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* This setup provides ~12.5% boon duration and 1957 precision (before {{trait|Elemental Empowerment}})
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** Theoretically you could go as low as 4% boon duration, but this not recommended
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** If you need more boon duration, you could consider swapping the {{sigil|Superior Sigil of Impact}} for a {{sigil|Superior Sigil of Concentration}}
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* If you don't have stat infusions, you should switch one accessory to {{tooltip|Assassin stats}}
  
  
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==Usage==
 
==Usage==
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Quickness Catalyst uses the same rotation as [[https://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Catalyst_-_Power_DPS|Catalyst - Power DPS]].
  
  
 
===Rotation fundamentals===
 
===Rotation fundamentals===
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Catalyst's rotation can be varied quite a lot, so an outline is provided rather than a strict skill usage. The fundamental goal is to cycle through all four elements, activating the Circular Projectile in each element before releasing them all with {{Skill|Grand Finale}} and starting the loop again.  
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Catalyst's rotation can be varied quite a lot, so an outline is provided rather than a strict skill usage. The fundamental goal is to cycle through all four elements, activating the Circular Projectile in each element before releasing them all with {{Skill|Grand Finale}} and starting the loop again. Jade Sphere is also used in each element for boons.
  
  
 
'''Jade Sphere use'''
 
'''Jade Sphere use'''
  
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During the loop, you also want to deploy your Jade Sphere in '''Fire''', '''Air''' and '''Water'''. You do not regain the energy needed to cast them while they are active, so '''Fire''' and '''Earth''' are used to regain that energy as they have the strongest autoattacks. The sphere does the same amount base damage in each element, but thanks to the damage buffs you gain while in '''Fire''' and '''Air''', these attunements are higher priority. {{Skill|Relentless Fire}} and {{Skill|Shattering Ice}} will last longer if used while standing in {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}} and {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Water)}}.
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During the loop, you also want to deploy your Jade Sphere once in each element. Each one provides {{tooltip|Quickness}} and one other boon upon activation, then pulses additional boons for the duration. You do not regain the energy needed to cast them while one is active, so it's best to cast them in "pairs" as you switch attunements. This creates some gaps in the loop where energy can recharge, and as the most powerful autoattacks are found in '''Fire''' and '''Earth''', these attunements are the best choice to stay in. The sphere does the same amount base damage in each element, but thanks to the damage buffs you gain while in '''Fire''' and '''Air''', these attunements are higher priority. {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}} also generates stacks of {{trait|Persisting Flames}}, and {{Skill|Relentless Fire}} and {{Skill|Shattering Ice}} will last longer if used while standing in {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}} and {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Water)}}.  
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If you are not using {{Skill|Shattering Ice}}, you could deploy your Jade Sphere in '''Earth''' instead of '''Water''' if the {{tooltip|Protection}} would be more valuable than {{tooltip|Resolution}}.
 
  
  
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'''Fiery Greatsword use'''
 
'''Fiery Greatsword use'''
  
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With the {{Skill|Whirling Stones}} trick (see the '''Earth''' section below), '''Earth''' has the fewest cooldowns to use, and so is the best time to {{Skill|Conjure Fiery Greatsword}}. Summon after using {{Skill|Rocky Loop}} and {{Skill|Ground Pound}} (if available) and use {{Skill|Firestorm}} then drop the weapon and continue your rotation. The next time you reach '''Earth''', pick the second Greatsword up and repeat.  
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With the {{Skill|Whirling Stones}} trick (see the '''Earth''' section below), '''Earth''' has the fewest cooldowns to use, and so is the best time to {{Skill|Conjure Fiery Greatsword}}. Summon after using {{Skill|Rocky Loop}} and {{Skill|Ground Pound}} (if available) and use {{Skill|Fiery Rush}} → {{Skill|Firestorm}} then drop the weapon and continue your rotation. The next time you reach '''Earth''', pick the second Greatsword up and repeat.  
  
  
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In '''Water''' you want to use:
 
In '''Water''' you want to use:
 
* {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Water)}}
 
* {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Water)}}
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* {{Skill|Rain of Blows}}
 
* {{Skill|Icy Coil}}
 
* {{Skill|Icy Coil}}
 
* {{Skill|Crashing Font}}
 
* {{Skill|Crashing Font}}
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In '''Earth''' you want to use:
 
In '''Earth''' you want to use:
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* {{Skill|Whirling Stones}} - as {{Skill|Stonestrike}} is your most powerful autoattack, it is a good idea to delay this until your attunement swap is available, then use {{Skill|Whirling Stones}} and immediately swap (this will not interrupt the cast)
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* {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Earth)}}
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* {{Skill|Whirling Stones}} - as {{Skill|Stonestrike}} is a powerful autoattack, it is a good idea to delay this until your attunement swap is available, then use {{Skill|Whirling Stones}} and immediately swap (this will not interrupt the cast)
 
