Catalyst - Power Catalyst

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Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on September 13, 2024.

Overview

Power catalyst rotates through all four Attunements dealing damage in large AoE. It's also slightly more durable thanks to Elemental Empowerment improving all your attributes.

Moreover, this build can provide Quickness to nearby allies by changing the weapon and 2 traits.

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Skill Bar

Spear

Utility

Weapon Variants

Usage of spear requires Janthir Wilds. If you don't have access to spear, use hammer instead.

• Hammer use hammer if you want to play the Quickness variant, or don't have access to spear.

Skill Variants

Heal skill

Signet of Restoration provides good passive healing.

• Glyph of Elemental Harmony - if burst healing is required.
• Ether Renewal - very situational heal that removes up to 8 conditions throughout its long channelling time.

Utility skills

• Shattering Ice provides extra damage if a stunbreak is not needed.
• Glyph of Lesser Elementals - spawn a small elemental army that dies when you mount up, good for fighting strong bosses.
• Cleansing Fire - condition cleanse
• Lightning Flash - more mobility

Elite skill

Elemental Celerity lets you use Volcano twice.

Specializations

Variants

• Ferocious Winds + Stormsoul: if someone is giving you permanent Fury.
• Spectacular Sphere + Sphere Specialist: when playing in groups and you wish to provide Quickness. Requires using Hammer to generate enough energy to spam spheres. Use a Sigil of Superior Sigil of Concentration on the hammer, and considering adding one or two Diviner trinkets to more easily maintain quickness.

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

Spear
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter and Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar are interchangeable.
• You can use Relic of Zakiros to trade a minor amount of damage for sustain, Relic of the Cavalier to start combat with boons, or Relic of Durability for a little extra defense.
• For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use Knight trinkets.
• To play the quickness variant, use a Hammer with a Sigil of Superior Sigil of Concentration, and considering adding one or two Diviner trinkets to more easily maintain quickness.

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

Jade Sphere

The Jade Sphere is the profession mechanic of the catalyst. Hitting enemies generates energy, and you spend this energy to summon a sphere that provides boons to yourself and allies and deals minor damage. Each attunement has its own sphere, and their cooldowns are not shared. Energy can only be generated while there are no spheres active.

You want to always use the fire Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire) to trigger Persisting Flames.

You also gain improved attributes from Elemental Empowerment effect from traits like Elemental Empowerment.

Damage

The playstyle is quite simple. You want to rotate through all four attunements while using their Etching skills. Note that you want to always cast the fire etching: Volcano right after Seethe to increase its damage, and while under the effect of Relentless Fire.

Quickness

You can provide quickness with the traits Spectacular Sphere + Sphere Specialist. Consider doing so when playing in groups. This will require higher sphere energy generation to spam spheres, so you will have to use Hammer which generates a lot of energy thanks to its third skill in all atunnements such as Flame Wheel. Use a Sigil of Superior Sigil of Concentration on the hammer, and considering adding one or two Diviner trinkets to more easily maintain quickness.

Energy cannot be generated while a sphere is active, so use a spheres together. To do this, cast a sphere when leaving an attunement and immediately followed by another when entering a new attunement.

Defense

• Protection via Deploy Jade Sphere (Earth).
• Jokulhlaup provides healing.
• Ripple evades.
• Haboob stability.
• Elemental Epitome grants Magnetic or Frost Aura
• Elemental Empowerment passively increases toughness and vitality

CC

• Harden
• Wind Storm
• Lesser Derecho / Derecho
• Twister
• Undertow