Difference between revisions of "Catalyst - Power Catalyst"

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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:

Normal

This build was last updated on October 27, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Power catalyst rotates through all four Attunements dealing damage in large AoE. It's also slightly more durable thanks to Elemental Empowerment improving all your attributes, and provides some boons to itself and nearby allies - most notably, permanent Quickness

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Skill Bar

Spear

Utility

Weapon Variants

Usage of spear requires Janthir Wilds.

Hammer use hammer if you don't have access to spear.

Skill Variants

Heal skill

Signet of Restoration provides good passive healing.

Glyph of Elemental Harmony - if burst healing is required.
Ether Renewal - very situational heal that removes up to 8 conditions throughout its channelling time.

Utility skills

Shattering Ice provides extra damage if a stunbreak is not needed.
Glyph of Lesser Elementals - spawn a small elemental army that dies when you mount up, good for fighting strong bosses.
Cleansing Fire - condition cleanse
Lightning Flash - more mobility

Elite skill

Elemental Celerity lets you use Volcano twice.

Specializations

Variants

Stormsoul: if you can maintain permanent Fury.
Empowering Auras + Empowered Empowerment: when playing in groups and someone else is already providing Quickness.

Equipment

Ascended gear is not required.

Head
Assassin

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Assassin

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Spear
Berserker

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

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

Jade Sphere

The Jade Sphere is the profession mechanic of the catalyst. Hitting enemies generates energy, and you spend this energy to summon a sphere that deals minor damage and provides yourself and nearby allies with boons, most notably permanent Quickness thanks to Spectacular Sphere and Sphere Specialist . Each attunement has its own sphere, and their cooldowns are not shared. Thanks to the trait Sphere Specialist, you can generate Energy even while a sphere is deployed. The Fire Sphere Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire) will also trigger Persisting Flames.

You also gain improved attributes from Elemental Empowerment effect from traits like Elemental Empowerment.

Damage

The playstyle is quite simple. You want to rotate through all four attunements while using their Sphere and their spear Etching skills. Note that you want to always cast the fire etching: Volcano right after Seethe to increase its damage, and while under the effect of Relentless Fire.

Quickness

You provide quickness with the traits Spectacular Sphere + Sphere Specialist. Whenever you swap to an attunement, use its Sphere.

Sphere Specialist lets you generate energy even while a sphere is deployed, so you won't have energy problems.

Consider using some Diviner trinkets if you're struggling to maintain permanent Quickness.

Defense

Protection via Deploy Jade Sphere (Earth).
Jokulhlaup provides healing.
Ripple evades.
Haboob stability.
Elemental Epitome grants Magnetic or Frost Aura
Elemental Empowerment passively increases toughness and vitality

