Amalgam - Alacrity Support Condi DPS
The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Condition damage
Designed for: Raids and Fractals
Expansions required: 
Overview
A condi 
Alacrity DPS build for Amalgam.
In addition to Alacrity, this build generates ~13 
Might and 35% 
Fury. It also provides 20% 
Stability, but as you need to use the skill for Alacrity, you cannot use it reactively.
Skill Bar
Protocol Variants
does an underwhelming amount of damage, so it could easily be swapped out for a utility option. Note that without you provide no Fury.
Pistol Variants
Players who don't own Janthir Wilds cannot use spear, so Pistol/Pistol is the next best option. Pistols also have better ranged capabilities, which might be preferable on some encounters. performs better than , but only if you can regularly be in melee range.
Skill Variants
- can be swapped out for or to simplify the rotation for a moderate DPS loss. Both skills offer similar DPS.
- is completely passive but cannot move and so is unsuitable against bosses that move a lot.
- gives you an evade and deals more damage long-term, but takes a while to ramp up.
- The heal skill can be whatever you want, though some options stand out:
- allows you to survive some one-shot attacks.
- does an AoE condi cleanse when it is placed, which can be situationally useful.
Template Code
Specializations
- None of the Adept traits in Amalgam offer any DPS, so you can run whichever survivability you think will be most useful.
Equipment
Celestial
Celestial
Celestial
Celestial
Viper
Celestial
Viper
Sinister
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
x6
x18
- This setup provides ~24% boon duration. You could go as low 18%, but this is not recommended. Feel free to add as much boon duration as is required to maintain Alacrity.
- If using the build, is higher damage than .
Less-toughness Versions
The above setup has +208 toughness (with food), increasing to +328 when under the effects of . If this is high enough to interfere with tanking, you can lower it by replacing 
Celestial stats gear with 
Ritualist stats. If you want no toughness at all, you can replace your food with (or ascended versions) and swap in an additional Ritualist stats piece.
Non-SotO Relics
- Players that own Janthir Wilds but not Secrets of the Obscure can use . Note that this locks you into as a heal and Spear as a weapon, plus you should also replace with .
- There are two options for core relics. has the highest potential, but it isn't triggered reliably on every encounter. works everywhere, but requires modifying your gear as follows:
- You would want to swap some pieces to
Sinister stats such that you reach ~67% base condition duration, with bleeding and burning duration capped. - It may be recommended to pick an option that offers some utility instead.
- You would want to swap some pieces to
Consumables
Food
- or ascended versions
Utility
Usage
Spear rotation
The basic structure of Spear's rotation will be very familiar to players of engineer: You finish your auto chains and use DPS skills off cooldown until you use (skill 2), then jump into and use along with or if they are off cooldown.
The unique aspect of Spear is the Focused mechanic, which is applied by and refreshed by the last hit of the auto chain. You can only have a single Focused target, and hitting the target with Spear skills will trigger enhanced effects:
- The autoattack chain will apply
Vulnerability - applies more
Burning - ⇒ deals more damage, and applies more Vulnerability and Burning.
- deals (slightly) more CC.
- will hit the Focused target with , applying more damage and Burning.
Spear fundamentals
Your three biggest damage contributions come from ⇒ , and . When you activate a whirling AoE spins around you for four seconds, gaining a charge for each target hit. After this will activate and do damage according to its charge. The cooldown for the skill begins once you activate so using this skill is high priority, while you can afford to delay if needed (it lasts until is ready again).
and have the same cooldown, so every time you use you can immediately jump into and use . These two skills form the backbone of your rotation.
You can swap out of either by pressing again or by weapon swapping. Using weapon swap will cancel animations when used, which could result in cancelling a grenade skill before its finished. Using a second time to leave the kit avoids this issue, but if you're only casting a single grenade skill (which is often the case) then the cooldown on kit swaps won't have ended when you need to leave. Ideally you should practise both methods.
Alacrity
Alacrity (and Might) is applied around the you every time a Morph skill is used. This means they should be used off cooldown as a priority. has no cast time, so it is easy to use without disrupting your rotation.
Simplified Rotation
Example Opener
- (if using)
- , and during the cast
-
- , and stow Grenade Kit during the cast
-
Weapon Swap to exit Grenade Kit- (if using)
-
- Weapon Swap to exit Grenade Kit
For the simplified rotation (without ), follow the guidance above while using protocols, utility skills and off cooldown, though they are lower priority than weapon skills.
Flamethrower Rotation
Example Opener
- - make sure encounter boon rip has occurred
- , and stow Flamethrower during the cast
- , and during the cast
- , and stow Flamethrower during the cast
-
- during the cast
- , and stow Flamethrower during the cast
Rest of the Rotation
The backbone of the rotation is to use / as close to off cooldown as possible, then jump into , use , and either or if they are off cooldown.
It can help to "link" together skills with the same cooldown to make tracking your kits easier. This creates a second combo when you use :
- , and stow Flamethrower during the cast
- (optional - played optimally, Devastator is lower priority than other skills, but you can keep them linked to give more structure to the rotation)
- Use off cooldown.
- You usually want to switch to after . Try to look at your cooldowns each time you enter - if none of your cooldowns are below five seconds, skip it after the next .
- It can help to use skills such as and as you swap into - this gives you a short moment during the animation to check whether any cooldowns are available, and exit if not.
- Use at most two skills each time you enter the kit. is the lowest priority and can be skipped if you wish to save it for CC.
- Use , and off cooldown.
- is low priority, so you can skip it if you know there are important cooldowns available.
Steamshrieker Rotation
gives extra damage when leaping inside or blasting a water field. The water field is provided by in and the rotation is structured to line up all your leaps and blasts while this field is active. Performed quickly enough, you should get six triggers of the relic.
Example Opener
The at the start is only worthwhile if you can pre-cast it before the fight starts.
- , and stow Bomb Kit during the cast
Part 1
- /
- - you want to get this down quickly before Galvanic Bomb detonates
Weapon swap to exit Flamethrower
Part 2
- /
- - if you're quick, the water field from Cleansing Field will still be active
- (if available), otherwise ⇒
- Stow Flamethrower during the cast of the last skill
Part 3
- /
- (if available), otherwise ⇒
- (optional) - only if Obliterate is not immediately available
- , and stow Bomb Kit during the cast
- Return to start of Part 1
- Use , and off cooldown. You should delay the first two if the water field from is still active.
Pistol Rotation
Example Opener
- - make sure encounter boon rip has occurred
- , and stow Grenade Kit during the cast
- , and stow Bomb Kit during the cast
Rest of the Rotation
The backbone of the rotation is to autoattack and use pistol skills off cooldown. has the same cooldown as so we link those skills together, jump into to use after each . You should also use if it is available (every other time).
is a large part of your DPS, but less than . Practically, it's best to use ⇒ after each , along with either or if they're available. These latter two skills won't always line up neatly, so it is optimal to note their remaining cooldown and jump back into to use them if you would otherwise be autoattacking on pistol.
is also a small DPS increase to use, so you could jump into to use it if you would otherwise be autoattacking on pistol. As it is a CC skill, you can also delay its use until a defiance bar.
- Use off cooldown.
- It can help to use skills such as and as you swap into - this gives you a short moment during the animation to check whether any cooldowns are available, and exit if not.
- Use , , and off cooldown.
Crowd Control
- (with )
- ()
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