Build:Herald - Condition Mallyx

This build received an overall rating of 4.75 or higher out of 5.00 and thus qualified for the highest category of working builds: Great.

Modified:

This build has been designed for the following use:

Conquest

Overview

A condition-based Herald build with good amounts of boon removal, mixed damage, sustain, burst, and a unique playstyle.

Skill Bar

10

Legendary Demon Stance

Invoke the power of the legendary demon Mallyx the Unyielding.

10

Legendary Assassin Stance

Invoke the power of the legendary assassin Shiro Tagachi.

Mace/Axe

Healing

Utility

Elite

¼

Misery Swipe

Swing your mace at your foe.

Damage: 124

Torment (4s): 64 Damage, 127 Damage if Moving

Number of Targets: 3

Range: 130

¾

5

3

Searing Fissure

Smash your mace into the ground, causing flame to erupt from the Mists.

Damage: 66

Burning (4s): 524

Number of Targets: 5

Pulses: 4

Duration: 3s

Combo Field: Fire

Range: 480

¾

5

8

Echoing Eruption

Leap at your foe and deliver a massive attack that cascades outwards. Each attack area is a blast finisher and applies torment.

Damage: 355

₃Torment (6s): 286 Damage, 572 Damage if Moving

Number of Impacts: 3

Number of Targets: 3

Pulses: 4

Radius: 180

Combo Finisher: Blast

Range: 410

½

10

12

Frigid Blitz

Hurl your axe at your target, damaging and chilling the foes the axe passes through. When the axe reaches the target, shadowstep to it and deliver a large blow.

Pass-Through Damage: 81

Final Damage: 813

Chilled (2s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

Number of Targets: 3

Unblockable

Range: 900

½

10

15

Temporal Rift

Slice into the Mists, creating an unstable rift. After a short duration, this rift will collapse in on itself, pulling in enemies.

Damage: 378

₃Torment (8s): 382 Damage, 763 Damage if Moving

Number of Targets: 5

Duration: 1s

Width: 300

Range: 900

¾

5

30

Empowering Misery

Legendary Demon Stance. Heal yourself. Heal more for each condition currently applied to you.

Healing: 3,320

Heal Per Condition: 980

½

35

Pain Absorption

Legendary Demon Stance. Grant resistance to yourself and nearby allies. Absorb conditions from those allies, gaining additional resistance per condition.

Conditions Transferred: 1

Resistance (2s): Conditions currently on you are ineffective; stacks duration.

Self-Resistance Per Condition(2s): Conditions currently on you are ineffective; stacks duration.

Number of Targets: 5

Range: 600

½

20

Banish Enchantment

Legendary Demon Stance. Deal damage, apply confusion, and remove boons from your foe.

Damage: 66

₃Confusion (6s): 149 Damage On Skill Use, 180 Damage

Boons Removed: 2

Number of Targets: 5

Range: 600

Unblockable

¾

30

Unyielding Anguish

Legendary Demon Stance. Leap toward the target area, creating a demonic field that torments and chills foes.

Damage: 133

Chilled (1s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

Torment (5s): 80 Damage, 159 Damage if Moving

Number of Targets: 5

Pulses: 5

Duration: 4s

Radius: 240

Combo Field: Dark

Range: 600

¾

5

-7

Embrace the Darkness

Legendary Demon Stance. Summon the power of the legendary demon to transform into a powerful avatar. Increase all attributes, and pulse torment to nearby foes.

Embrace the Darkness: 10% All Stats

Torment (6s): 95 Damage, 191 Damage if Moving

Number of Targets: 5

Interval: 1s

Duration: 4s

Radius: 240

Sword/Shield

Healing

Utility

Elite

½

Preparation Thrust

Stab your foe with your sword inflicting vulnerability.

Damage: 293

Vulnerability (6s): 1% Incoming Damage, 1% Incoming Condition Damage

Range: 130

½

4

5

Precision Strike

Strike nearby foes with precision, sending out blades which damage and chill them.

