Firebrand - High Burst Condition

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Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: PvP Conquest

Difficulty:

Hard

Overview

High burst condition damage great in team fight. High risk, High Reward.

Skillbar

Axe/Shield

Scepter/Focus

Utility

Template Code

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Equipment

Axe

Shield

Sigil

Sigil

Scepter

Focus

Sigil

Sigil

Rune

Amulet

Relic

Equipment Variants

Weapon

• Pistol & Pistol for more glass canon and DPS but less survivability.

• Pistol & Focus for higher dps with defensive from focus. Can take
  Wrathful Spirit
  in the Zeal Trait line.

Utility

• Mantra of Lore
  instead of
  Mantra of Potence
  for more cleansing.

Usage

Elite specialization mechanics

• Quickness generated from
  Potent Haste
  ,
  Overwhelming Celerity
  ,
  "Feel My Wrath!"
  is what makes this build works paired with Axe Auto
  Core Cleave
  and
  Permeating Wrath
  will cause massive Burn. Unless the enemy is just standing still, it will be hard to do this so this where your other skills comes.

• Quickfire
  is a must as this will enable you to do more burns even your
  Tome of Justice
  passive is on cooldown.

• Furious Focus
  acts as a potent constant condition cover paired with
  Resolute Subconscious
  + Any Fury plus the bleeding from
  Unrelenting Criticism
  plus other condition you apply can prevent your enemy from cleansing the burning.

Set-up

• Start in your pistol and focus weapon set.

• Make sure you have
  Mantra of Truth
  and
  Mantra of Potence
  charged up.

• If you have time to prep use
  Tome of Justice
  + Epilogue Ashes of the Just before entering combat for more initial burning damage.

• Make sure to bait out dodges, stun breaks, Stability, Blocks, and Invulnerability, first before doing the combo by using scepter basic attack.

Combo

• Use
  Chains of Light
  for the immobilize with the
  Ray of Judgment
  for a higher change of hitting the enemy Or before pulling with the
  Blazing Edge
  .

• Once you find an opening that's when you use
  "Feel My Wrath!"
  then use
  Blazing Edge
  right away as its a very fast animation. If you successfully pull the enemy in, immediately follow up with
  Symbol of Vengeance
  .

• When they are in front of you start using 2 charges of
  Echo of Truth
  and
  Potent Haste
  at the same time while pressing axe auto
  Core Cleave
  .

• By then the enemy will be likely be using a long blocking skills such as
  Fortified Earth
  or a disengage, you will want to wait to use the last charge of the mantra.

• Once there is an opening or they did not have any above, then use the last charge of the Mantra
  Voice of Truth
  and
  Overwhelming Celerity
  . Once
  Voice of Truth
  successfully land, it will give many condition cover such as Slow Immobilize Blindness Weakness Vulnerability plus Poison from the Relic after using
  Blazing Edge
  and
  Symbol of Vengeance
  Daze from
  Unrelenting Criticism

• If everything lines up. Spam only using your axe auto attack
  Core Cleave
  +
  Bleeding Edge
  + Searing Slash which stacks tons of Burn and minor Bleeding

• Immobilize will help you land your auto

• If everything lands and don't address the burn with cleanses the enemy will be dead in about 2 seconds.

• For against tanky builds or if you feel like it, you can use
  Tome of Justice
  + Chapter 4 Scorched Aftermath at the end of the enemy blocks or before pulling in with the
  Blazing Edge
  combo.

• Tome of Justice
  + Chapter 4 Scorched Aftermath deals a lot of damage paired with
  Permeating Wrath
  and
  Quickfire

• Important Info: once all of that hits the enemy will try to use a heal skill with the the common animation of hand movements plus a blue light. Try to use a CC to interrupt the casting by using
  Tome of Justice
  + Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke for range or
  Tome of Courage
  + Chapter 2 Daring Challenge for melee range or
  Shield of Absorption
  if available.

• If the enemy's heal skill is the other types, try not to attack during the duration or be on the defensive side to prevent the extra proc heal.

Survival

• Once your done with the combo switch to mace as soon as possible as this will help you survive and sustain before the next combo.

• Try to survive as much as you can as your combo cooldown lines up to about 30 seconds.

• Poke with your range weapon (Pistol or Scepter)

• Use
  Tome of Resolve
  when you need instant cleansing from high stacks of damaging conditions traited with
  Absolute Resolve
  .

• Use
  Tome of Resolve
  + Epilogue Eternal Oasis for the 20% Heal increase plus 5 condition cleanse such as Poison before using
  Signet of Resolve

• Tome of Resolve
  + Chapter 4 Shining River + blast finisher such as Chapter 2 Igniting Burst +
  Shield of Wrath
  for more healing

• Don't be afraid to use
  Tome of Resolve
  + Chapter 2 Radiant Recovery for a quick 2 condition cleanse + heal as it only cost 1 page and low cooldown.

• For ranged opponents or classes with lots of projectile,
  Tome of Courage
  + Chapter 3 Valiant Bulwark to start is a must for survival. Due to the massive reflect bubble, this can reflect projectile damage back to the opponent. The only downside to this is it does not reflect Unblockable

• Tome of Courage
  + Chapter 4 Stalwart Stand is another Stun Break.

• I found that while using
  Tome of Justice
  + Chapter 4 Scorched Aftermath for pressure relief while charging
  Mantra of Truth
  and
  Mantra of Potence
  works well as most players don't want to stand in fire.

• If the enemy is ranged, use terrain to block your line of sight while charging
  Mantra of Truth
  and
  Mantra of Potence
  .

• You can also use
  "Feel My Wrath!"
  to charge up
  Mantra of Truth
  and
  Mantra of Potence
  quickly if you are in a pinch.

En

Original Build by your local Firebrand

Yuna Kawase