Holosmith - Condi Holo

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

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This build was last updated on April 14, 2022 and is up to date for the February 14, 2023 game patch.

Overview

A versatile holosmith build for open world. This build has very high DPS in long fights and maintains a fast ramp time due to its high reliance on Burning. This build can be somewhat difficult for new players, but is well worth learning due to its sheer damage output.

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Skill Bar

Pistol/Pistol

Sword/Pistol

Utility

Skill Variants

Healing

• - strong heal with CC
• - simpler to use

Utilities

• - Lower DPS than kits but easier to use
• - the best defensive tool in engineer's kit; provides a stunbreak and massive damage reduction on a short cooldown
• - Quickness
• - defensive utility that provides protection
• - provides a block on demand and a toolbelt skill that deals good damage.
• - versatile utility kit with condition cleanse, AoE damage, and a stun break.
• - heavy crowd control on a short cooldown.
• - for running away from things or mobility in non-mount spaces; also burns a little

Elites

• - if you need more stability or heavy crowd control.

Specializations

• - sustain at the cost of damage
• - grants barrier
• - improves your sword skills and holo utilities; also allows you to drop

Equipment

This set uses similar gear to Build:Holosmith_-_Condi_DPS, making it excellent for general PvE.

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Viper

Legs
Viper

Feet
Viper

Backpiece
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Ring
Viper

Pistol
Viper

Pistol
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Sword
Viper

Pistol
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Variant Equipment

Gear

• Celestial - a versatile but expensive gearset that trades ~15% dps for a large boost to defense and sustain; can be used with or
• Template:Trailblazer - a defensive and expensive gearset that trades ~20% DPS for an extreme boost to defense; should be used with and
• Rabid - budget Trailblazer; should be used with and

Runes

• - alt DPS; if using these, swap to

Sigils

• - defensive sigil that syenrgizes with

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.
• - farming
• - DPS
• - defense

Utility

• (and variants) - farming
• , - dps
• - dps if using gear with high toughness

Usage

Damage

• Forge: , , autoattacks. Focus on using at least twice while in forge.
• Toolbelt:
• Use off cooldown, but preferably over 50 heat.
• Use and off cooldown, especially right after dropping forge
• Use off cooldown
• Flamethrower: Use & . If Forge is at low heat, drop FT and enter forge. If Forge is at high heat, auto-attack with Flamethrower until either or Forge is available again.
• Auto-attacks shorten the cooldown of sword 2

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.
• is an area blind
• provides considerable protection uptime.

Video Examples

Cele Holo vs Razorwing