Damage: 312

Chilled (2s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

Number of Targets: 3

Combo Finisher: Whirl

Range: 450

½

12

5

Unrelenting Assault

Shadowstep and unleash a fierce attack on nearby foes. Gain might each time you damage a foe.

Damage: 202

Might (8s): +30 Power, +30 Condition Damage

Number of Hits: 7

Evade: ½s

Range: 450

¾

10

15

Envoy of Exuberance

Send energy of Glint towards the target area granting protection to allies before releasing a burst of energy healing allies and returning to you. It also grants protection on the way back.

Healing: 1,940

Protection (2s): -33% Incoming Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 240

Range: 900

Unblockable

3

20

25

Crystal Hibernation

Channel a shield from the mists to protect you, blocking attacks and regenerating health.

Healing: 975

Pulses: 4

Duration: 3s

½

5

30

Enchanted Daggers

Legendary Assassin Stance. Summon enchanted daggers which will attack as you attack, siphoning life from targets hit.

Siphon Damage: 858

Siphon Healing: 808

Initial Heal: 1640

Number of Hits: 6

Duration: 15s

Invetval: 1s

Range: 1,200

30

Riposting Shadows

Legendary Assassin Stance. Evade back quickly though the Mists, removing debilitating conditions and gaining endurance.

Condition Removed

Condition Removed

Condition Removed

Endurance Gained: 50

Evade: ¾s

Breaks Stun

½

20

5

Phase Traversal

Legendary Assassin Stance. Step through the mists to your target, and make your next few attacks unblockable.

Damage: 266

₂Unblockable: Your attacks can't be blocked.

Range: 1,200

10

10

Impossible Odds

Legendary Assassin Stance. Empower yourself with Shiro's speed and quickness to quickly take out enemies.

Impossible Odds: Empower yourself with Shiro's speed and quickness to quickly take out enemies.

Quickness (1s): Skills and actions are 50% faster.

Superspeed (1s): Movement speed is greatly increased.

Interval: 1s

1

50

5

Jade Winds

Legendary Assassin Stance. Call upon the Jade Wind to turn nearby enemies into jade, stunning them for a short duration.

Damage: 399

Jade Duration: 3s

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 600

Specializations

Corruption

Rampant Vex

Critical hits have a chance to cause torment.

Replenishing Despair

Incoming conditions heal you for a small amount.

Demonic Defiance

Using a legendary demon stance skill grants resistance for a short duration.

Venom Enhancement

Poison lasts longer.

Opportune Extraction

Striking a foe gives you a chance to remove a boon from that foe.

Bolstered Anguish

Increased damage for every condition currently on you.

Frigid Precision

Chance to chill your foe when you land a critical hit.

Spontanous Destruction

Use Banish Enchantment when striking a foe that has boons equal to or greater than the threshold.

Yearning Empowerment

Torment lasts longer.

Diabolic Inferno

Burn nearby foes when using an elite skill.

Maniacal Persistence

Increase your critical-hit chance every few seconds. This bonus is reset when you land a critical hit.

Pulsating Pestilence

Chance when struck to copy all conditions currently on you to nearby foes for a few seconds.

Variants

• Bolstered Anguish

  Bolstered Anguish

  Increased damage for every condition currently on you.
  for more physical damage pressure.

Retribution

Enduring Recovery

Chance when struck to gain endurance.

Planar Protection

Create a field of the Mists when you take damage from falling. Take less damage from falling.

Close Quarters

Foes that strike you from farther away than the range threshold deal less damage.

Improved Aggression

Taunted foes deal less damage to you. Taunt has an increased duration when applied to nonplayer characters.

Unwavering Avoidance

Gain stability after you dodge.

Eye for an Eye

When disabled by a foe with stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, taunt, float, fear, launch, or sink, taunt that foe for a short duration.

Retaliatory Evasion

Gain retaliation after you dodge.

Dwarven Battle Training

Chance on hit to apply weakness to your foe. Incoming weakness applied to you has decreased effectiveness.

Determined Resolution

Take reduced damage while below the health threshold.

Empowering Vengeance

Gain might when struck while under the effects of retaliation.

