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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 February 20, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A power-based open world build for Vindicator. This build has absurdly high damage, good aoe, and has access to revs versatile toolkit.

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Skill Bar

Greatsword

Staff

Utility

Skill Variants

Do not replace Legendary Alliance Stance

Legendary Dwarf Stance - Very high defense and CC.
Legendary Demon Stance - Used for the leap, which can also group up enemies.
Legendary Centaur Stance - Strong projectile hate and condi cleanse.

Specializations

Equipment

Ascended gear is not required.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

If you do not own Secrets of the Obscure, use Superior Relic of the Thief instead.
Rune of Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter and Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar are interchangeable.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

Farming

Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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(and variants)

Usage

General

This build heavily relies on its dodges, so ensuring you maintain Vigor is critical for both damage and defense.

Damage

As this build camps a single weapon we can boil the basic priority of skills down into two sections based on which legend is currently equipped. Focus on maintaining enough energy to use higher priority skills, and cut out low priority skills if energy is low. Use Energy Meld when low on energy. More dodges is good.

Alliance Stance

Dodge - Maintain Forerunner of Death at all times by dodging before it expires. If you find yourself with full energy, dodge.
Spear of Archemorus - Use this immediately as you enter Alliance.
Scavenger Burst - This is only used to maintain some measure of Quickness uptime. Use this once when you enter Alliance and once before leaving it.
Eternity's Requiem
Mist Unleashed
Fill gaps with auto-attacks and dodges.

Assassin Stance

Dodge - Maintain Forerunner of Death at all times by dodging before it expires. If you find yourself with full energy, dodge.
Impossible Odds - Maintain this at all times.
Eternity's Requiem
Mist Unleashed
Fill gaps with auto-attacks and dodges.

Dwarf Stance

Dodge - Maintain Forerunner of Death at all times by dodging before it expires. If you find yourself with full energy, dodge.
Vengeful Hammers - Maintain this at all times.
Eternity's Requiem
Mist Unleashed
Fill gaps with auto-attacks and dodges.
If you must, use some energy to make use of Dwarf's incredible utility. It is sometimes beneficial to sacrifice some DPS for this reason. See the Defense and CC sections for more details.

Defense

The base build features very little practical defense, as Saint Viktor's abilities are rather lackluster. This build's incredible number of dodges are its primary defensive option. If more defense is needed, it is highly recommended to swap Legendary Assassin Stance to Legendary Dwarf Stance, as Jalis features several incredibly powerful defensive skills. This will result in a small DPS loss but in some content can be incredibly powerful.

CC

This build features very little reliable CC. If extra CC is needed, it is recommended to use a United Legions Waystation EMP or to swap to Dwarf Stance.

Surge of the Mists - 150-1350 depending on number of impacts
Forced Engagement - 300

