Build:Harbinger - Power Quick Harbinger

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Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on July 26, 2022.

Overview

A relatively simple to play strike damage based Harbinger build for general open world play focused on quickly clearing enemies with strong self- Might/ Vulnerability generation and AoE Quickness. Can also be used with Minions if desired. Not recommended for soloing harder content as your sustain is limited.

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Skill Bar

Axe/Focus

Dagger/Warhorn

Utility

Weapon Variants

Weapon choice for this build is mostly for utility and lifeforce generation as most of your time dealing dps should be in shroud. Pistol/Focus is chosen as the default as it provides quick life force generation with passable damage.

Skill Variants

Healing Skills

• Summon Blood Fiend - For minion builds.

Utility Skills

• Spectral Grasp - Pulls in enemies.
• Spectral Armor - Stunbreak + Life force and defense vs strike damage.
• Spectral Walk - Stunbreak + Life force and defense vs conditions.
• Summon Shadow Fiend - For minion builds.
• Well of Suffering - AoE Damage.
• Well of Darkness - AoE Blind and Damage.
• Signet of the Locust - Passive movement speed and damage/heal/boon-rip when activated

Elite Skills

• Summon Flesh Golem - For minion builds or a strong CC with the command skill.

Specializations

Specialization Variants

• Awaken the Pain - More damage if not using signets.
• Vital Persistence - Extra HP and self/incoming healing.

Equipment

• Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Pistol
Berserker

Focus
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Equipment Variants

Stats

• Assassin - More crit chance without increasing HP.
• Marauder and/or Dragon stats - Defensive options which also can manipulate your critical strike chance.
• Diviner - More boon duration at the cost of damage.

Runes

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Golemancer - Extra summon to distract enemies which also can gain quickness/ fury from your shroud aura.
• Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar - Damage if using equipment with more critical hit chance.

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - defense

Consumables

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.
• - farming
• - DPS
• - defense

Utility

• (and variants) - farming
• , - DPS

Usage

This build is relatively simple to use as most of your damage comes from your Harbinger Shroud auto-attack.

Harbinger Shroud

• With Signets of Suffering, the passive effect of Signet of Undeath continues to regenerate your lifeforce even while in shroud.
• Your auto-attack Tainted Bolts also generates might as long as you are attacking so try to always be attacking if possible.
• Dark Barrage - burst cleave damage.
• Vital Draw generates life force when striking enemies. If possible try to strike as many foes as possible to maximise lifeforce gains.
• The other Shroud skills should be saved mostly for mobility or to quickly finish off weakened foes.

Crowd Control

• Vile Blast - AoE Stun
• Vital Draw - Long duration PBAoE Float