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| designed for = open world, open world general
 
| designed for = open world, open world general
 
| focus = strike damage
 
| focus = strike damage
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| rating = great
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| rating = archived
 
| xpac = eod
 
| xpac = eod
 
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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
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Power Untamed is a power-based build for the untamed specialization that focuses on Crowd Control (CC) to reduce its cooldowns thanks to {{Trait|Fervent Force}}. Because of that, this build requires a very active playstyle and some learning to do before you can ''unleash'' its full power.
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Power Untamed is a power-based build for the untamed specialization that focuses on Crowd Control (CC) to reduce its cooldowns thanks to {{Trait|Fervent Force}}, and gain a bit of quickness thanks to {{Trait|Enhancing Impact}}. Because of that, this build requires a very active playstyle and some learning to do before you can ''unleash'' its full power.
  
  
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==Skill Variants==
 
==Skill Variants==
 
Exploding Spores is key to the build. "Protect Me!" is a stun break and can be swapped as needed. Frost Trap is a very flexible spot and can be swapped as needed.
 
Exploding Spores is key to the build. "Protect Me!" is a stun break and can be swapped as needed. Frost Trap is a very flexible spot and can be swapped as needed.
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* {{Skill|Frost Spirit}} - large boost to squad DPS when playing in groups.
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* {{Skill|Spike Trap}} - another CC skill.
 
* {{Skill|Signet of Stone}} - passive toughness + panic button
 
* {{Skill|Signet of Stone}} - passive toughness + panic button
 
* {{Skill|Lightning Reflexes}} - stunbreak + evade
 
* {{Skill|Lightning Reflexes}} - stunbreak + evade
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==Equipment==
 
==Equipment==
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Ascended gear is not required.
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This build uses the same gear as power ranger builds for raids for ease of gearing.
 
{{PvE equipment
 
{{PvE equipment
 
| weight = Medium
 
| weight = Medium
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| weapon2 =  
 
| weapon2 =  
 
| sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force
 
| sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force
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| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
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| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Impact
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| weapon3 = Sword
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| weapon3 = Axe
 
| weapon4 = Axe
 
| weapon4 = Axe
 
| sigil3 = Superior Sigil of Force
 
| sigil3 = Superior Sigil of Force
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| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
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| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Impact
 
}}
 
}}
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* {{Tooltip|Knight}} - defensive trinkets
 
 
* {{Tooltip|Marauder}} - defensive gear
 
* {{Tooltip|Marauder}} - defensive gear
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* {{Rune|Superior Rune of Strength}}, {{Rune|Superior Rune of Infiltration}} - budget DPS
 
 
* {{Rune|Superior Rune of Durability}}, {{Rune|Superior Rune of Vampirism}} - defense
 
* {{Rune|Superior Rune of Durability}}, {{Rune|Superior Rune of Vampirism}} - defense
 
* {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Celerity}} - more quickness
 
* {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Celerity}} - more quickness
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* {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Air}}, {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Impact}} - alt DPS
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* {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Accuracy}} - if you can't reliable flank to benefit from {{Trait|Hunter's Tactics}}
 
* {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Energy}} - defensive
 
* {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Energy}} - defensive
  
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===Open-world equipment===
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If you can afford the luxury of a gear set tailored for open world only and want more defense, use the following gear:
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{{PvE equipment
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| stats = Dragon
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| weight = Medium
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| rune = Superior Rune of the Eagle
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| rune-qt = 6
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| weapon1 = Hammer
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| sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force
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| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
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| weapon3 = Axe
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| weapon4 = Axe
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| sigil3 = Superior Sigil of Force
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| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
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| variant = y
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}}
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* This provides about 50% more health, and 90% crit chance, or 100% while flanking thanks to {{Trait|Hunter's Tactics}}.
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* Consider {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Strength}} instead of Force when soloing.
  
