Build: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 February 20, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A power-based open world build for Vindicator. This build has absurdly high damage, good aoe, and has access to revs versatile toolkit.

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Skill Bar

Greatsword

Staff

Utility

Utility

Skill Variants

Do not replace Legendary Alliance Stance

• Legendary Dwarf Stance - Very high defense and CC.
• Legendary Demon Stance - Used for the leap, which can also group up enemies.
• Legendary Centaur Stance - Strong projectile hate and condi 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 do not own Secrets of the Obscure, use Relic of the Thief instead.
• 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.

Farming

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
• /
• (and variants)

Usage

General

This build heavily relies on its dodges, so ensuring you maintain Vigor is critical for both damage and defense.

Damage

As this build camps a single weapon we can boil the basic priority of skills down into two sections based on which legend is currently equipped. Focus on maintaining enough energy to use higher priority skills, and cut out low priority skills if energy is low. Use Energy Meld when low on energy. More dodges is good.

Alliance Stance

1. Dodge - Maintain Forerunner of Death at all times by dodging before it expires. If you find yourself with full energy, dodge.
2. Spear of Archemorus - Use this immediately as you enter Alliance.
3. Scavenger Burst - This is only used to maintain some measure of Quickness uptime. Use this once when you enter Alliance and once before leaving it.
4. Eternity's Requiem
5. Mist Unleashed
6. Fill gaps with auto-attacks and dodges.

Assassin Stance

1. Dodge - Maintain Forerunner of Death at all times by dodging before it expires. If you find yourself with full energy, dodge.
2. Impossible Odds - Maintain this at all times.
3. Eternity's Requiem
4. Mist Unleashed
5. Fill gaps with auto-attacks and dodges.

Dwarf Stance

1. Dodge - Maintain Forerunner of Death at all times by dodging before it expires. If you find yourself with full energy, dodge.
2. Vengeful Hammers - Maintain this at all times.
3. Eternity's Requiem
4. Mist Unleashed
5. Fill gaps with auto-attacks and dodges.
6. If you must, use some energy to make use of Dwarf's incredible utility. It is sometimes beneficial to sacrifice some DPS for this reason. See the Defense and CC sections for more details.

Defense

The base build features very little practical defense, as Saint Viktor's abilities are rather lackluster. This build's incredible number of dodges are its primary defensive option. If more defense is needed, it is highly recommended to swap Legendary Assassin Stance to Legendary Dwarf Stance, as Jalis features several incredibly powerful defensive skills. This will result in a small DPS loss but in some content can be incredibly powerful.

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