Holosmith - Cele Holo

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

Focused on: Condition damage and Defense

Designed for: Open World

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This build was last updated on February 24, 2022 and is up to date for the June 30, 2022 game patch.

Overview

A durable condition-based Holosmith for general open world content that emphasizes high survivability at a cost of lower burst damage. It still maintains high sustained damage thanks to easy application of Burning stacks.

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Skill Bar

Sword/Pistol

Rifle

Utility

Skill Variants

Healing

• - More boons and simpler to use, but no condi cleanse and less Regeneration uptime.
• - Better condi cleanse and mobility, but less burst healing and fewer boons.

Utilities

It is strongly advised to use both and since they provide the majority of this build's survivability.

• - Lower DPS than kits but easier to use.
• - High mobility and AoE Burning on demand.
• - More Quickness and stun breaks.

Elites

• - Better ranged damage and utility.

Specializations

Specialization Variants

• - More overall holoforge uptime and Burning stacks, be sure to run for Might if using this trait.
• - More damage, less survivability.
• - More damage, less survivability. Also consider running with this trait for added explosive synergy.

Equipment

Ascended gear is not required, use Exotic equipment instead if desired.

Head
Celestial

Shoulders
Celestial

Chest
Celestial

Hands
Celestial

Legs
Celestial

Feet
Celestial

Backpiece
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Amulet
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Sword
Celestial

Pistol
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Rifle
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Variant Equipment

Gear

• Rabid - Can be used as a budget replacement while collecting Celestial gear, but consider using Holosmith_-_Condi_Holo instead.

Runes

• - More health without sacrificing Burning duration.
• , , - Higher DPS options.
• , , - Defensive options.

Sigils

• - AoE bleed when dropping holo forge and weapon kits.
• - More bleeding damage, easier to use than .
• - Use instead of if using a Rune set that doesn't increase condi duration.

Consumables

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
• , - General farming.
• - DPS.
• - Defense and synergy.

Utility

• (and variants) - General farming.
• - DPS and bonus karma.
• , - DPS.

Usage

Damage

• Forge: Use and off cooldown, fill in with autoattacks.
• Toolbelt: Use off cooldown.
• Use and off cooldown, especially at high heat right after dropping forge.
• Use off cooldown and as close as possible to an enemy.
• Use off cooldown, but only over 50 heat.
• Auto-attack if the above are all on cooldown, especially if above 100 heat.
• : Use then . If Forge is at high heat, auto-attack with Flamethrower until either or Forge is available again.

Zerg Tagging

• Equip , stay in range of mobs, and focus on using autoattacks for easy AoE tagging. and can help with enemies at longer ranges.
• Consider using , , and/or if zerging for an extended period of time.
• can help keep up with the main body of the zerg if not using .

Defense

• is an extremely potent defensive cooldown. It grants 50% damage reduction and functions as a stunbreak. This is your bread and butter for any challenging content.
• and are area blinds.
• provides considerable Protection and Regeneration uptime and should be used as often as possible above 50 heat.

Crowd Control

• , also counts as an explosion.
• , also acts as a blast finisher.