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Herald - Power DPS

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Contents

1 Overview
2 Skillbar
3 Traits
4 Equipment
- 4.1 Variants
5 Consumables
6 Usage
- 6.1 Notes

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good.

Focused on: Direct Damage.

Designed for:

Overview

A power DPS build for Herald. One of the very first raid DPS builds in the Heart of Thorns era, this build has now returned to viability, providing solid sustained damage, good CC,

Vulnerability and

Assassin's Presence.

While not the best choice on any one encounter, Power Herald has a simple, easy to understand rotation making it an ideal build for newer players to learn encounters on.

Skillbar

Sword/SwordHealingUtilityElite

StaffHealingUtilityElite

Traits

Devastation:

Vicious Lacerations

Assassin's Presence

Swift Termination

Invocation:

Herald:

Shared Empowerment

Forceful Persistence

Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

Mighty +5 Agony Infusion

Variants

on night time encounters.
Slaying sigils if applicable.

Consumables

Food:

Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

Nourishment (1 h):

+100 Power+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from Kills

Consumable

Utility:

Superior Sharpening Stone

Superior Sharpening Stone

Nourishment (30 m):

Gain power equal to 3% of your precisionGain power equal to 6% of your ferocity+10 Experience from kills

Consumable

Usage

Start on Sword/Sword and

Legendary Dragon Stance with all facets activated

Burst of Strength
Elemental Blast
Shackling Wave
Deathstrike
Precision Strike
Legendary Assassin Stance
Impossible Odds
Preparation Thrust
½
Preparation Thrust
Stab your foe with your sword, inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 226
Vulnerability (6s): 1% Incoming Damage, 1% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Brutal Blade
¾
Brutal Blade
Slice foes, damaging them and inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 355
₂Vulnerability (6s): 2% Incoming Damage, 2% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Rift Slash
½
Rift Slash
Slash foes, creating a rift on them that explodes for additional damage after a short delay.
Damage: 330
Rift Damage: 110
Number of Targets: 3
Duration: 1 second
Radius: 180
Range: 130
until Precision Strike is off cooldown
Precision Strike
Preparation Thrust
½
Preparation Thrust
Stab your foe with your sword, inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 226
Vulnerability (6s): 1% Incoming Damage, 1% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Brutal Blade
¾
Brutal Blade
Slice foes, damaging them and inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 355
₂Vulnerability (6s): 2% Incoming Damage, 2% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Rift Slash
½
Rift Slash
Slash foes, creating a rift on them that explodes for additional damage after a short delay.
Damage: 330
Rift Damage: 110
Number of Targets: 3
Duration: 1 second
Radius: 180
Range: 130
until Precision Strike is off cooldown
Precision Strike
Preparation Thrust
½
Preparation Thrust
Stab your foe with your sword, inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 226
Vulnerability (6s): 1% Incoming Damage, 1% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Brutal Blade
¾
Brutal Blade
Slice foes, damaging them and inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 355
₂Vulnerability (6s): 2% Incoming Damage, 2% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Rift Slash
½
Rift Slash
Slash foes, creating a rift on them that explodes for additional damage after a short delay.
Damage: 330
Rift Damage: 110
Number of Targets: 3
Duration: 1 second
Radius: 180
Range: 130
until Precision Strike is off cooldown
Precision Strike
Preparation Thrust
½
Preparation Thrust
Stab your foe with your sword, inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 226
Vulnerability (6s): 1% Incoming Damage, 1% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Brutal Blade
¾
Brutal Blade
Slice foes, damaging them and inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 355
₂Vulnerability (6s): 2% Incoming Damage, 2% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Rift Slash
½
Rift Slash
Slash foes, creating a rift on them that explodes for additional damage after a short delay.
Damage: 330
Rift Damage: 110
Number of Targets: 3
Duration: 1 second
Radius: 180
Range: 130
until Precision Strike is off cooldown
Precision Strike
Legendary Dragon Stance
Facet of Darkness
Facet of Chaos
Facet of Strength
Facet of Elements
Preparation Thrust
½
Preparation Thrust
Stab your foe with your sword, inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 226
Vulnerability (6s): 1% Incoming Damage, 1% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Brutal Blade
¾
Brutal Blade
Slice foes, damaging them and inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 355
₂Vulnerability (6s): 2% Incoming Damage, 2% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Rift Slash
½
Rift Slash
Slash foes, creating a rift on them that explodes for additional damage after a short delay.
Damage: 330
Rift Damage: 110
Number of Targets: 3
Duration: 1 second
Radius: 180
Range: 130
until Precision Strike is off cooldown
Burst of Strength
Elemental Blast
Shackling Wave
Deathstrike
Precision Strike
Preparation Thrust
½
Preparation Thrust
Stab your foe with your sword, inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 226
Vulnerability (6s): 1% Incoming Damage, 1% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Brutal Blade
¾
Brutal Blade
Slice foes, damaging them and inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 355
₂Vulnerability (6s): 2% Incoming Damage, 2% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Rift Slash
½
Rift Slash
Slash foes, creating a rift on them that explodes for additional damage after a short delay.
Damage: 330
Rift Damage: 110
Number of Targets: 3
Duration: 1 second
Radius: 180
Range: 130
until Precision Strike is off cooldown
Precision Strike
Legendary Assassin Stance
Impossible Odds
Preparation Thrust
½
Preparation Thrust
Stab your foe with your sword, inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 226
Vulnerability (6s): 1% Incoming Damage, 1% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Brutal Blade
¾
Brutal Blade
Slice foes, damaging them and inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 355
₂Vulnerability (6s): 2% Incoming Damage, 2% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Rift Slash
½
Rift Slash
Slash foes, creating a rift on them that explodes for additional damage after a short delay.
Damage: 330
Rift Damage: 110
Number of Targets: 3
Duration: 1 second
Radius: 180
Range: 130
until Precision Strike is off cooldown
Precision Strike
Preparation Thrust
½
Preparation Thrust
Stab your foe with your sword, inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 226
Vulnerability (6s): 1% Incoming Damage, 1% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Brutal Blade
¾
Brutal Blade
Slice foes, damaging them and inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 355
₂Vulnerability (6s): 2% Incoming Damage, 2% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Rift Slash
½
Rift Slash
Slash foes, creating a rift on them that explodes for additional damage after a short delay.
Damage: 330
Rift Damage: 110
Number of Targets: 3
Duration: 1 second
Radius: 180
Range: 130
until Shackling Wave is off cooldown
Shackling Wave
Deathstrike
Preparation Thrust
½
Preparation Thrust
Stab your foe with your sword, inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 226
Vulnerability (6s): 1% Incoming Damage, 1% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Brutal Blade
¾
Brutal Blade
Slice foes, damaging them and inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 355
₂Vulnerability (6s): 2% Incoming Damage, 2% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Rift Slash
½
Rift Slash
Slash foes, creating a rift on them that explodes for additional damage after a short delay.
Damage: 330
Rift Damage: 110
Number of Targets: 3
Duration: 1 second
Radius: 180
Range: 130
until Precision Strike is off cooldown
Precision Strike
Preparation Thrust
½
Preparation Thrust
Stab your foe with your sword, inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 226
Vulnerability (6s): 1% Incoming Damage, 1% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Brutal Blade
¾
Brutal Blade
Slice foes, damaging them and inflicting vulnerability.
Damage: 355
₂Vulnerability (6s): 2% Incoming Damage, 2% Incoming Condition Damage
Range: 130

