Difference between revisions of "Catalyst - Boon Support Power DPS"

Revision as of 22:55, 27 August 2022

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 and Support

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Difficulty:

TBD

Overview

A quickness-providing catalyst build.

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.

Template Code

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Specializations

Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Hammer
Berserker

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Consumables

Food:

or ascended versions

Utility:

Usage

Rotation fundamentals

Catalyst's rotation can be varied quite a lot, so an outline is provided rather than a strict skill usage. The fundamental goal is to cycle through all four elements, activating the Circular Projectile in each element before releasing them all with Grand Finale and starting the loop again.

Jade Sphere use

During the loop, you also want to deploy your Jade Sphere in Fire, Air and Water. You do not regain the energy needed to cast them while they are active, so Fire and Earth are used to regain that energy as they have the strongest autoattacks. The sphere does the same amount base damage in each element, but thanks to the damage buffs you gain while in Fire and Air, these attunements are higher priority. Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire) also generates stacks of Persisting Flames, and Relentless Fire and Shattering Ice will last longer if used while standing in Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire) and Deploy Jade Sphere (Water).

If you are not using Shattering Ice, you could deploy your Jade Sphere in Earth instead of Water if the Protection would be more valuable than Resolution.

Glyph of Storms use

Glyph of Storms should be used either in Fire or Air attunement. Optimal use will depend on phase timings as well as hitbox size - Fire favouring small hitboxes and Air favouring large. Given the damage and cooldown, Fire should be the more efficient option, but the rotation lines up somewhat awkwardly compared to using it in Air, so consider the following:

A rule of thumb for elementalist is that your last Glyph of Storms in each phase should be used in Air, so try to keep an idea of how long you have left when deciding where to use it.
As the more powerful option, if you can line Air up with your target gaining Exposed this will be greatly beneficial - particularly useful in fractals.
If your rotation is not particularly tight, you may be better off just casting Glyph of Storms at the earliest possible opportunity, whether you are in Fire or Air.

Fiery Greatsword use

With the Whirling Stones trick (see the Earth section below), Earth has the fewest cooldowns to use, and so is the best time to Conjure Fiery Greatsword. Summon after using Rocky Loop and Ground Pound (if available) and use Firestorm then drop the weapon and continue your rotation. The next time you reach Earth, pick the second Greatsword up and repeat.

Fire

In Fire you want to use:

Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)
Surging Flames
Flame Wheel
Triple Sear
Molten End
Relentless Fire

Water

In Water you want to use:

Deploy Jade Sphere (Water)
Icy Coil
Crashing Font
Cleansing Typhoon - use if available, but don't delay your attunement swap for it
Shattering Ice

Air

In Air you want to use:

Deploy Jade Sphere (Air)
Hurricane of Pain
Crescent Wind
Shock Blast.

Earth

In Earth you want to use:

Whirling Stones - as Stonestrike is your most powerful autoattack, it is a good idea to delay this until your attunement swap is available, then use Whirling Stones and immediately swap (this will not interrupt the cast)
Rocky Loop
Ground Pound - use if available, but don't delay your attunement swap for it

Rotation example

You should always start in Air to start generating boons as quickly as possible. The rotation follows similar fundamentals to the DPS build, but you want to switch to air more frequently to use Deploy Jade Sphere (Air) nearly off cooldown (10.4s).

Opener in Air

Glyph of Storms
Crescent Wind
Deploy Jade Sphere (Air)
Shock Blast
Hurricane of Pain - swap to Fire Attunement once the cast begins

Fire

Flame Wheel
Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)
Relentless Fire
Molten End
Triple Sear
Surging Flames
Water Attunement

Water

Icy Coil
Deploy Jade Sphere (Water)
Shattering Ice
Cleansing Typhoon
Crashing Font
Earth Attunement

Earth

Rocky Loop
Ground Pound
Conjure Fiery Greatsword
Fiery Rush
Firestorm - drop Fiery Greastword immediately after the cast
Stonestrike until Air Attunement is available
Whirling Stones - swap to Air Attunement once the cast begins

