Catalyst - Power Bloodstone DPS

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Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Hard

This build was last updated on August 16, 2025.

Overview

Power Catalyst is a complex and fast-paced build that provides strong melee damage as well as some Might, Fury, Resolution and Protection for your group.

Catalyst brings its Jade Sphere that drops stationary damage and boon fields that your utility skills interact with for bonus effectiveness. This two unique mechanic means that Catalyst greatly prefers fights against low-movement bosses.

The Bloodstone build uses Scepter/Dagger to provide blast finishers that consistently trigger Relic of Bloodstone.

Like all Catalyst builds, it requires speed and precision to perform well and while the concept is simple, it is easier to disrupt than the Sword Build.

Skill Bar

Scepter/Dagger

Utility

Skill Variants

• Arcane Blast should replace Signet of Fire when running Persisting Flames.

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Specializations

• Persisting Flames provides more burst damage and performs better on bosses with low armour - Inferno pulls ahead after ~35 seconds.
  • Note that Persisting Flames requires different runes and sigils.
• You should bring Raging Storm if Fury uptime is bad.
• Fresh Air is also an option, though it is harder to play and slightly less damage than Bolt to the Heart. The main value would be better access to Air Attunement for CC.

Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Scepter
Berserker

Dagger
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x16

Infusion
x2

Relic

Persisting Flames equipment

• Swap runes for Rune of Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter or Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar.
• Swap Sigil of Superior Sigil of Smoldering for Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact.
• This gear is the same as the Sword Build.

Consumables

Food

• or ascended versions

Utility

Usage

The loop is shorter than the cooldown of Relentless Fire, so this skill will drift in your rotation. Try to use it when your Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire) is active, though you don't have to be in Fire Attunement.

You can precast Rock Barrier in Earth Attunement.

Start in Fire Attunement. Summon Glyph of Elementals just before the encounter starts.

Throughout the rotation, cast Flame Barrage off cooldown, and Glyph of Storms off cooldown whenever you're in Fire Attunement.

You want to use four blast finishers each loop to trigger the Relic of Bloodstone explosion and damage buff. If you miss any of the four, then you should use Arcane Brilliance instead.

If using Arcane Blast, spam it as much as you can while in Fire Attunement, ideally while under the effects of Relentless Fire.

Rotation

Opener

1. Dragon's Tooth
2. Firestorm (Glyph of Storms)
3. Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire) - cast this during Firestorm as you want the fire field to be down before Dragon's Tooth hits
4. Relentless Fire
5. Phoenix
6. Fire Grab
7. Ring of Fire (elementalist), and Earth Attunement during the cast

Earth

1. Earthquake
2. Rock Barrier - use Hurl as soon as you can (it has no cast time)
3. Deploy Jade Sphere (Earth)
4. Dust Devil
5. Churning Earth (if available)
6. Air Attunement

Air

1. Signet of Fire
2. Lightning Strike
3. Ride the Lightning
4. Deploy Jade Sphere (Air)
5. Earth Attunement

Water

1. Shatterstone
2. Water Trident
3. Deploy Jade Sphere (Water)
4. Frost Aura - don't activate the flip skill
5. Autoattack and use Water Trident if it comes off cooldown
6. Shatterstone
7. Air Attunement

Fire

1. Dragon's Tooth
2. Ring of Fire (elementalist)
3. Autoattack until the buff from Relic of Bloodstone expires
4. Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire) - you can cast this earlier if Relentless Fire is ready
5. Phoenix
6. Fire Grab
7. Dragon's Tooth
8. Air Attunement
9. Return to start of Earth section

Video example

Video example (Persisting Flames)

Fresh Air Rotation

Opener

1. Dragon's Tooth
2. Firestorm (Glyph of Storms)
3. Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire) - cast this during Firestorm as you want the fire field to be down before Dragon's Tooth hits
4. Relentless Fire
5. Phoenix
6. Ring of Fire (elementalist)
7. Fire Grab, and Air Attunement during the cast

Air 1

1. Ride the Lightning
2. Deploy Jade Sphere (Air)
3. Earth Attunement

Earth

1. Earthquake
2. Rock Barrier - use Hurl as soon as you can (it has no cast time)
3. Deploy Jade Sphere (Earth)
4. Dust Devil
5. Churning Earth (if available)
6. Air Attunement

Air 2

1. Signet of Fire
2. Lightning Strike
3. Water Attunement as soon as you can

Water

1. Water Trident
2. Deploy Jade Sphere (Water)
3. Shatterstone
4. Frost Aura - don't activate the flip skill
5. Water Trident - stay in Water long enough for a second cast if you have two charges
6. Air Attunement

Air 3

1. Ride the Lightning
2. Fire Attunement

Fire

1. Dragon's Tooth
2. Ring of Fire (elementalist)
3. Autoattack until the buff from Relic of Bloodstone expires
4. Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire) - you can cast this earlier if Relentless Fire is ready
5. Phoenix
6. Fire Grab
7. Dragon's Tooth
8. Air Attunement
9. Return to start of Air 1 section

Video example