Build:Bladesworn - Power Bladesworn

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 21, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Power Bladesworn is a power dps build for use in solo open world.

This build's strengths include:

• Very high burst damage
• Strong self-healing
• Good area damage

Notably, this build performs terribly at range.

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Skill Bar

Axe/Axe

Rifle

Utility

Weapon Variants

Rifle its taken as a ranged option, however this specialization suffers heavily at range and this should only be reserved for emergencies, especially since you cannot weapon swap in combat.

• Off-hand Pistol - replaces Off-hand Axe for less AoE damage but more single target burst, and higher uptime of Guns and Glory.
• Greatsword - replaces Rifle; evasion & mobility, much lower DPS than Mainhand Axe.

Specializations

• Daring Dragon - taking this trait allows you to supply permanent Alacrity to nearby allies.

Equipment

Ascended gear is 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

Axe
Berserker

Axe
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rifle
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

• Knight's Trinkets - higher defense, lower damage.
• Rune of Superior Rune of the Pack - better for solo-play than Rune of Superior Rune of the Thief, but not usable in other areas of PVE.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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Farming

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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• (and variants)

Usage

Damage

• Using ammo skills will increase your damage done through Fierce as Fire and explosions will increase your ferocity via Guns and Glory.
• Dragon Trigger is responsible for the vast majority of your damage, so you should never delay it. By default, you should always try to use Dragon Slash - Force . If your target moves out of range, you can also use Dragon Slash - Boost or Dragon Slash - Reach.
• Whirling Axe is the highest damage skill on dual axes, so it takes priority there.

Survivability

• Triggerguard & Flicker Step cause you to deal more damage through Fierce as Fire, so you can use them when you know you won't need them for defense. They are your sole defense in Dragon Trigger though, so you might have to keep them.
• You heal considerable amounts from Might Makes Right, Mending Might, and Vigorous Shouts.