Fresh Air Catalyst

October 2024

Fresh Air Catalyst is a highly mobile dps roamer that provides excellent boon support to the team.  Catalyst is driven by in the Air traitline. not only buffs damage but allows you to constantly swap into to refresh the buff, gain very high uptime, and access your frequently.

Tip: lacks native combo finishers, but you can swap to during the cast of skills like  to get a from a combo field.

Crowd Control

Your ‘Hard CC’ comes from and  and . is especially good in mirrors against other Catalysts since it is unblockable and ignores and . Keep in mind that all your CC skills can be reset to extend lockdowns. This is especially useful with double  to secure kills in a teamfight.

Note: Don’t waste , is also a combo finisher that will let you chain with for extra reflects.

While your hard CC is limited, Catalyst has excellent access to soft cc. With the buffs to , the combo applies , , and most importantly on an incredibly short cooldown. You also have access to more limited in and in .

Damage

Catalyst benefits from both the high base damage of Scepter and the boon output of Jade Spheres. A Fresh Air Catalyst can stack high , , , and and share key boons to its allies.

is a powerful AOE damage skill that will follow your target around hit them regardless of line of sight. Combined with and , it can add up to very high aoe burst damage, especially when you reset everything with .

Note: will keep casting even on attunement swap; you can leave , continue the attack, and swap back to for more and a  damage buff.

Your best damaging combo comes from starting in either or and swapping to for the damage bonuses. also give you access to which can hit hard on chilled foes. Try to get on foes before using it for maximum impact.

While your skills are on their way to the target, you can jump on them with to both them and deal high damage. It can add a lot to your burst.

Sustain

Catalyst has excellent re-sustain but low health pool, which makes you vulnerable to getting killed quickly if you’re out of defensives. It also relies heavily on kiting and mobility to avoid damage. Your direct healing comes from (water dodge) and blasting . Try to use damage mitigation like and to avoid taking damage in the first place. also gives you , which is your most powerful defensive, but its cooldown is too long to be fully reset by .

Tip: Spam your auto attacks even when you don’t have a target, will heal you up while kiting, especially if you have .

allows you to swap attunements very frequently, which makes proccing often quite easy, and it adds up to a decent amount of healing.

and are both sources of barrier and can supplement your low base HP pool with enough extra health to push through fights.

Your best defensive ability is your W key. Run away from whoever is chasing you and between , , and . Combined, you can be pretty hard to catch.

Alternatives

Offers more mobility.