Strike + Staff 5 Line of Warding To range on enemy

      If Not
      Staff 2 Holy Strike + Staff 5 Line of Warding To range on enemy

      The reason behind – Staff 3 Symbol of Swiftness not being available because Before Engage casting symbol to party|squad already

      If both not available you can do pulls Usually second range spike
      What you can do is Pull by Open F1 Book 1 – Tome of Justice
                        Than
      Use Page 3 - Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke on enemy.
            Go to Pulling for more information

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Engage on Melee | Close range | or after Rage Spike

• Tip: “Better safe than sorry” - for popping Stability Early just not too Early

• This is where you want to be careful trying to not Overstack Stability as well as maintaining your Stability, do not use all of it. Go to Stability Skills to know what skills give Stability
        
  Shown here is 11 Stacks of Stability that You DO NOT want because if your in a Long Fight. Your screw on Maintaining Stability best of luck is just Spamming Aegis waiting for cooldown.
  

• Keep in mind Stability and Stun-Break does NOT BREAK Immobilized!
  But Mantra of Solace BREAK Immobile
        if its the only conditional boon, if not, hope you can break it, depends on situations
  and Resistance does TEMPORARY BREAK Immobile!
        Scroll down to Use Page 4 – Chapter 4: Stalwart Stand - to know more

      
      
      Starting out, you want to use Stand Your Ground!

• Before Colliding | or Before you see Red Circles.
        Keep in mind its 12 seconds Stability Duration (Although in the picture it say 10¼ seconds). So it is fine to use it Early just not too Early. You’ll know once you get the hang of it.
        Again you DO NOT want to stack with Scrapper’s Defense Field
         Give call out SYG(Stand Your Ground!) in Voice Chat so Scrapper know your popping it as they dont want to stack it too.
        
        

      Afterwards another close engage, Open Tome 3: Virtue of Courage

•       Tip: Think of this like another Stand Your Ground! skill
        
        Keep in mind of this as well 7 seconds Stability Duration. Again fine to use it Early just not too Early.
        Again you DO NOT want to stack with Scrapper’s Defense Field
        
        

      Now at this point for another 3+ rounds of Melee clash/Range Spike. Your Skills Bar should look something similar like this.
      
            Don’t Spam all your Book Pages while waiting for Stand Your Ground! off cool down.
            Keep in mind of your Scrapper’s Defense Field popping as well.

      Use Page 5 – Epilogue: Unbroken Lines

• for your consistancy of Stability PLUS 200 toughness on Party. If you want, you can combine with Elite Skill for 2 stacks of Stability. Still be careful at maintaing your Stability.
        
        .

      Use Page 4 – Chapter 4: Stalwart Stand

•       for breaking yourself and Party/Squads from Spellbreaker’s Bubble
                          OR
                          breaking immobilized
        
        .

      Page 3 (Optional) – Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark

• If you want to reflect on enemy damage. Again keep in mind of making sure having enough Stability.
        
        
        

      Page 2 – Chapter 2: Daring Challenge

• About Page 2 - Chapter 2: Daring Challenge
        ALWAYS use when enemy blob is going inside your Squad blob or vice-versa
                          OR
        just shoulder-to-shoulder to enemy
  Use it to taunt enemy focus on you.
        
        

      Page 1 – Chapter 1: Unflinching Charge

•       This skill is something rare to use. I usually think of it as extra Stability like the Elite Skill .
        Use this for maintaining 2 stacks of stability if Page 5 NOT available or Stack with Page 5. Else can combo together with Elite Skill
        
        

                                    Now, lets say WORST case scenario fight is still going on at a very long time.
      AFTER you used up Book 3(cool down: 63¾ seconds) and Stand Your Ground!(cool down: 24 seconds)
      
            Use Utility Skill – Stand Your Ground! Whenever off cool down.

•       Again you DO NOT want to stack with Scrapper’s – Defense Field

      
      Use your Aegis Skills if no Stability

•             1. Healing Skill - Mantra of Solace
              2. Mace/Shield(4) - Shield of Judgement
              3. Mace/Shield(3) - Protector’s Strike Only on incoming attack, red circle on ground
              
              Below is by using Book 3
              4a. Whenever you use F3 – Tome 3: Virtue of Courage for Big Stability it gives Aegis
              4b. Page 5 – Epilogue: Unbroken Lines give Aegis

      
      Last Option if you cannot provide any Stability or Aegis

• Open F2 – Tome 2: Tome of Resolve
        
  Use Page 5 – Epilogue: Eternal Oasis + Page 4 – Chapter 4: Shining River to give AOE Heal
        
  Use Page 2 – Chapter 2: Radiant Recovery and Utility skill Mantra of Lore to Condi Cleanse.
        
  You want to use it while looking at your Party’s Boon. Usually fights are FAST. So Conditional Boons Pop Quick! Spamming on Heal and Condi Cleanses is Helpful aka Out/Over Healing or Out/Over Condi-Cleansing party.
        
