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| weight = Light | | weight = Light | ||
| − | | stats = | + | | stats = Berserker |
| rune = Superior Rune of the Scholar | | rune = Superior Rune of the Scholar | ||
| rune-qt = 6 | | rune-qt = 6 | ||
| weapon1 = Hammer | | weapon1 = Hammer | ||
| sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force | | sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force | ||
| − | | sigil2 = Superior Sigil of | + | | sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Impact |
| infusion1 = Mighty +9 Agony Infusion | | infusion1 = Mighty +9 Agony Infusion | ||
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'''Jade Sphere use''' | '''Jade Sphere use''' | ||
| − | During the loop, you also want to deploy your Jade Sphere in '''Fire''', '''Air''' and '''Water'''. You do not regain the energy needed to cast them while they are active, so '''Earth''' | + | During the loop, you also want to deploy your Jade Sphere in '''Fire''', '''Air''' and '''Water'''. You do not regain the energy needed to cast them while they are active, so '''Fire''' and '''Earth''' are used to regain that energy as they have the strongest autoattacks. The sphere does the same amount base damage in each element, but thanks to the damage buffs you gain while in '''Fire''' and '''Air''', these attunements are higher priority. {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}} also generates stacks of {{trait|Persisting Flames}}, and {{Skill|Relentless Fire}} and {{Skill|Shattering Ice}} will last longer if used while standing in {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}} and {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Water)}}. |
If you are not using {{Skill|Shattering Ice}}, you could deploy your Jade Sphere in '''Earth''' instead of '''Water''' if the {{tooltip|Protection}} would be more valuable than {{tooltip|Resolution}}. | If you are not using {{Skill|Shattering Ice}}, you could deploy your Jade Sphere in '''Earth''' instead of '''Water''' if the {{tooltip|Protection}} would be more valuable than {{tooltip|Resolution}}. | ||
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'''Fiery Greatsword use''' | '''Fiery Greatsword use''' | ||
| − | With the {{Skill|Whirling Stones}} trick (see the '''Earth''' section below), '''Earth''' has the fewest cooldowns to use, and so is the best time to {{Skill|Conjure Fiery Greatsword}}. Summon after using {{Skill|Rocky Loop}} and {{Skill|Ground Pound}} (if available) and use | + | With the {{Skill|Whirling Stones}} trick (see the '''Earth''' section below), '''Earth''' has the fewest cooldowns to use, and so is the best time to {{Skill|Conjure Fiery Greatsword}}. Summon after using {{Skill|Rocky Loop}} and {{Skill|Ground Pound}} (if available) and use {{Skill|Firestorm}} then drop the weapon and continue your rotation. The next time you reach '''Earth''', pick the second Greatsword up and repeat. |
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===Rotation example=== | ===Rotation example=== | ||
| − | + | You should always start in '''Air''' to start generating boons as quickly as possible. The rotation follows similar fundamentals to the DPS build, but you want to switch to air more frequently to use {{skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Air)}} nearly off cooldown (10.4s). | |
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# {{Skill|Hurricane of Pain}} | # {{Skill|Hurricane of Pain}} | ||
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Revision as of 22:55, 27 August 2022
This is a rough draft. Once adequately written, it will progress to the testing stage, where it can be rated by the community. You can help by proposing changes with a comment.
Focused on: Strike damage and Support
Designed for: Raids and Fractals
Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on August 27, 2022.
Overview
A quickness-providing catalyst build.
Skill Bar
Hammer
Utility
Skill Variants
- will provide more burst damage than .
- will be more damage than on large hitboxes.
- is a minor DPS loss if you prefer to avoid conjured weapons, or you think you won't get use out of the second one.
Template Code
[&DQYlNSkbQz4XARcB+Br4Gu4a7hq+AVABlwD3GgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=]
Specializations
Equipment
Head
Berserker
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Berserker
Chest
Berserker
Berserker
Hands
Berserker
Berserker
Legs
Berserker
Berserker
Feet
Berserker
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Berserker
Hammer
Berserker
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
x6
Infusion
x18
x18
Consumables
Food:
- or ascended versions
Utility:
Usage
Rotation fundamentals
Catalyst's rotation can be varied quite a lot, so an outline is provided rather than a strict skill usage. The fundamental goal is to cycle through all four elements, activating the Circular Projectile in each element before releasing them all with and starting the loop again.