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+* If you do not own Secrets of the Obscure, use {{Relic|Superior Relic of the Thief}} instead.
 * {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter}} and {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Scholar}} are interchangeable.
-* Other relics include {{Relic|Relic of the Adventurer}}, {{Relic|Relic of Cerus}}, {{Relic|Relic of the Cavalier}}, and {{Relic|Relic of Durability}}.
-* For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use {{Tooltip|Knight}} trinkets.
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 ===DPS===
-* Prioritize '''Steak''' Ascended food.
-* {{Food|Plate of Spicy Moa Wings}} / {{Food|Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup}}
-* {{Utility|Superior Sharpening Stone}} / {{Utility|Tin of Fruitcake}}
-===Defense===
 * {{Food|Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew}}
-* {{Food|Fried Oyster Sandwich}}
-* {{Food|Bowl of Lemongrass Mussel Pasta}}
 ===Farming===
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 ==Usage==
+===General===
+This build heavily relies on its dodges, so ensuring you maintain {{Tooltip|Vigor}} is critical for both damage and defense.
-===Damage/CC===
+===Damage===
-* Your main sources of damage are your dodges and greatsword skills. Priority is placed on {{Skill|Eternity's Requiem}} and dodges, while {{Skill|Mist Unleashed}} and {{Skill|Phantom's Onslaught}} are used as fillers in between auto attacks. If in Shiro, keep{{Skill|Impossible Odds}} up and when in Jalis, maintain {{Skill|Vengeful Hammers}}.
+As this build camps a single weapon we can boil the basic priority of skills down into two sections based on which legend is currently equipped. Focus on maintaining enough energy to use higher priority skills, and cut out low priority skills if energy is low. Use {{Skill|Energy Meld}} when low on energy. More dodges is good.
-* For CC, using a Staff and {{Skill|Surge of the Mists}} is the best option, combined with {{Skill|Forced Engagement}}. Those two skills combined break most CC bars easily.
-===Survivability===
+====Alliance Stance====
-* {{Skill|Inspiring Reinforcement}} can be used to provide area {{tooltip|Stability}}.
+# Dodge - Maintain {{Trait|Forerunner of Death}} at all times by dodging before it expires. If you find yourself with full energy, dodge.
-* Your main sources of healing are your two healing skills as well as passive sources of healing from {{trait|Rapid Flow}}, {{trait|Dance of Death}} or {{trait|Steadfast Rejuvenation}} if you decide to use them.
+# {{Skill|Spear of Archemorus}} - Use this immediately as you enter Alliance.
-* {{Skill|Imperial Guard}} is a short-cooldown block that you can (and should) use instead of dodging to avoid incoming damage. This is because your dodges should be timed so that you maintain the passive benefits from either {{trait|Forerunner of Death}} or {{trait|Vassals of the Empire}}.
+# {{Skill|Scavenger Burst}} - This is only used to maintain some measure of {{Tooltip|Quickness}} uptime. Use this once when you enter Alliance and once before leaving it.
-* Both elite skills should only be used as a last resort when other sources of CC or defense are not available.
+# {{Skill|Eternity's Requiem}}
-* If using {{Skill|Legendary Alliance Stance}}:
+# {{Skill|Mist Unleashed}}
-** {{Skill|Battle Dance}} is an evade that also grants resistance and regeneration
+# Fill gaps with auto-attacks and dodges.
-** {{Skill|Tree Song}} can be used to remove multiple allies from yourself or allies as well as providing some healing and endurance gain when removing conditions.
-** {{Skill|Awakening}} is an AoE Stunbreak that also grants protection
+====Assassin Stance====
+# Dodge - Maintain {{Trait|Forerunner of Death}} at all times by dodging before it expires. If you find yourself with full energy, dodge.
+# {{Skill|Impossible Odds}} - Maintain this at all times.
+# {{Skill|Eternity's Requiem}}
+# {{Skill|Mist Unleashed}}
+# Fill gaps with auto-attacks and dodges.
-More detailed information on the build and rotation is given in the video down below:
+====Dwarf Stance====
+# Dodge - Maintain {{Trait|Forerunner of Death}} at all times by dodging before it expires. If you find yourself with full energy, dodge.
+# {{Skill|Vengeful Hammers}} - Maintain this at all times.
+# {{Skill|Eternity's Requiem}}
+# {{Skill|Mist Unleashed}}
+# Fill gaps with auto-attacks and dodges.
+# If you must, use some energy to make use of Dwarf's incredible utility. It is sometimes beneficial to sacrifice some DPS for this reason. See the Defense and CC sections for more details.
+===Defense===
+The base build features very little practical defense, as Saint Viktor's abilities are rather lackluster. This build's incredible number of dodges are its primary defensive option. If more defense is needed, it is highly recommended to swap {{Skill|Legendary Assassin Stance}} to {{Skill|Legendary Dwarf Stance}}, as Jalis features several incredibly powerful defensive skills. This will result in a small DPS loss but in some content can be incredibly powerful.
-[https://youtu.be/_2hnqSsNBik Guide Video (as of May 2022)]
+===CC===
+This build features very little reliable CC. If extra CC is needed, it is recommended to use a United Legions Waystation EMP or to swap to Dwarf Stance.
+* {{Skill|Surge of the Mists}} - 150-1350 depending on number of impacts
+* {{Skill|Forced Engagement}} - 300

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