Firebrand - Power Firebrand

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Designed for: Open World, [[|]] and Open World General

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This build was last updated on February 19, 2022 and is up to date for the March 19, 2024 patch.

Overview

A generalist Firebrand power build for open world farming that can be played either as a bursty DPS-Support or as a full DPS.

Pending Edits

This build is pending an update: Expanding Boon Support options.

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Greatsword

Sword/Focus

Utility

Weapon Variants

Scepter - lower DPS than sword, but 900 range
Axe - moderate DPS mainhand that has a strong pull
Staff - excellent ranged weapon while zerging

Skill Variants

Hallowed Ground - grants more resolution and stability uptime for boss fights.
Hammer of Wisdom - more crowd control.
Mantra of Lore - more condition cleanse.
Mantra of Truth - blinds enemies.
Shield of the Avenger or Wall of Reflection - if projectiles are a problem.
Mantra of Liberation - strong stability source
"Stand Your Ground!" - strong stunbreak
Judge's Intervention - teleport with a long cooldown
Merciful Intervention - teleport to allies with a long cooldown

Specializations

Eternal Armory - better in mobile zergs

Honor

Honor can be taken for more defense at the cost of damage.

Pure of Voice - extreme condition cleanse
Empowering Might - extra might uptime

Virtues

Virtues can be taken for more Resolution uptime and ally support at the cost of damage.

Master of Consecrations - if taking consecrations
Resolute Subconscious - if cc is an issue

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

This set uses gear similar to Build:Dragonhunter_-_Power_DPS, making it excellent for general PVE.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sword
Berserker

Focus
Berserker

Sigil

Rune
x6

Variant Equipment

There are lots of options when it comes to other equipment that can help this build shine in specific situations.

Gear

The gear sets provided above are generally considered the best options. Follow their specific variants.

Runes

Rune of Superior Rune of Strength, Rune of Superior Rune of Infiltration, Rune of Superior Rune of the Flame Legion - budget DPS
Rune of Superior Rune of the Eagle, Rune of Superior Rune of the Pack - crit-based DPS
Rune of Superior Rune of Durability, Rune of Superior Rune of the Herald, Rune of Superior Rune of the Scrapper, Rune of Superior Rune of Vampirism - general defense

Sigils

Sigil of Superior Sigil of Air, Sigil of Superior Sigil of Accuracy - budget DPS
Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - provides more evades; with good play, this sigil alone can turn most builds into Solo builds..

Consumables

Food

Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
- farming
, - DPS
- defense

Utility

(and variants) - farming
, - dps

Usage

Damage

Resolution & Radiance

If running Radiance, your damage becomes highly reliant on your Resolution uptime. Fortunately, you have several ways of generating this:

Symbol of Resolution, which conveniently lines up with your Whirling Wrath quite well
"Stand Your Ground!", which also doubles as an extremely powerful stunbreak
Hallowed Ground, which provides resolution for several seconds
"Save Yourselves!", which has a long cooldown and might kill you if used in a large group
Virtue of Resolution if running Virtues, which grants you resolution any time you use a Virtue.

Virtue Spam

When running Radiance, and especially if running Virtue, you can spam your Virtue 1 to gain permanent resolution and quickness any time you're zerging in a large group, on top of a 10% damage modifier from Inspiring Virtue. This is becaues Renewed Justice resets its cooldown any time a mob is killed.

Priority

For Greatsword, you want to time your Symbol of Resolution with your Whirling Wrath.

Sword of Justice - spread out the usage of this through your rotation to ensure high vuln uptime
Mantra of Potence, Mantra of Solace, "Feel My Wrath!", Mantra of Liberation - if you don't currently have quickness, use these
Symbol of Resolution ⇒ Whirling Wrath - it is worth delying your Whirling Wrath for a moment in order to line it up with the symbol
Leap of Faith
autos

For Sword, Focus the priority is quite similar, but we replace Whirling Wrath with Zealot's Defense:

Sword of Justice - spread out the usage of this through your rotation to ensure high vuln uptime
Mantra of Potence, Mantra of Solace, "Feel My Wrath!", Mantra of Liberation - if you don't currently have quickness, use these
Shield of Wrath
Symbol of Blades
Zealot's Defense
Ray of Judgment
autos

Note that for both of these weapon sets it is important to avoid interrupting your attack chains.

Opener

For a general-use opener, see the following:

Open on Sword/Focus

Shield of Wrath
"Feel My Wrath!"
Sword of Justice
Weapon Swap
Symbol of Resolution + Mantra of Potence + Mantra of Solace - (note, it is better to delay the mantras until after whirling wrath if using the Diviner setup)
Whirling Wrath
Leap of Faith
Sword of Justice
Tome of Justice
Chapter 4 Scorched Aftermath + Close Tome
Fill with autos until Symbol is back up
Symbol of Resolution + Mantra of Potence + Mantra of Solace - (note, it is better to delay the mantras until after whirling wrath if using the Diviner setup)
Whirling Wrath
Sword of Justice
Weapon Swap
Symbol of Blades
Zealot's Defense + Mantra of Potence + Mantra of Solace
Ray of Judgment

If mobs are spread out, it may be more beneficial to start your opener with greatsword for Binding Blade and simply skip the Shield of Wrath opener.

Defense

Use Mantra of Solace and Shield of Wrath to block incoming attacks.
Virtue of Justice, Leap of Faith, and Symbol of Blades blind enemies.
Zealot's Defense, Wall of Reflection, Shield of the Avenger, or Chapter 3 Valiant Bulwark can be used against projectiles.
Tome of Courage has many good defensive skills. You can go into it and press a few skills (including Epilogue Unbroken Lines if possible) to quickly stack defensive boons.
Remember to always dodge and sidestep attacks if possible. Don't get hit by anything you can move out of.

Sustain

You have a lot of small heals in Tome of Resolve.
- Always press Epilogue Eternal Oasis first as it increases the healing from all your other skills.
To cleanse conditions, you can use Chapter 2 Radiant Recovery. You can also use Whirling Wrath in the light field from your symbols.
- If having lots of trouble with conditions bring Mantra of Lore.

Crowd Control

Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke
Chapter 2 Daring Challenge
Bane Signet (as a last resort)

Firebrand - Power Firebrand

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