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, Open World General and [[|]]

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Hard

This build was last updated on August 21, 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

Utility

Skill Variants

• AED - strong heal with additional CC
• Spectrum Shield - if extra defense is needed, drop Bomb Kit.

Specializations

• Big Boomer - sustain at the cost of damage
• Crystal Configuration: Eclipse - grants barrier

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

Rune
x6

Variant Equipment

Defense

• Invest in a Jade Core for additional HP and access to Jade Protocols.
• Trailblazer - luxury set: very large boost to defense at a relatively small damage loss.
• Celestial - luxury set / booster gear: very large boost to defense at a relatively small damage loss - pairs well with Rune of Rune of the Traveler as a budget option.
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - additional evades

Budget

• This build relies heavily on expertise and is not budget friendly.
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Corruption - budget replacement for Sigil of Bursting; this sigil requires stacking, and it must be included on all of your underwater weapons to prevent losing stacks when entering the water.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
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Farming

• Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
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• (and variants)

Usage

Loop through kits, using big skills as they come off cooldown. Without alacrity, there's no real method to this madness. Your most important skills are as follows, in no particular order:

• Blowtorch
• Grenade Barrage
• Fire Bomb
• Shrapnel Grenade
• Poison Grenade
• Flame Blast
• Napalm
• Prime Light Beam
• Incendiary Ammo
• Corona Burst
• Photon Blitz

Crowd Control

• Big Ol' Bomb
• Prime Light Beam
• Air Blast
• Prismatic Singularity
• Holographic Shockwave