Herald - Power Glint

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The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great.

Focused on: Direct damage, Tanking, Sustain.

Designed for:

Open World

Expansions required:

Overview

A Herald build for running around in open world. This build has good sustained damage and healing.

Skill Bar

 

 

Sword/SwordHealingUtilityElite

StaffHealingUtilityElite

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
  instead of
  for more defense.

Specializations

Variants

• - if you don't need healing.
• - 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.

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

18x

Mighty +5 Agony Infusion

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.

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

18x

Mighty +5 Agony Infusion

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 Soup

  Nourishment (30 m):

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

  Consumable
  ,
  Plate of Truffle Steak

  Plate of Truffle Steak

  Nourishment (30m):

  +100 power+70 precision+10% Experience from kills

  Consumable
  , or
  Dragon's Breath Bun

  Dragon's Breath Bun

  Nourishment (20 m):

  +200 power for 30s after killing an enemy+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from Kills

  Consumable
  for more damage.
• Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew

  Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew

  Nourishment (30 m):

  100% chance to gain might when you dodge.+40% to your Endurance refill rate.+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
  for more dodges.
• Scoop of Mintberry Swirl Ice Cream for more healing.

Utility

• Potent Superior Sharpening Stone

  Potent Superior Sharpening Stone

  Nourishment (1 h):

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

  Consumable

Usage

Damage

• Sword is your primary weapon. Your "rotation" consists of autoattacking while
  and your upkeep skills are active.
  • In Glint: every facet except
  • In Shiro:
  • Legend swap off cooldown to maximize your energy usage.
• If you have surplus energy, you can use
  ,
  ,
  , or
  for DPS.
• If running
  , 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
    though as it's the main source of your damage.
• You can use
  or
  as an evade.
• blocks attacks.
• Swapping legends will break stun thanks to
  .

Sustain

• You have constant healing from
  ,
  , and
  .
• If you're in trouble just
  and stand in damage to instantly heal back up.
• Cleanse conditions with
  and the proc from
  .