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 - 340
Arkk	1800
Ai, Keeper of the Peak	Ai - 3200 Sorrows - 1500
Kanaxai	1200 (increases by 20.5% multiplicatively per stack of Dread Defiance up to 10 stacks)
Eparch	3000 (Unconfirmed)

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).

MAMA

At 1800 MAMA has a small defiance bar, but you need to break it multiple times during the fight. In combination with the Knights that have defiance bars of 800, each MAMA becomes the most CC-heavy fractal boss in the game.

This schedule is very agressive, relying on phasing P1 and Knight 1 fast enough for MAMA’s CC bar to not regenerate. This is only worth doing if you have enough damage to phase in P2 during the Stun to prevent a bubble, otherwise you should break MAMA in P1. It may be beneficial to break Knight 1 with Brutal Charge in slower kills. Additionally for groups that don’t want to precast traps, Overbearing Smash can be used to break Knight 2. If the kill is fast, MAMA will not get a CC bar in P3, hence the large amount of CC required in P4. If the kill is slower you will get a CC bar in P3, which you ideally wouldn’t break, but requires less CC then in P4.

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		Big Ol' Bomb 232 damage Blast Gyro 300 damage	Path of Scars 150 damage	Path of Scars 150 damage	Path of Scars 150 damage	1082
Phase 2	P1 Leftover		Static Shock 200 damage Thunderclap 100 damage Throw Mine 200 damage	Storm Spirit 200 damage			700
Knight 2	800			Spike Trap 232 damage	Storm Spirit 200 damage Spike Trap 232 damage	Storm Spirit 200 damage Spike Trap 232 damage	1096
Knight 3	800	Darkrazor's Daring 600 damage		Storm Spirit 200 damage			800
Phase 4	1800		Thunderclap 100 damage Throw Mine 200 damage	Path of Scars 150 damage Storm Spirit 200 damage Brutal Charge 300	Path of Scars 150 damage Storm Spirit 200 damage Brutal Charge 300	Path of Scars 150 damage Storm Spirit 200 damage Brutal Charge 300	2050

Ensolyss

At 2000 in the first phase, and ~2250 in the second and third phase, Ensolyss has sizable defiance bars. On phase 1 there is a narrow window that requires coordinated cc to instantly break the bar to prevent the bubble mechanic from happening. Once the stun is over, care should be taken to flank Ensolyss to prevent the slam attack allowing maximum benefit from exposed.

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	Darkrazor's Daring 600 damage	Thunderclap (1 hit) 100 damage Blast Gyro 300 damage Static Shock 200 damage Throw Mine (Precasted) 200 damage	Brutal Charge 300 damage	Brutal Charge 300 damage	Brutal Charge 300 damage	2300
Phase 2+3	2250	Darkrazor's Daring 600 damage	Thunderclap (1 hit) 100 damage Blast Gyro 300 damage Static Shock 200 damage Throw Mine 200 damage	Brutal Charge 300 damage	Brutal Charge 300 damage	Brutal Charge 300 damage	2300

Skorvald

At 2200, Skorvald the Shattered has one of the largest defiance bars out of all the Challenge Mode fractal bosses, meaning that the whole group needs to contribute to break it quickly. In faster groups this CC bar is not worth breaking.

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	Darkrazor's Daring 600 damage	Big Ol' Bomb 232 damage Thunderclap (1 hit) 100 damage Blast Gyro 300 damage Throw Mine 200 damage	Brutal Charge 300 damage	Brutal Charge 300 damage	Brutal Charge 300 damage	2332

Artsariiv

Due to doing most of the damage in phase 1 in the middle of the arena. the first CC bar can safely be skipped in no heal daily kills. On the first split, each Clone has a 600 defiance bar and on the second the defiance bar is 340 per clone.