* {{Skill|Rocky Loop}}
 
* {{Skill|Rocky Loop}}
 
* {{Skill|Ground Pound}} - use if available, but don't delay your attunement swap for it
 
* {{Skill|Ground Pound}} - use if available, but don't delay your attunement swap for it
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===Rotation example===
 
===Rotation example===
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You should always start in '''Air''' to start generating boons as quickly as possible. The rotation follows similar fundamentals to the DPS build, but thanks to the '''Arcane''' trailine, a full loop is faster than the cooldown on your circular projectiles. To fix this, after the first loop you do a second, much quicker loop to get some extra DPS skills and a second use of {{skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Air)}} in.
 
  
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While you have opportunities to adjust the element order as needed, in most cases you want your first two attunements to be '''Fire''' and '''Air''', followed by '''Water''' and lastly '''Earth'''. Your choice of starting attunement is largely up to you, but it might be best to base it upon which {{Skill|Glyph of Storms}} you wish to open with.
  
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<big>'''Major Loop'''</big>
 
  
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'''Air'''
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'''Opener in Fire'''
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# {{Skill|Glyph of Storms}}
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# {{Skill|Glyph of Storms}} (optional)
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# {{Skill|Crescent Wind}}
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# {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}}
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# {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Air)}}
 
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# {{Skill|Shock Blast}}
 
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# {{Skill|Hurricane of Pain}} - swap to {{tooltip|Fire Attunement}} once the cast begins
 
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'''Fire'''
 
 
# {{Skill|Flame Wheel}}
 
# {{Skill|Flame Wheel}}
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# {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}}
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# {{Skill|Surging Flames}}
 
# {{Skill|Relentless Fire}}
 
# {{Skill|Relentless Fire}}
 
# {{Skill|Molten End}}
 
# {{Skill|Molten End}}
 
# {{Skill|Triple Sear}}
 
# {{Skill|Triple Sear}}
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# {{Skill|Surging Flames}}
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# {{Skill|Air Attunement}}
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# {{Skill|Water Attunement}}
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'''Air'''
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# {{Skill|Crescent Wind}}
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# {{Skill|Shock Blast}}
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# {{Skill|Hurricane of Pain}}  
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# {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Air)}} once you pass 20 energy (2/3rds of the energy bar) and swap to {{tooltip|Water Attunement}}
  
  
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# {{Skill|Shattering Ice}}
 
# {{Skill|Shattering Ice}}
 
# {{Skill|Cleansing Typhoon}}
 
# {{Skill|Cleansing Typhoon}}
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# {{Skill|Crashing Font}}
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# {{Skill|Crashing Font}} - if available
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# {{Skill|Rain of Blows}} - swap to {{tooltip|Earth Attunement}} once the cast begins
 
# {{Skill|Earth Attunement}}
 
# {{Skill|Earth Attunement}}
  
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'''Earth'''
 
'''Earth'''
 
# {{Skill|Rocky Loop}}
 
# {{Skill|Rocky Loop}}
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# {{Skill|Ground Pound}}
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# {{Skill|Ground Pound}} - if available
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# {{Skill|Conjure Fiery Greatsword}}
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# {{Skill|Conjure Fiery Greatsword}} (if available)
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# {{Skill|Fiery Rush}}
 
 
# {{Skill|Firestorm}} - drop Fiery Greastword immediately after the cast
 
# {{Skill|Firestorm}} - drop Fiery Greastword immediately after the cast
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# {{Skill|Stonestrike}} until '''Air Attunement''' is available
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# {{Skill|Stonestrike}} until you are at full energy and {{skill|Relentless Fire}} is nearly off cooldown
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# {{Skill|Whirling Stones}} - swap to {{tooltip|Air Attunement}} once the cast begins
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# {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Earth)}}
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# {{Skill|Whirling Stones}} - swap to {{tooltip|Fire Attunement}} once the cast begins
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<big>'''Minor Loop'''</big>
 
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'''Air'''
 
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# {{Skill|Hurricane of Pain}}
 
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# {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Air)}} as soon as you have the energy
 
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# {{tooltip|Fire Attunement}} when available
 
  
  
 
'''Fire'''
 
'''Fire'''
 
