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    Power Weaver
    October 2024

    Group PvE
    Damage
    Low intensity icon Low intensityWeapon Mastery icon Weapon Mastery

    Traits

    Armor

     Helm
     Shoulders
     Chest
     Gloves
     Legs
     Boots

    Weapons & Sigils

     Sword
     Warhorn

    Trinkets

     Backpiece
     Accessory
     Accessory
     Amulet
     Ring
     Ring

    Food

    Infusions

    18 x

    Weapon Skills

    Utility Skills

    copied

    Rotation

    Note:

    Use in / attunement.

    Weave Self Loop (Starting in Air-Fire)

    1. +

    Air-Air

    1. +

    Fire-Air

    1. +

    Fire-Fire

    1. x2 +

    Earth-Fire

    1. +

    Fire-Earth

    1. +

    Air-Fire

    1. +

    Air-Air

    1. +

    Fire-Air

    1. +

    Fire-Fire

    1. +

    Air-Fire

    1. +

    Water-Air

    1. +

    Fire-Water

    1. +

    Fire-Fire

    1. +

    Air-Fire

    1. x2 + 

    Normal Loop

    Use , and whenever possible.

    Air-Air (last part of Loop)

    Fire-Air

    1. +

    Fire-Fire

    1. x2
    2. +

    Air-Fire

    1. x2 +

    Air-Air

    1. x2

    Repeat until is off cooldown.

    Target Stats

    10001000100010000000
    1000159225%150%00%0%

    Introduction

    Power Weaver is a very fast-paced, high-burst melee DPS build with good mobility at the cost of being very fragile.

    Build Fundamentals

    Fully attuning to any Element provides you with .

    To maximize the duration of the buffs, swap between Air, Fire, and Earth Attunements to use all of the strong damage skills. Then only go into Water when the buff is about to end to extend it and gain Perfect Weave.

    Build Specifics

    Elementalist can change Attunements in the middle of channeling skills without interrupting them. To make sure you are not late to gain Perfect Weave, change Attunements as soon as they are available.

    Always use and in either Fire-Air or Fire-Fire to gain extra stats from .

    When or are not available, you can use to upkeep .

    locks you in movement, be careful of your positioning when using it.

    Crowd Control

    Alternatives

    • Swap for:
      • – if fighting an enemy that has no Defiance Bar.
    • Swap or for:
      • – for teleports or extra mobility.
    • Swap for:
      • – if you need a burst heal.

    Traits

    Armor

     Helm
     Shoulders
     Chest
     Gloves
     Legs
     Boots

    Weapons & Sigils

     Sword
     Dagger

    Trinkets

     Backpiece
     Accessory
     Accessory
     Amulet
     Ring
     Ring

    Food

    Infusions

    18 x

    Weapon Skills

    Utility Skills

    copied

    Note:

    Use in / attunement.

    Weave Self Loop (Starting in Air-Air)

    1. +

    Fire-Air

    1. +

    Fire-Fire

    1. +

    Earth-Fire

    Fire-Earth

    1. +

    Air-Fire

    Air-Air

    1. (x2)
    2. +

    Fire-Air

    Fire-Fire

    1. +

    Water-Fire

    1. +

    Air-Water

    1. until

    Normal Loop

    Fully attune to

    1. 1x

    Enter

    1. 2x

    Fully attune to

    Enter

    1. 2x

    Fully attune to

    1. 2x

    Enter

    Target Stats

    10001000100010000000
    1000159225%150%00%0%

    Introduction

    Power Weaver is a very fast-paced, high-burst melee DPS build with good mobility at the cost of being very fragile.

    Build Fundamentals

    Fully attuning to any Element provides you with .

    To maximize the duration of the buffs, swap between Air, Fire, and Earth Attunements to use all of the strong damage skills. Then only go into Water when the buff is about to end to extend it and gain Perfect Weave.

    Build Specifics

    Elementalist can change Attunements in the middle of channeling skills without interrupting them. To make sure you are not late to gain Perfect Weave, change Attunements as soon as they are available.

    Always use and in either Fire-Air or Fire-Fire to gain extra stats from .

    Certain skills lock you in place. Be careful of your positioning when using them:

    Crowd Control

    Alternatives

    • Swap for:
      • – if fighting an enemy that has no Defiance Bar.
    • Swap or for:
      • – for teleports or extra mobility.
    • Swap for:
      • – if you need a burst heal.

    Traits

    Armor

     Helm
     Shoulders
     Chest
     Gloves
     Legs
     Boots

    Weapons & Sigils

     Sword
     Dagger

    Trinkets

     Backpiece
     Accessory
     Accessory
     Amulet
     Ring
     Ring

    Food

    Infusions

    18 x

    Weapon Skills

    Utility Skills

    copied

    Rotation

    Note:

    Use in / attunement.

    Loop

    Fully attune to

    Enter

    Fully attune to

    Enter

    1. 2x

    Fully attune to

    1. 2x

    Target Stats

    10001000100010000000
    1000159225%150%00%0%

    Introduction

    Power Weaver is a very fast-paced, high-burst melee DPS build with good mobility at the cost of being very fragile.

    Build Fundamentals

    At the start of the fight, fully attune to to activate . Try to do the same at the start of each boss phase if possible.

    Finish your auto-attack chains but do not delay swapping to different elements, doing so will cause you to lose .

    Rotation can be simplified down to few basic principles you have to follow:

    1. Cycle between fully attuning to and .
    2. , , and all skills in your should be used off cooldown.
    3. Use off cooldown.
    4. Cast just before you fully attune to so all pulses apply .
    5. Pay attention to finishing Auto-attack chain. Skills such as provide higher DPS compared to the rest of the Auto-attack chain so it is important to finish as many auto-attack chains as possible without delaying the overall rotation.

    For some defensive options, you can use for evade and heal and  for and .

    Know which elementals to spawn from . It will often be the one in .

    Crowd Control

    Alternatives

    Utility Skills

    • Swap for:
      • – if you need a burst heal.

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