Build:Firebrand - Celestial Firebrand

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Condition damage, Support and Defense

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

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on August 23, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A very powerful condition-based support build for open world which offers one of the only Jack-of-All-Trades playstyles in the game. This build maintains permanent Quickness, Might, and Fury on itself and allies while also providing very high uptime on Regeneration, Stability, Aegis, Protection, and Vigor. It works very well both in groups and solo play and is one of the only builds capable of very high healing and boon support while also having very high DPS.

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Skill Bar

Axe/Torch

Sword/X

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Staff - use in large groups for a strong ranged option that provides high Might uptime to allies
• Shield - more aegis, healing, and projectile hate
• Greatsword - burst damage, area damage, AOE blind, CC

Skill Variants

Healing

• Litany of Wrath - powerful burst heal

Utility

• Sword of Justice - provides considerable Vuln uptime
• Bow of Truth - area heal
• "Stand Your Ground!" - great stunbreak
• Signet of Wrath - condi signet
• Bane Signet - cc
• Wall of Reflection - projectile hate
• "Hold the Line!" - Protection uptime

Elite

• Mantra of Liberation - lower quickness uptime but provides great stability
• Renewed Focus - resets tome cooldowns and provides invuln frames.

Specializations

• Legendary Lore - more defensive boons and higher burning duration that extends beyond the 100% cap.
• Absolute Resolve - more ally healing

Zeal

A zeal variant offers much higher DPS when alone thanks to its extremely high Vulnerability and Might generation. Replaces Virtues.

Honor

Honor offers more group support and longer symbol duration. Replaces Virtues.

Equipment

Head
Celestial

Shoulders
Celestial

Chest
Celestial

Hands
Celestial

Legs
Celestial

Feet
Celestial

Backpiece
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Amulet
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Axe
Celestial

Torch
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Sword
Celestial

x
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

• Seraph / Plaguedoctor - mix in with Rune of Superior Rune of Balthazar for a higher damage but less support focused option; not generally recommended due to lost efficiency
• Rune of Superior Rune of the Traveler - Budget replacement for Rune of Superior Rune of Leadership
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - defensive option

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
• - allstats
• - DPS
• - defense

Utility

• (and variants) - farming
• , - dps
• - dps if using gear with high toughness"

Usage

Tome Breakdown

Firebrand has three tomes. Each is dedicated to a different specialty.

1. Tome of Justice - Damage via Burning
2. Tome of Resolve - healing and condition cleanse
3. Tome of Courage - defensive boons and projectile hate

In each of these tomes, you can often just spam skills to great effect, but it is strongly advised you sit down and learn what the skills in each tome do. Some big ones to memorize:

1. Tome of Justice
   1. Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke - circular pull that can group enemies
   2. Epilogue Ashes of the Just - provides a very powerful buff to nearby allies
2. Tome of Resolve
   1. Epilogue Eternal Oasis - increases all healing allies (including you) receive
   2. Chapter 4 Shining River - a large waterfield that heals
   3. Chapter 1 Desert Bloom - a powerful heal
3. Tome of Courage
   1. Chapter 1 Unflinching Charge - Provides stability, which grants quickness
   2. Chapter 3 Valiant Bulwark - a projectile-hate bubble
   3. Epilogue Unbroken Lines - provides extreme defense to nearby allies for 5 seconds, also triggers Stalwart Speed

Damage

• Tome of Justice is the main source of your damage, and it resets whenever you kill an enemy thanks to Renewed Justice. Try to stay in it often, spamming Chapter 4 Scorched Aftermath, Chapter 2 Igniting Burst, and Chapter 1 Searing Spell.
  • Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke can be used as an opener to pull enemies together.
  • If there are nearby allies you can use Epilogue Ashes of the Just. You can also apply ashes to your Sword of Justice.
• Outside of Tome of Justice, your primary damaging skills are:

1. Purging Flames
2. Sword of Justice
3. Zealot's Flame
4. Zealot's Defense
5. Symbol of Blades / Symbol of Vengeance
6. Mantra of Flame

• Use Zealot's Flame whenever available.
• If everything you have is on cooldown, fill with axe skills.

Boons

• Use your "Feel My Wrath!" and Mantra of Potence off cooldown for Quickness.
• Use your Mantra of Solace approximately every 7 seconds for Quickness from Liberator's Vow and Stalwart Speed.

Defense

• Tome of Courage has many good defensive skills. You can go into it and press a few skills (including Epilogue Unbroken Lines if possible) to quickly stack defensive boons.
• Carefully time your activation of Mantra of Solace to block dangerous attacks.

Crowd Control

• Blazing Edge
• Chains of Light
• Chapter 3 Heated Rebuke
• Chapter 2 Daring Challenge
• Hammer of Wisdom or Bane Signet