# {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}}
 
# {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}}
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# {{skill|Surging Flames}}, {{Skill|Glyph of Storms}} (if available) and {{skill|Singeing Strike}} until Water Attunement is ready
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# {{Skill|Relentless Fire}}
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# {{skill|Water Attunement}}
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# {{skill|Grand Finale}}
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# {{Skill|Molten End}}
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# {{Skill|Triple Sear}}
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'''Water'''
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# {{Skill|Flame Wheel}}
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# {{skill|Rain of Blows}}}
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# {{Skill|Surging Flames}}
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# If available, {{skill|Conjure Fiery Greatsword}} or pick up an existing greatsword, use {{skill|Firestorm}} and drop the greatsword
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# {{Skill|Air Attunement}}
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# {{skill|Earth Attunement}} as soon as you can
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# Return to the start of the '''Air''' Section
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'''Earth'''
 
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# {{Skill|Whirling Stones}}, {{skill|Ground Pound}} (if available) and {{skill|Stonestrike}} until Air Attunement is ready
 
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# {{skill|Air Attunement}}
 
  
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Keep looping between the four elements, following the advice in the '''Rotation fundamentals''' section and adjusting as necessary.
  
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'''Air'''
 
  
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In Air, use {{Skill|Grand Finale}} and once you can use {{skill|Crescent Wind}} again, start from the beginning of the Major Loop.
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[https://youtu.be/DMbyAqHMH6Q Video example (DPS)]
  
  
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[https://youtu.be/92XCBnuU5jM Video example]
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[https://youtu.be/gmARoVMVUUI Video example (DPS, using earth elemental)]

Revision as of 20:15, 5 July 2023

This is a rough draft. Once adequately written, it will progress to the testing stage, where it can be rated by the community. You can help by proposing changes with a comment.

Focused on: Direct damage and Support

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on July 05, 2023.

Overview

A quickness-providing catalyst build.


Skill Bar

Hammer
Utility

Skill Variants

  • Arcane Blast will provide more burst damage than Shattering Ice.
  • Conjure Lightning Hammer will be more damage than Shattering Ice on large hitboxes.
  • Glyph of Elementals is a minor DPS loss if you prefer to avoid conjured weapons, or you think you won't get use out of the second one.


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Specializations


Equipment

Head
Diviner
Shoulders
Assassin
Chest
Berserker
Hands
Berserker
Legs
Diviner
Feet
Berserker
Backpiece
Diviner
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Hammer
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x11
Infusion
x7
  • This setup provides ~12.5% boon duration and 1957 precision (before Elemental Empowerment)
    • Theoretically you could go as low as 4% boon duration, but this not recommended
    • If you need more boon duration, you could consider swapping the Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact for a Sigil of Superior Sigil of Concentration
  • If you don't have stat infusions, you should switch one accessory to Assassin stats Assassin stats


Consumables

Food:

  • or ascended versions


Utility:


Usage

Quickness Catalyst uses the same rotation as [- Power DPS].


Rotation fundamentals

Catalyst's rotation can be varied quite a lot, so an outline is provided rather than a strict skill usage. The fundamental goal is to cycle through all four elements, activating the Circular Projectile in each element before releasing them all with Grand Finale and starting the loop again. Jade Sphere is also used in each element for boons.


Jade Sphere use

During the loop, you also want to deploy your Jade Sphere once in each element. Each one provides Quickness Quickness and one other boon upon activation, then pulses additional boons for the duration. You do not regain the energy needed to cast them while one is active, so it's best to cast them in "pairs" as you switch attunements. This creates some gaps in the loop where energy can recharge, and as the most powerful autoattacks are found in Fire and Earth, these attunements are the best choice to stay in. The sphere does the same amount base damage in each element, but thanks to the damage buffs you gain while in Fire and Air, these attunements are higher priority. Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire) also generates stacks of Persisting Flames, and Relentless Fire and Shattering Ice will last longer if used while standing in Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire) and Deploy Jade Sphere (Water).


Glyph of Storms use

Glyph of Storms should be used either in Fire or Air attunement. Optimal use will depend on phase timings as well as hitbox size - Fire favouring small hitboxes and Air favouring large. Given the damage and cooldown, Fire should be the more efficient option, but the rotation lines up somewhat awkwardly compared to using it in Air, so consider the following:

  • A rule of thumb for elementalist is that your last Glyph of Storms in each phase should be used in Air, so try to keep an idea of how long you have left when deciding where to use it.
  • As the more powerful option, if you can line Air up with your target gaining Exposed Exposed this will be greatly beneficial - particularly useful in fractals.
  • If your rotation is not particularly tight, you may be better off just casting Glyph of Storms at the earliest possible opportunity, whether you are in Fire or Air.


Fiery Greatsword use

With the Whirling Stones trick (see the Earth section below), Earth has the fewest cooldowns to use, and so is the best time to Conjure Fiery Greatsword. Summon after using Rocky Loop and Ground Pound (if available) and use Fiery Rush → Firestorm then drop the weapon and continue your rotation. The next time you reach Earth, pick the second Greatsword up and repeat.


