Virtuoso - Power DPS

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

Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on September 23, 2023 and is up to date for the September 19, 2023 game patch.

Overview

Power virtuoso is a simple yet effective build that deals great burst and sustained damage. It has access to evades and blocks, permanent Fury, and inflicts large amounts of Vulnerability.

There are two variants of this build. The standard one with dagger/sword - greatsword, another with dagger/sword - sword/focus. The greatsword version has higher burst and Blade generation, while the focus version has access to the pull from .

Skill Bar

Dagger/Sword

Greatsword

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Taking Sword/Focus instead of Greatsword provides access to the pull from . Be aware that Greatsword is significantly more damage, and has superior Blade generation which makes it less punishing to use your Blades for CC with .

Skill Variants

• or may be swapped out for other utilities as desired.
  • Swap out first.

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Specializations

Trait Variants

• Use when running focus and not greatsword.
• is a small DPS loss and generates many more blades with - allowing you to reliably use or without losing damage.
• If you're not able to start phases with five blades, may be more useful.

Equipment

Head
Assassin

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Assassin

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Dagger
Berserker

Sword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

• is practically identical damage.
• should be higher damage, but is currently bugged and some bladesongs don't trigger it.
• You should aim for ~2005 precision.
• The gear is the same whether you use focus or greatsword, the weapons should be Berserker stats with Accuracy and Force.

Impact Variant

If you want to run this build on encounters where the boss can be stunned, you may benefit more from running a instead of the . To make up for the lost crit chance, make the following gear changes:

• Switch the amulet, one ring, one accessory and the backpiece to Assassin stats.
  • You should aim for 2155 precision.

More convenient, but lower DPS options:

• Use and switch the amulet to Assassin stats.
• Switch the for the instead.

Consumables

Food

• or ascended versions

Utility

Usage

Greatsword Rotation

Where Bladesong is listed below, you should use one of your available Bladesongs, with the following priority:

Your other shatters can also be used to extend uptime, but it's a minor DPS loss if you wish to hold them for utility.

Opener

Try to start with five blades stocked and begin on Dagger/Sword.

4. and once you have the buff from - both are instant cast and can be used during other skills
7. Weapon Swap

Greatsword Loop

Each Greatsword Loop is opened and closed with and , using other skills off cooldown in between. You can sometimes fit an extra Bladesong in between steps 7-10, but skip this if you wish to save some for utility.

2. + (skip Mantra of Pain on the very first loop as you used a charge in the opener)
6. Bladesong
9. until Mirror Blade is available
11. until Mind Stab is nearly off cooldown
12. Bladesong
13. - Make sure to only cast this once you get the buff (see the note in General Tips)
16. Weapon Swap

Dagger/Sword Loop

Steps 1-3 of the Dagger/Sword loop are important to perform quickly to avoid delaying the swap back to Greatsword, you also need to be sure to use off cooldown so that you can fit 3 of them in.

4. - if this is not available, use another Bladesong instead
5. , and once it reaches full charges
7. Bladesong once you reach 5 blades
8. , and when it comes off cooldown
12. Weapon Swap
13. Return to start of Greatsword Loop

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Sword/Focus Rotation

Opener

Try to start with five blades stocked and begin on Sword/Focus. The dagger section of the opener is broadly the same as the Dagger/Sword loop below.

2. Weapon Swap
4. and once you have the buff from - both are instant cast and can be used during other skills
5. Weapon Swap
12. - make sure you're at five blades
17. and until Bladesong Harmony is ready - should come off cooldown when you still have the deadly buff, but before you start losing stacks of
20. until Unstable Bladestorm is off cooldown
22. - this is mostly to maintain , so skip if you think you'll need the CC
25. Weapon Swap

Sword/Focus Loop

The Sword/Focus loop is very simple, just be sure to use early and weapon swap immediately after using it a second time.

3. Autoattack until Bladesong Harmony is off cooldown
5. Autoattack until Phantasmal Disenchanter is off cooldown
8. Weapon Swap

Dagger/Sword Loop

Steps 1-5 of the Dagger/Sword loop are important to get in the correct order to avoid delaying the swap back to Sword/Focus, you also need to be sure to use off cooldown so that you can fit 4 of them in. If you reach step 15 and is still on cooldown, just skip that step and weapon swap.

9. until you have five blades stocked
12. until Unstable Bladestorm is off cooldown
16. Weapon Swap
17. Return to start of Sword/Focus Loop

Video example

General Tips

• Use and off cooldown
• Use when it reaches

maximum charges - ideally while under the effects of both and

• can be used to provide higher uptime of , but make sure not to use up your stock of blades just before you want to use or
• If you cancel the aftercast of your Bladesongs too soon (such as with , or ), it will not apply the buff