Herald - Power Glint
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Contents
Overview
- A Herald build for running around in open world. This build has good sustained damage and healing.
Skill Bar
Weapon Variants
- Run Shield instead of offhand Sword for more defense.
- Run Hammer instead of Staff for a decent ranged option.
Skill Variants
- You can use
Legendary Dwarf Stance instead of 
Legendary Assassin Stance for more defense.
Specializations
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- Variants
Swift Termination - if you don't need healing.
Rising Momentum - sacrifices a bit of sustain for more mobility.
Equipment
- Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.
Standard Equipment
- The Standard Variant uses the same gear as the Herald - Power DPS build for fractals and raids. This makes it a good general-purpose gear set and is the gear that most players should aim for.
6xSuperior Rune of the Scholar
Optimal Equipment
The Optimal Variant is the best possible gear for this build. It's overkill in most cases, and you should only get it if you have spare gold or you don’t care about fractals and raids.
6xSuperior Rune of the Scholar
- If using a hammer run and.
- Variants
- provides even more sustain at the cost of damage.
Consumables
- If you're having trouble you can use the following consumables:
- Food
- ,
Bowl of Curry Butternut Squash Soup
Bowl of Curry Butternut Squash SoupNourishment (30 m):
+100 Precision+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from KillsConsumable, or
Plate of Truffle Steak
Plate of Truffle SteakNourishment (30m):+100 power+70 precision+10% Experience from killsConsumablefor more damage.
Dragon's Breath Bun
Dragon's Breath BunNourishment (20 m):+200 power for 30s after killing an enemy+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from KillsConsumable - for more dodges.
Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew
Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat StewNourishment (30 m):100% chance to gain might when you dodge.+40% to your Endurance refill rate.+10 Experience from killsConsumable 
Scoop of Mintberry Swirl Ice Cream for more healing.
- Utility
Potent Superior Sharpening Stone
Potent Superior Sharpening StoneNourishment (1 h):
Gain power equal to 3% of your precisionGain power equal to 6% of your ferocity+10 Experience from killsConsumable
Usage
Damage
- Sword is your primary weapon. Your "rotation" consists of autoattacking while
Facet of Nature and your upkeep skills are active.
- In Glint: every facet except
Facet of Chaos - In Shiro:
Impossible Odds - Legend swap off cooldown to maximize your energy usage.
- In Glint: every facet except
- If you have surplus energy, you can use
Precision Strike, 
Shackling Wave, 
Deathstrike, or 
Phase Traversal for DPS. - If running
Assassin's Annihilation, constantly circle around your enemies to flank them.
Defense
- Always dodge and sidestep attacks where possible. Your actual defensive skills cost energy, so manage them carefully and predict when you need to avoid attacks in advance.
- If you're having problems with energy management, you can turn off some upkeep skills. Try not to turn off
Facet of Darkness though as it's the main source of your damage.
- If you're having problems with energy management, you can turn off some upkeep skills. Try not to turn off
- You can use
Unrelenting Assault or 
Riposting Shadows as an evade. 
Warding Rift blocks attacks.- Swapping legends will break stun thanks to
Empty Vessel.
Sustain
- You have constant healing from
Facet of Light, Facet of Nature, and Assassin's Annihilation. - If you're in trouble just
Infuse Light and stand in damage to instantly heal back up. - Cleanse conditions with
Renewing Wave and the proc from .
You should use Dwarf stance for open world instead of Assassin when using this build. Vengeful Hammers provides more damage, more AOE and more healing than running Assassin with Facet of Nature and Impossible Odds enabled. You also don't need to use Facet of Nature at all when using Dwarf. That frees up lots of energy so you can use a lot more weapon skills without dropping your upkeep skill... which lets you do more damage, apply more chills, more boons and is less micro management. Against a dummy, Assassin will come out on top in terms of DPS but in practice, real gameplay, Dwarf just always seems like the better option for both DPS and self healing.