Overview
| Up-to-date | updated for the 11/29/2022 patch |
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| Template Code | [&DQMmLwY7OSsqDwAAhgAAAKMAAABXFgAA8BUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=] |
| Conditions |
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| Role |
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| Synergy | low |
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| DPS | high |
| Independence | high |
| Acquiring basics | average |
| Achieving mastery | difficult |
The Power Holosmith is a flexible build that can do well in a variety of different group compositions.
It offers:
- High burst and good sustained damage
- Good crowd control
- Good utility through Vulnerability and access to some Blinded, Crippled and Immobile
- The ability to boonstrip with when running
- An incredible skill set for various skips in Tier 4 fractals due to access to Stealth, as well as Superspeed and a targeted leap with
The build benefits from slaying potions such as and .
The main thing the build lacks compared to other Power DPS classes is a unique party buff for Power compositions like Power Dragonhunter's share.
There are 3 different versions of Power Holosmith, namely Sword ECSU, Sword PBM, and Rifle PBM. They are named after:
- The weapon they are holding, Sword+Shield vs Rifle.
- The Grandmaster Holosmith Trait they use, Enhanced Capacity Storage Unit (ECSU) vs Photonic Blasting Module (PBM).
This guide will focus mainly on the Sword ECSU variant since it is the most flexible of the 3.
Equipment
You will only need some Assassin pieces if you want to swap to for better self-generated Might.
You can use Off-Hand Pistol if there is absolutely no need for the CC from Shield.
Build
Firearms
Explosives
Holosmith
Additional Skills
| Toolbelt | |
CC skills
| 200 damage | |
| 150 damage | |
| 100 damage | |
| 232 damage | |
| 232 damage |
Situational Traits
| When running the Rifle or Sword PBM build. | |
| If you are already crit capped without and struggle with Might uptime. |
Tools
If your Quickness uptime is low, you can swap out the Firearms trait line with Tools and replace with .
Scrapper
For many skips in Tier 4 fractals, you can swap to Scrapper for more Stealth and Superspeed. Stealth can be provided through . Superspeed is provided through Gyros with a delay due to . also provides some instant Superspeed on top. and can be used without drawing aggro from enemies. can provide some instant Superspeed as well.
Situational Skills
| An alternative heal skill if condition cleanse is needed. You can cast it AFTER (cause of water field) a fire field to blast Might. | |
| A (group) block that also reflects projectiles if heat is above 50. | |
| Offers higher burst than . Very effective countermeasure for Mistlock Instability: No Pain, No Gain! | |
| Default pick for the Rifle variant instead of . Can be helpful to provide a smoke field through or fire field through . | |
| Can provide a fire field and a blast finisher. You can pre-cast the toolbelt skill for some extra damage. |
Rotation/Skill Usage
Rotation
- Preheat to 90
- (To help with CCing)
- 2x -> ->
- 2x -> ->
- 2x -> ->
- (your heat should be around 90)
- Repeat from step 6
Notes
- Use off cooldown.
- Use off-cooldown. This skill can be used inside the hitbox when multiple enemies are around to hit the boss multiple times. If this can be done, for example on Ensolyss, you can delay this skill for that.
- can be used to mitigate damage in add heavy fights.
- When running off-hand Pistol, is used instead of in step 20.
- When running off-hand Pistol, can help in controlling the movement of enemies without break bar.
- Try to manage your Heat in split phases. Ideally, you always want to be back at 90 Heat when starting to burst into a new phase.
- will not always be up at the same step as its cooldown is higher than the duration of your loop. The general idea of using 2 extra damaging skills while cooling down still applies.
Rotation Explanation
- The idea of the opening is to stack as many damage modifiers as possible with your biggest skills. By entering Forge at the start, you will trigger . Due to being in Forge, you will also gain the extra damage from . will help with stacking .
- You want to always use your big damaging skills like and in Forge when possible. Only use them outside of Forge if the boss will die/phase before you can go back into Forge to use them there.
- In Forge, your high damage weapon skills are and , as well as auto-attack chains. Try to not interrupt your Forge auto-attack chain. Your goal is to at exactly 149 Heat. This can be achieved by using auto-attack chains until around 140 Heat (as seen in step 8), then using and . will keep building up some Heat, however you cannot if you already left Forge directly after its cast.
- Out of Forge, your basic rotation can be seen in steps 15-17. The main goal is to use above 100 Heat 3 times. If you are slow, you might want to skip some extra skills like and and prioritize at 90 Heat.
Pre-Casting
- Make sure that you will start the fight on your desired Heat (usually 90).
- You want to make sure to always at least pre-cast before taking the singularity.
- You can either swap utility skills manually or via a template. Make sure to have the same traits in both templates selected if you choose the template route.
- If this is taken care of, you can do the following extra pre-casts:
- Equip , and .
- Place .
- Use or to provide a fire field.
- Use , and to blast.
- Use .
- Swap to your regular utilities and use .
- Take the singularity.
- If you want to go the extra mile, you can keep the Flamethrower equipped and use again and place on the boss spawn location before swapping it out.
- provides yet another blast finisher if it works with your Heat management.