Herald - Quickness Support Condi DPS

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Focused on: Condition damage, Support and Utility

Designed for: Raids

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Overview

A condi Herald build that provides permanent Quickness, Fury, Swiftness, Regeneration, Protection, and around 22 Might to its subgroup. It also provides Facet of Nature, increasing boon duration while channelling Glint.

It can also provide other utilities depending on the second Legend chosen, such as Stability or damage reduction, though this a more significant damage loss than it would be for the power build

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Skill Bar

Mace/Axe

Shortbow

Utility

Utility

• Your second Legend defaults to Legendary Demon Stance. Read the Legends section below to see other alternatives.

Specializations

• Thrill of Combat / Dance of Death - lower dps in exchange for sustain, might be worth on very few fights with extreme pressure like Boneskinner.

Equipment

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Viper

Legs
Viper

Feet
Viper

Backpiece
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Ring
Viper

Mace
Viper

Axe
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Shortbow
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

• This setup has ~35% boon duration without the need to invest into any concentration.

Equipment Variants

Rune Variants

• Many of the popular Alacrity providers also provide 25 stacks of Might, but in the event this is not the case, you could use Rune of Superior Rune of Aristocracy to gain an extra ~5 stacks of might generation.

Consumables

Food

• , , , or ascended alternatives

Utility

• or

Usage

Quickness

You apply Quickness through the trait Elevated Compassion. This pulses healing and Quickness whenever you are using upkeep energy of six or above. Fortunately, all of your non-Legendary Dragon Stance legends have a skill that uses exactly six. Thus while in these legends you want to maintain the skill in question for almost the entire time. Glint is a little trickier as all the skills use upkeep, but Facet of Chaos and Facet of Nature combined are six energy, so these two are maintained together.

Legends

• Legendary Dragon Stance - absolutely key to the build, this is your source of almost all your non- Quickness boons. It's Facet of Nature—Dragon increases the duration of boons your subgroup provides by 20%. Note this effect does not actually increase Concentration, it increases Boon Duration (and is not shown in the Hero Panel), so a build with this effect and 100% Boon Duration would provide boons lasting 120% longer.

• Legendary Assassin Stance provides the highest personal DPS through Impossible Odds. It also offers personal mobility through Phase Traversal, and CC through Jade Winds.

• Legendary Dwarf Stance is a personal DPS loss of about ~1k. You can provide Stability through Inspiring Reinforcement, CC through Forced Engagement, and reduce personal incoming strike and condition damage by 20% with Vengeful Hammers. If needed, it can also reduce incoming strike damage to your subgroup by 50% with Rite of the Great Dwarf.

• Legendary Centaur Stance is an extremely niche option. It is a massive DPS loss that should only be taken if your group desperately needs projectile block through Protective Solace. It also offers condition cleanse through Purifying Essence, CC through Energy Expulsion, and a very weak heal through Facet of Nature—Centaur.

• Legendary Demon Stance should never be played in bosses, but it offers a pull with Call to Anguish which may be useful when fighting trash mobs if your group does not have pulls.
  • It can also be used in fractals to remove the boons from No Pain, No Gain if no-one else is able to.

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