Weaver - Freshweaver

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Overview

A PvP Weaver take on Fresh Air with a steep learning curve, focusing on burst damage.

Skillbar

Scepter/FocusHealingUtilityElite

Slot Changes

Healing skill options:

- a low cooldown burst heal which can also be used at the start of the game to stack additional swiftness on yourself.
- an additional condition removal and high healing at the cost of downtime on your damage and a greater possibility of being interrupted.
- for constant healing.

Optional utility slot:

- overall the strongest defensive pick.
- weaker than Twist of Fate, but the blocks can be used to keep your pressure up a little bit longer or to shield your healing skill.

Traits

Trait variation:

can be taken if you wish to sacrifice some healing for a more evasive setup.

Equipment

Superior Sigil of Exploitation

Deal 5% extra damage to targets below 50% health.

2

Superior Sigil of Courage

On hit gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 2s)

Superior Rune of the Scholar

(1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +10% damage while your health is above 90%.

Marauder Amulet

+1050 Power +1050 Precision +560 Vitality +560 Ferocity

Variants

Sigils

for a more evasive setup.
for more condition removal.

Rune

for a more consistent damage boost.
if you're having trouble utilizing Scholar but want more Precision than what Strength offers.

Usage

General

At the beggining of the match, start with any non-air attunement combination. When the doors open, switch to air to get Swiftness, then attune to Air again when you can. After that, keep rotating between Fire and Air to maintain swiftness. If running
you should cast this during air when the match first starts for additional swiftness. You can also substitute
for
for one rotation when moving between points in order to cast
.
Recharging Air: to take adventage of
you need to score a critical hit. The fastest way to do it on attunements with longer cast times is to start channeling the air autoattack
just before leaving
. Swapping attunements doesn't break skill casting and Arc Lightning is almost guaranteed to critically hit at least once. This is also how we gain rapid access to our most important defensive weapon skills; namely
and
. Simply Start a cast of
or
then immediately cast
followed by
.
should usually be used while in
for the Immobilize, which makes it harder to avoid your burst. Alternatively, cast
while still in
then switch over to Earth before the projectile hits - this will root the target and you can get back into Air without skipping a beat as Arcane Blast is always a critical hit. With 1.5k range this is also your best ranged option.
is mainly for cleaving downed bodies but can be used for mobility in emergencies. The enormous 180 second cooldown should be considered when using it simply as an escape however.
is especially useful for cleaving people who are downed against walls or other objects where you can spin in place on them - doing so often hit for 10,000 damage or more. Generally speaking,
should be ignored as it only scales with condition damage and is unreliable against people who are not downed or CC'd.
Your main burst combination is starting in
on skills 1 and 2 while having
on skills 4 and 5. From here, you use
followed by
, a second
(as this procs
twice followed by
. You can also use
at any point during this burst for added damage if you can spare the ammunition.
Another burst combination that deals more damage than the above combination but is significantly easier to evade and requires less convenient starting attunements. You should start in
across all skills then use
at the same time as using
and
. You should then use
or
followed by
, a second
and finally
.
and
are both projectile reflects, aside from the regular uses, these can also be used to secure stomps against Warriors and Engineers as
and
are both projectiles.

Attunements

Generally switch back to Air as soon as you can. Air ⇒ Fire ⇒ Air is correct, but Air ⇒ Fire ⇒ Earth ⇒ Air is not.
Much of this build's damage comes from swapping to
, as this triggers
and grants access to
.
is the only element you should frequently double attune to, in order to get
and to proc Electric Discarge yet again. Occasionally it is worth double attuning to
in order to gain access to
is your second most important attunement as it has a very powerful burst skill:
. Try to use Plasma Beam while the
buff is still active.
also has its uses.
's projectiles can add to your burst,
is a rather useful CC, and skills #4-5 are excellent defensive tools.
should be avoided most of the time, as it doesn't offer much. It can however be dipped in and out of by casting
followed by two casts of
for some extra procs of
.

Counters

Heavy burst builds.
Stun-lock builds.

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