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| profession = engineer
 
| profession = engineer
 
| specialization = holosmith
 
| specialization = holosmith
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| designed for = open world, open world general, open world dps, open world bruiser
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| designed for = open world, open world general, open world dps
 
| focus = condition damage
 
| focus = condition damage
 
| rating = great
 
| rating = great
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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
 
A versatile holosmith build for open world. This build has very high DPS in long fights and maintains a fast ramp time due to its high reliance on Burning. This build can be somewhat difficult for new players, but is well worth learning due to its sheer damage output.
 
A versatile holosmith build for open world. This build has very high DPS in long fights and maintains a fast ramp time due to its high reliance on Burning. This build can be somewhat difficult for new players, but is well worth learning due to its sheer damage output.
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|weapon1 = Pistol
 
|weapon1 = Pistol
 
|weapon2 = Pistol
 
|weapon2 = Pistol
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|weapon3 = Sword
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|weapon4 = Pistol
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|healing = Healing Turret
 
|healing = Healing Turret
 
|utility1 = Grenade Kit
 
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===Skill Variants===
 
===Skill Variants===
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====Healing====
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* {{Skill|AED}} - strong heal with additional CC
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* {{Skill|A.E.D.}} - strong heal with CC
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* {{Skill|Spectrum Shield}} - if extra defense is needed, drop {{Skill|Bomb Kit}}.
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* {{Skill|Elixir H}} - simpler to use
 
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====Utilities====
 
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* {{Skill|Laser Disk}} - Lower DPS than kits but easier to use
 
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* {{Skill|Spectrum Shield}} - the best defensive tool in engineer's kit; provides a stunbreak and massive damage reduction on a short cooldown
 
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* {{Skill|Elixir U}} - {{Tooltip|Quickness}}
 
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* {{Skill|Hard Light Arena}} - defensive utility that provides protection
 
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* {{Skill|Photon Wall}} - provides a block on demand and a toolbelt skill that deals good damage.
 
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* {{Skill|Elixir Gun}} - versatile utility kit with condition cleanse, AoE damage, and a stun break.
 
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* {{Skill|Personal Battering Ram}} - heavy crowd control on a short cooldown.
 
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* {{Skill|Rocket Boots}} - for running away from things or mobility in non-mount spaces; also burns a little
 
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====Elites====
 
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* {{Skill|Elixir X}} - if you need more stability or heavy crowd control.
 
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==Specializations==
 
==Specializations==
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{{Specialization|Explosives|mid|mid|mid}}
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{{Specialization|Explosives|mid|top|mid}}
 
{{Specialization|Firearms|top|mid|bot}}
 
{{Specialization|Firearms|top|mid|bot}}
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{{Specialization|Holosmith|bot|top|top}}
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{{Specialization|Holosmith|bot|top|mid}}
 
* {{Trait|Big Boomer}} - sustain at the cost of damage
 
* {{Trait|Big Boomer}} - sustain at the cost of damage
 
* {{Trait|Crystal Configuration: Eclipse}} - grants barrier
 
* {{Trait|Crystal Configuration: Eclipse}} - grants barrier
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* {{Trait|Enhanced Capacity Storage Unit}} - improves your sword skills and holo utilities; also allows you to drop {{Sigil|Strength}}
 
  
  
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| sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Malice
 
| sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Malice
 
| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Strength
 
| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Strength
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| weapon3 = Sword
 
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| weapon4 = Pistol
 
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| sigil3 = Superior Sigil of Malice
 
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| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Strength
 
 
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===Variant Equipment===
 
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====Gear====
 
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* {{Tooltip|Celestial}} - a versatile but expensive gearset that trades ~15% dps for a large boost to defense and sustain; can be used with {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Traveler}} or {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Renegade}}
 
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* {{Trailblazer}} - a defensive and expensive gearset that trades ~20% DPS for an extreme boost to defense; should be used with {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Undead}} and {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Geomancy}}
 
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* {{Tooltip|Rabid}} - budget {{Tooltip|Trailblazer}}; should be used with {{Rune|Superior Rune of Balthazar}} and {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Agony}}
 
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====Runes====
 
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* {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Elementalist}} - alt DPS; if using these, swap {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Malice}} to {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Bursting}}
 
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====Sigils====
 
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* {{Sigil|Energy}} - defensive sigil that syenrgizes with {{Trait|Thermal Release Valve}}
 
