Vindicator - Power Vindicator

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on August 08, 2025 and is up to date for the August 19, 2025 patch.

Overview

A power-based open world build for Vindicator. This build has very good burst damage, good aoe, innate sustain and dodges very often. As a downside, it really lacks ranged damage.

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Skill Bar

Greatsword

Staff

Utility

Utility

Skill Variants

Do not replace Legendary Alliance Stance. Shiro is great for damage but can be replaced if you really want to.

• Legendary Dwarf Stance - slightly lower damage but much higher defense and CC.
• Legendary Centaur Stance - Usable in extrenely rare situations for its projectile block and condition cleanse.

Equipment

Ascended gear is not required.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Staff
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. Search the trading post for "Devona" armor. Then search for the weapons you want to use: "Ebonblade" greatsword, "Deathwish" staff, "Bonetti's Rapier" sword. Upgrade to ascended gear as you progress. See also: Guide:How to Gear a Character.

• Relic of the Thief and Relic of Isgarren are good alternatives.
• Rune of Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter and Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar are interchangeable.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Steak Ascended Food

Farming

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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• (and variants)

Usage

Damage

• This skill has few buff windows to pay attention to. Just dodge, kill things, and repeat.
• Dodge often to maintain the buff of Forerunner of Death.
• Killing an enemy refunds all your endurance thanks to Sigil of Superior Sigil of Stamina.
• Generate Quickness and endurance by spamming Scavenger Burst.
• Use Energy Meld any time you have less than half your endurance.

Alliance Priority

1. Spear of Archemorus
2. Mist Unleashed
3. Eternity's Requiem
4. Phantom's Onslaught
5. Scavenger Burst - for Quickness and endurance
6. Fill with auto-attacks.

Assassin Priority

1. Impossible Odds
2. Mist Unleashed
3. Eternity's Requiem
4. Phantom's Onslaught
5. Fill with auto-attacks.

Defense

• Roiling Mists heals you for a percentage or your critical strike damage. Consider using Dance of Death if you need even more.
• Do not swap to Saint Viktor's skills for defense as they come at a steep DPS cost and do very little for you.
• You will dodge extremely often in this build, letting you dodge many attacks.
• Imperial Guard for a channeled block.

CC

This build features very little reliable CC. If extra CC is needed, it is recommended to use a United Legions Waystation EMP or to swap to Dwarf Stance.

• Surge of the Mists - 150-1350 depending on number of impacts
• Forced Engagement - 300