Amalgam - Alacrity Support Power DPS

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

Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on September 07, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.

Overview

A power Alacrity DPS build for Amalgam.

In addition to Alacrity, this build generates ~11 Might (plus an extra ~16 from blasting fire fields), 55% Fury and 35% Swiftness. It also provides 25% Stability, but as you need to use the skill for Alacrity, you cannot use it reactively.

Skill Bar

Hammer

Utility

Weapon Variants

• The only weapon option available to players that don't own Secrets of the Obscure is Rifle.
• You could run Sword/Pistol if you prefer. It is a DPS loss, but it frees up the Throw Mine slot to possibly bring utility.

Skill Variants

Protocols
As a support, you could consider swapping one of your protocols to bring different boons. The most likely candidate is Defensive Protocol: Protect. Unfortunately, all the default protocols provide provide a good bit of damage, and you'd only get 20% Protection uptime in return. Bringing Defensive Protocol: Cleanse for Aegis is not practical, as you'll need to use the skill off cooldown to maintain Alacrity.

Heal
You can provide a small amount of support with your choice of heal skill. Both the options below can also provide a blast finisher in case you miss one for triggering Relic of Bloodstone. You could also use this finisher in place of Throw Mine in order to bring a different utility skill.

• Med Kit allows you to cleanse condis and apply some Swiftness and Vigor.
• Healing Turret also provides some condi cleanse. In general it's a less potent option than Med Kit, but easier to use.

Utility

• If using Sword/Pistol, you can replace Throw Mine with Plasmatic State.
• If you want a simpler rotation, you could replace Grenade Kit instead.
• You don't need to run Throw Mine if not using Relic of Bloodstone.

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Specializations

Trait Variants

• Heavy Metal and Sharpshooter deal very similar damage. Which performs better will depend on how long the target spends below each health threshold of Heavy Metal, and whether the target has phases where it is invulnerable. As the latter favours Heavy Metal, this is the more reliable choice. Note that Sharpshooter is slightly better for this build compared to the DPS build.
• None of the Adept traits in Amalgam offer any DPS, so you can run whichever survivability you think will be most useful.

Equipment

Head
Diviner

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Diviner

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Diviner

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Diviner

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Diviner

Ring
Diviner

Hammer
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

• Relic of Fireworks is the best option for players that don't own Janthir Wilds.
• Relic of Fireworks should also be used if not taking Bomb Kit.

Boon Duration

This recommended setup has ~35% boon duration, the same as Alacrity Mechanist. You could go as low as 15%, but this is not recommended. If you feel comfortable running at lower boon duration, you could switch either (or both) of the rings to Berserker stats.

Consumables

Food

Utility

Usage

With New Genes, each Morph skill generates Alacrity, Might, and an additional boon depending on the skill.

Rotation

Opener

The opener is optimised around being able to precast bombs just before combat starts. It is essential to get the field from Fire Bomb down before Big Ol' Bomb detonates (the latter has a 1s longer fuse time). If you are worried about your speed, feel free to move Fire Bomb earlier in the opener.

You can precast a Throw Mine - detonate it as soon as a Fire Bomb explodes and the opener otherwise won't change because the cooldown starts when you place the mine.

During the opener, use Defensive Protocol: Thorns as soon as the boon strip occurs (if applicable) to start generating Alacrity.

Begin in Bomb Kit

1. Evolve
2. Big Ol' Bomb
3. Fire Bomb
4. Galvanic Bomb
5. Throw Mine
6. Flux State
7. Thunderclap
8. Offensive Protocol: Obliterate - as we're running Silver Lining it's important to get this out early for the buff
9. Electro-whirl
10. Grenade Kit
    1. Shrapnel Grenade
    2. Poison Grenade
    3. Freeze Grenade
11. Offensive Protocol: Demolish and stow Grenade Kit during the cast
12. Positive Strike ⇒ Negative Bash ⇒ Equalizing Blow
13. Electro-whirl
14. Grenade Kit
    1. Shrapnel Grenade
    2. exit Grenade Kit
15. Autoattack until Electro-whirl is ready - make sure to finish your attack chains

Loop

1. Electro-whirl
2. Grenade Kit
   1. Shrapnel Grenade
3. Bomb Kit
   1. Big Ol' Bomb
   2. Fire Bomb
   3. Galvanic Bomb
   4. Magnetic Bomb - only if Evolve is not available
4. Evolve (if available)
5. Throw Mine and stow Bomb Kit during the cast
6. Thunderclap
7. Offensive Protocol: Obliterate
8. Electro-whirl
9. Grenade Kit
   1. Shrapnel Grenade
   2. Poison Grenade
   3. Freeze Grenade
10. Offensive Protocol: Demolish and stow Grenade Kit during the cast
11. Positive Strike ⇒ Negative Bash ⇒ Equalizing Blow
12. Electro-whirl
13. Grenade Kit
    1. Shrapnel Grenade
    2. exit Grenade Kit
14. Autoattack until Electro-whirl is ready - make sure to finish your attack chains
15. Repeat from start of loop

• Cast Defensive Protocol: Thorns off cooldown.
• Cast Flux State off cooldown, but you can delay it slightly to make it line up with your Relic of Bloodstone/Evolve buffs.

General Tips

• Hammer is an overloaded weapon in terms of utility: Electro-whirl reflects projectiles, Rocket Charge is a series of short evades, Shock Shield is a channeled block, and Thunderclap is an AoE stun. Making the best use of all of them will greatly improve your effectiveness.