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==Consumables==
 
==Consumables==
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==Usage==
 
==Usage==
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===Damage===
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Loop through kits, using big skills as they come off cooldown. Without alacrity, there's no real method to this madness. Your most important skills are as follows, in no particular order:
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* Forge: {{Skill|Photon Blitz}}, {{Skill|Corona Burst}}, autoattacks. Focus on using {{Skill|Photon Blitz}} at least twice while in forge.
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* {{Skill|Blowtorch}}
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* Toolbelt: {{Skill|Incendiary Ammo}}
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* {{Skill|Grenade Barrage}}
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* Use {{Skill|Prime Light Beam}} off cooldown, but preferably over 50 heat.
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* {{Skill|Fire Bomb}}
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* Use {{Skill|Refraction Cutter}} and {{Skill|Radiant Arc}} off cooldown, especially right after dropping forge
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* {{Skill|Shrapnel Grenade}}
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* Use {{Skill|Blowtorch}} off cooldown
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* {{Skill|Poison Grenade}}
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* Flamethrower: Use {{Skill|Napalm}} & {{Skill|Flame Blast}}. If Forge is at low heat, drop FT and enter forge. If Forge is at high heat, auto-attack with Flamethrower until either {{Skill|Blowtorch}} or Forge is available again.
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* {{Skill|Flame Blast}}
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* Auto-attacks shorten the cooldown of sword 2
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* {{Skill|Napalm}}
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* {{Skill|Prime Light Beam}}
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* {{Skill|Incendiary Ammo}}
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===Defense===
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* {{Skill|Corona Burst}}
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* {{Skill|Spectrum Shield}} is an extremely potent defensive cooldown. It grants 50% damage reduction and functions as a stunbreak. This is your bread and butter for any challenging content.
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* {{Skill|Photon Blitz}}
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* {{Skill|Flash Spark}} is an area blind
 
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* {{Skill|Hard Light Arena}} provides considerable protection uptime.
 
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===Crowd Control===
 
===Crowd Control===
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* {{Skill|Big Ol' Bomb}}
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* {{Skill|Prime Light Beam}}
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* {{Skill|Air Blast}}
 
* {{Skill|Prismatic Singularity}}
 
* {{Skill|Prismatic Singularity}}
 
* {{Skill|Holographic Shockwave}}
 
* {{Skill|Holographic Shockwave}}
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==Video Examples==
 
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[https://youtu.be/1wKpWaO_dP0 Cele Holo vs Razorwing]
 

Revision as of 22:50, 19 August 2023

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Open World, Open World General and [[|]]

Expansions required: Path of Fire Builds

Difficulty:
Hard
This build was last updated on August 19, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A versatile holosmith build for open world. This build has very high DPS in long fights and maintains a fast ramp time due to its high reliance on Burning. This build can be somewhat difficult for new players, but is well worth learning due to its sheer damage output.

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Skill Bar

Pistol/Pistol
Utility

Skill Variants

  • AED - strong heal with additional CC
  • Spectrum Shield - if extra defense is needed, drop Bomb Kit.

Specializations

  • Big Boomer - sustain at the cost of damage
  • Crystal Configuration: Eclipse - grants barrier


Equipment

This set uses similar gear to Build:Holosmith_-_Condi_DPS, making it excellent for general PvE.

Head
Viper
Shoulders
Viper
Chest
Viper
Hands
Viper
Legs
Viper
Feet
Viper
Backpiece
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Amulet
Viper
Ring
Viper
Ring
Viper
Pistol
Viper
Pistol
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6


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
  • - dps if using gear with high toughness


Usage

Loop through kits, using big skills as they come off cooldown. Without alacrity, there's no real method to this madness. Your most important skills are as follows, in no particular order:

  • Blowtorch
  • Grenade Barrage
  • Fire Bomb
  • Shrapnel Grenade
  • Poison Grenade
  • Flame Blast
  • Napalm
  • Prime Light Beam
  • Incendiary Ammo
  • Corona Burst
  • Photon Blitz

Crowd Control

  • Big Ol' Bomb
  • Prime Light Beam
  • Air Blast
  • Prismatic Singularity
  • Holographic Shockwave
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Ratings

This build has a rating of 5 stars based on 2 votes.
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4 stars
Warming Hearth gave this build 4 stars • April 2024
Really good damage, but for open world damage is not all that matters, and it's quite hard to play properly. Condi mechanist is generally better since the mech will tank most enemies for you and the build is much simpler to use.
5 stars
Starlitjupiter gave this build 5 stars • July 2023
cHolo is one of the highest DPS options in the game at the moment, especially for solo. It has a difficult rotation but the potential damage it deals and the versatility it brings is incredible for open world players that like a more complex class.

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