Firebrand - Condi DPS

Part of the current metagame

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Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Overview

A condition DPS build for Firebrand in fractals and raids. This build can inflict massive AoE Burning bursts with , which resets on killing (most) enemies. This makes it one of the burstiest condition damage builds and very strong if it can consistently reset .

In addition to DPS, Firebrand's tomes can provide high defensive utility to its subgroup including Aegis, Stability, Resistance, projectile destruction, and emergency healing.

Skill Bar

Axe/Torch

Scepter/Torch

Utility

Skill Variants

• or can be swapped out for more utility. In general should be swapped out, but it will deal more damage than on encounters that have very long phases.
  • for more CC.
  • for group Stability.
  • might be useful on encounters where reliable Swiftness and Aegis are more valuable than damage.
• With virtues, your tome comes off cooldown quickly enough that barely offers a dps increase, thus you could bring for better Fury and Quickness uptime, or for Stability and a group stunbreak.

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Specializations

Specialization Variants

• You could run for more support and personal sustain.
• can be taken for more DPS, with some caveats:
  • It has slower burst, so phases need to be 20+ seconds long.
  • The rotation may not line up on encounters where you get tome resets via (e.g. some bosses in wings 1-2, most fractals).
  • If you have three or more firebrands in the same subgroup, you may not be able to expend Epilogue Ashes of the Just charges faster than you gain them, limiting the benefit of the trait.

Equipment

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Viper

Legs
Viper

Feet
Viper

Backpiece
Sinister

Accessory
Sinister

Accessory
Sinister

Amulet
Sinister

Ring
Sinister

Ring
Viper

Axe
Viper

Torch
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Scepter
Viper

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Consumables

Food

• or ascended variants

Utility

• • or for a cheaper alternative

Usage

The basic idea is to maintain high symbol uptime while spamming Burning with , and . When is not available, axe skills are used to fill the downtime.

Your default state will be to autoattack in axe and using and as filler. Use your and off cooldown. You should be able to use three times between each Tome Burst.

Immediately after using your 2 casts of , you may perform a Tome Burst if it is available.

Example:

4. Weapon swap

Tome Burst

2. Chapter 2 Igniting Burst
3. Chapter 4 Scorched Aftermath
4. Epilogue Ashes of the Just
5. Chapter 1 Searing Spell
6. Chapter 2 Igniting Burst

• If you have available, you may do another tome burst (below). If it is unavailable, use and another before returning to axe.

Archivist of Whispers Tome Burst

2. Epilogue Ashes of the Just
3. Chapter 2 Igniting Burst
4. Chapter 4 Scorched Aftermath
5. Chapter 1 Searing Spell
6. Wait for Chapter 2 Igniting Burst to come off cooldown, then use it
7. Wait for Chapter 2 Igniting Burst to come off cooldown again, then use it
8. Epilogue Ashes of the Just
9. Chapter 4 Scorched Aftermath

• While waiting, continue to use utility skills such as as they come off cooldown.
• If you have available, you may do another tome burst (below). If it is unavailable, use before returning to axe.

Renewed Focus Tome Burst

2. during the channel of
3. x2 (second throw assumes triggered)
5. Repeat Tome Burst
6. if is still on cooldown
8. Return to axe

Rotation example (without Renewed Focus)

Rotation example (with Renewed Focus)

Archivist of Whispers rotation example

General

• Try to always place a immediately before entering as well as immediately before swapping back to axe.
• All mantras are instant cast and should be used while performing the rest of the rotation.
• and should be used in place of autoattacks when up. You should throw the free you get from as well.
  • is not affected by Alacrity, but is. This means they have approximately the same cooldown so if you activate when it comes off cooldown and wait until triggers, you can throw both in quick succession.
• Make sure to always complete your auto attack chain while on Axe