Holosmith - Condi Holo

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: Condition damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Hard

This build was last updated on July 20, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A versatile holosmith build for open world. This build has very high DPS in long fights and maintains a fast ramp time due to its high reliance on Burning. This build can be somewhat difficult for new players, but is well worth learning due to its sheer damage output.

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Skill Bar

Pistol/Pistol

Sword/Pistol

Utility

Skill Variants

Healing

• A.E.D. - strong heal with CC
• Elixir H - simpler to use

Utilities

• Laser Disk - Lower DPS than kits but easier to use
• Spectrum Shield - the best defensive tool in engineer's kit; provides a stunbreak and massive damage reduction on a short cooldown
• Elixir U - Quickness
• Hard Light Arena - defensive utility that provides protection
• Photon Wall - provides a block on demand and a toolbelt skill that deals good damage.
• Elixir Gun - versatile utility kit with condition cleanse, AoE damage, and a stun break.
• Personal Battering Ram - heavy crowd control on a short cooldown.
• Rocket Boots - for running away from things or mobility in non-mount spaces; also burns a little

Elites

• Elixir X - if you need more stability or heavy crowd control.

Specializations

• Big Boomer - sustain at the cost of damage
• Crystal Configuration: Eclipse - grants barrier
• Enhanced Capacity Storage Unit - improves your sword skills and holo utilities; also allows you to drop Sigil of Strength

Equipment

This set uses similar gear to Build:Holosmith_-_Condi_DPS, making it excellent for general PvE.

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Viper

Legs
Viper

Feet
Viper

Backpiece
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Ring
Viper

Pistol
Viper

Pistol
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Sword
Viper

Pistol
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
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Variant Equipment

Gear

• Celestial - a versatile but expensive gearset that trades ~15% dps for a large boost to defense and sustain; can be used with Rune of Superior Rune of the Traveler or Rune of Superior Rune of the Renegade
• Template:Trailblazer - a defensive and expensive gearset that trades ~20% DPS for an extreme boost to defense; should be used with Rune of Superior Rune of the Undead and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Geomancy
• Rabid - budget Trailblazer; should be used with Rune of Superior Rune of Balthazar and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Agony

Runes

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Elementalist - alt DPS; if using these, swap Sigil of Superior Sigil of Malice to Sigil of Superior Sigil of Bursting

Sigils

• Sigil of Energy - defensive sigil that syenrgizes with Thermal Release Valve

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
• - dps if using gear with high toughness

Usage

Damage

• Forge: Photon Blitz, Corona Burst, autoattacks. Focus on using Photon Blitz at least twice while in forge.
• Toolbelt: Incendiary Ammo
• Use Prime Light Beam off cooldown, but preferably over 50 heat.
• Use Refraction Cutter and Radiant Arc off cooldown, especially right after dropping forge
• Use Blowtorch off cooldown
• Flamethrower: Use Napalm & Flame Blast. If Forge is at low heat, drop FT and enter forge. If Forge is at high heat, auto-attack with Flamethrower until either Blowtorch or Forge is available again.
• Auto-attacks shorten the cooldown of sword 2

Defense

• Spectrum Shield is an extremely potent defensive cooldown. It grants 50% damage reduction and functions as a stunbreak. This is your bread and butter for any challenging content.
• Flash Spark is an area blind
• Hard Light Arena provides considerable protection uptime.

Crowd Control

• Prismatic Singularity
• Holographic Shockwave

Video Examples

Cele Holo vs Razorwing