October 2024

Power Boonstrip Alacrity Renegade

Boonstrip Renegade is a build that heavily focuses on removing enemies’ boons and granting to allies along with other vital boons such as and . TIP: Try to get into combat as soon as possible to charge up your energy. Use off cooldown to share to your allies. Coordinate your with your group to remove as many boons as possible. TIP: Listen to your Commander’s calls and use when they call for pulls at range. The skill is not a pull in of itself, but it removes boons, potentially removing . Video, but your browser can't display it pepeHands. Stack as much as possible with . To effectively do this, press , swap Legend back and forth with your mouse by clicking on the UI and then press again. Continue doing this for longer duration. Use to lay down a…

Power Boonstrip Virtuoso

Power Boonstrip Virtuoso is a strong build with great utility with the ability to deal a lot of damage both at range and in close combat. Your main role is to burst enemies and remove their boons. Your Shatters remove boons thanks to and removes boons when they hit. Additionally, makes create an extra Phantasm. Once a Phantasm dies, it turns into a blade instead of a clone. You can only have a maximum of 5 blades at the same time. will restock your blades and briefly give you . Due to your Shatters becoming projectiles, Dodge or block an attack to activate before using or , rendering them unblockable. You can see if the trait is active if you currently have the buff. Use to enemies, which can be deadly. Use to reduce the cooldowns of and / .…

Condition Druid

Condition Druid is a highly durable side-noder build that excels into builds that cannot burst it down fast enough. TBD TBD

Hammer Untamed

Untamed is a bruiser-style build with great survivability, combined with a melee oneshot and good area pressure. Untamed excels in ranked games due to its versatility and flexibility as a profession. An important note about Untamed: It’s is one of the two classes in the game that has an F6 and F7. Binding these to something that you can easily reach so you won’t have to skill-click in a fight. Contrary to Longbow Untamed it utilizes hammer, sacrificing most of its ranged damage for more crowd control skills and AoE damage as well as barrier.   Untamed is what ranger mains always wanted ranger to be. A class with the ability to control its pet. Untamed can control its pet to its fullest, by having the pet abilities as abilities you can cast, with your F1 to F4, F6 and F7.…

Power Mechanist

Power Mechanist can choose from several different sets of weapons depending on your preferred playstyle and what the encounter demands (see top of page). Sword and Pistol provides consistent melee damage along with a small amount of CC. For the kit-less low intensity version, check the alternatives section at the bottom. gives your Mech a percentage of your attributes as long as you stay close to it. The trait applies a buff which is also called to indicate that you’re close enough, so make sure to pay attention to it – without this trait active, your output will be considerably weaker. The buff is reapplied when you get in range of your Mech and lasts for 3 seconds when you move out of range. TIP: Engineers can enter kits while channelling skills without interrupting them. Practice casting weapon skills while…

Heal Quickness Catalyst

Heal Quickness Catalyst is a strong ranged provider with great healing from your Staff skills. Catalyst gains a Jade Sphere as their F5 skill. You will be cycling through each Attunement and using every Sphere to upkeep along with the other buffs. NOTE: will grant you bonus stats, including Toughness, which can make you the tank with up to 100 extra Toughness.  Each Sphere will grant a different set of boons, but all of them apply thanks to . grants . grants . grants . grants . Your main healing skills are and , which can be combo-finished with blast finishers for additional healing. It’s good to be aware that your Water autoattack can target allies and heal them. Each of your blast finishers will activate  for some extra healing, regardless of which type of combo field is on the…

Power Quickness Untamed

Power Quickness Untamed is an easy to learn boon support build that provides permanent to your subgroup whilst also having good mobility and CC. Swap to and then back to to use your Ambush skill, then Weapon Swap and use the Ambush skill again to upkeep . Use , and whenever you enter . Use Crowd Control skills to upkeep . Be careful not to cancel or . These are your only sources of . can be used to avoid incoming damage, including pausing any conditions you have on you. and can both be set to auto cast. You can use and while in at the cost of some damage if you need more CC. is your best DPS option and also has CC. for good DPS and . for . for projectile management. if you need more CC. to…

