Build:Herald - Power Herald

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:

TBD

This build was last updated on April 14, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

An excellent build for general play, Power Herald brings high sustain, damage reduction, and strike burst. This build is versatile and can perform well in all areas of open world.

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Skill Bar

Sword/Sword

X/Shield

Utility

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Hammer - Herald's only ranged option; excellent for farming in a zerg
• Staff - heavy CC

Skill Variants

Revenant in general is a class with a large toolkit. Part of learning the class is learning which tools to use for which situation. Review the options below:

• Legendary Demon Stance - Provides a leap and powerful stunbreak that grants Resistance and Resolution.
• Legendary Dragon Stance - Great burst and boon support
• Legendary Centaur Stance - Provides condi clear, projectile hate, and very high healing.
• Legendary Assassin Stance - The strongest strike-based legend.
• Legendary Dwarf Stance - Provide large amounts of defense and CC.

Specializations

• Song of the Mists - provides extra power to each legend in the form of a unique skill
• Cleansing Channel - condi cleanse
• Draconic Echo - higher boon support to allies

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.
This set uses gear that is broadly applicable in PVE, making it an excellent general set.

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

Sword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

x
Berserker

Shield
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

• Knight - defensive trinkets
• Marauder - trades 10% dps for +40% health
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - defensive sigil
• Rune of Superior Rune of Infiltration - budget DPS

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

Facet of Nature

This ability is quite powerful depending on which legend you have active. In general, you should strive to keep Facet of Nature active during Legendary Assassin Stance, Legendary Dragon Stance, and Legendary Dwarf Stance due to the high healing and damage reduction it applies. Thanks to Draconic Echo, you can also consume it and keep the bonus for a short time.

• Legendary Assassin Stance - provides you lifesteal with a 0.5s ICD, allowing you to heal for roughly 160 hp/s.
• Legendary Dragon Stance - provides 20% boon duration; this can exceed the duration cap
• Legendary Dwarf Stance - 10% damage reduction while active

General

• Maintain Facet of Darkness, Facet of Strength, and Facet of Light while in Glint. You can consume them before legend swapping to retain their effects for a time.
• Maintain Impossible Odds while in Shiro
• Use Vengeful Hammers if using Jalis for moderate area damage.
• Use hammer while zerging
• Use Sword/Sword + x/Shield or Staff when alone

Zerging

• Use Hammer Bolt, Coalescence of Ruin, and Drop the Hammer for high area damage while maintaining your Strength and Darkness facets.
• Against champions or static groups of mobs, swap to Sword/Sword.
• Consume Facet of Elements to tag an area
• Maintain Impossible Odds as much as possible

Defense

• You can use Unrelenting Assault or Riposting Shadows as an evade.
• Warding Rift blocks attacks.

Sustain

• You heal quite a lot through Dance of Death and battle scars.
• If you're in trouble just Infuse Light and stand in damage to instantly heal back up.
• Cleanse conditions with Renewing Wave

Crowd Control

• Surge of the Mists
• Shackling Wave
• Chaotic Release
• Jade Winds