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===Equipment Variants===
 
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If you want to maintain {{skill|Facet of Nature}} permanently for the group-wide buffs, you will need to significantly increase your boon duration - probably to 55%+.
 
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{{sigil|Superior Sigil of Air}} is taken because it deals more damage than {{sigil|Superior Sigil of Impact}} due to Herald's low damage and abundance of power modifiers, but it can be swapped out in some situations:
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{{sigil|Superior Sigil of Air}} is taken because it deals more damage than {{sigil|Superior Sigil of Impact}} due to Herald's relatively low damage and abundance of power modifiers, but it can be swapped out in some situations:
 
* On encounters where the target can be {{tooltip|Stunned}} or {{tooltip|Exposed}} (such as strikes, fractals, or Keep Construct) then you should use a {{sigil|Superior Sigil of Impact}} instead.
 
* On encounters where the target can be {{tooltip|Stunned}} or {{tooltip|Exposed}} (such as strikes, fractals, or Keep Construct) then you should use a {{sigil|Superior Sigil of Impact}} instead.
 
* If you're struggling to maintain boons, you could bring a {{sigil|Superior Sigil of Concentration}}.
 
* If you're struggling to maintain boons, you could bring a {{sigil|Superior Sigil of Concentration}}.
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==Usage==
 
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===Quickness===
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You apply {{tooltip|Quickness}} through the trait {{trait|Elevated Compassion}}. This pulses healing and {{tooltip|Quickness}} whenever you are using upkeep energy of six or above. Fortunately, all of your non-{{Skill|Legendary Dragon Stance}} legends have a skill that uses exactly six. Thus while in these legends you want to maintain the skill in question for almost the entire time. Glint is a little trickier as all the skills use upkeep, but {{skill|Facet of Chaos}} and {{skill|Facet of Nature}} combined are six energy, so these two are maintained together.
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===Legends===
 
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* {{Skill|Legendary Dragon Stance}} - absolutely key to the build, this is your source of boons. It's {{Skill|Facet of Nature}}—Dragon increases the duration of boons your subgroup provides by 20%. Note this effect does not actually increase Concentration, it increases Boon Duration (and is not shown in the Hero Panel), so a build with this effect and 100% Boon Duration would provide boons lasting 120% longer.
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* {{Skill|Legendary Dragon Stance}} - absolutely key to the build, this is your source of almost all your non-{{tooltip|Quickness}} boons. It's {{Skill|Facet of Nature}}—Dragon increases the duration of boons your subgroup provides by 20%. Note this effect does not actually increase Concentration, it increases Boon Duration (and is not shown in the Hero Panel), so a build with this effect and 100% Boon Duration would provide boons lasting 120% longer.
  
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*{{Skill|Legendary Assassin Stance}} provides the highest personal DPS through {{Skill|Impossible Odds}} and provides yoursubgroup with {{Skill|Facet of Nature}}—Assassin which gives allies life siphon increasing the subgroup's DPS by about ~0.4k. It provides personal mobility through {{Skill|Phase Traversal}}, and CC through {{Skill|Jade Winds}}.
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*{{Skill|Legendary Assassin Stance}} provides the highest personal DPS through {{Skill|Impossible Odds}}. It also offers personal mobility through {{Skill|Phase Traversal}}, and CC through {{Skill|Jade Winds}}.
  
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* {{Skill|Legendary Dwarf Stance}} is a personal DPS loss of about ~1k. It provides your subgroup with {{Skill|Facet of Nature}}—Dwarf which reduces damage taken by 10%. You can provide {{Tooltip|Stability}} through {{Skill|Inspiring Reinforcement}}, CC through {{Skill|Forced Engagement}}, and reduce personal incoming strike and condition damage by 20% with {{Skill|Vengeful Hammers}}. If needed, it can also reduce incoming strike damage to your subgroup by 50% with {{Skill|Rite of the Great Dwarf}}.
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* {{Skill|Legendary Dwarf Stance}} is a personal DPS loss of about ~1k. You can provide {{Tooltip|Stability}} through {{Skill|Inspiring Reinforcement}}, CC through {{Skill|Forced Engagement}}, and reduce personal incoming strike and condition damage by 20% with {{Skill|Vengeful Hammers}}. If needed, it can also reduce incoming strike damage to your subgroup by 50% with {{Skill|Rite of the Great Dwarf}}.
  
