Firebrand - Quickness Support Power DPS

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

Focused on: Boon support and Strike damage

Designed for: Fractals

Difficulty:

TBD

Overview

This build provides 100% Quickness uptime on a closely stacked group while having strong personal DPS and burst. It pairs well with a Build:Renegade - Boon Support Power DPS (Fractal) providing alacrity. Note that unless your group is consistently phasing bosses in under ~15 seconds then Build:Firebrand_-_Quickness_Support_Condi_DPS will perform better.

Skill Bar

Sword/Focus

Greatsword

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Axe can be brought for the extra pull.
• Scepter can be used if a ranged option is necessary. Note that Fury uptime may suffer without Sword or Axe.

Skill Variants

• "Stand Your Ground!" over Sword of Justice for group stability if the renegade is unable to provide any.

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Equipment

Head
Assassin

Shoulders
Assassin

Chest
Assassin

Hands
Assassin

Legs
Diviner

Feet
Assassin

Backpiece
Diviner

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Sword
Berserker

Focus
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Equipment Variants

The above gear assumes you have 162 Agony Resistance. If you have a different amount you will need to adjust your gear accordingly (the more AR you have, the fewer diviner and assassin pieces you need). Aim for ~25% boon duration and 2265 precision (assuming you will not have Spotter.

If you're struggling to maintain adequate quickness, you can run additional diviners gear at a very minor personal DPS loss. If you primarily play with disorganized groups it may be worth investing in as much Diviner gear to ensure good quickness uptime.

Runes

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Flame Legion if you're unable to maintain very high uptime of the Scholar rune 90% health bonus

Consumables

Food

Utility

Usage

Mantra of Potence, Mantra of Solace, and "Feel My Wrath!" are used to maintain quickness on your group. "Feel My Wrath!" can be cast as soon as it is available, while you should cast your mantra charges every 10 seconds, being careful not to use the last charge of your mantras unless the fight is nearly over (or you desperately need to heal yourself/a party member with your heal).

Use Bane Signet on every defiance bar you can - the buff from Perfect Inscriptions will last the majority of the phase, and if it doesn't, you should be playing condi quickbrand instead.

The Aegis from Mantra of Solace can be used to let your party ignore some attacks that they would otherwise need to dodge.

Rotation

The rotation is generally the same as Build:Dragonhunter_-_Power_DPS, however minor changes are made to account for the difference in Elite Specializations and shorter phases in fractals.

Precast Shield of Wrath, Epilogue: Ashes of the Just, and Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath and then start on Sword/Focus.

1. Symbol of Blades
2. Ray of Judgment
3. Sword of Justice
4. Zealot's Defense (optional - use if the boss will take more than 5 seconds to phase)
5. Weapon swap
6. Symbol of Wrath
7. Whirling Wrath
8. Leap of Faith
9. Binding Blade
10. Sword of Justice
11. Autoattack until Whirling Wrath is available
12. Whirling Wrath
13. Autoattack until Symbol of Wrath is available
14. Symbol of Wrath
15. Whirling Wrath
16. Weapon swap
17. Symbol of Blades
18. Zealot's Defense
19. Autoattack until Symbol of Blades is available and repeat from step 1

• Use your Sword of Justice charges when you don't have enough time before the next key skill to complete a full autoattack chain.
• Try to start phases with Chapter 4 Scorched Aftermath both for the damage and to provide a fire field for some Might blasting.
• See Build:Dragonhunter_-_Power_DPS for more usage tips, including encounter-specific information.

Video Example (using scepter)