Firebrand - Condi Firebrand

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

Focused on: Condition damage and Support

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on October 17, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Condition Firebrand overwhelms its enemies in Burning while offering high utility to self and allies such as Aegis, projectile reflection, and some healing.

Despite being a condition build, it offers significant burst damage since most of it comes from burning, which is the highest damaging condition at the expense of lower duration. Most of its damage is AOE, giving it great cleave.

Its primary weakness is its lack of mobility and low might generation.

Additionally, with a few changes, the build can sacrifice some of its damage to provide itself and nearby allies with permanent Quickness.

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Skill Bar

Axe/Torch

Pistol/Pistol

Utility

Weapon Variants

Usage of pistols requires Expanded Weapon Proficiency from Secrets of the Obscure. If you lack access to pistols, use Sword + Focus.

• Staff - more support and ranged AOE, can be considered if playing the quickness support variant.
• Greatsword - higher burst but worst sustained damage.

Skill Variants

Mantra of Flame and Purging Flames are great sourcess of damage, but not essential. "Stand Your Ground!" is a good stunbreak. Other alternatives can be considered:

• Mantra of Potence - to provide Quickness for the support variant.
• Signet of Wrath - passive damage, can replace "Stand Your Ground!"
• "Save Yourselves!" alternative to "Stand Your Ground!" that provides more offensive boons, but can be risky in groups if it pulls too many conditions.
• Mantra of Lore for more condition cleanse.
• Mantra of Truth for Blind on demand.
• Hammer of Wisdom or Bane Signet for more crowd control.
• Shield of the Avenger or Wall of Reflection if projectiles are a problem.

Specializations

• You can use Right-Hand Strength if someone is already providing you with fury.
• Legendary Lore is basically even in performance with Weighty Terms for DPS Condi Firebrand when solo, so use whichever trait you prefer.

Honor

Honor offers higher might generation for yourself and nearby allies, longer boon duration from symbols, and higher defensive utility thanks to endurance regeneration and the small amount of sustain. Replaces Virtues at a significant DPS loss, but pairs very well with Celestial or Seraph (prefix).

Equipment

Ascended gear is not required. You can use exotic gear with the same stats instead.

Viper DPS Equipment

This variant uses equipment similar to existing Condi DPS Firebrand raid builds, making it an easy gearing option for general PVE.

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Viper

Legs
Viper

Feet
Viper

Backpiece
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Ring
Viper

Axe
Viper

Torch
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Pistol
Viper

Pistol
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

Quickness Equipment

Generating high amounts of Quickness requires Ritualist gear and usage of the trait Liberator's Vow changing the heal skill to Mantra of Solace.

Head
Ritualist

Shoulders
Ritualist

Chest
Ritualist

Hands
Ritualist

Legs
Ritualist

Feet
Ritualist

Backpiece
Ritualist

Accessory
Ritualist

Accessory
Ritualist

Amulet
Ritualist

Ring
Ritualist

Ring
Ritualist

Axe
Ritualist

Torch
Ritualist

Sigil

Sigil

Pistol
Ritualist

Pistol
Ritualist

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

• Use Mantra of Potence and "Feel My Wrath!" off-cooldown.
• Remember to use the trait Liberator's Vow and the heal skill Mantra of Solace. Do not spam this mantra. Use a charge each time you refill to 3 charges. If you have Alacrity from ally sourcess, the cooldown of the mantra will line-up perfectly with the cooldown of the trait (alacrity doesn't affect trait cooldowns).

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
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Farming

• Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
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• (and variants)

Usage

Tomes

The firebrand profession mechanic is their three Tomes, which replace their F1-F3 skills. When activated, Tomes replace your skillbar with new skills. Each Tome each is dedicated to a different specialty.

1. Tome of Justice - Damage via Burning
2. Tome of Resolve - healing and condition cleanse
3. Tome of Courage - defensive boons and projectile reflection

Using a tome skill consumes 1 Page. Certain healing and defensive skills in the Tome of Resolve and Tome of Courage consume 2 Pages.

Below are some useful skills for each Tome:

1. Tome of Justice
   1. Chapter 2: Igniting Burst - great meele range damage
   2. Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke - circular pull that can group enemies
   3. Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath - great damage and fire combo field
   4. Epilogue: Ashes of the Just - damage and might. Even better when near allies
2. Tome of Resolve
   1. Chapter 4: Shining River - pulse healing and a large water field
   2. Epilogue: Eternal Oasis - increases incoming healing for yourself and allies. Converts 5 conditions into boons
3. Tome of Courage
   1. Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark - a projectile reflection bubble
   2. Epilogue: Unbroken Lines - provides extreme defense to nearby allies for 5 seconds, aegis, and stability

Damage

The key to firebrand is weaving the Tome skills with your weapon skills.

You will spend most of your Pages on the Tome of Justice using its high damage Chapter 2: Igniting Burst, Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath, and Epilogue: Ashes of the Just. The Epilogue can be precasted before you start a fight, or saved to also apply it to a Sword of Justice.

Tome priority

1. Epilogue: Ashes of the Just, Chapter 2: Igniting Burst, Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath

You want to use these three skills off-cooldown. Note that Epilogue: Ashes of the Just shares cooldown with Purging Flames so, if you use them together, you can look at Purging Flames to check the remaining cooldown of Epilogue: Ashes of the Just without having to open the Tome. Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke can be used as an opener to pull enemies together.

You will have some spare Pages in case you need some utility from the other 2 Tomes.

For your utility skills, use Purging Flames off-cooldown and spam all charges of Mantra of Flame. Using the final charge of a mantra will replenish 2 Pages from Weighty Terms. If still in combat, recharge the mantra off-cooldown. Space out the usage of Sword of Justice to help maintain vulnerability.

As for your weapons, you can use all your skills loosely following this priority

Axe-torch

1. Symbol of Vengeance
2. Zealot's Flame
3. Blazing Edge
4. Cleansing Flame

Pistol-pistol

1. Symbol of Ignition ⇒ Hail of Justice
2. Jurisdiction always try to charge it to level 3, then detonate it after it passes through the enemy.
3. Peacekeeper

Symbol of Ignition is very powerful, make sure to only use it when you will be free to ignite it by hitting your enemy with other skills/projectiles. Don't use Hail of Justice if you don't have an active Symbol of Ignition.

If everything you have is on cooldown, fill with auto-attacks.

Boons

If playing condition quickness (boon dps) firebrand with the required gear and traits and skills:

• Use "Feel My Wrath!" and Mantra of Potence off cooldown for Quickness.
• Use Mantra of Solace approximately every 7 seconds for Quickness from Liberator's Vow.

If you're struggling to maintain quickness, which can happen without alacrity, you can use Stalwart Speed to help maintain it.

Defense

• Tome of Courage has many good defensive skills as mentioned above.
• Opening Tome of Justice while it is NOT dormant will blind nearby enemies due to Justice is Blind.
• Review your sourcess of Aegis in case you need to block a dangerous attack.

Crowd Control

• Blazing Edge
• Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke
• Chapter 2: Daring Challenge
• Jurisdiction
• Hammer of Wisdom or Bane Signet