Holosmith - Rifle Burst

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

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on September 14, 2023 and is up to date for the September 12, 2023 game patch.

Overview

A power damage Holosmith WvW build meant to do massive damage within melee range, overwhelming the enemies with copious amounts of burst hits, causing great pain and harm to their bodies and souls and health bars, while having no meaningful downtime, unlike their competitors like full damage reaper or berserker which struggle outside of and . Greatly profits from the large damage modifier of and the high damage of

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Skillbar

Rifle/Rifle

Utility

Variants

Weapon

• Hammer

Utility

• defensive stunbreak

Equipment

Head
Marauder

Shoulders
Marauder

Chest
Marauder

Hands
Marauder

Legs
Marauder

Feet
Marauder

Backpiece
Marauder

Accessory
Marauder

Accessory
Marauder

Amulet
Marauder

Ring
Marauder

Ring
Marauder

Rifle
Marauder

Sigil

Sigil

Rifle
Marauder

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

Variants

Relics

Sigil

• option instead of for activating

Consumables

• • feast option with additional power and ferocity.

Usage

General

• As soon as you get the 25 stacks of and get out of combat, swap back to the Rifle without it

Overall Priorities

High

• Damage

Moderate

• Superspeed

Low

• CC

Surviving

• This build has moderate passive defense
• This build has moderate mobility skill access
  • will leap towards your target if you have one, make sure to drop your target when using it for mobility
• This builds has moderate active defenses

Active defense priority

• or - for Immobilize
• Dodge

Detailed Explanations

Damage

• In prioritize and for damage
  • Use as needed for mobility
  • Use other skills as needed to gain heat for
    • Make sure to be in a good position for , use at a high heat value (95+) to save it if you can't
• During Photon Forge downtime:
  • Use your rifle skills, mainly and for burst damage
  • Spam
• Use whenever you are sure you are going to be able to sit in melee for a long time
• is best suited for chokes or scenarios where the enemy is pushing at you, since it goes beyond the standard 5man target cap
  • roots you for a while during the cast so be careful to not greed
  • Try to use both Exceed skills within Photon Forge, to grant then the modifier

Skill priority

• - over 50 heat
• - over 50 heat
• Dodge - for ()

Superspeed

• gives Superspeed to an unlimited amount of allies, so try to be slighty in front of the group, in the direction your commander is pushing, whenever you use it.

CC

• Use your when:
  • Your group calls a spike:
    • Winds -
    • Wells - +
    • Shades -
    • Traps - +
  • On top of enemy downs (while alive players are on top of them)
  • Enemy groups moving defensively while your group is pushing