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BuildCoach

A Guild Wars 2 addon for the Nexus addon loader that compares your current build against community reference builds and highlights differences.

Features

    573 reference builds bundled — Hardstuck and MetaBattle included out of the box
    Filter builds by source (Snow Crows, Hardstuck, MetaBattle, GuildJen) and game mode (Raid, Open World, WvW Zerg, WvW Roaming, Group PvE)
    Compares your equipped gear, traits, and skills against any reference build
    Highlights mismatches in stats, upgrades, relics, food, and utility items
    Shows the correct pets (Ranger) and legends (Revenant) for each build
    Rotation guide viewer — fetches and displays skill priority / rotation sections from Hardstuck, MetaBattle, GuildJen, and Snow Crows; skill icons shown inline where available; cached locally after first load
    Import additional builds from community sites by pasting a URL into the Build Editor
    Imported builds are automatically tagged by source so the filter works for your personal builds too
    Supports Snow Crows, Hardstuck, GuildJen, MetaBattle, and gw2skills.net
    Supports all 9 professions and their elite specs
    Export and share builds via compact AB: share codes

Installation

    Download BuildCoach.dll from the latest release
    Place it in \addons\BuildCoach.dll
    Launch the game and enable the addon in the Nexus addon manager

Bundled Builds (v1.2.5)

573 builds are included and ready to use immediately:

    Hardstuck — 111 builds (Group PvE, Open World, WvW Zerg, WvW Roaming)
    MetaBattle — 462 builds (Raid, Open World, WvW Zerg, WvW Roaming)

Use the Source and Game Mode filter rows in the main window to narrow the list.

Adding More Builds

Import additional builds via the Build Editor:

    Open the Build Editor panel from the toolbar
    Paste a build page URL from any supported site into the Import URL field
    Click the button for that site — traits, skills, gear, and consumables are loaded automatically
    Give the build a name and click Save
    The build now appears in the main window dropdown for comparison

Supported import sources: Snow Crows, Hardstuck, GuildJen, MetaBattle, gw2skills.net