Catalyst - Power DPS

This is a test build. You may comment and rate it.

Focused on: Strike damage and Support

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on March 16, 2022.

Overview

A power DPS build for Catalyst.

Skill Bar

Hammer

Utility

Skill Variants

• Arcane Blast will provide more burst damage than Shattering Ice.
• Conjure Lightning Hammer will be more damage than Shattering Ice on large hitboxes.
• Glyph of Elementals is a minor DPS loss if you prefer to avoid conjured weapons, or you think you won't get use out of the second one.

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Specializations

• This build can provide permanent Quickness merely by adjusting the rotation to focus more on the Air Jade Sphere. This might not be reliable on real encounters (raids in particular), so an example setup for more boon duration is below.
  • Fresh Air also gives you much readier access to Air Attunement, so some players might prefer it to Bolt to the Heart.

Specialization Variants

Air can be replaced by Water for a burstier opening, suited to shorter-phased fights such as fractals.

• You should also run Conjurer in Fire to build up stacks of Elemental Empowerment faster.

Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Dragon

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Dragon

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Dragon

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Dragon

Hammer
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Dragon stats gear is an inconsequential amount of extra damage, but gives you some free vitality.

Boon duration variant

The following variant offers ~33% boon duration, which is enough to maintain Quickness with minimal changes to your rotation

Head
Diviner

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Diviner

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Diviner

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Diviner

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Diviner

Hammer
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x16

Infusion
x2

• If you don't have stat infusions, use Assassin stats shoulders, gloves or boots instead.

Consumables

Food:

• or ascended versions

Utility: