Harbinger - Power Quick Harbinger

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Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

Overview

A relatively simple to play strike damage based Harbinger build for general open world play focused on quickly clearing enemies with strong self- Might/ Vulnerability generation and AoE Quickness. Can also be used with Minions if desired. Not recommended for soloing harder content as your sustain is limited.

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Skill Bar

Weapon 1: Pistol

Weapon 2: Focus

Weapon 3:

Weapon 4:

Healing skill: Elixir of Promise

Utility skill 1: Elixir of Anguish

Utility skill 2: Signet of Spite

Utility skill 3: Signet of Undeath

Elite skill: Elixir of Ambition

Weapon Variants

Weapon choice for this build is mostly for utility and lifeforce generation as most of your time dealing dps should be in shroud. Pistol/Focus is chosen as the default as it provides quick life force generation with passable damage.

Skill Variants

Healing Skills

• Summon Blood Fiend - For minion builds.

Utility Skills

• Spectral Grasp - Pulls in enemies.
• Spectral Armor - Stunbreak + Life force and defense vs strike damage.
• Spectral Walk - Stunbreak + Life force and defense vs conditions.
• Summon Shadow Fiend - For minion builds.
• Well of Suffering - AoE Damage.
• Well of Darkness - AoE Blind and Damage.
• Signet of the Locust - Passive movement speed and damage/heal/boon-rip when activated

Elite Skills

• Summon Flesh Golem - For minion builds or a strong CC with the command skill.

Specializations

Soul Reaping: Top, Top, Mid

Spite: Top, Bot, Mid

Harbinger: Top, Top, Mid

Specialization Variants

• Awaken the Pain - More damage if not using signets.
• Vital Persistence - Extra HP and self/incoming healing.

Equipment

• Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required.

Rune: 6 Superior Rune of the Eagle

Infusion 1:

Infusion 2:

Relic:

Weapon 1: Pistol

Weapon 2: Focus

Sigil 1: Superior Sigil of Force

Sigil 2: Superior Sigil of Accuracy

Weapon 3:

Weapon 4:

Sigil 3:

Sigil 4:

Main stats: Berserker

Equipment Variants

• For more damage, you can use Superior Rune of the Scholar, but you will need a little more crit chance through an Assassin headgear and 6 Precise Agony Infusions.
• For more defense, you can use Marauder or Dragon stats gear.

Consumables

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
• Peppermint Omnomberry Bar - farming
• Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup - DPS
• Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew - defense

Utility

• Sharpening Skull (and variants) - farming
• Tin of Fruitcake, Superior Sharpening Stone - DPS

Usage

This build is relatively simple to use as most of your damage comes from your Harbinger Shroud auto-attack.

Harbinger Shroud

• With Signets of Suffering, the passive effect of Signet of Undeath continues to regenerate your lifeforce even while in shroud.
• Your auto-attack Tainted Bolts also generates Might as long as you are attacking so try to always be attacking if possible.
• Dark Barrage - burst cleave damage.
• Vital Draw generates life force when striking enemies. If possible try to strike as many foes as possible to maximise lifeforce gains.
• The other Shroud skills should be saved mostly for mobility or to quickly finish off weakened foes.

Crowd Control

• Vile Blast - AoE Stun
• Vital Draw - Long duration PBAoE Float