Jade Sphere use
During the loop, you also want to deploy your Jade Sphere in Fire, Air and Water. You do not regain the energy needed to cast them while they are active, so Fire and Earth are used to regain that energy as they have the strongest autoattacks. The sphere does the same amount base damage in each element, but thanks to the damage buffs you gain while in Fire and Air, these attunements are higher priority. also generates stacks of , and and will last longer if used while standing in and .
If you are not using , you could deploy your Jade Sphere in Earth instead of Water if the 
Protection would be more valuable than 
Resolution.
Glyph of Storms use
should be used either in Fire or Air attunement. Optimal use will depend on phase timings as well as hitbox size - Fire favouring small hitboxes and Air favouring large. Given the damage and cooldown, Fire should be the more efficient option, but the rotation lines up somewhat awkwardly compared to using it in Air, so consider the following:
- A rule of thumb for elementalist is that your last in each phase should be used in Air, so try to keep an idea of how long you have left when deciding where to use it.
- As the more powerful option, if you can line Air up with your target gaining
Exposed this will be greatly beneficial - particularly useful in fractals. - If your rotation is not particularly tight, you may be better off just casting at the earliest possible opportunity, whether you are in Fire or Air.
Fiery Greatsword use
With the trick (see the Earth section below), Earth has the fewest cooldowns to use, and so is the best time to . Summon after using and (if available) and use then drop the weapon and continue your rotation. The next time you reach Earth, pick the second Greatsword up and repeat.
Fire
In Fire you want to use:
Water
In Water you want to use:
- - use if available, but don't delay your attunement swap for it
Air
In Air you want to use:
- .
Earth
In Earth you want to use:
- - as is your most powerful autoattack, it is a good idea to delay this until your attunement swap is available, then use and immediately swap (this will not interrupt the cast)
- - use if available, but don't delay your attunement swap for it
Rotation example
You should always start in Air to start generating boons as quickly as possible. The rotation follows similar fundamentals to the DPS build, but you want to switch to air more frequently to use nearly off cooldown (10.4s).
Opener in Air
- - swap to
Fire Attunement once the cast begins
Fire
Water
Earth
- - drop Fiery Greastword immediately after the cast
- until Air Attunement is available
- - swap to
Air Attunement once the cast begins
Air
- Fire Attunement when available
Fire
Ratings
Arcane precision doesn't provide much value, but this build is pretty solid. People can pick S/D and tweak some traits to solo open-world bosses. Bountiful Power is a perfect match for Catalyst and the best for daily usage. You can provide 20+ mights, perm quickness, decent protection, vigor, and minor regen. I personally prefer S/D because hammer has a fixed rotation, and you may lose Sphere energy due to some circumstances.
Update: Fire/Air is better and easier. Pick cele/divin trinkets except rings. You get 100% cirt chance and 25-35% boon duration. Enough for stikes.
A kinda mediocre build due to energy management not fitting well with a support role.
On paper, a very strong option that provides a range of useful boons and deals great DPS. Unfortunately, the nature of its rotation makes it rather inflexible in its quickness provision and it struggles noticeably on bosses that move a lot.
This build can easily keep up perma quickness while managing to do a very decent dps. The cleave is amazing as is with Catalyst in general, so in fractals, you can mow down mobs. It works amazingly in most fractals, so I will only be rating it based on the fractals where it can work (Looking at you sunqua peak). It is easy to maintain quickness on it, so even if you mess up your rotations and get little less dps, you can still keep quickness up.
One of the biggest thing with catalyst is, understanding combos. You put down many combo fields and have many finishers. Learning what each does, will allow a player to use the most out of this build.
Can it go toe to toe with other quickness builds? I'd say, yes for the most part. You will have to spend sometime to learn it, but once you manage to understand it, you will be able to challenge the meta.
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