Renegade - Power DPS

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

Focused on: Direct damage and Utility

Designed for: Fractals and Raids

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on January 08, 2026 and is up to date for the June 24, 2025 patch.

Overview

A power DPS build for Renegade featuring impressive burst that scales well with hitbox size, a fluid rotation and a small amount of incidental boon support and healing. It can also trade DPS for extra utility and sustain.

The melee requirement, fast pace and energy management can make it a somewhat difficult build to play on actual encounters, and it also loses not insignificant damage if forced to dodge. Energy on revenant in general, but especially on builds with Charged Mists can take some getting used to, but once you get comfortable with which skill costs how much energy and how that let's you reset your rotations and burst windows, you will become a lot more adaptable on actual encounters.

Skill Bar

Greatsword

Sword/Sword

Utility

Utility

• Players without Secrets of the Obscure don't have a strong second weapon set for DPS, so Greatsword can be replaced with Staff for access to more CC.

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Equipment

Head
Dragon

Shoulders
Dragon

Chest
Dragon

Hands
Dragon

Legs
Dragon

Feet
Dragon

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Ring
Berserker

Sword
Berserker

Sword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

• On bosses that can be regularly stunned, Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact will be better than Sigil of Superior Sigil of Air/Sigil of Superior Sigil of Hydromancy.
• The optimal number of Dragon stats pieces will depend on how many infusions are used. Full Berserker stats is only a small DPS loss.
• Relic of the Eagle less initial burst, traded for more damage below 50% boss health. Worse in bursty fights like fractals. Net equal on the golem.
• In situations where sustain is more important than maximum damage, you can take Vindication over Lasting Legacy for a minor dps loss in exchange for great self sustain. If this is somehow still not enough sustain, you can also consider Relic of the Mist Stranger for even more self sustain at an additional cost of dps.

Consumables

Food

• , or ascended versions

Utility

Usage

Razorclaw's Rage is essentially interchangeable with Darkrazor's Daring, the latter can be useful if you need Stability or CC in your opener, if your supports for some reason aren't bringing any, i.e. on Gorseval or on fractal fights that start on a CC bar. Keep in mind that Stability can be corrupted into Fear, so on encounters with boon corruption Razorclaw's Rage is better.

During the loops below, you want to cast Citadel Bombardment whenever it becomes available, without interrupting your auto attack chains. The only exception to this rule is when you can manage to cast it so early in the sword loop, that it will still fit inside Relic of the Brawler uptime. Eventually, you will also reach a sword loop, where Citadel Bombardment never comes off cooldown at all. You need to spot this early and replace it with Orders from Above, as well as casting Chilling Isolation off cooldown in between your auto attack chains, otherwise you will not be able to drain enough energy to trigger Charged Mists without significantly reducing your dps potential.

Rotation

Start on Legendary Renegade Stance and Greatsword

Opener

1. Eternity's Requiem
2. Icerazor's Ire
3. Razorclaw's Rage - this will be instant cast thanks to being Enhanced by the previous skill
4. Legendary Assassin Stance
5. Weapon Swap
6. Citadel Bombardment

Assassin/Sword Loop

1. Chilling Isolation + Impossible Odds
2. Shackling Wave
3. Deathstrike
4. Preparation Thrust ⇒ Brutal Blade ⇒ Rift Slash x5
5. Preparation Thrust
6. Legendary Renegade Stance
7. Weapon Swap

Renegade/Greatsword Loop

1. Icerazor's Ire
2. Mist Unleashed
3. Eternity's Requiem + Breakrazor's Bastion whenever available as instant cast. Do not forget to cast this, or you will lose All for One uptime!
4. Phantom's Onslaught
5. Mist Swing ⇒ Mist Slash ⇒ Arcing Mists
6. Mist Unleashed
7. Mist Swing ⇒ Mist Slash ⇒ Arcing Mists x2
8. Mist Unleashed
9. Phantom's Onslaught
10. Icerazor's Ire
11. Legendary Assassin Stance
12. Weapon Swap
13. Return to start of Assassin/Sword Loop

Video Example: Power Renegade (Gs/SwSw) - 42.297 dps

General Usage

• 23% of your crit chance comes from having full endurance (via Brutal Momentum), so try to avoid dodging if you can.
  • Both weapon sets have active defense - Unrelenting Assault on Sword and Imperial Guard on Greatsword.
• Your most important DPS skills are Citadel Bombardment, Eternity's Requiem, Impossible Odds and Icerazor's Ire along with Shackling Wave and Deathstrike (on sword), and Mist Unleashed and Phantom's Onslaught (on greatsword) in this order of priority. If your dps window is small or coming to an end, try to fit as many of these skills in before the target phases.
• When you're not casting skills make sure you're consistently auto-attacking the boss, being careful not to interrupt the chain as the damage is heavily back-loaded.

Break bars

Due to their large energy costs (or requirement to swap to staff) all of this build's CC options will result in a large drop-off in your DPS. However, they are all powerful AoE control effects so they can be used to rescue your group from dangerous situations and are well worth pressing once you get comfortable with resetting your burst windows.

• Darkrazor's Daring outputs a large amount of breakbar damage after a noticeable delay, be aware that you have to stay within 600 units for the skill to function so you can't move away if cast at max range as well as casting it slightly ahead of a breakbar to account for the delay.
• Jade Winds is less value than Darkrazor's Daring due to the large energy cost for relatively low CC output in comparison, but can still be useful given the correct situation.
• Surge of the Mists (only if using Staff) is one of the strongest CC skills in the game. However be aware that this is only a last resort CC option, as it will reduce your damage enormously just to bring a staff at all, even if you never use it. If possible, step back from the target slightly before casting this to maximize the impacts that land on the boss. Be careful using this skill near the edges of platforms, such as on Xera or the final boss of the Chaos fractal as the forced movement can send you over the edge.