  It is Optional to use Page 3 – Chapter 3: Azure Sun – BEFORE an engage fight hoping your party can regenerate stamina faster by Vigor to dodge out of enemy’s Spellbreaker’s Bubble and of course Regeneration Boon for healing. I mean you can use it inside fight but it is something you will have to be aware of. Like casting inside enemy’s bubble is useless because boon is stripped.
        
  Keep a look out for your Aegis, and Stability Off cooldown

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Notes

      If your wondering what are Virtue ?
            They are your F1, F2, F3 Book skills also known as Tome for Firebrand
            Just think F1 as Pulling or DPS | F2 as Healing, Condi Cleanse | F3 as BIG Stability like “Stand Your Ground!”

Signeting Ally (Reviving Ally)

• Always revive your Party First, unless Commander dies he is more priority. Lastly the rest is squad members.

• Calling out who you are reviving because you do not want to stack signeting(reviving) one person down.
              
  When someone called it, and you signeting at the same time. Cancel the cast by
              Just dodge roll
                          OR
              Swap Weapon
  (4 seconds cool down to cast again)

      To signet/revive – someone is to cast the utility skill Signet of Mercy

•       Much better to cast it faster by
              Healing skill (Mantra of Solace) + Utility Skill Signet of Mercy
                                        OR
              Cast any Aegis skills + Signet of Mercy
         
         Scroll down to Aegis skills to know which skill give Aegis

      There are times or scenario where you do not want to signet an ally behind|on enemy line or blob.
      The reason is when they are revived, they will likely died. As this will be a waste of signeting.

Pulling

• Besides Mesmer pulling with Temporal Curtain –> Into the Void
  Firebrand’s skill of pulling is weaker than Mesmer pull

      To pull, Open (F1) Book 1 – Tome of Justice
                        Than
      Use Page 3 - Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke on enemy.

      

Stealth Blasting

      Whenever Commander called out Sneaky or Gyro
      What will happened is Scrapper will use Sneaky Gyro
      You want to blast the Smoke Field at Staff weapon using Holy Strike

•       As a Firebrand, you do NOT want to cast any Combo Field in the Sneaky Gyro Field

•       I recommend casting Holy Strike on where commander is going
        If not going in any direction just be aware if there is any Combo Field inside the Sneaky Gyro Field

      

How to Spam Aegis

•       Make sure to check out Aegis Skills as well
        

•       The key to being a great Firebrand is to Not use all your aegis skill at nothing attacking your party/squad
        

•       It is fine to spam all aegis when in Melee Engage because there will be a lot of red circles but Aegis can’t do so much to block more incoming attacks.
        

•       Mace/Shield 4 –Shield of Judgement and Mace/Shield 3 – Protector’s Strike
  has a long cool down on aegis so it is fine to do it early. Again Protector’s Strike is only active when you are getting hit.
        
        
        

      To spam aegis, what you do is
            Swap to Mace/Shield
                  use Mace/Shield 4 –Shield of Judgement and Mace/Shield 3 – Protector’s Strike = 2 Aegis
                  use Healing Skill Mantra of Solace there are 3 uses = 3 Aegis

      Total: 5 Aegis
      
            Okay, how do I know if I am spamming correct?
                  Use when you dont see an Aegis Icon. Like shown below.
                  
                  Don’t use it when you see an Aegis Icon. Like shown below.
                  
      Whenever the icon start blinking for a second or so. Just start casting Aegis again
                        "Better safe than sorry"
      

•       Again only Mace 3 – Protector’s Strike when getting attack

•       Their maybe some scenarios where you may not be able to swap to Mace/Shield where Mantra of Solace is your only source of Aegis. What you do is pop Big Stability by using
        Stand Your Ground! if off cool down or if available Tome 3: Virtue of Courage

•       Again if you cannot provide Aegis or Stability
        
        Open Tome 2: Tome of Resolve
        
        Use Page 5 – Epilogue: Eternal Oasis + Page 4 – Chapter 4: Shining River to give AOE Heal
        
        Use Page 2 – Chapter 2: Radiant Recovery and Utility skill Mantra of Lore to Condi Cleanse.
        
        You want to use it while looking at your Party’s Boon. Usually fights are FAST. So Conditional Boons Pop Quick! Spamming on Heal and Condi Cleanses is Helpful aka Out/Over Healing or Out/Over Condi-Cleansing party.
        
  It is Optional to use Page 3 – Chapter 3: Azure Sun – BEFORE an engage fight hoping your party can regenerate stamina faster by Vigor to dodge out of enemy’s Spellbreaker’s Bubble and of course Regeneration Boon for healing. I mean you can use it inside fight but it is something you will have to be aware of. Like casting inside enemy’s bubble is useless because boon is stripped.
        
