Power Virtuoso

October 2024

Introduction

Power Virtuoso is a powerful ranged DPS with high burst potential. This build is recommended for new players due to defensive skills Distortion and Illusionary Riposte.

When mastered, the player can provide great damage and support your team with an arsenal of CC, boonstrip, and other utility skills.

Build Fundamentals

Upkeep Deadly Blades to increase your damage by using Bladesongs. PrioritizeBladesong Harmony, Bladesong Sorrow, and Bladeturn Requiem once 5 blades are ready. Then use the other Bladesongs as fill to maintain Deadly Blades uptime.

When in Dagger/Sword use Phantasmal Swordsman at the beginning and just before Weapon Swap. This increases your damage via Fencer's Finesse.

Relic of Fireworks can be maintained by using Bladesongs skills except Bladesong Harmony, since its lower cooldown won’t trigger the Relic.

Build Specifics

Use Bladesongs whenever possible once you have 5 blades available. Due to Infinite Forge, you will get back 2 blades once you use any Bladesong skill with 5 blades.

Use Signet of the Ether to reset the cooldown of Phantasmal Berserker and Phantasmal Disenchanter as soon as you cast them. You can use your phantasm skills again and increase the burst damage on target.

Distortion is a great skill to maintain your Deadly Blades and Relic of Fireworks uptime. It also makes your character invulnerable to many damaging skills in the game. Consider using it anytime you need it.

Illusionary Riposte blocks attacks for up to 2.5 seconds, and its aftercast is a free and ranged CC option.

Use Power Spike and Thousand Cuts off-cooldown, preferably when Deadly Blades and Fencer's Finesse are active. These skills are instant cast, which means that your rotation loop won’t be interrupted by using them. Avoid using the last charge of Power Spike unless the enemy is about to die or phase since you need to consider the time you need to recast the mantra.

Signet of the Ether can easily cancel the cast of your Phantasm Skills. Make sure to correctly cast the Phantasmal Skills before resetting their Cooldowns.

Virtuoso is also a good provider of for allies thanks to Master Fencer.

Crowd Control

• Illusionary Riposte Counter Blade
• Illusionary Wave
• Bladesong Dissonance preferably with 5 Blades.
• Signet of Humility if you replace Thousand Cuts, for a massive CC Power.

Alternatives

Utility Skills

Replace Mantra of Pain with any of these skills if you need them. You can also replace Rain of Swords if the fight requires more specific utilities.

• Feedback – Reflecting Projectiles
• Portal Entre – Group Mobility
• Blink – Self Mobility
• Mantra of Concentration – Group