Spear Warrior

Very strong Warrior build, involving high bursts of damage and overall consistent damage output. Your main source of damage comes from your Burst skills. Deals increased damage to targets in the center. Deals increased damage to targets below 50% HP. Make sure to use with max Adrenaline to use its full damage potential, unlike which does not scale with your Adrenaline level. Use before using either of your Burst skills. Combine with so both land at the same time. Use to gain max Adrenaline for . Avoid using it for due to the skill not scaling damage with your Adrenaline level. Use before to make use of your Unblockable hits. Avoid using it in combination with due to it consuming all the charges. Greatsword is your sustainable damage option to be used when the majority of your skills on Spear…

Fresh Air Power Alacrity Tempest

Tempest is an easy build to learn, but it has a high skill ceiling to achieve maximum DPS. This is a very fast-paced build due to low cast times on your damaging skills besides . For the full damage version of this build: Fresh Air Power Tempest Damage Select difficulty Scepter & Warhorn October 2024 Every time you start channeling an Overload, will pulse to allies around you, with a stronger application at the end of the cast. Your main damage sources are and , which benefit from . In short, cast as much as possible. At the end of this skill, swap Attunements, activate , and go back to to Overload again. TIP: It's important to remember that you can attunement swap while casting weapon skills without cancelling your skill. Know which elementals to spawn from . It will…

Power Holosmith

This is a heavy-hitting power build setup meant to generate and cleave downstate enemies. Be careful with your Rifle skills, do not use them into enemy reflecting skills otherwise you will hit your allies. Your healing skill is a powerful anti-downstate self utility, use it when you feel like you are about to go down. Use the utilities in your and to generate AoE pressure and at the same time provide some supporting boons to allies. and are part of your short burst with your . Use in melee range to hit as many enemies as possible. Aim and launch enemies hit, additionally trigger increasing the damage.

Power Virtuoso

Power Virtuoso is a DPS roamer that brings oppressive ranged spike damage and cleave, decent sustain, and AOE for the team. Note: Virtuoso Sword replaces with , a mobility skill similar to . Virtuoso relies on spamming damage with and the newly added Spear. Your game plan as a Virtuoso is to unload so much damage that your opponent runs out of defensive skills before you run out of damage. You can 100-0 almost any class in the game (including bunkers) with a well timed burst. Additionally, Virtuoso‘s mechanics make it so even when pressured or dying it is always dangerous. Remember resets the cooldown of every shatter. Tip: restored blades when you use a fully stacked Bladesong ability. This version of Power Virtuoso drops , the conventional choice for Virt in competitive modes, for . was buffed recently to…

Booster Daredevil

This Celestial Booster Daredevil is a great beginner-friendly offensive setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. Daredevil modifies your Dodge mechanic, giving you access to an additional evade and a damage modifier. Specifically for this build, you gain from each time you Dodge. Your main sources of damage are your Venoms and . Use to spawn three thief NPCs as allies and cast your and to share the effects with them. When you and your thieves hit an enemy, a stack is consumed and a condition is applied. When you Weapon Swap you will have access to which applies and…

Booster Deadeye

This Celestial Booster Deadeye is a great beginner-friendly offensive setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. As a Deadeye, your is replaced by , marking the enemy target and gaining Malice on hits. Malice is then consumed with your attacks for additional effects and increased damage. Always start the fight by marking your enemy! on your Rifle to gain improved skills at a cost of 75% reduced movement speed. Your main source of damage on this set will be . When under the effect of your auto-attack becomes . Use it on the marked foe once you have max…

