Mirage - Axe/x Infinite Horizon

The Official API is experiencing issues; skill, trait and item data cannot be loaded at the moment.
Note: Please note that builds will default to plain icons, these may not be as accurate. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Welcome to the Builds Archive. See the ones that gathered dust, were orphaned by their original writers, or became obsolete by balance patches. We keep the orphan builds together and salute the veteran builds that held a position in the good, great, or meta categories.

Focused on: Solo content, Events, Condition damage, Survivability.

Designed for:

Open World

 

Open World Events

 

Open World Solo

Expansions required:

Send feedback

Rate this build

Overview

A Mirage build for running around in open world. This build deals high sustained damage while dodging almost constantly.

For a ranged Staff variant with less damage see Mirage - Staff/Staff Infinite Horizon.

Skill Bar

Axe/TorchHealingUtilityElite

X/Pistol

Weapon Variants

• You can carry a Greatsword for tagging mobs in open world farming with .

Skill Variants

Healing Skills

• - if you can't stay in the same spot for .

Utility Skills

• - alternative stun break.
• - more DPS and mirage cloaks.
• - if conditions are a problem.
• - to reflect projectiles.

Specializations

[&DQcYHwEnOx3uFQ8BgwGAAYEBZwEHFmYBRhftEgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=]

COPY

Variants

• - faster clone generation.

Equipment

Standard Equipment

This build uses the same gear as the Mirage - Condi DPS Illusions build for fractals and raids.

6x

Superior Rune of the Nightmare

18x

Spiteful +5 Agony Infusion

• If running a greatsword for farming, use instead of .

Rabid Variant

For a tankier option you can run the Rabid Variant. You will lose some damage but gain a moderate boost to defense. This variant is a good stepping stone for the viper variant.

6x

Superior Rune of the Nightmare

Gear Variants

You can check our Guide on Gear Variants to find good alternatives for this build! Open World Gear Variants Summary

Consumables

Food:

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions.
• - Use for general farming.
• - Use for when you need to max out magic find.
• - more sustain
• Anything - Any food is better than none, but you should prioritize the food above before using any other food.

Utility:

• , , - general farming
• - good damage option with +karma

Usage

Damage

• Most of your damage comes from . Spam dodge, walk into your mirage mirrors, and send axes everywhere. When unable to use , fill with , , and autoattacks.
• Always have three clones up, as your clones deal a lot of damage through . To quickly generate clones you can use followed by or .
  • When your target is about to die, use to move your clones to a new target so they don't shatter.
• is one of your hardest hitting skills but also destroys all your clones. Plan for this and line up your cooldowns so that you can , then resummon your clones the moment they are destroyed.
  • You should also chain after for more damage.
• Weapon swap off cooldown to proc .

Defense

• You're literally always dodging with this build, so you shouldn't have too much trouble with enemy attacks.
• and can be used to interrupt enemies.
• Use or to cleanse conditions.

Crowd Control

• (as a last resort)