Rift Slash
½
Rift Slash
Slash foes, creating a rift on them that explodes for additional damage after a short delay.
Damage: 330
Rift Damage: 110
Number of Targets: 3
Duration: 1 second
Radius: 180
Range: 130
until you reach 0 energy
Repeat from step 16

Notes

Be careful not to interrupt your auto-attack chain as much of the damage from it is loaded onto the final strike.
You should only swap to staff if breakbar contribution is needed as swapping is a major damage loss.
- Surge of the Mists and
  Punishing Sweep
  ¾
  5
  5
  Punishing Sweep
  Sweep your staff at your foe. Gain access to Debilitating Slam if your foe is using a skill when struck.
  Damage: 509
  Weakness (2s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
  Number of Targets: 3
  Range: 130
  
  Debilitating Slam
  ¼
  10
  Debilitating Slam
  Imbue your staff with mist energy and slam it down, damaging and dazing nearby foes.
  Damage: 517
  Daze: ½ seconds
  Number of Targets: 3
  Range: 240
  are both powerful breakbar tools
Facet of Nature is generally only useful to maintain on Legendary Assassin Stance and even then it is effectively a necromancer's Vampiric Aura that costs you approximately 1000 personal DPS.

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Build rating - 5 stars

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4 Ratings

Princ152 gave this build 5 stars • March 2019

Very good build. Definitely easy to top the dps charts once you get the hang of it. One thing that bothers me about this guide is that it says it provides access to Stability...so unless I'm blind, I dont see that being the case at all.

Chinkeeyong gave this build 4 stars • September 2018

This build deals solid DPS with an easy rotation, and has fast access to CC. In disorganized groups that don't have a Chrono or Druid, it can also hard carry with the boons from Glint while still dealing very respectable personal DPS.

Lord Daedhelor gave this build 5 stars • July 2018

I would actually give this build a silver/gold rating, as the build is solid, but will never be meta in the current climate.

Pros:

- Solid DPS (33,460)

- Simple rotation

- Provides Assassin's Presence

- Access to very powerful CC

Cons:

- The build has little to no burst, negating the benefits of a power build

- The energy system makes it very hard to use extra skills

- The build is VERY reliant on quickness due to its reliance on Auto-attacking

- Swapping to Staff/using Jade Winds for CC is VERY large DPS loss

- Reliant on boons for DPS

In relation to the other Power DPS in this DPS tier: Holosmith, Dragonhunter, and Soulbeast, you'll have a much harder time being taken seriously and thus getting into groups. In terms of Revenant DPS, there isn't really a point in gearing this up as Condi Renegade is simply better.

TL;DR This build is solid, but when compared to other builds, it's subpar.

Troupe gave this build 5 stars • July 2018

Deals acceptable DPS with a simple rotation while also bringing team support in the form of Assassin's presence with no DPS tradeoff (unlike condi renegade). Can also output strong CC in a pinch with staff skills and Jade Wind + Forced Engagement.

All in all a great build that has re-emerged from years of mediocrity thanks to a gradual buffs finally pushing it over the threshold of playability.

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