Virtuoso - Hybrid DPS

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

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on May 30, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A Hybrid DPS build for virtuoso.

Skill Bar

Dagger/Sword

Dagger/Focus

Utility

• Rain of Swords can be dropped for more utility if needed.
• Signet of Illusions can replace Rain of Swords for a higher burst via refreshing your Bladesongs, but at the cost of cleave.

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Equipment

Optimal Variant

The setup below requires a to critcap, which may make it prohibitively expensive for some players. Additionally, you will need to be able to keep yourself above 90% health, which may make it unsuitable in less experienced groups, even with the sustain from Jagged Mind.

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Rampager

Chest
Viper

Hands
Sinister

Legs
Viper

Feet
Sinister

Backpiece
Viper

Accessory
Rampager

Accessory
Sinister

Amulet
Sinister

Ring
Rampager

Ring
Viper

Dagger
Viper

Sword
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Focus
Viper

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

• Use as your food.
• If you don't have stat infusions, you should run Rampager stats head, rings and accessories, Viper stats feet and amulet, and keep everything else the same.

Accessible Variant

The version below is around ~1k DPS lower than the optimal version, but much cheaper to run and you won't lose crit chance if you drop below 90% health.

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Sinister

Chest
Viper

Hands
Rampager

Legs
Rampager

Feet
Rampager

Backpiece
Rampager

Accessory
Rampager

Accessory
Rampager

Amulet
Sinister

Ring
Rampager

Ring
Viper

Dagger
Viper

Sword
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Focus
Viper

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x11

Infusion
x7

• If you don't have stat infusions, switch the amulet to Rampager stats.

Consumables

Food:

Utility:

Usage

Rotation

Opener

The opener isn't extremely strict, but is mostly based around maximising the benefit of Fencer's Finesse and Deadly Blades.

1. Phantasmal Swordsman
2. Bladesong Harmony - as an ammo skill, we want to get this on cooldown early
3. Bladecall
4. Unstable Bladestorm - by using this slightly later in the opener, more of the hits will be at high stacks of Fencer's Finesse
5. Weapon Swap
6. Phantasmal Warden
7. Signet of the Ether
8. Thousand Cuts - cast once you hit 10 stacks of Fencer's Finesse, as an instant cast it can be used during other skills
9. Bladesong Sorrow - use once you're back at fives blades
10. Phantasmal Warden
11. Bladesong Harmony - use once you're back at fives blades
12. Rain of Swords or Signet of Illusions
13. Bladecall
14. Bladesong Sorrow - use once you're back at fives blades, this will only be available if you used Signet of Illusions

Rest of the Rotation

Most of the rest of the rotation is using skills off cooldown, though there is some structure:

• Thanks to Bloodsong in combination with Jagged Mind and Sharper Images, you stock blades almost as fast as you can spend them.
  • Bladesong Harmony and Bladesong Sorrow should be used as soon as you reach five blades, with Bladesong Sorrow taking priority.
  • Bladesong Dissonance and Bladeturn Requiem deal negligible damage, but can be used to maximise uptime of Deadly Blades if you cast them as you are about to lose the buff.
• Use all Dagger skills, Thousand Cuts and Rain of Swords (if using) off cooldown.
• Use Phantasmal Warden as soon as you swap to Focus and Weapon Swap away again as soon as you can
  • Use Signet of the Ether as soon as it comes off cooldown, and follow up with another Phantasmal Warden - over time Signet of the Ether will come up later and later in the Focus section. The best choice then will depend on how long the phase will last:
    • If the phase will end within ~50 seconds, stay on Focus each loop until you can use Signet of the Ether → Phantasmal Warden.
    • If the phase will go on longer, skip Signet of the Ether for one Focus section so that it is immediately available for the Focus section after that.
• Use Phantasmal Swordsman as soon as you swap to Sword, use it again when it is off cooldown, and then Weapon Swap immediately.

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