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* {{Skill|Legendary Centaur Stance}} is an extremely niche option. It is a massive DPS loss that should almost never be taken, only if your group desperately needs projectile block through {{Skill|Protective Solace}}. It also offers condition cleanse through {{Skill|Purifying Essence}}, CC through {{Skill|Energy Expulsion}}, and a very weak heal through {{Skill|Facet of Nature}}—Centaur.
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* {{Skill|Legendary Centaur Stance}} is an extremely niche option. It is a massive DPS loss that should only be taken if your group desperately needs projectile block through {{Skill|Protective Solace}}. It also offers condition cleanse through {{Skill|Purifying Essence}}, CC through {{Skill|Energy Expulsion}}, and a very weak heal through {{Skill|Facet of Nature}}—Centaur.
  
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* {{Skill|Legendary Demon Stance}} should never be played in bosses, but it offers a pull with {{Skill|Call to Anguish}} which ''may'' be useful when fighting trash mobs if your group does not have pulls.
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* {{Skill|Legendary Demon Stance}} should never be played in bosses, but it offers a pull with {{Skill|Call to Anguish}} which may be useful when fighting trash mobs if your group does not have pulls.
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** It can also be used in fractals to remove the boons from No Pain, No Gain if no-one else is able to.
  
  
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[https://youtu.be/OqC4P6LQ1uI Video example]
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[https://youtu.be/5BFfrI_hmRA Video example]
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===Non-consume Rotation===
 
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If you want to maintain {{Skill|Facet of Nature}} permanently, you can follow the [[Build:Herald_-_Power_DPS|Power DPS]] rotation, with the addition that you will want to activate and consume {{Skill|Facet of Light}} and {{Skill|Facet of Darkness}} whenever they are available.
 
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===Notes===
 
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* Your Facets remain active for 6 seconds when Consumed thanks to {{Trait|Draconic Echo}}.
 
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* Your Facets pulse boons on a 600 range radius, but {{Trait|Draconic Echo}} only provides {{Tooltip|Quickness}} on a 360 range radius, so stay close to your allies.
 

Revision as of 15:45, 3 July 2023

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Direct damage, Support and Utility

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds

Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on July 03, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A power Herald build that provides permanent Quickness Quickness, Fury Fury, Swiftness Swiftness, Regeneration Regeneration, Protection Protection, and around 13 Might Might to its subgroup. It also provides Facet of Nature to its subgroup, increasing boon duration while channelling Glint, and giving life siphon while channelling Shiro.

It can also provide other utilities depending on the second Legend chosen, such as Stability Stability or damage reduction.


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Skill Bar

Sword/Sword
Staff
Utility
Utility
  • Your second Legend defaults to Legendary Assassin Stance. Read the Legends section below to see other alternatives.


Specializations

  • Thrill of Combat / Dance of Death - lower dps in exchange for sustain, might be worth on very few fights with extreme preassure like Boneskinner.


Equipment

Infusions are not required.

Head
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Chest
Diviner
Hands
Assassin
Legs
Diviner
Feet
Assassin
Backpiece
Diviner
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Sword
Berserker
Sword
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Staff
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x18
  • You need 25% boon duration to upkeep Quickness Quickness in a normal loop (without Facet of Light), but there will be some extra padding from the opener.
  • The Assassin stats Assassin stats pieces are a minor optimisation, feel free to use Berserker stats Berserker stats instead.


Equipment Variants

Sigil Variants

Sigil of Superior Sigil of Air is taken because it deals more damage than Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact due to Herald's relatively low damage and abundance of power modifiers, but it can be swapped out in some situations:

  • On encounters where the target can be Stunned Stunned or Exposed Exposed (such as strikes, fractals, or Keep Construct) then you should use a Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact instead.
  • If you're struggling to maintain boons, you could bring a Sigil of Superior Sigil of Concentration.
  • If your subgroup is struggling to keep up 25 stacks of Might Might, it might be beneficial to bring Sigil of Superior Sigil of Strength to gain an extra ~5 stacks of might generation through Shared Empowerment.


Rune Variants

  • Many of the popular Alacrity Alacrity providers also provide 25 stacks of Might Might, but in the event this is not the case, you could use Rune of Superior Rune of Strength to gain an extra ~5 stacks of might generation.


