Power Vindicator
Rotation
Shiro Opener
Dodge forForerunner of Death andLeviathan Strength Enchanted Daggers Phase Traversal Mist Unleashed - (
Impossible Odds while casting)
- (
Phantom's Onslaught Legendary Alliance Stance
Greatsword 5
Eternity's Requiem - Interrupt the aftercast by
Dodge Impossible Odds
Misc
Cleanse
Guaranteeing a critical dodge
Dodge - While dodging,
Weapon Swap to Greatsword OR Legendswap while on Greatsword.- Triggers
Sigil of Intelligence
- Triggers
- While dodging,
Large Heal
Selfless Spirit - (
[skill 62729] while casting)
- (
Selfish Spirit - (
Legendary Assassin Stance while casting)
- (
Vindicator’s staff variant is the go-to Revenant damage build. It’s a conventional roamer and can easily outnumber fights and also enjoys being in team-fights. It uses a single damage weapon set with full DPS trait lines for maximum burst but less follow-up.
Introduction
Your goal is to generate as many kills as possible. You want to be where the action is and burst vulnerable targets with your team.
With Vindicator, your dodge now deals significant damage and gives you a damage increase via
You also get access to excellent sustain skills in
This means you have quite a lot of damage uptime and resustainability. Use it to stick to keep the pressure up on key targets.
Your mobile nature allows you to get to a side node to outnumber a 1v1 if needed.
Quick Tips
- Refer to the “Rotation” segment for an opener and other useful combos.
- Utilize kiting effectively to avoid being teleported on to when vulnerable.
- Your best defence is offense – look for an opening to turn on your aggressors.
- The importance of
Impossible Odds cannot be overstated. Make sure you utilize it in your bursts. - Manage your cleanses carefully. Dodge highly dangerous condition attacks.
- Don’t miss your skills hard hitting skills.
- Utilize Stow Weapon to cancel telegraphed skills and bait defensives.
- Trigger
Balance in Discord as often as possible by Legend swapping or using[skill 62729] .
Dealing Damage
Before bursting mostly but also throughout fights, we want to make sure we maintain
Therefore, it’s the stance in which we would most often want to burst and start a fight with. The general opener idea can be found in the Rotation segment.
What’s important to understand about the opener is applying our damage mods as well as
Note: Shiro burst is notoriously telegraphed, and you can expect a skilled opponent to dodge if they see the animation. Teleporting from behind a wall is preferred for this reason. Then again, also keep in mind to not throw too many skills into a dodging opponent as to not run out of damage.
For followup,
Your greatsword auto-attack chain hits very hard and is a very good filler for when you need to save energy or your gap-closers.
Again, do not forget about
When swapping to Greatsword, or swapping legends with Greatsword, you’ll get guaranteed 3 criticals with
Lastly, your mobility skills (detailed in the following section) will provide you
Mobility
Vindicator has excellent proactive mobility through permanent
Every one of the aforementioned skills also grants you
The most important mechanics to master Vindicators mobility therefore are the “About face”, turning your character in a 180° angle so defensive rolls like
Further, you have
Lastly, do not hesitate to use
Sustain & Healing
Like any revenant build, it’s important to plan out enough energy to be able to stunbreak in the near future in case you get jumped. Be mindful to always be near the next Legend Swap or enough energy to use
Given its role as a pure roamer, the build has decent resustain compared to its counterparts through
In terms of raw healing, while not full health, it’s important to remember to trigger
While the build is reasonably durable against conditions in teamfight scenarios, it will struggle in a 1v1 scenario against a good condition build. Your best option is to try to dodge the heavy condition inflicting attacks. Utilize
Alternatives
If you have no issue with conditions, and struggle against lockdown, swap
Rotation
Ranged burst
Dodge forForerunner of Death andLeviathan Strength Enchanted Daggers - Optional
Phase Traversal to get in range. Bloodbane Path - (
Impossible Odds while casting)
- (
Relinquish Power Spiritcrush - (
Impossible Odds while casting)
- (
Sevenshot
*Refer to Staff variant for Greatsword opener.
