Introduction
This Celestial Booster Catalyst is a great beginner-friendly offensive support setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post.
Build Fundamentals
This build provides , , , , , and . These boons make this build great for both group and solo content.
Catalyst is unique because of the mechanic . The Spheres deal damage and give boons to allies. To build energy to cast the spheres, hit enemies with skills and auto-attacks. We also gain energy by swapping attunements thanks to . Your main source of generating energy quickly is by upkeeping Hammer 3 skills that hit often (, , , and ). It is important to know what each sphere does because we can not gain energy while a sphere is active.
All your Jade Spheres grant and on top of that:
- gives you
- gives you and
- gives you
- gives you and
Since this is a condition damage variant, start in and use to give yourself and use all your Hammer skills. Swap to and use , , , and before swapping to Water. While in , use and before swapping back to . In Air we use and . This is going to be our baseline rotation.
Catalyst is also very strong defensively due to giving you and . Additionally, using in water fields from and provides and . Furthermore, will give you a minion to tank for you!
Use and off cooldown for damage.
Crowd Control
Alternatives
instead of .