Luminary - Alacrity Support Power DPS

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Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

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This build was last updated on July 29, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.

Overview

A Power Alacrity DPS build for Luminary. This build is notable for having rather good incidental group healing without investment into healing power, as well as high uptime of a unique buff that reduces incoming strike damage. This makes it excellent for reducing pressure on healers.

This build provides ~10 Might, permanent Fury, ~20% Protection and ~70% Resolution. It can also provide some additional boons via its choice of second weapon set: Longbow adds permanent Vigor, and Spear adds an extra ~6 Might.

Radiant Courage and Radiant Bulwark provide access to Aegis without the need to give up a utility slot.

Skill Bar

Spear

Greatsword

Utility

Weapon Variants

You can use Longbow instead of Spear. This offers some ranged damage, but deals slightly less damage. This is also the best option for players with access to Secrets of the Obscure, but not Janthir Wilds.

Players that own neither Secrets of the Obscure or Janthir Wilds should use Sword/Focus instead of Spear, or Scepter/Focus for a ranged option that deals less damage.

Skill Variants

All the utility options provide similar levels of DPS, so you don't really want to swap any of them out. If you have to, swap out Bane Signet as it doesn't contribute to Relic of the Claw uptime.

Daring Advance is your only damage elite, but is rather unimpressive DPS so it can be swapped out easily. The boons it offers could be handy, but the CC is awkward as it involves moving away from the target to trigger (the wording is ambiguous, but moving away from your target counts as them moving away from you). "Feel My Wrath!" is a good utility replacement.

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Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Dragon

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Dragon

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Dragon

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Spear
Diviner

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

• As the majority of your Alacrity provision happens while you are on Spear, it is efficient to load up this weapon with all the boon duration.
• This changes the optimal balance of power/ferocity on each weapon set, so the rest of your gear uses the same as Power Luminary for convenience.
• Using Berserker stats gear instead of Dragon stats is a minor DPS loss, and may work out better if you don't trust your Fury or Resolution uptime.
• If you want more boon duration, you could switch in more Diviner stats gear - switching the head or chest piece is particularly efficient.

Consumables

Food

• , or ascended versions

Utility

Usage

Radiant Forge functions like a shroud, but there is no associated resource, only a 20-second timer. Each of the 2-5 skills are two-part abilities that equip a weapon, then use that weapon (the second part does not need to be used). Each time you equip one of these weapons, you provide Alacrity in an AoE around you.

The most recent weapon equipped provides you with a buff via Radiant Armaments, and modifies the effect of Glaring Burst. The Glaring Burst effects are all weak, but it only deals damage with Dazzling Hammer equipped (the tooltip suggesting that it merely increases the damage is incorrect). Be aware that Glaring Burst is not an autoattack so other skills will queue after it rather than interrupting.

Finally, the cooldown of Radiant Forge will depend on how many weapons were equipped while inside: One or zero results in a cooldown of five seconds, two or more results in a cooldown of 10 seconds.

Sovereign of Light

Sovereign of Light deals damage and heals allies when you detonate a Light Aura, which is done by activating any Luminary Skill. These are all Virtues, Stances and Radiant Forge skills (though not Enter Radiant Forge itself or Glaring Burst). A Luminary skill that applies Light Aura will detonate the old one first. Optimal play involves spacing out these skills such that a Light Aura is never wasted.

There are three classes of skills relevant to Sovereign of Light:

1. Both apply and detonate Light Auras: Radiant Justice, Radiant Resolve, Dazzling Hammer and Effulgent Stance, plus Gleaming Blade and Daring Advance assuming they combo with a light field.
2. Apply but do not detonate: Enter Radiant Forge and Leap of Faith (assuming it combos with a light field).
3. Detonate but do not apply: Radiant Courage, Piercing Stance, all Radiant Forge skills except Glaring Burst, Dazzling Hammer and Gleaming Blade.

For the most part, you can use Virtues and Effulgent Stance off cooldown as they have no cast time, and you Enter Radiant Forge frequently enough that there's no danger of wasting the bonus effects of the Virtues. However there are a few instances where it is worth delaying them slightly. The Light Auras provided by Enter Radiant Forge and Leap of Faith are not considered Luminary skills, and therefore will not detonate any existing Light Auras.

