Herald - Power Herald

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

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on September 01, 2023 and is up to date for the June 27, 2023 game patch.

Overview

A power-based Herald build for open world. This build features very high ally support, good DPS, and relatively high personal defense even in DPS gear.

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Skill Bar

Greatsword

Staff

Utility

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Sword/Sword - DPS; replaces Greatsword if you lack Weaponmaster
• Shortbow - ranged single-target; use this in place of Staff against bosses that require range
• Hammer - ranged AoE; use this in place of Staff for meta-event farming.
• Shield - defense, pair with Sword mainhand.

Skill Variants

• - defense/cc

Specializations

• - sustain
• - condi cleanse
• - if someone else is covering Quickness

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

Standard Equipment

The pure DPS and Boon DPS options for Power Herald use identical gear.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Staff
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

• and are interchangeable.
• Other relics include , , , , and .
• For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use Knight trinkets.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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• /

Farming

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
• /
• (and variants)

Usage

Damage

• Maintain via or Facets. Generally, use , , and , but any combination of facets that maintains a minimum of -6 upkeep is valid.
• This build self-caps Might, Fury, and Quickness on itself (and nearby allies).
• In , simply use
• In , maintain any number of facets to hit -6 upkeep, though prioritize maintaining as this is both our stunbreak and our primary Fury source. Consume off cooldown.
• If using , ensure you are maintaining .
• Our main damaging weapon is Greatsword. Follow a loose priority of , , and . It is very important to not interrupt auto-attack chains.
• It's important to watch energy in . Sometimes, it's better to not use and just auto-attack instead.

Defense

• is one of the strongest heal skills in the game.
• provides nearly permanent Protection uptime.
• Both Greatsword and Staff have very powerful channeled blocks.
• is a relatively small DPS loss but a massive boost to personal sustain.
• helps cover one of the build's main weaknesses, condi cleanse.
• has many powerful defensive tools. If you want a more comfortable playstyle, it may be better to use this over , though you must still upkeep to maintain .
  • provides passive damage reduction.
  • provides Stability for yourself and allies.
  • provides heavy CC
  • is a fantastic heal that cleanses conditions
  • breaks stun and provides significant damage reduction.
• In rare circumstances, it may be beneficial to use for as a powerful projectile hate. This shouldn't be common, as even very powerful projectile-based attacks can often simply be dodged.

Crowd Control

We lose a lot of damage by swapping to Staff for , so it should be a last resort if we absolutely need to break a bar. 24px United Legions Waystation can provide sufficient CC for most encounters. On encounters with a very early breakbar, opening on Staff with and using into can be beneficial.

• - emergencies only

Video Examples

• Power Herald vs Egg Clutch Hero Point (Wrin)