Difference between revisions of "Virtuoso - Power Virtuoso"

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The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on October 13, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Power Virtuoso is a relatively simple build with good burst damage at long range. Virtuosos cannot summon clones. Instead, they stock Blades. This has the disadvantage of clones no longer tanking for you, but the advantage of Blades persisting after combat unlike clones which die after the fight.

Power virtuoso has great burst damage, but lacks boon generation compared to power chronomancer which shines in longer fights.

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Skill Bar

Dagger/Focus

Greatsword

Utility

Weapon Variants

Mainhand Sword - Lower DPS, melee. Strong defensive utility via Blurred Frenzy. Boonrip.
Offhand Sword - Can replace Greatsword or Focus for higher DPS + a block at the cost of CC.

Skill Variants

Healing

Signet of the Ether combines healing and damage by refreshing your phantasm skills.

Ether Feast - can be used when you require more healing or condition cleansing.

Utility

Mantra of Resolve - condition cleanse for yourself and nearby allies.
Feedback - projectile reflection.
Mantra of Concentration - personal stunbreak and AoE stability.
Portal Entre - utility.

Elite skill

Thousand Cuts provides good damage and great CC, you will almost never replace it.

Signet of Humility - slightly less cc than Gravity Well but it happens immediately if you need to break a defiance bar really fast.

Specializations

Specialization Variants

Bladeturn Refrain - sacrifices damage for extra defense

Domination

Domination can be taken over Illusions if you are playing in a group providing you permanent Quickness and Might.

Equipment

Ascended gear is not required.

Head
Assassin

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Assassin

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Dagger
Berserker

Focus
Berserker

Sigil

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

Rune of Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter and Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar are interchangeable.
You can use Relic of Zakiros to trade a minor amount of damage for sustain, Relic of the Cavalier to start combat with boons, or Relic of Durability for a little extra defense.
For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use Knight trinkets.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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Defense

Farming

Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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(and variants)

Usage

This build plays very similarly to core mesmer. Clones are replaced by Blades and persist after combat. Shatters are replaced by Bladesongs. Once you stock 5 Blades, use Bladesong Harmony.

Damage

The build is very simple to use.

Prioritise your phantasm skills for damage and Blade generation. Use Signet of the Ether to cast Phantasmal Swordsman twice, but only when Phantasmal Disenchanter is on cooldown.
Start fights with greatsword, use all skills, then swap to dagger+focus.
Only use Bladesongs when you have 5 Blades stocked to get 2 back from Infinite Forge. This is extremely important because, unlike condition virtuoso, your Blade generation is quite slow.

Defense

You're a fully ranged build, use that to your advantage. Never stop moving, get out of enemy attacks or dodge them.
When using sword, Blurred Frenzy dodges incoming attacks for 1 second. Use this to avoid attacks instead of dodging.
Illusionary Riposte is a block.
If you need condition cleanse, slot Mantra of Resolve.
Phantasmal Warden is a projectile block

Crowd Control

Counter Blade - daze
Bladesong Dissonance - daze
Illusionary Wave - knockback
Temporal Curtain > Into the Void - pull

