Build:Renegade - Alacrity Support Power DPS

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

Focused on: Direct damage, Support and Utility

Designed for: Fractals and Raids

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on July 11, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A hybrid boon support/DPS build renegade build, mainly to used to provide Alacrity and some Might, as well as CC via Surge of the Mists and Darkrazor's Daring.

Skill Bar

Sword/Sword

Staff

Utility

Utility

• Players that own Secrets of the Obscure can swap Staff with Greatsword for maximum DPS, but at a loss of CC.

Legend Variants

Legendary Assassin Stance can be swapped out for other legends when utility is more valuable than damage:

Jalis

Legendary Dwarf Stance should be the default legend in fractals, as incoming CC is very common there and Inspiring Reinforcement is the best Stability skill in the game.

Mallyx

Legendary Demon Stance should be used instead of Legendary Dwarf Stance if boonstrip is needed because of targets having boons (e.g. No Pain, No Gain or Vengeance instabilities). The AoE pull on Call to Anguish is also very useful for quickly dealing with trash mobs.

Ventari

Legendary Centaur Stance can be used to defend against projectile attacks.

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Equipment

The recommended gear setup will take you to 42% boon duration, which is enough to maintain permanent alacrity with just casting Orders from Above on cooldown with no other alacrity sources. Depending on the needs of your party or squad the amount of boon duration from gear required to maintain adequate alacrity may be a lot lower than what is listed here. You can expect to need less boon duration if you're playing with a support chronomancer or extra renegades. In those cases pieces of diviner gear can be replaced with berserker gear for extra DPS.

Head
Diviner

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Diviner

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Diviner

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Diviner

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Diviner

Sword
Diviner

Sword
Diviner

Sigil

Sigil

Staff
Diviner

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Fractal gear

With the concentration buff from your Fractal Mobility Potion and 150 Agony Resistance, you can run the following setup in fractals:

Head
Diviner

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Diviner

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Diviner

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Sword
Diviner

Sword
Diviner

Sigil

Sigil

Staff
Diviner

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Equipment Variants

• If you're having trouble maintaining alacrity with the recommended gear setup, you can replace some Berserker pieces with Diviner stats.

Consumables

Food

Utility

Usage

General Usage

• You maintain alacrity for your party simply by pressing Orders from Above every time it becomes available, so making sure you have energy for that should be your top priority.
  • If you don't have enough sources of might from elsewhere in your party, you can use Heroic Command to top it up (This is particularly important in fractals). This will of course result in your personal DPS being lower, but the increase in party DPS is worth it.
• Generally you should swap legends as soon as your swap is available, however in some cases you should delay a swap to fit a Orders from Above before swapping.
• Your main DPS skills are Citadel Bombardment along with Chilling Isolation, Shackling Wave and Deathstrike (if using sword), or Mist Unleashed, Phantom's Onslaught and Eternity's Requiem (if using greatsword). However, you should only cast them if you'll have spare energy to cast your supportive skills too.
• When you're not casting skills make sure you're consistently auto-attacking the boss, being careful not to interrupt the chain as the damage is heavily back-loaded.

Renegade Stance

• When you swap to Legendary Renegade Stance you should immediately cast Icerazor's Ire.
• You will likely have large amounts of energy available to cast your DPS skills while on renegade stance.
  • Make sure to get a second cast of Icerazor's Ire in before swapping legends.

Assassin Stance

• When you swap to Legendary Assassin Stance you should immediately begin channeling Impossible Odds, only ending the upkeep when you swap legends.
• While in Assassin Stance you will have more energy to work with and so can cast DPS skills more freely, however be careful not to spend too much energy and be forced to delay a Orders from Above or lose Impossible Odds

Break bars

Due to their large energy costs (or requirement to swap to staff) all of this build's CC options will result in a large drop-off in your DPS. However, they are all powerful AoE control effects so they can be used to rescue your group from dangerous situations.

• Surge of the Mists should be your primary CC skill and against large hitbox targets or enemies against a wall it is one of the strongest CC skills in the game. If possible, step back from the target slightly before casting this to maximize the impacts that land on the boss. Be careful using this skill near the edges of platforms, such as on Xera or the final boss of the Chaos fractal as the forced movement can send you over the edge.
• Darkrazor's Daring outputs a large amount of total breakbar damage but over a long duration (6 seconds). This is best used as a tool to minimize damage from groups of trash mobs, or if you don't need instantaneous breakbar contribution.
• Jade Winds should be used only as a last resort due to the large energy cost for relatively low CC output compared to your other options.

Video Example

Video example (greatsword)