 
==Consumables==
 
==Consumables==
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* Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
 
* Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
 
* {{food|Peppermint Omnomberry Bar}} - farming
 
* {{food|Peppermint Omnomberry Bar}} - farming
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* {{food|Dragon's Breath Bun}}, {{food|Plate of Truffle Steak}} - DPS
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* {{Food|Peppercorn-Crusted Sous-Vide Steak}} - ascended feast
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* {{food|Dragon's Breath Bun}}, {{food|Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup}}, {{food|Plate of Spicy Moa Wings}} - DPS
 
* {{food|Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew}} - defense
 
* {{food|Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew}} - defense
  
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;Axe offhand
 
;Axe offhand
 
In the axe offhand weapon set, always stay unleashed.
 
In the axe offhand weapon set, always stay unleashed.
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Skill 4 {{Skill|Path of Scars}} is a CC skill and skill 5 {{Skill|Whirling Defense}} is a damage skill.
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Skill 4 {{Skill|Path of Scars}} is a CC skill and all other axe skills are damage skills. Use {{Skill|Splitblade}} in melee range for maximum damage.
 
;Other sources of CC
 
;Other sources of CC
 
* {{Skill|Exploding Spores}} will knock down enemies hit by ''all'' spores, so only those in the very middle. This makes it harder to CC small enemies with this skill, but it should be trivial on big enemies.
 
* {{Skill|Exploding Spores}} will knock down enemies hit by ''all'' spores, so only those in the very middle. This makes it harder to CC small enemies with this skill, but it should be trivial on big enemies.
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===Quickness===
 
===Quickness===
 
* Because of {{Trait|Enhancing Impact}}, doing CC while unleashed grants you quickness. Unfortunately, your hammer only does CC when your pet is unleashed. This leaves {{Skill|Path of Scars}} and {{Skill|Exploding Spores}} as your sources of quickness, always cast them while unleashed.
 
* Because of {{Trait|Enhancing Impact}}, doing CC while unleashed grants you quickness. Unfortunately, your hammer only does CC when your pet is unleashed. This leaves {{Skill|Path of Scars}} and {{Skill|Exploding Spores}} as your sources of quickness, always cast them while unleashed.
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** As you master this build, know that you can start the cast of {{Skill|Overbearing Smash}} or {{Skill|Thump (untamed)}} and then very quickly Unleash youself. This way, the Crowd Control will occur while you are unleashed, and will give you {{Tooltip|Quickness}} from {{Trait|Enhancing Impact}}.
 
* For a build more focused on quickness, use {{Skill|Quickening Zephyr}} and {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Celerity}}.
 
* For a build more focused on quickness, use {{Skill|Quickening Zephyr}} and {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Celerity}}.
  
 
===Damage===
 
===Damage===
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Use the damage skills detailed above, then use your CC skills detailed above to reduce your cooldowns. Thanks to {{Trait|Vicious Quarry}}, {{Trait|Spotter}} and your berserker gear you will have very high crit chance, or 100% when attacking from behind due to {{Trait|Hunter's Tactics}}.
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Use the damage skills detailed above, then use your CC skills detailed above to reduce your cooldowns. Thanks to {{Trait|Vicious Quarry}} and your berserker gear you will have very high crit chance, or 99% when attacking from behind due to {{Trait|Hunter's Tactics}}.
 
===Defense===
 
===Defense===
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* {{Skill|Perilous Gift}} - you can't die during this, and then it heals you for 50% of your missing health. By proccing {{Trait|Fervent Force}} so often, this skill will have a very low cooldown.
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* {{Skill|Perilous Gift}} - you take no damage during this, and then it heals you for 50% of your missing health. By proccing {{Trait|Fervent Force}} so often, this skill will have a very low cooldown.
 
* {{Skill|Forest's Fortification}} - reduces damage taken by 50% by 10 seconds, and its cooldown is reduced by 1 second each time you strike during that time. Combine if with {{Skill|Whirling Defense}} or {{Skill|Relentless Whirl}} to significantly reduce its cooldown. And with {{Trait|Fervent Force}} on top, you will have good uptime of this massive damage reduction.
 