Versed in Stone

Chance when struck under 50% health to use Rite of the Great Dwarf. Rite of the Great Dwarf also reduces incoming condition damage by 50%.

Steadfast Rejuvenation

Chance when struck to heal yourself.

Variants

• Dwarven Battle Training

  Dwarven Battle Training

  Chance on hit to apply weakness to your foe. Incoming weakness applied to you has decreased effectiveness.
  is also a viable option.

Herald

Crystal Harbinger

You can now equip a shield, use legendary dragon stance skills, and gain access to the facet of nature.

Swift Gale

Gain superspeed when you successfully break a stun.

Radiant Revival

Place infuse light on an ally while you revive them.

Hardening Persistence

Gain toughness for each point of upkeep you are currently using.

Vigorous Persistence

Gain increased endurance regeneration while you have an active upkeep skill.

Bolster Fortifications

Grant protection to nearby allies when using a healing skill.

Shared Empowerment

When you apply a boon to an ally, also apply might to nearby allies.

Harmonize Continuity

When you successfully stun break you also stun break nearby allies.

Envoy of Sustenance

Increased boon duration.

Elder's Force

Increased damage per boon on you.

Soothing Bastion

Activate Crystal Hibernation when you are struck below the health threshold. Using a shield skill will increase boon duration.

Enhanced Bulwark

When stability is applied to you, gain an extra stack.

Variants

• Bolster Fortifications

  Bolster Fortifications

  Grant protection to nearby allies when using a healing skill.
  for AoE Protection on heal.

Weapons

9

Superior Sigil of Geomancy

Inflict bleeding on nearby foes for 10 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

9

Superior Sigil of Doom

Your next attack after you swap to this weapon while in combat inflicts poison (6 seconds). (Cooldown: 9s)

9

Superior Sigil of Leeching

Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat steals some health. (Cooldown: 9s)

9

Superior Sigil of Energy

Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

Superior Rune of Durability

(1): +25 Toughness (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Toughness (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies protection and regeneration for 3 seconds and resistance for 1 second. (Cooldown: 20 seconds) (5): +100 Toughness (6): +15% Boon Duration; +125 Vitality

Viper's Amulet

+1050 Power +560 Precision +1050 Condition Damage +560 Expertise

Variants

Amulet

• Wanderer's Amulet

  Wanderer's Amulet

  +1050 Precision +560 Toughness +1050 Condition Damage +560 Expertise
  for a more tanky build.

Sigils

Mace/Axe

• Superior Sigil of Hydromancy

  9

  Superior Sigil of Hydromancy

  Damage nearby foes and chill them for 2 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

Sword/Shield

• Superior Sigil of Air

  3

  Superior Sigil of Air

  50% Chance on Critical: Cause a Lightning Strike. (Cooldown: 3s)
• Superior Sigil of Blood

  5

  Superior Sigil of Blood

  50% Chance on Critical: Steal Health. (Cooldown: 5s)
• Superior Sigil of Hydromancy

  9

  Superior Sigil of Hydromancy

  Damage nearby foes and chill them for 2 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

Usage

Damage Dealing

• Start upkeeping
  Facet of Nature

  2

  Facet of Nature

  Place the facet of nature on yourself to grant nearby allies naturalistic resonance every few seconds to increase outgoing boon duration.

  Facet of Nature: Pulse Naturalistic Resonance to nearby allies every few seconds.

  Naturalistic Resonance (3s): Increase outgoing boon duration by 50%.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Invetval: 3s

  Radius: 600
  at the start of the fight. It will increase the duration of all boons stacked at start applied by both you and your allies.
• Use
  Facet of Nature

  2

  Facet of Nature

  Place the facet of nature on yourself to grant nearby allies naturalistic resonance every few seconds to increase outgoing boon duration.

  Facet of Nature: Pulse Naturalistic Resonance to nearby allies every few seconds.

