Spirit spam

Spirit spamming means to spam spirits during a battle. A character built mainly to place spirits or to place key spirits essential to the team build is called a spirit spammer.

Rangers using Oath Shot to quickly replace spirits even when the enemy actively kills them are a common type of spirit spammer. Such rangers will often also bring traps, especially Dust Trap which can provide some protection for spirits against melee characters. Ritualists using Ritual Lord can perform a similar role and also use Boon of Creation to support using the more expensive binding rituals.

Prior to an ArenaNet update, spirit spamming was generally considered overpowered, especially in what is now Heroes' Ascent. Before the change, teams could place multiple spirits of the same type within range of each other, allowing easy blocking of altars or relics and an easy way to maintain key spirits.

Some common builds which spirit spam are blood spike, which spam spirits for defense (and, prior to an update that gives no energy return upon the death of spirits, to fuel Soul Reaping), and NR/tranq teams which are built around using Nature's Renewal and Tranquility.