Build:Renegade - Power Bombardment

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

Power Bombardment is a powerful roaming build for Renegade, performing very well in large events such as Bjora Marches or Dragonfall while also being capable of farming in fast-paced zergs and even soloing champions.

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Skill Bar

Sword/Sword

Staff

Utility

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Shortbow - ranged dps
• Hammer - ranged AOE

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 Renegade Stance - provides very high vuln application and strong CC; our bread and butter on Renegade
• 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

• Charged Mists - provides a better flow to the class but requires more energy management.
• Ashen Demeanor - more vuln
• Cleansing Channel - condi cleanse
• Assassin's Presence - helps 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

Staff
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

Variant Equipment

Interrupt Sigils

Due to the frequency of our interrupts when using Darkrazor's Daring, Renegade can make excellent use of interrupt sigils, such as Sigil of Superior Sigil of Draining. This can be very powerful against groups of trash mobs, though it loses effectiveness against anything with a defiance bar. We're listing the interrupt sigils here, separate from the normal sigils, because in situations where you aren't frequently fighting defiant foes they are typically stronger than what's listed above.

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Draining - the strongest of the lot; this sigil's interaction with Darkrazor is absurd.
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Severance - a significant DPS boost over Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact, but not as strong as Draining, Force, or Rending.
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Rending - an expensive sigil, but can boost both your sustain and damage significantly. Running Rending + Draining is the best option when fighting non-defiant trash in open world.

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

Damage

Dealing damage with this build is a fairly simple matter. In general, your goal should always be to apply as much Vulnerability as possible to proc Dance of Death. To do this, use Icerazor's Ire, which will apply considerable vuln in an area. Additionally, your Sword 1 and Shackling Wave both apply a lot of vuln.

Because of energy management, you don't have a true rotation. Rather, we'll work on a skill priority system that determines which skills are more important to use. Note that this isn't final; use your judgment when deciding what skills to use. Note that the list below assumes you are running Kalla/Shiro.

1. Icerazor's Ire - the strongest ability in your entire kit thanks to its interaction with Dance of Death.
2. Darkrazor's Daring - one of your strongest abilities; this skill does a small amount of damage but easily chews through breakbars. use this to benefit from exposed or to interrupt mobs to proc Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact.
3. Citadel Bombardment - if the target is large, or you are a fighting a group, this is by far your hardest hitting skill. If you are fighting a single small target, it is often better to skip this.
4. Precision Strike - one of your main damage tools; this ability is very strong against single foes or foes you can stand inside the hitbox of
5. Shackling Wave - absurdly powerful ability that applies 8 stacks of vuln (triggering 8 stacks of battle scars)), hits 5 times, and deals high damage; try to use this off cooldown
6. Preparation Thrust - your auto-attack; it's very strong, so long as you don't interrupt it
7. Deathstrike - a short range teleport that grants Fury; the damage is alright, but the skill is energy intensive compared to other options
8. Unrelenting Assault - this skill does very low damage but is a useful evade that also grants might; typically it's best to avoid using it if trying to deal high damage as it's very energy intensive
9. Impossible Odds - this skill has a lot of different interactions with other skills, and is very energy intensive; an easy way to use it is just to keep it up at all times while in Shiro but it's worth considering that sometimes it's better to de-activate it.

Defense

• You can use Unrelenting Assault as an evade.
• Warding Rift blocks attacks.
• Rite of the Great Dwarf, Forced Engagement - extremely powerful when using Jalis

Sustain

• You have constant healing from Dance of Death. You siphon even more life when Soulcleave's Summit or Icerazor's Ire are active.
• Cleanse conditions with Soothing Stone, Renewing Wave, or the proc from Sigil of Superior Sigil of Cleansing.

Crowd Control

• Darkrazor's Daring
• Forced Engagement
• Surge of the Mists
• Shackling Wave