Spellbreaker - Self Quickness Hammer

This is a rough draft. Once adequately written, it will progress to the testing stage, where it can be rated by the community. You can help by proposing changes with a comment.

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on October 17, 2022.

Overview
A Power Spellbreaker build focusing on Strong CC, Self-Healing and Damage. This build features heavy emphasis on CC to activate many useful traits that grant Quickness, Stability and 24px Adrenaline.

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Skill Bar

Dagger/Axe

Hammer

Utility

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Weapon Variants
Make sure to never replace hammer

• Off-hand Dagger - Trades Quickness uptime for sustain increase with Sun and Moon Style
• Shield - Trades Damage for additional CC and survivability

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Skill Variants

• Stomp - Used in-place of Kick (warrior utility) if 24px Stunbreak is needed
• Winds of Disenchantment - Trades Fury uptime for Projectile Hate

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Specialization

• Great Fortitude - Great for open world metas were you don't need to self-generate Might

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Equipment
Ascended gear and stat infusions are not mandatory; exotic gear will work great

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Assassin

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Dagger
Assassin

Axe
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Hammer
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

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Equipment Variants
Gear

• Full Berserker Gear works great too
• Knight Trinkets - Dps loss for Toughness

Runes

• Rune of Strength - Cheap Dps runes that helps with Might uptime
• Rune of Scholar - Expensive Dps runes commonly used in Raid & Strike builds

Sigils

• Sigil of Energy - Defense rune for higher Dodge uptime
• Sigil of Air - Cheaper Dps alternative
• Sigil of Impact - More expensive Dps Alternative used in Raid & Strike Builds
• Sigil of Cleansing - Condition Removal
• Sigil of Strength - Might uptime

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Consumables
Food

• Ascended food in general, prioritizing power food like or
• - Power + Precision
• - Cheap Large stat increases on kill
• , - Cheap Crit + Lifesteal on crit
• - Farming Food
• 24px Feast of Delectable Birthday Cake - Works fine if available

Utility

• , , - For Dps increase
• , , - For Farming

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Usage
Damage

• Use "For Great Justice!" and Signet of Rage off cooldown
• Prioritize Burst skills for damage/damage increase from Magebane Tether, healing from Adrenal Health and CC/Boon Removal
• General Damage Priority:

1. Using Kick (warrior utility) or Bull's Charge to CC and activate Peak Performance
2. Whirling Axe
3. Fierce Blow - immediately after landing a CC
4. Dual Strike
5. Disrupting Stab, Staggering Blow, Backbreaker
6. Auto-attacks

CC is part of the damage rotation to maintain Attacker's Insight stacks and activate Aggressive Onslaught, Stalwart Strength and Merciless Hammer

Defense

• Full Counter - Incredibly strong defensive tool that not only negates damage but deals damage, CC's, grants Stability, endurance and activates Adrenal Health
• Large amount of CC
• High Weakness uptime from Fierce Blow and Cull the Weak
• Dodging and Side-stepping

Sustain

• Passive Healing from Healing Signet
• Burst Skill healing from Adrenal Health
• If using off-hand dagger, healing from Sun and Moon Style

Crowd Control

• Kick (warrior utility)
• Bull's Charge
• Disrupting Stab
• Staggering Blow
• Backbreaker
• Earthshaker
• Full Counter
• Magebane Tether