Sustain

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"Sustain" is the "jargon" (in-game terminology) used to refer to character durability. This covers enduring ongoing incoming damage with sufficient mitigation and health regeneration to avoid being Downed ("tank"iness), as well as consistent damage output (contrast with burst damage) through management of any resource that doesn't exhaust that resource.

Long fights tend to favor "sustain" damage output while short fights (or long fights with short attack windows) tend to favor burst damage.

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https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/75553-just-exactly-what-is-sustain/

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