Vindicator - Power Vindicator

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

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on August 21, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A power-based open world build for Vindicator. This build has absurdly high damage, good aoe, and has access to revs versatile toolkit.

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Skill Bar

Greatsword

Greatsword

Utility

Utility

Skill Variants

Do not replace Legendary Alliance Stance

• Legendary Dwarf Stance - Very high defense and CC.
• Legendary Demon Stance - Used for the leap, which can also group up enemies.
• Legendary Centaur Stance - Strong projectile hate and condi cleanse.

Equipment

Ascended gear is not required.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
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Equipment Variants

• Staff can be used for large amounts of CC damage through Surge of the Mists as well as some area healing and an additional block through Warding Rift.
• Rune of Superior Rune of Fireworks can increase your uptime on Vigor and Fury as well as overall boon duration at the cost of some damage.
• The Sigil of Superior Sigil of Stamina triggers on every mob that grants experience, resulting in infinite dodges in general OW roaming as long as you keep killing enemies. Note that this does not require you to get the killing blow, you just need to damage the enemy enough to gain experience from its death.
• For a further endurance boost, you can also use two Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy and weapon swap whenever you need endurance.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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Farming

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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• (and variants)

Usage

Damage/CC

• Your main sources of damage are your dodges and greatsword skills. Priority is placed on Eternity's Requiem and dodges, while Mist Unleashed and Phantom's Onslaught are used as fillers in between auto attacks. If in Shiro, keepImpossible Odds up and when in Jalis, maintain Vengeful Hammers.
• For CC, using a Staff and Surge of the Mists is the best option, combined with Forced Engagement. Those two skills combined break most CC bars easily.

Survivability

• Inspiring Reinforcement can be used to provide area Stability.
• Your main sources of healing are your two healing skills as well as passive sources of healing from Rapid Flow, Dance of Death or Steadfast Rejuvenation if you decide to use them.
• Imperial Guard is a short-cooldown block that you can (and should) use instead of dodging to avoid incoming damage. This is because your dodges should be timed so that you maintain the passive benefits from either Forerunner of Death or Vassals of the Empire.
• Both elite skills should only be used as a last resort when other sources of CC or defense are not available.
• If using Legendary Alliance Stance:
  • Battle Dance is an evade that also grants resistance and regeneration
  • Tree Song can be used to remove multiple allies from yourself or allies as well as providing some healing and endurance gain when removing conditions.
  • Awakening is an AoE Stunbreak that also grants protection

More detailed information on the build and rotation is given in the video down below:

Guide Video (as of May 2022)