* {{Skill|Forest's Fortification}} - reduces damage taken by 50% by 10 seconds, and its cooldown is reduced by 1 second each time you strike during that time. Combine if with {{Skill|Whirling Defense}} or {{Skill|Relentless Whirl}} to significantly reduce its cooldown. And with {{Trait|Fervent Force}} on top, you will have good uptime of this massive damage reduction.
 
===Sustain===
 
===Sustain===
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* Your Unleashed Ambush skills {{Skill|Relentless Whirl}} or {{Skill|Sundering Volley}} heal you a little bit, and more for each target hit.
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* Your Unleashed Ambush skills {{Skill|Relentless Whirl}} or {{Skill|Sundering Volley}} heal you a little bit, and more for each target hit due to {{Trait|Natural Fortitude}}.
 
===Crowd Control===
 
===Crowd Control===
 
* {{Skill|Overbearing Smash}}
 
* {{Skill|Overbearing Smash}}
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* {{Skill|Thump}}
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* {{Skill|Thump (untamed)}}
 
* {{Skill|Path of Scars}}
 
* {{Skill|Path of Scars}}
 
* {{Skill|Exploding Spores}}
 
* {{Skill|Exploding Spores}}
 
* {{Skill|Head Toss}}
 
* {{Skill|Head Toss}}

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Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required: End of Dragons builds

Difficulty:
TBD


Overview

Power Untamed is a power-based build for the untamed specialization that focuses on Crowd Control (CC) to reduce its cooldowns thanks to Fervent Force, and gain a bit of quickness thanks to Enhancing Impact. Because of that, this build requires a very active playstyle and some learning to do before you can unleash its full power.


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Skill Bar

Smokescale
Rock Gazelle
Hammer
Axe/Axe
Utility

Weapon variants

  • Sword mainhand: can replace axe mainhand. Axe has better damage, range, and some might generation; while sword has a dash.

Skill Variants

Exploding Spores is key to the build. "Protect Me!" is a stun break and can be swapped as needed. Frost Trap is a very flexible spot and can be swapped as needed.

  • Spike Trap - another CC skill.
  • Signet of Stone - passive toughness + panic button
  • Lightning Reflexes - stunbreak + evade
  • Quickening Zephyr - stunbreak + quickness
  • Mutate Conditions - if conditions are a problem.


Specializations

Variants

  • Farsighted - 5% more damage when the extra CC is not needed.
  • Primal Reflexes - if more dodges are required, or when not running any trap.


Equipment

This build uses the same gear as power ranger builds for raids for ease of gearing.

Head
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Chest
Berserker
Hands
Berserker
Legs
Berserker
Feet
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Hammer
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Axe
Berserker
Axe
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6


  • Marauder Marauder - defensive gear
  • Rune of Superior Rune of Durability, Rune of Superior Rune of Vampirism - defense
  • Sigil of Superior Sigil of Celerity - more quickness
  • Sigil of Superior Sigil of Accuracy - if you can't reliable flank to benefit from Hunter's Tactics
  • Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - defensive

Open-world equipment

If you can afford the luxury of a gear set tailored for open world only and want more defense, use the following gear:

Head
Dragon
Shoulders
Dragon
Chest
Dragon
Hands
Dragon
Legs
Dragon
Feet
Dragon
Backpiece
Dragon
Accessory
Dragon
Accessory
Dragon
Amulet
Dragon
Ring
Dragon
Ring
Dragon
Hammer
Dragon
Sigil
Sigil
Axe
Dragon
Axe
Dragon
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6


  • This provides about 50% more health, and 90% crit chance, or 100% while flanking thanks to Hunter's Tactics.
  • Consider Sigil of Superior Sigil of Strength instead of Force when soloing.

Consumables

Food
  • Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
  • - farming
  • - ascended feast
  • , , - DPS
  • - defense
Utility
  • (and variants) - farming
  • , - dps


Usage

Set up

The build requires a lot of button pressing to reach its true potential. In short, you are going to Unleash Pet to use CC skills, and Unleash Ranger to use damage skills. You want to use the damage skills while you are unleashed to do more damage thanks to Vow of the Untamed, and you unleash the pet to do CC because hammer only does CC when the pet is unleashed.