CC

Harden
Wind Storm
Lesser Derecho / Derecho
Twister
Undertow

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-|title=Power Catalyst
-|description=A strike-based build for Catalyst in open world.
-}}
 {{Build
 | profession = elementalist
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 | designed for = open world, open world general
 | focus = strike damage
-| rating = draft
+| rating = good
 | xpac = eod
+| difficulty = 2
 }}
-__TOC__
-==Draft Build==
-This build is still in a draft state. You are encouraged to comment with recommendations or feedback.
 ==Overview==
-Power Catalyst is a mid-ranged elementalist build that focuses on high burst damage and extremely high damage to bosses. It brings little utility to the table but packs a major punch in DPS.
+Power catalyst rotates through all four Attunements dealing damage in large AoE. It's also slightly more durable thanks to {{Trait|Elemental Empowerment}} improving all your attributes, and provides some boons to itself and nearby allies - most notably, permanent {{Tooltip|Quickness}}
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 |profession = elementalist
 |specialization = catalyst
-|weapon1 = Hammer
+|weapon1 = Spear
 |weapon2 =
 |weapon3 =
 |weapon4 =
-|healing = Glyph of Elemental Harmony
+|healing = Signet of Restoration
 |utility1 = Relentless Fire
-|utility2 = Signet of Fire
+|utility2 = Glyph of Storms
 |utility3 = Arcane Shield
 |elite = Elemental Celerity
 }}
-==Skill Variants==
-* {{Skill|Signet of Restoration}} - passive healing
+===Weapon Variants===
-* {{Skill|Shattering Ice}} / {{Skill|Arcane Blast}} - both are a damage increase over {{Skill|Arcane Shield}}, but at the cost of defense and a stunbreak.
+Usage of {{Tooltip|spear}} requires Janthir Wilds.
-* {{Skill|Lightning Flash}} - mobility
+* {{Tooltip|Hammer}} use hammer if you don't have access to spear.
-* {{Skill|Glyph of Storms}} - a large AOE that offers a mix of damage (through fire or air) or utility (through earth)
-* {{Skill|Glyph of Elementals}} - offers a pet that can hold aggro
+===Skill Variants===
+====Heal skill====
+{{Skill|Signet of Restoration}} provides good passive healing.
+* {{Skill|Glyph of Elemental Harmony}} - if burst healing is required.
+* {{Skill|Ether Renewal}} - very situational heal that removes up to 8 conditions throughout its channelling time.
+====Utility skills====
+* {{Skill|Shattering Ice}} provides extra damage if a stunbreak is not needed.
+* {{Skill|Glyph of Lesser Elementals}} - spawn a small elemental army that dies when you mount up, good for fighting strong bosses.
+* {{Skill|Cleansing Fire}} - condition cleanse
+* {{Skill|Lightning Flash}} - more mobility
+====Elite skill====
+{{Skill|Elemental Celerity}} lets you use {{Skill|Volcano}} twice.
 ==Specializations==
+{{Specialization|Fire|top|bot|top}}
 {{Specialization|Air|bot|mid|top}}
-{{Specialization|Arcane|mid|mid|bot}}
+{{Specialization|Catalyst|mid|bot|bot}}
-{{Specialization|Catalyst|top|top|top}}
+;Variants
+* {{Trait|Stormsoul}}: if you can maintain permanent {{Tooltip|Fury}}.
+* {{Trait|Empowering Auras}} + {{Trait|Empowered Empowerment}}: when playing in groups and someone else is already providing {{Tooltip|Quickness}}.
-===Fire===
-Fire can offer more auras thanks to {{Trait|Conjurer}}, which means higher DPS in some situations. However, this comes at a cost to defense and general utility.
-{{Specialization|Fire|mid|bot|top|variant=y}}
 ==Equipment==
-Ascended gear is not required. [Equipment Description]
+Ascended gear is not required.
 {{PvE equipment
 | weight = Light
 | stats = Berserker
-| rune = Superior Rune of Scholar
+| rune = Superior Rune of the Scholar
 | rune-qt = 6
-| weapon1 = Hammer
+| weapon1 = Spear
 | weapon2 =
 | sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force
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 | weapon3 =
 | weapon4 =
-| sigil3 = Superior Sigil of
+| sigil3 =
-| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of
+| sigil4 =
+| relic = Relic of Fireworks
+| head = Assassin
+| backpiece = Assassin
 }}
+* 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.
-===Variant Equipment===
+==Consumables==
-====Gear====
+Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
-* {{Tooltip|Knight}} - defensive trinkets
-* {{Tooltip|Marauder}} - defensive prefix
-* {{Tooltip|Assassin}} - used to fine-tune crit chance, good for using certain raid builds in open world
-====Runes====
+===DPS===
-* {{Rune|Superior Rune of Strength}}, {{Rune|Superior Rune of Infiltration}} - budget runes
+* Prioritize '''Steak''' Ascended food.
-* {{Rune|Superior Rune of Durability}}, {{Rune|Superior Rune of Vampirism}} - defensive runes
+* {{Food|Plate of Spicy Moa Wings}} / {{Food|Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup}}
+* {{Utility|Superior Sharpening Stone}} / {{Utility|Tin of Fruitcake}}
-====Sigils====
+===Defense===
-Force should always be used, but there are many options for the offhand sigil. You are encouraged to use whatever you find convenient.
+* {{Food|Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew}}
-* {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Energy}} - defensive
+* {{Food|Fried Oyster Sandwich}}
+* {{Food|Bowl of Lemongrass Mussel Pasta}}
-==Consumables==
+===Farming===
-:'''Food'''
+* Prioritize '''Steak''' Ascended 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.
+* {{Item|Birthday Blaster}} / {{Item|Feast of Delectable Birthday Cake}}
-* {{food|Peppermint Omnomberry Bar}} - farming
+* {{Food|Peppermint Omnomberry Bar}}
-* {{food|Dragon's Breath Bun}}, {{food|Plate of Truffle Steak}} - DPS
+* {{Utility|Sharpening Skull}} (and variants)
-* {{food|Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew}} - defense
-:'''Utility'''
-* {{Utility|Sharpening Skull}} (and variants) - farming
-* {{utility|Tin of Fruitcake}}, {{utility|Superior Sharpening Stone}} - dps
 ==Usage==
-The rotation information is still in the testing phase for this build, however currently it is recommended to focus on Skill 3 and Skill 5 of each attunement while utilizing large damage buffs. A proper opener will be added soon.
+===Jade Sphere===
+The Jade Sphere is the profession mechanic of the catalyst. Hitting enemies generates energy, and you spend this energy to summon a sphere that deals minor damage and provides yourself and nearby allies with boons, most notably permanent {{Tooltip|Quickness}} thanks to {{Trait|Spectacular Sphere}} and {{Trait|Sphere Specialist}} . Each attunement has its own sphere, and their cooldowns are not shared. Thanks to the trait {{Trait|Sphere Specialist}}, you can generate Energy even while a sphere is deployed. The Fire Sphere {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}}  will also trigger {{Trait|Persisting Flames}}.
+You also gain improved attributes from Elemental Empowerment effect from traits like {{Trait|Elemental Empowerment}}.
+===Damage===
+The playstyle is quite simple. You want to rotate through all four attunements while using their Sphere and their spear Etching skills. Note that you want to always cast the fire etching: {{Skill|Volcano}} right after {{Skill|Seethe}} to increase its damage, and while under the effect of {{Skill|Relentless Fire}}.
+===Quickness===
+You provide quickness with the traits {{Trait|Spectacular Sphere}} + {{Trait|Sphere Specialist}}. Whenever you swap to an attunement, use its Sphere.
+{{Trait|Sphere Specialist}} lets you generate energy even while a sphere is deployed, so you won't have energy problems.
+Consider using some {{Tooltip|Diviner}} trinkets if you're struggling to maintain permanent {{Tooltip|Quickness}}.
+===Defense===
+* {{Tooltip|Protection}} via {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Earth)}}.
+* {{Skill|Jokulhlaup}} provides healing.
+* {{Skill|Ripple}} evades.
+* {{Skill|Haboob}} stability.
+* {{Trait|Elemental Epitome}} grants Magnetic or Frost Aura
+* {{Trait|Elemental Empowerment}} passively increases toughness and vitality
+===CC===
+* {{Skill|Harden}}
+* {{Skill|Wind Storm}}
+* {{Skill|Lesser Derecho}} / {{Skill|Derecho}}
+* {{Skill|Twister}}
+* {{Skill|Undertow}}

Difference between revisions of "Catalyst - Power Catalyst"

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