Spellbreaker - Power DPS

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on July 11, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Hammer Spellbreaker is a great all-rounder, combining high sustained damage, consistent boonrip, huge CC, and good survivability thanks to Full Counter and the Defense traitline. This build fits the melee brawler archetype perfectly, and as such cannot really do anything if forced out of melee range. The Greatsword build is burstier, but otherwise loses most of the advantages provided by the Hammer build.

Skill Bar

Hammer

Dagger/Axe

Utility

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Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Hammer
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Dagger
Berserker

Axe
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

• Against bosses that don't get Stunned, a Sigil of Superior Sigil of Air on Hammer will do more DPS than the Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact.
• If you're able to reliably use CC during a bosses attack animations, then Sigil of Superior Sigil of Severance will trigger, which can make it better than Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact on hammer.

Consumables

Food

• or ascended versions

Utility

Usage

Rotation

Start on Hammer

Opener

1. "To the Limit!" to gain adrenaline
2. Winds of Disenchantment
3. Earthshaker
4. Staggering Blow
5. Hammer Shock
6. Weapon Swap
7. Disrupting Stab - this is interchangeable with Dual Strike, but as it is a priority skill we use it first to prevent us interrupting Dual Strike
8. Dual Strike
9. Breaching Strike
10. Aura Slicer - to combo with the lightning field from Winds of Disenchantment for another Daze
11. Whirling Axe
12. Precise Cut ⇒ Focused Slash ⇒ Keen Strike
13. Bull's Charge
14. Precise Cut ⇒ Focused Slash ⇒ Keen Strike x2
15. Breaching Strike
16. Disrupting Stab
17. Dual Strike
18. Weapon Swap

Hammer section

1. Fierce Blow
2. Earthshaker
3. Hammer Shock
4. Hammer Swing (warrior) ⇒ Hammer Bash (warrior) ⇒ Hammer Smash x2
5. Staggering Blow
6. Fierce Blow
7. Backbreaker
8. Fierce Blow
9. Earthshaker
10. Hammer Shock
11. Weapon Swap

Dagger/Axe section

1. Disrupting Stab - this is interchangeable with Dual Strike, but as it is a priority skill we use it first to prevent us interrupting Dual Strike
2. Dual Strike
3. Breaching Strike
4. Whirling Axe
5. Precise Cut ⇒ Focused Slash ⇒ Keen Strike
6. Bull's Charge
7. Precise Cut ⇒ Focused Slash ⇒ Keen Strike x3
8. Breaching Strike
9. Disrupting Stab
10. Dual Strike
11. Weapon Swap
12. Return to start of Hammer section

Video example

Video example (dagger opener)