Build:Bladesworn - Power Bladesworn

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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 May 06, 2022.

Overview

Power Bladesworn is a very unique specialization to use in open world due to it's restricted mobility, caused by the reliance on Dragon Trigger. This iteration supplies itself with permanent Fury, 25 Might for 5 allies as well as large amounts of self-healing through the synergies between Forceful Greatsword, Might Makes Right, Mending Might and Phalanx Strength. This allows it to be highly survivable in the same gear as the standard PvE DPS build, making it a very convenient option for overall PvE gameplay.

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Skill Bar

Axe/Axe

Greatsword

Utility

Specializations

Alternative Traits

• Phalanx Strength for any situation where you're not alone. This triggers Mending Might for every afected ally - including yourself.

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

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

• You can also use a pistol instead of the offhand axe, which will facilitate maintaining Guns and Glory outside of gunsaber.
• You should aim for 67.5% critical chance before Banner of Discipline, Spotter and Fury so you reach 100% with those buffs. If you know that you won't have any of these buffs (you supply fury yourself), you can add in more assassins pieces or use food with Precision + Ferocity on it.
• Knight - defensive trinkets
• Marauder - defensive gear
• Rune of Superior Rune of Strength, Rune of Superior Rune of Infiltration - budget DPS
• Rune of Superior Rune of Durability, Rune of Superior Rune of Vampirism - defense
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Air, Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact - alt DPS
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - defensive

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

• Using ammo skills will increase your damage done through Firece 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. Whenever possible, you
• Whirling Axe is the highest damage skill on dual axes, so it takes priority there.
• 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 can also use any physical-type skill like Throw Bolas or Kick before going into Dragon Trigger to empower it by an additional 10%.

*Greatsword should only be used whenever you need additional survivability from Forceful Greatsword or a short-cooldown evade through Whirlwind Attack.

• The rotation used for group content with dual axes has higher cleave and is a bit more straightforward to execute than the pistol rotation.
• It uses Blooming Fire instead of Artillery Slash or Cyclone Trigger since that procs Guns and Glory thrice.
• Detailed explanations and a rotation showcase are given down below.

Rotation Guide Video (as of May 2022)