1st Split

2nd Split

Split 1	North	600 Damage
North West Power Renegade 🡢 Go to build Darkrazor's Daring 600 damage		North East Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Spike Trap 232 damage Charge 200 damage Winter's Bite 159 damage Trapper's Expertise 45 damage
	Middle Power Scrapper 🡢 Go to build Flash Grenade 20/s Blinded Freeze Grenade 33/s Chilled Blast Gyro 300 damage Static Shock 200 damage
South West Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Spike Trap 232 damage Charge 200 damage Winter's Bite 159 damage Trapper's Expertise 45 damage		South East Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Spike Trap 232 damage Charge 200 damage Winter's Bite 159 damage Trapper's Expertise 45 damage

Split 2	North	340 Damage
North West Power Renegade 🡢 Go to build Jade Winds Superior Sigil of Paralyzation 390 damage	North Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Overbearing Smash 225 damage Charge 200 damage	North East Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Charge 200 damage Thump 200 damage
West Power Renegade 🡢 Go to build Jade Winds Superior Sigil of Paralyzation 390 damage	Middle Power Scrapper 🡢 Go to build Flash Grenade 20/s Blinded Freeze Grenade 33/s Chilled Static Shock 200 damage	East Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Overbearing Smash 225 damage Charge 200 damage
South West Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Charge 200 damage Thump 200 damage	South Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Overbearing Smash 225 damage Charge 200 damage	South East Power Soulbeast 🡢 Go to build Charge 200 damage Thump 200 damage

Arkk

At 1800, Arkk has a small defiance bar that appears after the bloom pushing phase at 80%, 50%, and 30%. Once again you have the working in your favor, providing a 232 damage CC. Everyone should use this to CC if breakbars are slow on Arkk, the Archdiviner and the Gladiator.

Classes such as Renegade get the Superior Sigil of Severance buff by using CC after each bloom phase with either weapon skills or the Launch from .

Phase	CC Required	Power 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	Path of Scars 150 damage	Path of Scars 150 damage	Path of Scars 150 damage	2264

Ai, Keeper of the Peak

At 3200, Ai has the largest defiance bar in fractals. Bear in mind the following values are the minimum you will want to CC with. Due to bar regen, you typically will have to use more CC skills depending on how fast you break it. Slow CC is a massive help here. This cc schedule should be adjusted to fit your group’s DPS and to break as late as possible. Due to the variations on the comp we list the skills you should aim to use on each build instead of a strict comp and total CC.

This is not a set list and you may need to use more or less skills depending on the group. In addition, this is a highly agressive comp that aims to completely ignore both the 66 and 33% Sorrows. If you do not deal enough damage it is advised to adjust the comp to take a pistol on Specter, and bring alternative classes that can provide more CC.

Phase	CC Required	Condi Specter 🡢 Go to build	Power Scrapper 🡢 Go to build	Condi Harbinger 🡢 Go to build
Elemental	3200	Basilisk Venom (5 hits) 750 damage	Blast Gyro 232 damage Throw Mine 200 damage Thunderclap 100 damage Rocket Charge 200 damage	Voracious Arc 100 damage Vital Draw 300 damage
Dark	3200	Basilisk Venom (5 hits) 750 damage	Blast Gyro 232 damage Throw Mine 200 damage Thunderclap 100 damage Rocket Charge 200 damage	Voracious Arc 100 damage Vital Draw 300 damage
66% Sorrow	1500	Siphon	Supply Crate 200 damage Thunderclap 100 damage Freeze Grenade	Vile Blast 100 damage Oppressive Collapse 200 damage

Kanaxai

Kanaxai initially has a 1200 defiance bar. However breaking it will give the boss a stack of Dread Defiance. Each stack increases the bars value and reduces the duration of Exposed by 20.5% multiplicatively up to 10 stacks, leading to the following values:

1st - 1200, 2nd - 1510, 3rd - 1900, 4th - 2390, 5th - 3000, 6th - 3780, 7th - 4750, 8th - 5980, 9th - 7520, 10th - 9460

The defiance bar is vulnerable for 5 seconds at a time roughly every 10% hp until 50%, then every 5% (depending on DPS and other mechanics). If a bar is not broken in this time frame it doesnt regenerate. While there are no set skills to be used on each bar in dT runs we will get the following bars which we will either break or ignore:

P1; 1st - Break, 2nd - Break

P2; 3rd - Break, 4th - Ignore, 5th - Break

P3; 6th - Ignore, 7th - Ignore, 8th - Break