Catalyst - Power DPS

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Strike damage and Support

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on April 14, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

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 technically provide permanent Quickness by taking Sphere Specialist and adjusting your rotation to ensure you cast the air jade sphere off cooldown. This will not be reliable on real encounters however, so an example setup for more boon duration is below.

Specialization Variants

Replacing Fire with Arcane provides you with extra boon duration and a cooldown reduction of attunements and the jade sphere. This means you could provide Quickness without adjusting your gear, though it will be less reliable and lower damage than just taking some Diviner stats gear.

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 ~37% boon duration, which is enough to maintain Quickness with minimal changes to your rotation

Head
Assassin

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Diviner

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Diviner

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Diviner

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Hammer
Diviner

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Consumables

Food:

• or ascended versions

Utility: