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    Power Vindicator
    June 2024

    Group PvE
    Damage
    40K+

    Armor

    Berserker's icon Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter icon
    Berserker's HelmSuperior Rune of the Dragonhunter
    Berserker's icon Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter icon
    Berserker's ShouldersSuperior Rune of the Dragonhunter
    Berserker's icon Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter icon
    Berserker's ChestSuperior Rune of the Dragonhunter
    Berserker's icon Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter icon
    Berserker's GlovesSuperior Rune of the Dragonhunter
    Berserker's icon Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter icon
    Berserker's LegsSuperior Rune of the Dragonhunter
    Berserker's icon Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter icon
    Berserker's BootsSuperior Rune of the Dragonhunter

    Weapons & Sigils

    Greatsword icon Superior Sigil of Force icon Superior Sigil of Air icon
    Berserker's GreatswordSuperior Sigil of ForceSuperior Sigil of Air
    Staff icon Superior Sigil of Force icon Superior Sigil of Air icon
    Berserker's StaffSuperior Sigil of ForceSuperior Sigil of Air

    Trinkets

    Berserker's icon
    Berserker's Backpiece
    Berserker's icon
    Berserker's Accessory
    Berserker's icon
    Berserker's Accessory
    Berserker's icon
    Berserker's Amulet
    Berserker's icon
    Berserker's Ring
    Berserker's icon
    Berserker's Ring
    Relic icon
    Relic of the Thief

    Food

    Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak icon Potent Superior Sharpening Stone icon
    Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide SteakPotent Superior Sharpening Stone

    Infusions

    20 x Mighty Infusions icon
    20 x Mighty Infusions
    copied

    Rotation

    Opener

    Start in Legendary Alliance Stance

    1. Spear of Archemorus
    2. Dodge
    3. Eternity's Requiem
    4. Swap to Legendary Assassin Stance

    Shiro Loop

    1. Activate Impossible Odds
    2. Mist Unleashed
    3. Dodge
    4. 1x Auto-attack chain
    5. Mist Unleashed
    6. 1x Auto-attack chain + 1x Mist Swing
    7. Phantom's Onslaught
    8. Mist Unleashed
    9. Dodge
    10. 1x Auto-attack chain
    11. Mist Unleashed
    12. 1x Auto-attack chain
    13. Swap to Legendary Alliance Stance

    Alliance Loop

    1. Eternity's Requiem
    2. Mist Unleashed
    3. Spear of Archemorus
    4. Phantom's Onslaught
    5. 1x Auto-attack chain
    6. Mist Unleashed
    7. Dodge
    8. 1x Auto-attack chain
    9. Mist Unleashed
    10. Dodge
    11. 1x Auto-attack chain
    12. Mist Unleashed
    13. Phantom's Onslaught
    14. Nomad's Advance
    15. Spear of Archemorus
    16. Eternity's Requiem
    17. Swap to Legendary Assassin Stance

     

    Target Stats

    10001000100010000000
    1000159225%150%00%0%

    Power Vindicator is a bursty power build that excels at encounters with large hitboxes, as Eternity's Requiem scales with hitbox size. The rotation is forgiving and easy to pick up. This build only uses Greatsword, which allows for a Staff Weapon Swap in encounters that require a lot of CC.

    Build fundamentals

    Alliance Tactics swaps your Legendary Alliance Stance from Archemorus (Red/Orange) to Saint Viktor (Blue). Always stay in Archemorus since Spear of Archemorus and Nomad's Advance are part of your rotation.

    Be aware that dodging during the channeling of any skill will cancel it.

    Use Dodge regularly to spend your endurance and apply buffs: Dodging grants to you and your allies via Song of Arboreum and upkeeps the strike damage buff from Forerunner of Death 100% of the time.

    Imperial Guard is a 2-second channel block to be used if you are out of dodges. After you block some hits, use True Strike to unleash a strong Counter-attack.

    Energy Meld restores half a Dodge. It is usually more efficient to block an attack with Imperial Guard than using Energy Meld if you are out of endurance.

    You can swap legends during the channeling of Eternity's Requiem. However, if you swap too early, you will consume the energy gained in Shiro (Legendary Assassin Stance), which will lower DPS due to the lost uptime of Impossible Odds.

    Activate Impossible Odds as soon you swap to Shiro (Legendary Assassin Stance). This will maximize the number of follow-up strikes gained.

    Rotation Tips

    Eternity's Requiem is your strongest skill: Use it off-cooldown.

    The main idea of the rotation is to fill the downtime between Mist Unleashed cooldowns as efficiently as possible when your Eternity's Requiem is not off-cooldown. There are two main ways to do this:

    • 1 Auto-attack chain + Dodge. Keep in mind that dodging will reset your Auto-attack chain.
    • 1 Auto-attack chain + 1 Mist Swing + Phantom's Onslaught

    Crowd Control

    Alternatives

    Gear

    Superior Sigil[s] of Impact can be replaced with Superior Sigil[s] of Air. Superior Sigil[s] of Impact pulls ahead compared to Superior Sigil[s] of Air in Strikes, Keep Construct, Fractals, and any Encounter with adds.

     

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