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 | profession = mesmer
 | specialization = virtuoso
-| designed for = open world, open world general, open world dps
+| designed for = open world, open world general
 | focus = strike damage
-| rating = great
+| rating = good
 | xpac = eod
-| difficulty = 2
+| difficulty = 1
 }}
 ==Overview==
-Power virtuoso is a power based virtuoso build with good burst potential, long range damage, and is simple to play. As a virtuso, clones are replaced by blades, so they no longer tank for you but they don't disappear after the fight.
+Power Virtuoso is a relatively simple build with good burst damage at long range. Virtuosos cannot summon clones. Instead, they stock Blades. This has the disadvantage of clones no longer tanking for you, but the advantage of Blades persisting after combat unlike clones which die after the fight.
-Compared to [[Build:Virtuoso - Condition Virtuoso|condition virtuoso]], this build offers excellent burst damage, but has low sustained damage and sustain.
+Power virtuoso has great burst damage, but lacks boon generation compared to power chronomancer which shines in longer fights.
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 |specialization = virtuoso
 |weapon1 = Dagger
-|weapon2 = Sword
+|weapon2 = Focus
 |weapon3 = Greatsword
 |weapon4 =
 |healing = Signet of the Ether
 |utility1 = Rain of Swords
-|utility2 = Phantasmal Disenchanter
+|utility2 = Mantra of Pain
-|utility3 = Mantra of Pain
+|utility3 = Blink
 |elite = Thousand Cuts
 }}
 ===Weapon Variants===
-* Sword/Focus can replace Greatsword for improved sustained damage and a useful pull on focus at the cost of burst and easy ranged tagging in zergs.
+* {{Tooltip|Sword|Mainhand Sword}} - Lower DPS, melee. Strong defensive utility via {{Skill|Blurred Frenzy}}. Boonrip.
+* {{Tooltip|Sword|Offhand Sword}} - Can replace {{Tooltip|Greatsword}} or {{Tooltip|Focus}} for higher DPS + a block at the cost of CC.
 ===Skill Variants===
-:'''Utility'''
+====Healing====
-* {{Skill|Mirror Images}} - valuable stunbreak
+{{Skill|Signet of the Ether}} combines healing and damage by refreshing your phantasm skills.
-* {{Skill|Mantra of Resolve}} - condition cleanse
+* {{Skill|Ether Feast}} - can be used when you require more healing or condition cleansing.
-* {{Skill|Mimic}}, {{Skill|Blink}}, {{Skill|Portal Entre}} - very strong utility
+====Utility====
+* {{Skill|Mantra of Resolve}} - condition cleanse for yourself and nearby allies.
-:'''Elite'''
+* {{Skill|Feedback}} - projectile reflection.
-* {{Skill|Mass Invisibility}} - stealth for channeling hero points or sneaking past powerful enemies
+* {{Skill|Mantra of Concentration}} - personal stunbreak and AoE stability.
+* {{Skill|Portal Entre}} - utility.
+====Elite skill====
+{{Skill|Thousand Cuts}} provides good damage and great CC, you will almost never replace it.
+* {{Skill|Signet of Humility}} - slightly less cc than Gravity Well but it happens immediately if you need to break a defiance bar really fast.
 ==Specializations==
-{{Specialization|Domination|top|mid|top}}
+{{Specialization|Dueling|top|bot|top}}
 {{Specialization|Illusions|mid|mid|top}}
 {{Specialization|Virtuoso|mid|mid|mid}}
 ===Specialization Variants===
-* {{Trait|Bloodsong}} + {{Trait|Jagged Mind}} - Improved Blade generation if you can continually attack your enemy, cleave multiple enemies.
+* {{Trait|Bladeturn Refrain}} - sacrifices damage for extra defense
-** Will also be marginally higher DPS if attacking from beyond 600 range.
+===Domination===
-* {{Trait|Bladeturn Refrain}} - very high survivability at the cost of DPS.
+Domination can be taken over Illusions if you are playing in a group providing you permanent {{Tooltip|Quickness}} and {{Tooltip|Might}}.
-* {{Trait|Empowered Illusions}} - If not using Greatsword.
+{{Specialization|Domination|top|mid|top|variant=y}}
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 | weapon1 = Dagger
-| weapon2 = Sword
+| weapon2 = Focus
 | sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force
 | sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
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 | legs = assassin
 | feet =
+| relic = Relic of the Thief
 }}
+* {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter}} and {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Scholar}} are interchangeable.
+* You can use {{Relic|Relic of Zakiros}} to trade a minor amount of damage for sustain, {{Relic|Relic of the Cavalier}} to start combat with boons, or {{Relic|Relic of Durability}} for a little extra defense.
+* For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use {{Tooltip|Knight}} trinkets.
-===Equipment Variants===
-:'''Stats'''
-* Swap between {{Tooltip|Berserker stats}} and  {{Tooltip|Assassin}} to finetune crit-chance if needed (e.g. if using exotic gear or different runes/sigils).
-* {{Tooltip|Knight}} trinkets - defense
-* {{Tooltip|Marauder}} and/or {{Tooltip|Dragon stats}} - Can be mixed in for extra HP at a slight damage reduction
-** Be aware of crit-cap when substituting these stats.
-:'''Runes'''
-* {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Eagle}} - Budget DPS option with extra critical chance and a more reliable damage modifier in open world. It is recommended to replace {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Accuracy}} if using this rune
-* {{Rune|Superior Rune of Vampirism}} - Sustain in zerg events.
-:'''Sigils'''
-* {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Strength}} instead of {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Accuracy}} - Might generation if you have sufficient critical chance by changing gear stats or runes
-* {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Energy}} - Generic defensive sigil
-<br>
 ==Consumables==
 Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
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 * {{Food|Peppermint Omnomberry Bar}}
 * {{Utility|Sharpening Skull}} (and variants)
-<br>
 ==Usage==
-This build focuses on stocking 5 blades then firing {{Skill|Bladesong Harmony}}.
+This build plays very similarly to core mesmer. Clones are replaced by Blades and persist after combat. Shatters are replaced by Bladesongs. Once you stock 5 Blades, use {{Skill|Bladesong Harmony}}.
 ===Damage===
 The build is very simple to use.
-* Prioritise your phantasm skills for damage, blade generation and {{Tooltip|fury}} uptime.
+* Prioritise your phantasm skills for damage and Blade generation. Use {{Skill|Signet of the Ether}} to cast {{Skill|Phantasmal Swordsman}} twice, but only when {{Skill|Phantasmal Disenchanter}} is on cooldown.
-* Use {{Skill|Signet of the Ether}} to cast {{Skill|Phantasmal Swordsman}} twice, but only when {{Skill|Phantasmal Disenchanter}} is on cooldown.
+* Start fights with greatsword, use all skills, then swap to dagger+focus.
+* Only use Bladesongs when you have 5 Blades stocked to get 2 back from {{Trait|Infinite Forge}}. This is extremely important because, unlike condition virtuoso, your Blade generation is quite slow.
 ===Defense===
-* {{Skill|Illusionary Riposte}} - block
+* You're a fully ranged build, use that to your advantage. Never stop moving, get out of enemy attacks or dodge them.
-:'''Sword/Focus'''
+* When using sword, {{Skill|Blurred Frenzy}} dodges incoming attacks for 1 second. Use this to avoid attacks instead of dodging.
-* {{Skill|Blurred Frenzy}} - evade
+* {{Skill|Illusionary Riposte}} is a block.
-* {{Skill|Phantasmal Warden}} - projectile block
+* If you need condition cleanse, slot {{Skill|Mantra of Resolve}}.
+* {{Skill|Phantasmal Warden}} is a projectile block
 ===Crowd Control===
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 * {{Skill|Bladesong Dissonance}} - daze
 * {{Skill|Illusionary Wave}} - knockback
-:'''Sword/Focus'''
 * {{Skill|Temporal Curtain}} > {{Skill|Into the Void}} - pull

Difference between revisions of "Virtuoso - Power Virtuoso"

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