Herald - Power DPS
The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Strike damage, Boon support and Utility
Designed for: Raids and Fractals
Expansions required:
This build was last updated on September 24, 2022 and is up to date for the August 23, 2022 game patch.
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. Its ability to provide good sustained damage, very good CC and 
Vulnerability, while supporting your whole squad with a variety of boons, life-siphon and extra boon duration makes Power Herald an extremely helpful addition for every encounter.
While not being the best choice in most encounters, this build is easy to play and is able to sustain itself very well, making it a good build for beginners.
Skill Bar
Sword/Sword
Staff
Utility
Utility
Template Code
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Specializations
Trait Variants
- Use if your other supports are unable to keep your might uptime capped.
- Use if you have another party member providing protection.
- Consider using instead of if your party is desperate for extra might and fury generation. Making this change will significantly reduce your personal damage output but is better for the group if there are no better sources of boons.
- Use if extra boon removal is needed.
Equipment
Head
Berserker
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Berserker
Chest
Assassin
Assassin
Hands
Berserker
Berserker
Legs
Berserker
Berserker
Feet
Berserker
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Berserker
Amulet
Assassin
Assassin
Ring
Berserker
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Berserker
Sword
Berserker
Berserker
Sword
Berserker
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Staff
Berserker
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
x6
Infusion
x18
x18
Equipment Variants
- can be used if extra might generation is required.
- You can swap the for a if playing an encounter where the boss can be
Stunned.
Consumables
Food
- or ascended versions
- Recommended Budget-Food: or
Utility
Usage
- You will spend most of the time in Sword/Sword as it is by far your strongest damaging weapon set.
- Try to maintain as long as possible.
- In the order that you should use them, CC-Skills are: , and .
- should only be used as a last resort as the large energy cost will heavily impact your ability to do damage.
Rotation
Opener
Start on Sword/Sword and with active.
- Activate + +
- +
- Activate
Loop
- Auto attack until Chilling Isolation is available
- Auto attack until Chilling Isolation is available
- Activate , and during the cast of Chilling Isolation
- Auto attack until Chilling Isolation is available
- One auto chain
- Activate
- Repeat from step 1
Notes
- Try to not interrupt your auto-attack chain - much of the damage from it is loaded onto the final strike.
- Only swap to staff if breakbar contribution is needed - staff has no strong damaging skills so swapping to it is a major damage loss.
- should always be maintained, so make sure to swap legends before your energy drains completely.
- If boon strip is required, you can activate it while in Assassin stance for the boon strip from .
Ratings
Good DPS, lots of boons (Swiftness, Regen, Protection, Fury, Might) also giving Vulnerability constantly, great survivability with Unrelenting Assault being an extra evade (and 10% more HP with Draconic Fortitude), lots of CC, & very easy to learn. Great Build.
This build sadly is only somewhat decent in bad pugs...You lack burst, and basically fill in the gaps with your boons which almost any other class can do. For the purpose of boon support, I'd rather run a heal herald since your spread out DPS is of little use if your squad is dropping like flies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Comments
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