It is ideal to not have an active Light Aura before using one of the "class 2" skills. This means you don't want to use a "class 1" skill in between exiting Radiant Forge on Spear/Longbow and the first Leap of Faith on Greatsword. It also means you do want to use a "class 3" skill after the Leap of Faith before you Enter Radiant Forge (to detonate the aura from the leap before entering forge applies a new one). On most loops this is done with Piercing Stance, but when it is not available, you can use Radiant Courage instead - Sovereign of Light deals more damage than the bonus damage on Gleaming Blade so it is safe to delay Radiant Courage for this purpose. You can also use Radiant Courage after the second Leap of Faith, before entering Radiant Forge again on Spear/Longbow

Regardless of the weapons used, the structure outside the opener remains the same:

• Virtues and Effulgent Stance are used off cooldown, or delayed slightly to trigger Sovereign of Light.
• Piercing Stance is used to buff "burst" sections on each weapon.
• Greatsword opens and closes with a burst with a quick use of Radiant Forge for damage and maintaining buffs.
• One the second set, use low-cooldown skills then enter Radiant Forge for a longer section opening and closing with Radiant Hammer, then using all weapon cooldowns once before swapping.

Spear Rotation

Spear's unique mechanic is the Illuminated effect. When under the Illuminated effect, skills 2-4 have enhanced effects:

• Helio Rush gains increased healing and applies Resolution to allies you pass through, as well as dealing more damage and applying Weakness to enemies.
• Gleaming Disc deals more damage, applies Blindness to enemies, and grants Might and Fury to allies.
• Solar Storm hits two additional times and heals allies that it removes conditions from.

In addition, each of these skills itself applies the Illuminated effect for five seconds. Finally, while Symbol of Luminance does gain an extra benefit from Illuminated - it causes all skills to be Illuminated for as long as the symbol is active, regardless of where it is in relation to you - this benefit is almost entirely irrelevant.

Due to the structure of the rotation, this mechanic only really comes into play when exiting Radiant Forge onto Spear, where you want to use Symbol of Luminance first, as Illuminated will have expired.

Opener

Each Virtue skill buffs one of your Radiant Forge skills, and this buff (not indicated anywhere) lasts longer than the cooldown of the Virtues, which means that you can precast them a good time before the encounter starts.

Start on Spear and Enter Radiant Forge before combat starts - ideally you want to begin combat with the Light Aura still active.

1. Daring Advance
2. Piercing Stance
3. Luminous Staff
4. Gleaming Blade ⇒ Lucent Thrust
5. Radiant Bulwark - as soon as the weapon is equipped, move on to the next skill as this is only used for Alacrity
6. Dazzling Hammer ⇒ Shining Spin
7. Once Dazzling Hammer is equipped, use all three virtues and Effulgent Stance as soon as you can without delaying your weapon skills. All except Radiant Courage apply Light Aura, so make sure to use this skill last so they are all detonated.
8. Exit Radiant Forge
9. Symbol of Luminance - make sure to use this first as you won't have the Illuminated buff, and this skill doesn't benefit from it.
10. Helio Rush
11. Gleaming Disc
12. Solar Storm
13. Weapon Swap

Greatsword Section

1. Symbol of Resolution
2. Whirling Wrath
3. Leap of Faith - this combos with the light field to provide Light Aura
4. Strike ⇒ Vengeful Strike ⇒ Wrathful Strike x2
5. Piercing Stance (if available) - provides a damage buff for the upcoming burst, and detonates the Light Aura
6. Enter Radiant Forge
   1. Dazzling Hammer ⇒ Shining Spin
   2. Exit Radiant Forge
7. Binding Blade
8. Whirling Wrath
9. Symbol of Resolution
10. Leap of Faith
11. Weapon Swap