Fresh Air Power Tempest

Tempest is an easy build to learn, but it has a high skill ceiling to achieve maximum DPS. This is a very fast-paced build due to low cast times on your damaging skills besides .   For the version of this build: Fresh Air Power Alacrity Tempest Offensive Support Select difficulty Scepter & Warhorn October 2024 Your main damage sources are and , which benefit from and . In short, cast as much as possible. At the end of this skill, swap Attunements, activate , and go back to to Overload again. TIP: It’s important to remember that you can attunement swap while casting weapon skills without cancelling your skill. Know which elementals to spawn from . It will often be the one in . -> is the best for damage. -> has a knockback and area healing. -> for…

Booster Holosmith

This Celestial Booster Holosmith is a great beginner-friendly offensive setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. Holosmith has a special mechanic called Heat, which is generated passively while in and when you use weapon skills in . Being above the 50 Heat threshold grants you benefits to your sword and Exceed skills, which is further increased by . This trait increases your maximum heat to 150, granting additional benefits to these skills while above 100 heat. Exceed skills are the special type of utility skills available while playing Holosmith, including your toolbelt skills. You can quickly gain Heat if…

Booster Chronomancer

This Celestial Booster Chronomancer is a great beginner-friendly offensive support setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. NOTE: This build uses which requires Secrets of the Obscure, if you do not own it you can use . sadly there isn’t a good relic alternative at the current moment for non-expansion players. Select the trait or if your team needs or , respectively. Summon Phantasms with and or clone with and use Shatter skills to share or . You have access to permanent through and blocks with . Prioritize shattering with 3 clones. This skill gains cooldown reduction for each clone…

Booster Vindicator

This Celestial Booster Vindicator is a great beginner-friendly offensive setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. Instead of dodge-rolling in a cardinal direction, Vindicators dodge upward and into the mists, then smashing downward to damage enemies. This variant specializes in melee power damage, using the Greatsword abilities, Legend abilities. Don’t underestimate damage output, it is one of the major sources and has a significant upside: it doesn’t cost energy! (but still costs endurance, which is the resource used for dodging across all classes) instead, energy can be spent on Weapon and Legend abilities. is an upkeep skill, it will…

Heal Quickness Herald

Heal Quickness Herald is a powerful defensive support build that reliably provides 25 , , , , , and in a large radius. This build provides strong sustain and burst healing and can serve as an excellent tank. Additionally, Herald extends boon duration for your allies, has very strong crowd control abilities, has access on shield and can be adapted to apply . While in , maintain Facets to apply boons: applies gives grants applies pulses While in ,  has the unique effect of giving your group an additional 20% boon duration. This extra boon duration can extend the normal cap of 100% boon duration to 120%! consume skill, , provides support utility based on your current Legend: -> : Removes two conditions from allies and heals for each condition removed. Can be used for emergency cleansing, but usually and…

Condition Quickness Herald

Condition Quickness Herald is similar to Power Quickness Herald, an offensive support build that provides a group with , , , , and . The wide range of essential boons provided makes this build excellent for filling gaps in groups. This version of Herald is less versatile compared to the power setup, but packs a punch in return. While in , activate and to pulse . While in keep active for damage and around you. Herald applies via whenever you channel an ability that drains 6 or more energy per second (upkeep). Whenever your energy is being drained, you pulse around you. Power Quickness Herald provides many boons with  and can extend all boons on allies with . Maintain facets while in to generate a substantial amount of for you and your subgroup via . Because the rotation is energy-hungry while…

Booster Dragonhunter

This Celestial Booster Dragonhunter is a great beginner-friendly offensive setup made for open-world. The equipment above is designed to be played with the Exotic gear obtained by the Level 80 Boost, with some modifications to runes and sigils. To gear this build without the Level 80 Boost, use crafting or purchase items directly from the trading post. NOTE: If you own the expansion Secrets of the Obscure, you can switch to for incredible self sustain. This Build can serve as a stepping stone towards the upgraded setup: Power Dragonhunter Damage Select difficulty Greatsword Longbow June 2024 The build focuses on dealing strike damage (power), using your Longbow, Greatsword and Traps. To achieve this, we combine various damage modifiers that increase strike damage. You deal increased damage while you’re under the effect of and . After using one of your Profession…