Greatsword 5
Eternity's Requiem - Interrupt the aftercast by
Dodge Impossible Odds
Misc
Guaranteeing a critical dodge
Dodge - While dodging,
Weapon Swap to Greatsword OR Legendswap while on Greatsword.- Triggers
Sigil of Intelligence
- Triggers
- While dodging,
Cleanse
Large Heal
Selfless Spirit - (
[skill 62729] while casting)
- (
Selfish Spirit - (
Legendary Assassin Stance while casting)
- (
Vindicator’s short bow variant is a very offensive build. We’re dropping staff and now have a lot of follow-up skills to our burst and access to ranged burst but losing some of our tools to deal with heavy focus.
Introduction
Your goal is to generate as many kills as possible. You want to be where the action is and burst vulnerable targets with your team.
With Vindicator, your dodge now deals significant damage and gives you a damage increase via
You also get access to excellent sustain skills in
This means you have quite a lot of damage uptime and resustainability. Use it to stick to keep the pressure up on key targets.
Your mobile nature allows you to get to a side node to outnumber a 1v1 if needed.
Quick Tips
- Refer to the “Rotation” segment for an opener and other useful combos.
- Utilize kiting effectively to avoid being teleported on to when vulnerable.
- Your best defence is offense – look for an opening to turn on your aggressors.
- The importance of
Impossible Odds cannot be overstated. Make sure you utilize it in your bursts. - Manage your cleanses carefully. Dodge highly dangerous condition attacks.
- Don’t miss your skills hard hitting skills.
- Utilize Stow Weapon to cancel telegraphed skills and bait defensives.
- Trigger
Balance in Discord as often as possible by Legend swapping or using[skill 62729] .
Dealing Damage
Before bursting mostly but also throughout fights, we want to make sure we maintain
Therefore, it’s the stance in which we would most often want to burst and start a fight with. The general opener idea can be found in the Rotation segment.
What’s important to understand about the opener is applying our damage mods as well as
Note: Shiro burst is notoriously telegraphed, and you can expect a skilled opponent to dodge if they see the animation. Teleporting from behind a wall is preferred for this reason. Then again, also keep in mind to not throw too many skills into a dodging opponent as to not run out of damage.
For followup,
Your greatsword auto-attack chain hits very hard and is a very good filler for when you need to save energy or your gap-closers.
On shortbow, use
you can stand still and avoid pressing Right Click to let your character aim at enemies that try to “dance” around your character to prevent you from casting
Use
Again, do not forget about
It is also a substantial damage boost for your auto attacks, especially so while you have
When swapping to Greatsword, or swapping legends with Greatsword, you’ll get guaranteed 3 criticals with
Lastly, your mobility skills (detailed in the following section) will provide you
Mobility
Vindicator has excellent proactive mobility through permanent
Every one of the aforementioned skills also grants you
The most important mechanics to master Vindicators mobility therefore are the “About face”, turning your character in a 180° angle so defensive rolls like
Further, you have
Lastly, do not hesitate to use
Sustain & Healing
Like any revenant build, it’s important to plan out enough energy to be able to stunbreak in the near future in case you get jumped. Be mindful to always be near the next Legend Swap or enough energy to use
With such an aggressive setup, your best defense is offense. In most cases if the incoming pressure is not going to one shot you, you should try to take a favorable trade with the Greatsword 5 combo (refer to rotation),
The build has decent resustain compared to its counterparts through
In terms of raw healing, while not full health, it’s important to remember to trigger
While the build is reasonably durable against conditions in teamfight scenarios, it will struggle in a 1v1 scenario against a good condition build. Your best option is to try to dodge the heavy condition inflicting attacks. Utilize
Alternatives
If you have no issue with conditions, and struggle against lockdown, swap