Difference between revisions of "Vindicator - Power Vindicator"

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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 August 08, 2025 and is up to date for the August 19, 2025 patch.

Overview

A power-based open world build for Vindicator. This build has very good burst damage, good aoe, innate sustain and dodges very often. As a downside, it really lacks ranged damage.

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Skill Bar

Greatsword

Staff

Utility

Skill Variants

Do not replace Legendary Alliance Stance. Shiro is great for damage but can be replaced if you really want to.

Legendary Dwarf Stance - slightly lower damage but much higher defense and CC.
Legendary Centaur Stance - Usable in extrenely rare situations for its projectile block and condition cleanse.

Specializations

Equipment

Ascended gear is not required.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Staff
Berserker

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. Search the trading post for "Devona" armor. Then search for the weapons you want to use: "Ebonblade" greatsword, "Deathwish" staff, "Bonetti's Rapier" sword. Upgrade to ascended gear as you progress. See also: Guide:How to Gear a Character.

Relic of the Thief and Relic of Isgarren are good alternatives.
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.

DPS

Steak Ascended Food

Farming

Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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(and variants)

Usage

Damage

This skill has few buff windows to pay attention to. Just dodge, kill things, and repeat.
Dodge often to maintain the buff of Forerunner of Death.
Killing an enemy refunds all your endurance thanks to Sigil of Superior Sigil of Stamina.
Generate Quickness and endurance by spamming Scavenger Burst.
Use Energy Meld any time you have less than half your endurance.

Alliance Priority

Spear of Archemorus
Mist Unleashed
Eternity's Requiem
Phantom's Onslaught
Scavenger Burst - for Quickness and endurance
Fill with auto-attacks.

Assassin Priority

Impossible Odds
Mist Unleashed
Eternity's Requiem
Phantom's Onslaught
Fill with auto-attacks.

Defense

Roiling Mists heals you for a percentage or your critical strike damage. Consider using Dance of Death if you need even more.
Do not swap to Saint Viktor's skills for defense as they come at a steep DPS cost and do very little for you.
You will dodge extremely often in this build, letting you dodge many attacks.
Imperial Guard for a channeled block.

