Build:Mirage - Power Mirage

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 February 27, 2025 and is up to date for the February 11, 2025 patch.

Overview

Power mirage offers good burst damage and has access to plentiful utility, including invulnerability, blocks and teleports.

This build revolves around the spear's Ambush skill

Fractured Glass

which, thanks to

Mirage Mantle

, will provide you with a 25% damage increase from Sharp Edges. Unfortunately, this means that power mirage is much worse if you do not have access to land spear with Janthir Wilds.

As a downside, this build has very litle access to boons.

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Skill Bar

Dagger/Sword

Spear

Utility

Weapon Variants

If you don't have access to land spear with Janthir Wilds, replace it with Focus or Greatsword, but your damage will be greatly reduced without access to Sharp Edges.
If you don't have access to dagger with Weaponmaster Training from Secrets of the Obscure, replace it with mainhand sword.

• Mainhand sword - replaces dagger for players without Secrets of the Obscure. It deals less damage but it has a helpful evade.
• Focus or Greatsword - replaces spear for players without Janthir Wilds. Focus has decent damage, extremely helpful pull with
  Temporal Curtain
  and the phantasm blocks projectiles, while greatsword deals ranged damage and has great tagging potential and requires
  Bountiful Blades
  .

Skill Variants

Heal skill

We default to

False Oasis

for the extra

Mirage Cloak

. Another option can be considered:

• Ether Feast
  - in rare situations where you'd like to trade damage for extra healing or condition cleanse, use Ether Feast.

Utility skill

We default to:

Illusionary Ambush

is a good source of damage with its extra

Mirage Cloak

.

Crystal Sands

is a good source of damage with its extra

Mirage Cloak

.

Mantra of Pain

is extra damage with no cast time.
If you want or need to run other skills, here are some suggestions:

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

Elite skill

We default to

Signet of Humility

as it provides excellent CC on a short cooldown. If required, it can be replaced by:

• Time Warp
  - brief burst of Quickness but it has a ridiculously long cooldown for what it does.
• Jaunt
  - short range mobility and condition cleanse.

Specializations

Variants

• Dune Cloak
  - alternative to
  Infinite Horizon
  . Both traits offer similar damage, chose whichever you like best.
• Bountiful Blades
  - if using greatsword because you don't have access to spear.

Equipment

This build uses the same gear as Build:Chronomancer_-_Power_DPS for raids for ease of gearing.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Assassin

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Assassin

Legs
Assassin

Feet
Assassin

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Assassin

Accessory
Assassin

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Dagger
Berserker

Sword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Spear
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

• If you don't have access to land spear with Janthir Wilds, replace it with Focus or Greatsword, but your damage will be greatly reduced without access to Sharp Edges.
• If you don't have access to dagger with Weaponmaster Training from Secrets of the Obscure, replace it with mainhand sword.
• Superior Sigil of Energy
  can be considered for open world, but it deals less damage than Force+Accuracy.
• 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 and Jade Tech Defensive Protocol.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
• Plate of Spicy Moa Wings
  /
  Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup
• Superior Sharpening Stone
  /
  Tin of Fruitcake

Defense

• Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew
• Fried Oyster Sandwich
• Bowl of Lemongrass Mussel Pasta

Farming

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
• Birthday Blaster
  /
  Feast of Delectable Birthday Cake
• Peppermint Omnomberry Bar
• Sharpening Skull
  (and variants)

Usage

Mirage Cloak

Mirage Cloak

is the profession mechanic of the mirage. Whenever you dodge or pick up a

Mirage Mirror

, you enter Mirage Cloak for 0,75 seconds, dodging incoming attacks. You also gain access to Ambush skills for 1,5 seconds, which replace your first weapon skill. Mirage Cloak does not have a cast time, allowing mirages to dodge at any time, such as when casting a skill, when reviving someone, but cannot be used while under the effects of hard crowd control or immobilization.

Sharp Edges

Sharp Edges is a buff that you get when hitting with

Fractured Glass

thanks to

Mirage Mantle

. It increases your damage by 25% for 10 seconds, and the duration can stack up to 20 seconds. You want to maintain permanent uptime of this buff. With its long duration, it will remain active while you weapon swap to your second weapon set.

If you don't have access to land spear with Janthir Wilds, your damage potential will considerably reduced.

Dagger/Sword

On dagger/sword you want to spam all your skills except

Illusionary Riposte

which should be saved for blocking.

If using sword instead of dagger,

Illusionary Leap

deals no damage and should only be used if you're missing a third clone before shattering.

Spear

On spear, try to always hit your target with the outer edge of

Mind the Gap

to deal more damage, if you hit with both the outer and inner halves it will count as an outer edge hit, so it's easy to always deal empowered damage. Hitting with

Mind the Gap

gives you "Clarity", which empowers your next spear skill. You want to always cast

Phantasmal Lancer

empowered by Clarity.

Imaginary Inversion

should be saved for an extra dodge or to cleanse conditions.

If using greatsword instead of spear, use all skills but save

Illusionary Wave

for defiance bars.

Damage

• Always use
  Fractured Glass
  before bursting your target down, it inflicts Vulnerability and provides the buff Sharp Edges to increase your damage. You don't need to hit a target to get the damage buff.
• Try to always hit your target with the outer edge of
  Mind the Gap
  to deal more damage.
• In your dagger+sword set, try to use
  Phantasmal Swordsman
  twice before swapping back to spear.
• Bladecall
  and
  Unstable Bladestorm
  should be cast off cooldown.

Opener

Against bosses and other high health enemies, consider using the following opener:

1. Fractured Glass
   out of combat before starting the fight and weapon swap to dagger.
2. Unstable Bladestorm
   to start combat
3. Phantasmal Swordsman
4. Bladecall
   and weapon swap to spear
5. Mind the Gap
6. Phantasmal Lancer
7. Crystal Sands
   (don't pick up the mirror) + dodge ⇒
   Fractured Glass
8. auto attack until you can
   Mind the Gap
   ⇒
   Mental Collapse
   ⇒
   Mind the Gap
9. pick up the mirage mirror and
   Fractured Glass

Defense

• Never stop moving, get out of enemy attacks or dodge them.
• Clones and phantasms will tank some hits for you.
• Imaginary Inversion
  is an extra dodge, heals and cleanses conditions.
• When using sword,
  Blurred Frenzy
  dodges incoming attacks for 1 second. Use this to avoid attacks instead of dodging.
• Illusionary Riposte
  is a block plus evade.
• If you need condition cleanse, slot
  Mantra of Resolve
  .
• Distortion
  makes you immune to damage.

Crowd Control

• Signet of Humility
• Illusionary Riposte
  ⇒
  Counter Blade
  - daze.
• Time Sink
  - daze.
• Mental Collapse
  - Stun if used with Clarity.