Air

Hurricane of Pain
Deploy Jade Sphere (Air)
Fire Attunement when available

Fire

Video example

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 ==Overview==
-A quickness-providing catalyst build. Testing is required to figure out the best rotation to maximise damage.
+A quickness-providing catalyst build.
-Following the standard DPS catalyst rotation requires ~65% boon duration.
-Skipping the Water Sphere (and possibly dropping Shattering Ice) would allow for a faster loop and probably only require ~35% boon duration.
-Arcane feels like bad value as it wouldn't then line up with Grand Finale.
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 ==Specializations==
-{{Specialization|Fire|top|bot|top|}}
+{{Specialization|Arcane|top|top|bot|}}
 {{Specialization|Air|bot|mid|top|}}
 {{Specialization|Catalyst|mid|bot|bot|}}
-===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 technically provide {{tooltip|Quickness}} without adjusting your gear, though it would require a different rotation and may not be reliable in real encounters.
-{{Specialization|Arcane|top|top|bot|
-variant = y}}
-* When providing {{tooltip|Quickness}}, you will also need to use {{Trait|Spectacular Sphere}} and {{Trait|Sphere Specialist}}.
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 ==Equipment==
-===63.7% boon duration===
 {{PvE equipment
 | weight = Light
-| stats = Diviner
+| stats = Berserker
 | rune = Superior Rune of the Scholar
 | rune-qt = 6
 | weapon1 = Hammer
 | sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force
-| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
+| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Impact
 | infusion1 = Mighty +9 Agony Infusion
-| infusion1-qt = 9
+| infusion1-qt = 18
-| infusion2 = Precise +9 Agony Infusion
-| infusion2-qt = 9
 | head =
-| shoulders = Berserker
+| shoulders =
 | chest =
-| hands = Assassin
+| hands =
 | legs =
-| feet = Assassin
+| feet =
 | backpiece =
-| accessory1 = Assassin
+| accessory1 =
-| accessory2 = Berserker
+| accessory2 =
 | amulet =
 | ring1 =
 | ring2 =
-}}
-* If you don't have stat infusions, swap the {{tooltip|Berserker stats}} accessory to {{tooltip|Assassin stats}}.
-===38.1% boon duration===
-{{PvE equipment
-| weight = Light
-| stats = Berserker
-| rune = Superior Rune of the Scholar
-| rune-qt = 6
-| weapon1 = Hammer
-| sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force
-| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
-| infusion1 = Mighty +9 Agony Infusion
-| infusion1-qt = 17
-| infusion2 = Precise +9 Agony Infusion
-| infusion2-qt = 1
-| head = Diviner
-| shoulders =
-| chest = Diviner
-| hands =
-| legs = Diviner
-| feet =
-| backpiece = Diviner
-| accessory1 =
-| accessory2 =
-| amulet =
-| ring1 = Diviner
-| ring2 = Diviner
 }}
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 '''Jade Sphere use'''
-During the loop, you also want to deploy your Jade Sphere in '''Fire''', '''Air''' and '''Water'''. You do not regain the energy needed to cast them while they are active, so '''Earth''' is used to regain that energy. The sphere does the same amount base damage in each element, but thanks to the damage buffs you gain while in '''Fire''' and '''Air''', these attunements are higher priority. {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}} also generates stacks of {{trait|Persisting Flames}}, and {{Skill|Relentless Fire}} and {{Skill|Shattering Ice}} will last longer if used while standing in {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}} and {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Water)}}.
+During the loop, you also want to deploy your Jade Sphere in '''Fire''', '''Air''' and '''Water'''. You do not regain the energy needed to cast them while they are active, so '''Fire''' and '''Earth''' are used to regain that energy as they have the strongest autoattacks. The sphere does the same amount base damage in each element, but thanks to the damage buffs you gain while in '''Fire''' and '''Air''', these attunements are higher priority. {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}} also generates stacks of {{trait|Persisting Flames}}, and {{Skill|Relentless Fire}} and {{Skill|Shattering Ice}} will last longer if used while standing in {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Fire)}} and {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Water)}}.
 If you are not using {{Skill|Shattering Ice}}, you could deploy your Jade Sphere in '''Earth''' instead of '''Water''' if the {{tooltip|Protection}} would be more valuable than {{tooltip|Resolution}}.
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 '''Fiery Greatsword use'''
-With the {{Skill|Whirling Stones}} trick (see the '''Earth''' section below), '''Earth''' has the fewest cooldowns to use, and so is the best time to {{Skill|Conjure Fiery Greatsword}}. Summon after using {{Skill|Rocky Loop}} and {{Skill|Ground Pound}} (if available) and use {{Skill|Fiery Rush}} &rarr; {{Skill|Firestorm}} then drop the weapon and continue your rotation. The next time you reach '''Earth''', pick the second Greatsword up and repeat.
+With the {{Skill|Whirling Stones}} trick (see the '''Earth''' section below), '''Earth''' has the fewest cooldowns to use, and so is the best time to {{Skill|Conjure Fiery Greatsword}}. Summon after using {{Skill|Rocky Loop}} and {{Skill|Ground Pound}} (if available) and use {{Skill|Firestorm}} then drop the weapon and continue your rotation. The next time you reach '''Earth''', pick the second Greatsword up and repeat.
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 ===Rotation example===
+You should always start in '''Air''' to start generating boons as quickly as possible. The rotation follows similar fundamentals to the DPS build, but you want to switch to air more frequently to use {{skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Air)}} nearly off cooldown (10.4s).
-While you have opportunities to adjust the element order as needed, in most cases you want your first two attunements to be '''Fire''' and '''Air''', followed by '''Water''' and lastly '''Earth'''. Your choice of starting attunement is largely up to you, but it might be best to base it upon which {{Skill|Glyph of Storms}} you wish to open with. If you are providing {{tooltip|Quickness}}, you should always start in '''Air''' to start generating boons as quickly as possible.
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 '''Air'''
-# {{Skill|Grand Finale}}
-# {{Skill|Shock Blast}}
 # {{Skill|Hurricane of Pain}}
-# {{Skill|Crescent Wind}} as soon as it becomes available again
+# {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Air)}}
-# {{Skill|Deploy Jade Sphere (Air)}} as soon as you hit maximum energy
 # {{tooltip|Fire Attunement}} when available
-# Return to the start of the '''Fire''' Section
-Keep looping between the four elements, following the advice in the '''Rotation fundamentals''' section and adjusting as necessary.
+'''Fire'''
-[https://youtu.be/FGZ67w2VUws Video example (different rotation)]
+[https://youtu.be/OI-El1mvMUE Video example]

Difference between revisions of "Catalyst - Boon Support Power DPS"

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Contents

Overview