Holosmith - Steamshrieker Condi DPS

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Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Hard

This build was last updated on November 23, 2025.

Overview

Condition Holosmith is a fast paced and high APM build that constantly juggles between kits, offering very little resting time. This specific build takes a more structured approach relying on combos with specific skill orders, as opposed to the priority based build that uses Relic of the Fractal.

Skill Bar

Spear

Utility

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Equipment

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Sinister

Legs
Viper

Feet
Sinister

Backpiece
Sinister

Accessory
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Ring
Viper

Spear
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Consumables

Food

Utility

• • for a cheaper alternative

Usage

Rotation Structure

1. Combo 1 is your highest damage combo and triggers Relic of the Steamshrieker multiple times. This combo is tracked and tied by Freeze Grenade's Cooldown.
2. Combo 2 is your second highest damage combo. This combo is tracked and tied by Poison Grenade's Cooldown.
3. Combo 3 is the last combo in terms of damage, meant to fit Napalm into the rotation and fill whenever the rest of combos are on cooldown, tracked by their respective Grenade Kit skills.

If both Freeze Grenade and Poison Grenade are off-cooldown at the same time after a Shrapnel Grenade, Combo 1 has higher priority. Lightning Rod/Electric Artillery and Conduit Surge go together, usually with varying orders, but you're always interested on pressing one then the other.

After finishing a combo Engage Photon Forge if it's avaliable. Use the following combos depending on heat.

1. Forge Combo 1 is used if you've previously Overheated or your heat level is very low.
2. Forge Combo 2 is for high heat levels, where you aim to Overheat.

Opener

Start at ~80 heat.

1. Big Ol' Bomb
2. Galvanic Bomb ⇒ Med Kit
3. Cleansing Field ⇒ Flamethrower
4. Flame Blast
5. Weapon Swap
6. Conduit Surge
7. Devastator
8. Lightning Rod ⇒ Grenade Kit
9. Shrapnel Grenade
10. Forge Combo 2

Combo 1

1. Freeze Grenade ⇒ Bomb Kit
2. Big Ol' Bomb
3. Galvanic Bomb ⇒ Med Kit
4. Cleansing Field ⇒ Flamethrower
5. Flame Blast
6. Weapon Swap
7. Devastator
8. Conduit Surge
9. Lightning Rod/Electric Artillery ⇒ Grenade Kit
10. Shrapnel Grenade

Combo 2

1. Poison Grenade ⇒ Flamethrower
2. Stoke the Flames
3. Flame Blast ⇒ Bomb Kit
4. Magnetic Bomb
5. Fire Bomb ⇒ Stow Kit
6. Conduit Surge
7. Lightning Rod/Electric Artillery ⇒ Grenade Kit
8. Shrapnel Grenade

Combo 3

1. Flamethrower
2. Napalm
3. Air Blast (Being careful not to cancel Napalm)
4. Flame Blast ⇒ Stow Kit (Skip Flame Blast if your next combo is Combo 1)
5. Conduit Surge
6. Lightning Rod/Electric Artillery⇒ Grenade Kit
7. Shrapnel Grenade

Forge Combo 1

1. Engage Photon Forge
2. Corona Burst
3. Photon Blitz
4. Fill with Prime Light Beam (Only above 50% heat) > Grenade Barrage > Autoattacks until Corona Burst is ready
5. Corona Burst
6. Deactivate Photon Forge
7. Lightning Rod/Electric Artillery
8. Conduit Surge ⇒ Grenade Kit
9. Shrapnel Grenade

Forge Combo 2

1. Engage Photon Forge
2. Corona Burst
3. Photon Blitz
4. Fill with Prime Light Beam > Grenade Barrage > Autoattacks until you Overheat
5. Overheat
6. Lightning Rod/Electric Artillery
7. Conduit Surge ⇒ Grenade Kit
8. Shrapnel Grenade

Crowd Control

These Crowd Control skills can be used at free without breaking the structure of the rotation.

• Roiling Skies - 332 breakbar damage and Knockback.
• Air Blast - 150 breakbar damage and and Knockback.
• Holographic Shockwave - 232 breakbar damage and Launch. This skill generates 25% heat so be careful if you are on the Forge Combo 1 and adjust your Deactivate Photon Forge accordingly.
• Magnetic Bomb - 150 breakbar damage and and Pull.