Bladesworn - Power Bladesworn

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Hard

This build was last updated on July 21, 2026 and is up to date for the July 20, 2026 patch.

Overview

Bladesworn is a very bursty melee warrior build. Bladesworns have very little build customisation, they have almost no ranged damage options, and they almost can't choose their utility skills because of how important some of them are. Moreover, bladesworn requires significant game knowledge to play optimally as they move very slowly while charging their attacks. They must also manage their unique resource: flow, which is quite different from core warrior adrenaline. Most of their damage comes from one superpowered skill making it extremely important to ensure this skill lands and is a critical strike, so achieving 100% critical chance is mandatory.

In exchange for these drawbacks, bladesworn offers very high burst damage with Dragon Trigger, capable of oneshotting many generic enemies.

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Skill Bar

Axe/Pistol

Utility

Weapon Variants

The choice of mainhand weapon is flexible, as most of your damage comes from the Gunsaber anyway. Axe is a great option as it provides a mix of good damage and access to much-needed Fury. The offhand pistol is almost mandatory because it synergises with two bladesworn traits Fierce as Fire and Guns and Glory.

• Mainhand Sword - can replace mainhand axe for mobility but you lose fury and vulnerability.

Skill variants

We don't recommend you make any changes to the suggested skills.
Mending will be your only source of condition cleanse (besides the less reliable Martial Cadence), and is a great heal.
Flow Stabilizer is absolutely mandatory as your main source of flow. Gives more Flow if you already have Fury before using it.
Dragonspike Mine is your only stun break and it resets your burst skill, which is the main point of this build.
Overcharged Cartridges greatly increases the damage of your burst skill, which is the main point of this build. It can be used twice in a row to greatly increase burst damage.
Tactical Reload replenishes a charge for Flow Stabilizer and Overcharged Cartridges, and makes the next burst skill charge much faster.

Specializations

Variants

• Might Makes Right - sacrifices a large amount of damage for some sustain.
• Immortal Dragon - trades might and stun for significant healing.
• Daring Dragon - taking this trait allows you to supply permanent Alacrity to nearby allies at a large damage loss. Never ever take this trait when playing solo.

Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Assassin

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Axe
Berserker

Pistol
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. Search the trading post for "Devona" armor, "Maw of the Damned" axe, and "Venomstriker" pistol. Upgrade to ascended gear as you progress. See also: Guide:How to Gear a Character.

• For those without Secrets of the Obscure, use Relic of the Thief. Alternatively, use Relic of Zakiros to trade a minor amount of damage for sustain, or Relic of the Cavalier to start combat with boons.
• For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford.

This gear set uses the same armour as Build:Berserker_-_Power_Berserker. It is a moderate dps loss, but much cheaper as you can share most of the gear amongst all power warrior builds.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Axe
Assassin

Pistol
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. Search the trading post for "Devona" armor, "Spindrift Axe" axe, and "Spindrift Pistol" pistol. Upgrade to ascended gear as you progress. See also: Guide:How to Gear a Character.

• This set requires replacing Overcharged Cartridges for Signet of Fury.
• This set lets you reuse the armour and runes of berserker and spellbreaker, sacrificing moderate damage for a much cheaper and simpler gearing process.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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Usage

Flow and Gunsaber

Flow and Gunsaber are the profession mechanics of the bladesworn.

Flow replaces adrenaline. Unlike adrenaline, attacking does not generate flow. Instead, flow slowly generates while in combat, and you need traits and skills that increase its generation rate. The main source of this is Flow Stabilizer. Having Fury before using Flow Stabilizer gives more flow. Your only sources of fury are Cyclone Axe and Break Step (Gunsaber 5).

Gunsaber replaces your weapon swap. It has access to powerful skills but its auto attack sucks. Go back to your normal weapon set after using the Gunsaber skills.

Dragon Trigger is the key to bladesworn. It equips your Gunsaber and starts draining flow to charge Dragon Slash. You move very slowly while charging. There are three Dragon Slashes: Force deals the highest damage, this is the one you want to use. Boost is a ground-targetted dash, but has lower damage. Reach is ranged but deals weak damage. If needed, use Triggerguard to facetank one attack, then anhialate your enemy with Dragon Slash - Force.

Damage

Since most of your damage comes from Dragon Slash. The following buffs are required to maximise its damage: Fury, Overcharged Cartridges, stacks of Fierce as Fire, Guns and Glory. Sometimes you will also get the following modifiers: Leg Specialist, Empowered, Warrior's Cunning, Berserker's Power, Peak Performance, Relic of Peitha.

Once you get flow generation going, you activate as many of the aforementioned buffs as possible, then Dragon Slash. To that end, follow this opening:

1. Overcharged Cartridges
2. Flow Stabilizer
3. Tactical Reload
4. Flow Stabilizer
5. Overcharged Cartridges
6. Dragon's Roar
7. Dragon Trigger and immediately Flicker Step
8. Dragon Slash - Force
9. Dragonspike Mine
10. Dragon Trigger and delay Flicker Step right before the slash.
11. Dragon Slash - Force

Flicker Step is used to activate Relic of Peitha. This relic has a 4 second cooldown, which is why the first Flicker Step is used immediatly upon starting to charge Dragon Slash, but the second is used right before firing the second Dragon Slash. If you don't have Relic of Peitha, you don't need to use Flicker Step.

Tactical Reload should be spammed off cooldown, while Flow Stabilizer should be used when running low on flow. Try to use Flow Stabilizer while you already have Fury to gain more flow.

Defense

• Mending cleanses conditions.
• Stability from Dragonscale Defense and Martial Cadence.
• Triggerguard and Cyclone Trigger grant Aegis.
• Cyclone Trigger briefly reflects projectiles
• Mending Might provides a small amount of sustain. You can use Might Makes Right for more healing, and it works great together with s.

CC

• Artillery Slash
• With Unyielding Dragon, Dragon Slash is a significant source of CC.