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Herald - Condi Herald

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

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds

Difficulty:
Easy
This build was last updated on August 31, 2023 and is up to date for the February 11, 2025 patch.

Overview

Condi Herald is a powerful generalist for open world with absurdly high defense and decent DPS. It can perform a variety of roles but works best on its own or with small groups.


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Skill Bar

Mace/Axe
X/Shield
Utility
Utility


Weapon Variants

  • Sword (offhand) - applies considerable vuln and has a teleport; good for trash mobs

Legend Variants

Herald is a very versatile class with a swiss-army-knife style skill set. You should swap legends according to the situation.


Specializations


Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.
This set uses gear similar to Build:Renegade_-_Condi_DPS, making it an excellent option for general PVE.
Head
Viper
Shoulders
Viper
Chest
Viper
Hands
Viper
Legs
Viper
Feet
Viper
Backpiece
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Amulet
Viper
Ring
Viper
Ring
Viper
Mace
Viper
Axe
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
x
Viper
Shield
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6


Relic


Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

Defense

Farming



Usage

Legend Breakdown: Damage & General Use

Two big pieces of general advice here:

  1. Swap legends often, typically off cooldown.
  2. Try not to interrupt your auto-attack chain if possible.
  3. Assassin / Shiro is not especially useful for this build. In general, you shouldn't be using it.

Other than that, you can spam weapon skills and use your utilities appropriately as outlined below:

Glint

Glint offers a wide variety of options and is the go-to hybrid spec. You have to options while in Glint.
  1. Consume and for damage and CC, then maintain and for extended offensive boons.
  2. Consume all facets other than and , then maintain for Protection.

Either way, always consume any active Facets before legend swapping to trigger

.

Jalis

At first blush Jalis may not seem like much, but he's likely the most powerful legend in Rev's kit for most solo play. A few big things to note:

Generally with Jalis, you want to assess if the threat warrants a

. If not, wear the target down with and (if it has a breakbar).

It should be noted that

is very powerful on Jalis.

Mallyx

Mallyx is our edgy spec and is the best option for heavy condition pressure, both in and out. As a bonus, it gets a phenomenal combo we'll talk about later that provides some of the highest sustain in the game.

While in Mallyx, it's often best to simply activate

and let it run out. You can use to break stun or give yourself a break from conditions, and is a short-range leap which can group enemies up for you to burst down.

Ventari

Our old friend Ventari is the worst of the legends for general play but you'll be happy he's there when you really need him. Ventari has two major components to remember:
  1. is a long-duration, low-upkeep dome of projectile hate. This skill trivializes content that relies heavily on projectiles, such as Carin in Bastion of the Penitent or the Champion Commander Razorwing. It does eventually expire, but it lasts quite a long time. Try to conserve energy while its up so you don't run out too fast.
  2. is a spammable condition cleanse in an AOE. This is fantastic for random open world zergs.

That's about it with Ventari. He's pretty straightforward.


Facet of Nature

This ability is quite powerful depending on which legend you have active. In general, you should strive to keep

active during , , and due to the high healing and damage reduction it applies. Thanks to , you can also consume it and keep the bonus for a short time.


Defense


Crowd Control


Ratings

This build has a rating of 5 stars based on 1 votes.
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5 stars
Starlitjupiter gave this build 5 stars • April 2023
Condi Herald is one of the most versatile build options for solo open world play, featuring plenty of options to deal with virtually any problem you may encounter in the open world. It has very good damage when alone due to its heavy self-buffs and high base damage and also falls into the "Juggernaut" playstyle - That is, being a simple, effective build that has very high passive defenses while also featuring incredibly powerful active defenses. cHerald is my personal favorite build for tackling very hard content solo. It's easy to play and absolutely broken, even after the sustain nerfs.

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