Build:Spellbreaker - Power Arms DPS

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Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on February 27, 2025.

Overview

Spellbreaker is a great all-rounder, combining high sustained damage, consistent boonrip, big CC and good survivability thanks to Full Counter.

Skill Bar

Sword/Mace

Dagger/Axe

Utility

Weapon Variants

• You can drop the mainhand Sword to keep only Dagger mainhand. This makes the rotation simpler, and it deals greater damage against targets above 50% health. It does less DPS overall though, and this damage drops further against targets that regularly gain boons.

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Specializations

• Loss Aversion - On bosses that regain boons very regularly you will not gain the benefit of Sun and Moon Style, and you can reliably gain the extra damage and adrenaline for removing boons with this trait.

Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Sword
Berserker

Mace
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Dagger
Berserker

Axe
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

• For players that don't own Janthir Wilds, a Relic of the Thief is the best option.
• Against bosses that don't get Stunned, a Sigil of Superior Sigil of Air on Sword/Mace will do more DPS than the Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impacts.
• If you're able to reliably use CC during a bosses attack animations, then Sigil of Superior Sigil of Severance will trigger, which can make it better than Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact.
• Against bosses where you can reliably remove boons (such as Qadim), Relic of Nourys may offer higher DPS. Be aware that you will also stack this relic passively in combat, so the damage buff may trigger on a moment where it's not useful.

Consumables

Food

• or ascended versions

Utility

Usage

Offhand mace rotation

Start on Sword/Mace. If possible, you can precast all your signet skills before the encounter starts to stack up Signet Mastery. Make sure Signet of Fury is the last one you use, as it has its own potent buff when cast. You can repeat this trick whenever you have downtime and can't hit the boss.

Opener

1. Kick (warrior utility)
2. Flurry, but cancel the cast as soon as you get a hit as you're only casting it to trigger Berserker's Power and Magebane Tether.
3. Crushing Blow
4. Tremor - this recharges Crushing Blow
5. Crushing Blow
6. Weapon Swap

Dagger section

1. Disrupting Stab
2. Dual Strike
3. Breaching Strike
4. Whirling Axe
5. Precise Cut ⇒ Focused Slash ⇒ Keen Strike x4
6. Kick (warrior utility)
7. Precise Cut ⇒ Focused Slash ⇒ Keen Strike
8. Breaching Strike
9. Precise Cut ⇒ Focused Slash ⇒ Keen Strike
10. Disrupting Stab
11. Dual Strike
12. Weapon Swap

Sword section

1. Final Thrust
2. Sever Artery ⇒ Gash ⇒ Hamstring x7
3. Kick (warrior utility)
4. Flurry, but cancel the cast as soon as you get a hit as you're only casting it to trigger Berserker's Power and Magebane Tether.
5. Signet of Fury
6. Crushing Blow
7. Tremor
8. Crushing Blow
9. Final Thrust
10. Weapon Swap
11. Return to start of Dagger section