Fire

In Fire you want to use:

  • Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)
  • Surging Flames
  • Flame Wheel
  • Triple Sear
  • Molten End
  • Relentless Fire


Water

In Water you want to use:

  • Deploy Jade Sphere (Water)
  • Rain of Blows
  • Icy Coil
  • Crashing Font
  • Cleansing Typhoon - use if available, but don't delay your attunement swap for it
  • Shattering Ice


Air

In Air you want to use:

  • Deploy Jade Sphere (Air)
  • Hurricane of Pain
  • Crescent Wind
  • Shock Blast.


Earth

In Earth you want to use:

  • Deploy Jade Sphere (Earth)
  • Whirling Stones - as Stonestrike is a powerful autoattack, it is a good idea to delay this until your attunement swap is available, then use Whirling Stones and immediately swap (this will not interrupt the cast)
  • Rocky Loop
  • Ground Pound - use if available, but don't delay your attunement swap for it


Rotation example

While you have opportunities to adjust the element order as needed, in most cases you want your first two attunements to be Fire and Air, followed by Water and lastly Earth. Your choice of starting attunement is largely up to you, but it might be best to base it upon which Glyph of Storms you wish to open with.


Opener in Fire

  1. Glyph of Storms (optional)
  2. Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)
  3. Flame Wheel
  4. Surging Flames
  5. Relentless Fire
  6. Molten End
  7. Triple Sear
  8. Air Attunement


Air

  1. Crescent Wind
  2. Shock Blast
  3. Hurricane of Pain
  4. Deploy Jade Sphere (Air) once you pass 20 energy (2/3rds of the energy bar) and swap to Water Attunement Water Attunement


Water

  1. Icy Coil
  2. Deploy Jade Sphere (Water)
  3. Shattering Ice
  4. Cleansing Typhoon
  5. Crashing Font - if available
  6. Rain of Blows - swap to Earth Attunement Earth Attunement once the cast begins
  7. Earth Attunement


Earth

  1. Rocky Loop
  2. Ground Pound - if available
  3. Conjure Fiery Greatsword (if available)
  4. Firestorm - drop Fiery Greastword immediately after the cast
  5. Stonestrike until you are at full energy and Relentless Fire is nearly off cooldown
  6. Deploy Jade Sphere (Earth)
  7. Whirling Stones - swap to Fire Attunement Fire Attunement once the cast begins


Fire

  1. Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)
  2. Relentless Fire
  3. Grand Finale
  4. Molten End
  5. Triple Sear
  6. Flame Wheel
  7. Surging Flames
  8. Air Attunement
  9. Return to the start of the Air Section

Keep looping between the four elements, following the advice in the Rotation fundamentals section and adjusting as necessary.


Video example (DPS)


Video example (DPS, using earth elemental)

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Ratings

This build has a rating of 4 stars based on 4 votes.
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5 stars
Velkix gave this build 5 stars • December 2023
Arcane precision doesn't provide much value, but this build is pretty solid. People can pick S/D and tweak some traits to solo open-world bosses. Bountiful Power is a perfect match for Catalyst and the best for daily usage. You can provide 20+ mights, perm quickness, decent protection, vigor, and minor regen. I personally prefer S/D because hammer has a fixed rotation, and you may lose Sphere energy due to some circumstances. Update: Fire/Air is better and easier. Pick cele/divin trinkets except rings. You get 100% cirt chance and 25-35% boon duration. Enough for stikes.
3 stars
Wolfsen gave this build 3 stars • November 2023
A kinda mediocre build due to energy management not fitting well with a support role.
3 stars
OfficerAndyGentleman gave this build 3 stars • August 2023
On paper, a very strong option that provides a range of useful boons and deals great DPS. Unfortunately, the nature of its rotation makes it rather inflexible in its quickness provision and it struggles noticeably on bosses that move a lot.
5 stars
MechaOG gave this build 5 stars • August 2022
This build can easily keep up perma quickness while managing to do a very decent dps. The cleave is amazing as is with Catalyst in general, so in fractals, you can mow down mobs. It works amazingly in most fractals, so I will only be rating it based on the fractals where it can work (Looking at you sunqua peak). It is easy to maintain quickness on it, so even if you mess up your rotations and get little less dps, you can still keep quickness up. One of the biggest thing with catalyst is, understanding combos. You put down many combo fields and have many finishers. Learning what each does, will allow a player to use the most out of this build. Can it go toe to toe with other quickness builds? I'd say, yes for the most part. You will have to spend sometime to learn it, but once you manage to understand it, you will be able to challenge the meta.

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