Spear Section

1. Gleaming Disc - this needs to be used first in order to get a second use in without delaying your weapon swap
2. Helio Rush
3. Daybreaking Slash x2 - if you're fast, you will have time for two autos here without delaying your weapon swap, otherwise skip them
4. Enter Radiant Forge
   1. Dazzling Hammer ⇒ Shining Spin
   2. Glaring Burst x5 - make sure not to use too many
   3. Luminous Staff - it's important to use this first so that we get a combo
   4. Piercing Stance
   5. Gleaming Blade ⇒ Lucent Thrust
   6. Radiant Bulwark - as soon as the weapon is equipped, move on to the next skill as this is only used for Alacrity
   7. Dazzling Hammer ⇒ Shining Spin
   8. Exit Radiant Forge
5. Symbol of Luminance - make sure to use this first as you won't have the Illuminated buff, and this skill doesn't benefit from it.
6. Helio Rush
7. Solar Storm
8. Gleaming Disc
9. Weapon Swap
10. Return to start of Greatsword Section

Longbow Rotation

Opener

Each Virtue skill buffs one of your Radiant Forge skills, and this buff (not indicated anywhere) lasts longer than the cooldown of the Virtues, which means that you can precast them a good time before the encounter starts.

Start on Longbow and Enter Radiant Forge before combat starts - ideally you want to begin combat with the Light Aura still active.

1. Daring Advance
2. Piercing Stance
3. Luminous Staff
4. Gleaming Blade ⇒ Lucent Thrust
   1. Radiant Bulwark - as soon as the weapon is equipped, move on to the next skill as this is only used for Alacrity
5. Dazzling Hammer ⇒ Shining Spin
6. Once Dazzling Hammer is equipped, use all three virtues and Effulgent Stance as soon as you can without delaying your weapon skills. All except Radiant Courage apply Light Aura, so make sure to use this skill last so they are all detonated.
7. Exit Radiant Forge
8. True Shot
9. Symbol of Energy
10. Hunter's Ward
11. Weapon Swap

Greatsword Section

1. Symbol of Resolution
2. Whirling Wrath
3. Leap of Faith - this combos with the light field to provide Light Aura
4. Strike ⇒ Vengeful Strike ⇒ Wrathful Strike x2
5. Piercing Stance (if available) - provides a damage buff for the upcoming burst, and detonates the Light Aura
6. Enter Radiant Forge
   1. Dazzling Hammer ⇒ Shining Spin
   2. Exit Radiant Forge
7. Binding Blade
8. Whirling Wrath
9. Symbol of Resolution
10. Leap of Faith
11. Weapon Swap

Longbow Section

1. Symbol of Energy - this needs to be used first in order to get a second use in without delaying your weapon swap
2. True Shot
3. Deflecting Shot
4. Enter Radiant Forge
   1. Dazzling Hammer ⇒ Shining Spin
   2. Glaring Burst x5 - make sure not to use too many
   3. Luminous Staff - it's important to use this first so that we get a combo
   4. Piercing Stance
   5. Gleaming Blade ⇒ Lucent Thrust
   6. Radiant Bulwark - as soon as the weapon is equipped, move on to the next skill as this is only used for Alacrity
   7. Dazzling Hammer ⇒ Shining Spin
   8. Exit Radiant Forge
5. True Shot
6. Deflecting Shot
7. Symbol of Energy
8. Hunter's Ward
9. Weapon Swap
10. Return to start of Greatsword Section

General Tips

• It is important to make sure the last-used weapon in Radiant Forge is Dazzling Hammer so that you benefit from the buff. You can adjust the timing of other weapons if necessary. This is more relevant for Radiant Bulwark as you may wish to use this to provide Aegis for your group, or fully channel it for the personal block.

Breakbars

Luminary has a lot of CC, but it want to use most of it for DPS.

• Dazzling Hammer - 200 defiance break Daze
• Radiant Bulwark ⇒ Brilliant Slam - 200 defiance break Daze
• Symbol of Luminance - 150 defiance break Knockdown
• Binding Blade ⇒ Pull - 150 defiance break Pull
• Deflecting Shot - 150 defiance break Knockback
• Hunter's Ward - 200 direct defiance break
• Piercing Stance - 150 defiance break Daze
• Effulgent Stance - up to 200 defiance break Daze
• Bane Signet - 300 defiance break Knockdown
• Daring Advance - 200 defiance break Stun, but requires you and your target to move 600 units apart