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

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 | designed for = open world, open world general
 | focus = strike damage
-| rating = draft
+| rating = great
 | xpac = eod
+| difficulty = 2
 }}
 ==Overview==
-Power Vindicator is a very strong power DPS build for general open world that maintains extremely high dodge uptime and deals great area DPS as well as moderate single-target dps. It can also provide {{Tooltip|Stability}} for 5 allies when using {{Skill|Legendary Dwarf Stance}} as well permanent {{Tooltip|Protection}} and 10 stacks of {{Tooltip|Might}}, plus extended durations on all boons boons on allies when using {{trait|Vassals of the Empire}} instead of {{Trait|Forerunner of Death}}. It is also technically capable of sharing {{Tooltip|Alacrity}} when using {{Tooltip|Legendary Centaur Stance}} together with the Salvation specialization.
+A power-based open world build for {{Tooltip|Vindicator}}. This build has very good burst damage, good aoe, innate sustain and dodges very often. As a downside, it really lacks ranged damage.
-While the altered dodge mechanic requires some time to get used to it, it provides a very satisfying playstyle, especially in OW scenarios where {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Stamina}} triggers frequently.
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 | weapon1 = Greatsword
 | weapon2 =
-| weapon3 = Greatsword
+| weapon3 = Staff
 | weapon4 =
 | healing =
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 | pet1 =
 | pet2 =
-| legend1 = Jalis
+| legend1 = archemorus
 | legend2 = Shiro
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+===Skill Variants===
-==Skill Variants==
+Do not replace {{Skill|Legendary Alliance Stance}}. Shiro is great for damage but can be replaced if you really want to.
+* {{Skill|Legendary Dwarf Stance}} - slightly lower damage but much higher defense and CC.
-===Legendary Alliance Stance===
+* {{Skill|Legendary Centaur Stance}} - Usable in extrenely rare situations for its projectile block and condition cleanse.
-* {{Skill|Legendary Alliance Stance}} provides you with a larger toolkit through the flip mechanic (sources of {{Tooltip|Quickness}}, additional {{Tooltip|Might}}, {{Tooltip|Fury}}, {{Tooltip|Regeneration}}, {{Tooltip|Resolution}} and {{Tooltip|Protection}}) and higher single-target damage, but is more diffult to execute well compared to {{Skill|Legendary Dwarf Stance}}.
 ==Specializations==
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 {{Specialization|Devastation|mid|mid|mid}}
 {{Specialization|Vindicator|top|bot|top}}
-* For some additional survivability, you can use {{trait|Rapid Flow}} and {{trait|Dance of Death}}; many of your abilities (including dodge with {{trait|Forerunner of Death}}) apply stacks of {{tooltip|Vulnerability}}. {{trait|Dance of Death}} is not as strong as it used to be, but still a very easy-going way to increase your survivability.
-* For a strong boost to group utlity and personal survivability at the cost of a good chunk of your damage, {{trait|Vassals of the Empire}} can be used to increase the duration of all boons on allies as well as permanent area {{tooltip|Protection}} and {{tooltip|Might}}
-===Retribution===
-* Retribution increases your survivability versus harder enemies noticeably.
-* Retribution offers an additional 25% endurance regeneration, which results in 100% when paired with {{Tooltip|Vigor}} and {{trait|Song of Arboreum}}.
-* It also increases {{Tooltip|Vigor}} uptime through evading while dodging and provides a good amout of passive healing through {{Tooltip|Steadfast Rejuvenation}}.
-{{Specialization|Retribution|top|bot|bot}}
 ==Equipment==
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 | weight = Heavy
 | stats = Berserker
-| rune = Superior Rune of Fireworks
+| rune = Superior Rune of the Scholar
 | rune-qt = 6
 | weapon1 = Greatsword
 | weapon2 =
 | sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force
-| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Impact
+| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Stamina
-| weapon3 = Greatsword
+| weapon3 = Staff
 | weapon4 =
 | sigil3 = Superior Sigil of Force
-| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Stamina
+| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Paralyzation
+| relic = Relic of Evasion
 }}
+If you are gearing this character from zero, start with '''exotic quality gear'''. Search the trading post for "Devona" armor. Then search for the weapons you want to use: "Ebonblade" greatsword, "Deathwish" staff, "Bonetti's Rapier" sword. Upgrade to ascended gear as you progress. See also: [[Guide:How to Gear a Character]].
+* {{Relic|Relic of the Thief}} and {{Relic|Relic of Isgarren}} are good alternatives.
+* {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter}} and {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Scholar}} are interchangeable.
-* Staff can be used for large amounts of CC damage through {{Skill|Surge of the Mists}} as well as some area healing and an additional block through {{Skill|Warding Rift}}.
-* The {{Rune|Superior Rune of Fireworks}} is not required (you can use {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Scholar}} as well), but it increases your uptime on {{Tooltip|Vigor}} and {{Tooltip|Fury}} as well as overall boon duration at the cost of some damage.
-*The {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Stamina}} triggers on every mob that grants experience, resulting in infinite dodges in general OW roaming as long as you keep killing enemies. Note that this does not require you to get the killing blow, you just need to damage the enemy enough to gain experience froms its death.
 ==Consumables==
-:'''Food'''
+Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
-* 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.
-* {{food|Peppermint Omnomberry Bar}} - farming
+===DPS===
-* {{food|Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew}} - this food offers a very significant damage and defense boost. budget options are available.
+* Steak Ascended Food
+* {{Food|Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew}}
+===Farming===
+* Prioritize '''Steak''' Ascended food.
+* {{Item|Birthday Blaster}} / {{Item|Feast of Delectable Birthday Cake}}
+* {{Food|Peppermint Omnomberry Bar}}
+* {{Utility|Sharpening Skull}} (and variants)
-:'''Utility'''
-* {{Utility|Sharpening Skull}} (and variants) - farming
-* {{utility|Potent Superior Sharpening Stone}} - dps
 ==Usage==
+===Damage===
+* This skill has few buff windows to pay attention to. Just dodge, kill things, and repeat.
+* Dodge often to maintain the buff of {{Trait|Forerunner of Death}}.
+* Killing an enemy refunds all your endurance thanks to {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Stamina}}.
+* Generate {{Tooltip|Quickness}} and endurance by spamming {{Skill|Scavenger Burst}}.
+* Use {{Skill|Energy Meld}} any time you have less than half your endurance.
+====Alliance Priority====
+# {{Skill|Spear of Archemorus}}
+# {{Skill|Mist Unleashed}}
+# {{Skill|Eternity's Requiem}}
+# {{Skill|Phantom's Onslaught}}
+# {{Skill|Scavenger Burst}} - for {{Tooltip|Quickness}} and endurance
+# Fill with auto-attacks.
+====Assassin Priority====
+# {{Skill|Impossible Odds}}
+# {{Skill|Mist Unleashed}}
+# {{Skill|Eternity's Requiem}}
+# {{Skill|Phantom's Onslaught}}
+# Fill with auto-attacks.
-===Damage/CC===
+===Defense===
-* Your main sources of damage are your dodges and greatsword skills. Priority is placed on {{Skill|Eternity's Requiem}} and dodges, while {{Skill|Mists Unleashed}} and {{Skill|Phantom's Onslaught}} are used as fillers in between auto attacks. If in Shiro, keep{{Skill|Impossible Odds}} up and when in Jalis, maintain {{Skill|Vengeful hammers}}.
+* {{Trait|Roiling Mists}} heals you for a percentage or your critical strike damage. Consider using {{Trait|Dance of Death}} if you need even more.
-* For CC, using a Staff and {{Skill|Surge of the Mists}} is the best option, combined with {{Skill|Forced Engagment}}. Those two skills combined break most CC bars easily.
+* Do not swap to Saint Viktor's skills for defense as they come at a steep DPS cost and do very little for you.
+* You will dodge extremely often in this build, letting you dodge many attacks.
+* {{Skill|Imperial Guard}} for a channeled block.
-===Survivability===
+===CC===
-* {{Skill|Inspiring Reinforcement}} can be used to provide area {{tooltip|Stability}}
+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.
-* {{Skill|Imperial Guard}} is a short-cooldown block that you can (and should) use instead of dodging to avoid incoming damage. This is because your dodges should be timed so that you maintain the passive benefits from either {{trait|Forerunner of Death}} or {{trait|Vassals of the Empire}}.
+* {{Skill|Surge of the Mists}} - 150-1350 depending on number of impacts
-* Both elite skills should only be used as a last resort when other sources of CC or defense are not available.
+* {{Skill|Forced Engagement}} - 300

Difference between revisions of "Vindicator - Power Vindicator"

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Overview

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Skill Variants

Specializations

Equipment

Consumables

DPS

Farming

Usage

Damage

Alliance Priority

Assassin Priority

Defense

CC

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Difference between revisions of "Vindicator - Power Vindicator"

Latest revision as of 17:14, 8 August 2025

Overview

Template Code

Skill Bar

Skill Variants

Specializations

Equipment

Consumables

DPS

Farming

Usage

Damage

Alliance Priority

Assassin Priority

Defense

CC

Ratings

Comments