Consumables

Food

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Utility


Usage

Quickness

You apply Quickness Quickness through the trait Elevated Compassion. This pulses healing and Quickness Quickness whenever you are using upkeep energy of six or above. Fortunately, all of your non-Legendary Dragon Stance legends have a skill that uses exactly six. Thus while in these legends you want to maintain the skill in question for almost the entire time. Glint is a little trickier as all the skills use upkeep, but Facet of Chaos and Facet of Nature combined are six energy, so these two are maintained together.


Legends

  • Legendary Dragon Stance - absolutely key to the build, this is your source of almost all your non-Quickness Quickness boons. It's Facet of Nature—Dragon increases the duration of boons your subgroup provides by 20%. Note this effect does not actually increase Concentration, it increases Boon Duration (and is not shown in the Hero Panel), so a build with this effect and 100% Boon Duration would provide boons lasting 120% longer.
  • Legendary Assassin Stance provides the highest personal DPS through Impossible Odds. It also offers personal mobility through Phase Traversal, and CC through Jade Winds.
  • Legendary Dwarf Stance is a personal DPS loss of about ~1k. You can provide Stability Stability through Inspiring Reinforcement, CC through Forced Engagement, and reduce personal incoming strike and condition damage by 20% with Vengeful Hammers. If needed, it can also reduce incoming strike damage to your subgroup by 50% with Rite of the Great Dwarf.
  • Legendary Centaur Stance is an extremely niche option. It is a massive DPS loss that should only be taken if your group desperately needs projectile block through Protective Solace. It also offers condition cleanse through Purifying Essence, CC through Energy Expulsion, and a very weak heal through Facet of Nature—Centaur.
  • Legendary Demon Stance should never be played in bosses, but it offers a pull with Call to Anguish which may be useful when fighting trash mobs if your group does not have pulls.
    • It can also be used in fractals to remove the boons from No Pain, No Gain if no-one else is able to.


Rotation

Opener

  • Start on Glint with Facet of Nature and use:
  1. Facet of Light ⇒ Infuse Light
  2. Facet of Darkness ⇒ Gaze of Darkness
  3. Facet of Strength ⇒ Burst of Strength
  4. Facet of Elements ⇒ Elemental Blast
  5. Facet of Chaos ⇒ Chaotic Release
  6. True Nature (Dragon)
  7. Legendary Assassin Stance
  8. Impossible Odds
  9. Shackling Wave
  10. Deathstrike
  11. Chilling Isolation


Legendary Assassin Stance

When on Legendary Assassin Stance, immediately activate Impossible Odds and use Chilling Isolation, Shackling Wave and Deathstrike off cooldown. The rest of the time is spent autoattacking (make sure to finish your auto chains). Swap back to Legendary Dragon Stance as soon as possible.


Legendary Dragon Stance

You activate and consume Facet of Strength and Facet of Elements at the start and end of the Legendary Dragon Stance section, filling the remaining time with sword skills and consuming other facets once you regain Facet of Nature.

  1. Facet of Strength ⇒ Burst of Strength
  2. Facet of Elements ⇒ Elemental Blast
  3. Facet of Darkness
  4. Auto-attack and use Chilling Isolation, Shackling Wave and Deathstrike off cooldown. Make sure to finish your auto chains.
  5. Facet of Nature when it comes off cooldown - be careful not to tap it twice and immediately consume it
  6. Gaze of Darkness and Facet of Light ⇒ Infuse Light (if available) once Facet of Nature is active
  7. Facet of Chaos when available
  8. Just before Facet of Strength and Facet of Elements come off cooldown, activate Chaotic Release and True Nature (Dragon)
  9. Facet of Strength ⇒ Burst of Strength
  10. Facet of Elements ⇒ Elemental Blast
  11. Legendary Assassin Stance


Video example

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Ratings

This build has a rating of 5 stars based on 2 votes.
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5 stars
OfficerAndyGentleman gave this build 5 stars • May 2023
Great boon coverage, respectable damage and groupwide support from the Nature passive. Really excels when you need access to huge amounts of stability or CC, and experienced groups can use it to run lower boon durations on their other supports.
5 stars
Warming Hearth gave this build 5 stars • May 2023
Even though its damage is not very high, power quickness herald is a great build thanks to all the boons it provides to its subgroup and the unique effects from Facet of Nature. It also has great CC by using staff.

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