  Keep a look out for your Aegis, and Stability Off cooldown

      

Stun-Break Party out of Bubble

•       Why should I save and not use a lot of the Elite Skill ??
              It is because of Spellbreaker’s Bubble and while inside getting Control Effect

•             Hopefully your party did not get Immobilized! Inside a Spellbreaker’s Bubble
                    if so use
                          Mantra of Lore Gives 2 Conditional Removal
                                      OR
                          if on Page 4 – Chapter 4: Stalwart Stand in Tome 3: Virtue of Courage
        
        
        
              Again if you open Tome 3: Virtue of Courage inside or outside of the bubble
                    keep in mind of how long your staying inside the bubble(if inside) and the boons are immuned to give to party
                    especially 3 Stacks of Stability opening the tome is Gone
        
              Always dodge out of the bubble, if commander say stay inside than it is fine
        
              If your party member stuck, cannot break them out, and downstate in bubble
                    even trying to fast signet reviving, and the party member died.
                    Its just one of those things you can do so much as a Firebrand

•       Ok, so how did I break them out? I was only giving Stability …
              Keep in mind Elite Skill provides Stun-Break
        

•       Although Stand Your Ground! does provides Stun-Break
              You only break yourself not your Party while inside bubble.
              But you can use it to break your team from Baby Gates .

      To break a party member inside a Spellbreaker’s Bubble is by using
                                                Elite Skill
                                                            OR
                        Page 4 – Chapter 4: Stalwart Stand
     Your priority of this is breaking them out not giving them boons. As boons inside a bubble are immune

      

Aegis Skills

            1. Healing Skill - Mantra of Solace 3 Aegis total (can use 3 times)
            2. Mace/Shield 4 – Shield of Judgement
            3. Mace/Shield 3 – Protector’s Strike
            Only on incoming attack, red circle on ground, will give Aegis

      Below is by using Book 3
            4. Whenever you use F3 – Tome 3: Virtue of Courage for Big Stability it gives Aegis
            5. Page 5 – Epilogue: Unbroken Lines give Aegis

      This is a Self Aegis skill provided based on trait
            6. Resolute Subconscious will give aegis when your disabled(stun, daze, knock back, pull, etc…)
                  
            

Stability Skills

      Usually use for range spike but want to save as much you can for Melee Engage
            1. Elite Skill – Mantra of Liberation
      
      These two are known as Big Stability
            2. Utility Skill – Stand Your Ground!
            3. F3 – Tome 3: Virtue of Courage
      
      Once F3 – Tome 3: Virtue of Courage is Open
            4. Page 5 – Epilogue: Unbroken Lines
            5. Page 1 – Chapter 1: Unflinching Charge

• There will be a point where your Squad do not have enough Firebrand to support every party. What you will have to do is take Hallowed Ground and replace it on Signet of Mercy as you lose the ability to revive and focus on more Stability sustain for other squad members outside of your party.
        
  Lastly change your Virtues trait – Resolute Subconscious to Master of Consecrations to make Hallowed Ground have a 48 seconds Cool Down rather than 60 seconds Cool Down

                  

                                                      

      

Healing Skills

            1. Staff 4 – Empowered
            2. Staff 2 – Holy Strike

• I usually just prefer to cast combo with Symbol of Swiftness or on Light Field so that you are having both Healing + 1 Condition remove

            3. Opening F2 – Tome 2: Tome of Resolve
      

      On Mace/Shield
            4. Mace/Shield 5 – Shield of Absorption use it twice
            5. Mace/Shield 2 – Symbol of Faith

• It’s a Light Field so combo with Staff 2 Holy Strike having both Healing + 1 Condition remove

            6. Mace/Shield 1(x3) – Pure Strike —> True Strike —> Faithful Strike

• The Third Mace Hit Heals

      
      On F2 Tome 2: Tome of Resolve
            7. Page 5 - Epilogue: Unbroken Lines + Page 4 - Chapter 4: Shining River
            8. Page 3 - Chapter 3: Azure Sun because of Regeneration Boon
            9. Page 1 - Chapter 1: Desert Bloom

      

Condition Cleanses

      As a Firebrand Support, your priority is giving Stability. It is important to only Condi-Cleanse if you cannot provide any more Aegis or Stability as you wait for cool down. Or, sustaining while seiging. Truly it depends on the situation or scenarios.

            1. Staff 3 – Symbol of Swiftness + Staff 2 – Holy Strike

• You can Holy Strike on any Light Field will remove 1 Condition

            2. Utility Skill – Mantra of Lore remove 2 Condition Boons
      

      On Mace/Shield
            3. Mace/Shield 2 – Symbol of Faith +

• It’s a Light Field so combo with Staff 2 Holy Strike having both Healing + 1 Condition remove

      
      On F2 Tome 2: Tome of Resolve
            4. Page 2 - Chapter 2: Radiant Recovery