To quickly and at a glance know who is unleashed, look at your pet UI. If the pet skills are visible, like Smoke Cloud, you are unleashed, do extra damage, and can command the pet to use its skills. If the untamed pet skills are visible, like Venomous Outburst, your pet is unleashed, you take less damage, and can command the pet to use its untamed skills. Your pet doesn't actually gain any benefit from unleash, it only changes the skills you can command it to do.

To simplify, unleash your pet to do CC with your hammer, and unleash yourself to do damage.

Hammer

Hammer is your main weapon, you can technically play 100% of the time in this weapon set. Its skills are clearly divided:

  • Skills 2 Unleashed Wild Swing and 4 Unleashed Savage Shock Wave are damage skills and should be used when you are unleashed.
  • Skills 3 Overbearing Smash and 5 Thump (untamed) are CC skills and should be used when your pet is unleashed and your damage skills are on cooldown.
Axe offhand

In the axe offhand weapon set, always stay unleashed. Skill 4 Path of Scars is a CC skill and all other axe skills are damage skills. Use Splitblade in melee range for maximum damage.

Other sources of CC
  • Exploding Spores will knock down enemies hit by all spores, so only those in the very middle. This makes it harder to CC small enemies with this skill, but it should be trivial on big enemies.
  • Your pet skills also CC, but this CC does not count towards Fervent Force. With Smokescale Smokescale, Takedown (F1). And with Rock Gazelle Rock Gazelle, Head Toss(F2) and Charge(F3).

Quickness

  • Because of Enhancing Impact, doing CC while unleashed grants you quickness. Unfortunately, your hammer only does CC when your pet is unleashed. This leaves Path of Scars and Exploding Spores as your sources of quickness, always cast them while unleashed.
    • As you master this build, know that you can start the cast of Overbearing Smash or Thump (untamed) and then very quickly Unleash youself. This way, the Crowd Control will occur while you are unleashed, and will give you Quickness Quickness from Enhancing Impact.
  • For a build more focused on quickness, use Quickening Zephyr and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Celerity.

Damage

Use the damage skills detailed above, then use your CC skills detailed above to reduce your cooldowns. Thanks to Vicious Quarry and your berserker gear you will have very high crit chance, or 99% when attacking from behind due to Hunter's Tactics.

Defense

  • Perilous Gift - you take no damage during this, and then it heals you for 50% of your missing health. By proccing Fervent Force so often, this skill will have a very low cooldown.
  • Forest's Fortification - reduces damage taken by 50% by 10 seconds, and its cooldown is reduced by 1 second each time you strike during that time. Combine if with Whirling Defense or Relentless Whirl to significantly reduce its cooldown. And with Fervent Force on top, you will have good uptime of this massive damage reduction.

Sustain

  • Your Unleashed Ambush skills Relentless Whirl or Sundering Volley heal you a little bit, and more for each target hit due to Natural Fortitude.

Crowd Control

  • Overbearing Smash
  • Thump (untamed)
  • Path of Scars
  • Exploding Spores
  • Head Toss
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Ratings

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4 stars
Literallybad gave this build 4 stars • August 2022
Great build with amazing CC and AoE damage potential. Capable of locking down anything with small or no defiance bars. Shines most against groups due to the 3 second cool down for CC triggers on enemies with defiance. It also is very susceptible to conditions, having basically no way of dealing with then outside of switching to mutate or running the timer at 1hp with your heal.
5 stars
Zuli gave this build 5 stars • August 2022
I really like this build and excellent explanation of unleashing skills with both pet and ranger. Thank you! I’m wondering if the sigils of Force and Impact conflict? ie: both Enhancement and percentages based. Sometimes sigils pairing are confusing to me.
5 stars
Warming Hearth gave this build 5 stars • June 2022
A very fun build that actually makes use the unleash mechanic. Spamming both CC and damage. If you like button smashing you will like this build. But be warned that it requires some learning to do, and can be confusing at first, especially keeping track of the unleashed status or when your unleashed ambush is ready.

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