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Strategic Sword & Infernal Twinblades PvE Build

Overview
Designed for: PvE
Weapons: Dual Blades and Sword
Role: DPS
Difficulty:
Easy
Strengths
  • High Damage
  • Easy to Play
  • Low Range
Weaknesses
  • High Skill Ceiling
  • Awkward to use at times
  • No Utility

Overview

This build is making use of two high damage weapons, Infernal TwinbladesInfernal Twinblades and the Strategic SwordStrategic Sword. With the goal of doing high damage quickly, the build focuses on bursting down targets in all PVE content, from boss fights in a group to solo exploration or story completion. This is the best build for someone looking to kill enemies quickly while maintaining high mobility thanks to the Addled MindAddled Mind, allowing you to move between targets quickly. While this build is great for all skill levels, it is particularly good for new players looking for something to play without putting much effort into learning complex combos.


Martial Arts

Strategic Sword
Strategic Sword
Infernal Twinblades
Infernal Twinblades


Inner Way

Morale Chant
Morale Chant
Sword Horizon
Sword Horizon
Adaptive Steel
Adaptive Steel
Insightful Strike
Insightful Strike

Sword HorizonSword Horizon is a core skill for the build as it adds extra moves into the Strategic SwordStrategic Sword, building up more bleed stacks while also doing more damage, making this a must to take without ramping up the difficulty as both Inner Balance Strike IIIInner Balance Strike III & Inner Track SlashInner Track Slash gain an extended combo without requiring different key combinations. Morale ChantMorale Chant is one of the most powerful PVE skills in Where Winds Meet and the core Inner Way of most builds, it would be a mistake to not take this.

As the Adaptive SteelAdaptive Steel increases your chance to apply bleeds, the Insightful StrikeInsightful Strike adds extra Affinity Damage and has the chance of reducing damage taken.


Mystic Skills

Ghost Bind
Soaring Spin
Flaming Meteor
Golden Body
Wolflike Frenzy
Dragon's Breath
Cloud Steps
Free Morph

Ghost BindGhost Bind is a good skill for AOE CCing mobs together and prepare for another attack. Flaming MeteorFlaming Meteor is a very powerful skill for dealing with stacks of mobs, doing good damage in 3 hits. Wolflike FrenzyWolflike Frenzy & Free MorphFree Morph are both super good for dealing good damage while the bosses are knocked down or otherwise you have an opening. Dragon's BreathDragon's Breath is another good option for DOT damage, burning up enemies quickly before using Deflect to get out of the animation and let them burn. Soaring SpinSoaring Spin is useful for extra gap closing and doing good damage quickly.


Rotations

Single Target Rotation ↴
Dragon's Breath
Dragon's Breath
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Addled Mind
Addled Mind
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Calamity's Greed
Calamity's Greed
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Addled Mind
Addled Mind
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Calamity's Greed
Calamity's Greed
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Dragon's Breath
Dragon's Breath
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Wolflike Frenzy
Wolflike Frenzy
  • Just like the other rotation, you want to use Dragon's BreathDragon's Breath first to put burns on a target. Continue with Addled MindAddled Mind, then follow up with Calamity's GreedCalamity's Greed to keep the combo going. After that, use Addled MindAddled Mind again and switch back to Calamity's GreedCalamity's Greed. Finish the sequence with Wolflike FrenzyWolflike Frenzy for extra damage. You can also use Free MorphFree Morph instead, as it works in almost the same way.

Make sure to always have Dragon's BreathDragon's Breath active on the boss if you can.


Sword Combo Rotation ↴
Dragon's Breath
Dragon's Breath
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Inner Track Slash
Inner Track Slash
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Inner Balance Strike III
Inner Balance Strike III
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Dragon's Breath
Dragon's Breath
  • While this isn't a complex rotation, it gets much better once you've unlocked and started using Sword HorizonSword Horizon. Begin the rotation by using Dragon's BreathDragon's Breath to stack up fires on a target. Begin with Inner Track SlashInner Track Slash full combo straight into Inner Balance Strike IIIInner Balance Strike III for an extended combo.


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