  Naturalistic Resonance (3s): Increase outgoing boon duration by 50%.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Invetval: 3s

  Radius: 600
  -> One with Nature at the start of a fight for a plethora of boons. Facet of Nature's upkeep effect also pushes your extra boon duration to 90% which can be quite useful for skills that grant Resistance, Might, or your dodge which grants Stability.
• Both Sword and Mace Auto-attacks are rather quick and worth using. Note that both are better choice for burst in teamfights than
  Unrelenting Assault

  ½

  12

  5

  Unrelenting Assault

  Shadowstep and unleash a fierce attack on nearby foes. Gain might each time you damage a foe.

  Damage: 202

  Might (8s): +30 Power, +30 Condition Damage

  Number of Hits: 7

  Evade: ½s

  Range: 450
  due to it's damage being split when multiple targets are present.
• This build can deal a lot of burst damage by trapping enemies within
  Unyielding Anguish

  ¾

  30

  Unyielding Anguish

  Legendary Demon Stance. Leap toward the target area, creating a demonic field that torments and chills foes.

  Damage: 133

  Chilled (1s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

  Torment (5s): 80 Damage, 159 Damage if Moving

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 5

  Duration: 4s

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Dark

  Range: 600
  and
  Searing Fissure

  ¾

  5

  3

  Searing Fissure

  Smash your mace into the ground, causing flame to erupt from the Mists.

  Damage: 66

  Burning (4s): 524

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 4

  Duration: 3s

  Combo Field: Fire

  Range: 480
  by using
  Temporal Rift

  ½

  10

  15

  Temporal Rift

  Slice into the Mists, creating an unstable rift. After a short duration, this rift will collapse in on itself, pulling in enemies.

  Damage: 378

  ₃Torment (8s): 382 Damage, 763 Damage if Moving

  Number of Targets: 5

  Duration: 1s

  Width: 300

  Range: 900
  , the Chill from
  Frigid Blitz

  ½

  10

  12

  Frigid Blitz

  Hurl your axe at your target, damaging and chilling the foes the axe passes through. When the axe reaches the target, shadowstep to it and deliver a large blow.

  Pass-Through Damage: 81

  Final Damage: 813

  Chilled (2s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

  Number of Targets: 3

  Unblockable

  Range: 900
  , or
  Jade Winds

  1

  50

  5

  Jade Winds

  Legendary Assassin Stance. Call upon the Jade Wind to turn nearby enemies into jade, stunning them for a short duration.

  Damage: 399

  Jade Duration: 3s

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 600
  .
• Chain
  Echoing Eruption

  ¾

  5

  8

  Echoing Eruption

  Leap at your foe and deliver a massive attack that cascades outwards. Each attack area is a blast finisher and applies torment.

  Damage: 355

  ₃Torment (6s): 286 Damage, 572 Damage if Moving

  Number of Impacts: 3

  Number of Targets: 3

  Pulses: 4

  Radius: 180

  Combo Finisher: Blast

  Range: 410
  with
  Searing Fissure

  ¾

  5

  3

  Searing Fissure

  Smash your mace into the ground, causing flame to erupt from the Mists.

  Damage: 66

  Burning (4s): 524

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 4

  Duration: 3s

  Combo Field: Fire

  Range: 480
  in order to blast for AoE Might or
  Unyielding Anguish

  ¾

  30

  Unyielding Anguish

  Legendary Demon Stance. Leap toward the target area, creating a demonic field that torments and chills foes.

  Damage: 133

  Chilled (1s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

  Torment (5s): 80 Damage, 159 Damage if Moving

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 5

  Duration: 4s

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Dark

  Range: 600
  for AoE Blind.
• Use
  Embrace the Darkness

  ¾

  5

  -7

  Embrace the Darkness

  Legendary Demon Stance. Summon the power of the legendary demon to transform into a powerful avatar. Increase all attributes, and pulse torment to nearby foes.

  Embrace the Darkness: 10% All Stats

  Torment (6s): 95 Damage, 191 Damage if Moving

  Number of Targets: 5

  Interval: 1s

  Duration: 4s

  Radius: 240
  in order to trigger
  Diabolic Inferno

  Diabolic Inferno

  Burn nearby foes when using an elite skill.
  and apply AoE Burning. If you have a lot of Energy, you can also upkeep that Elite for some time in order to apply more long-lasting AoE Torment and boost your statistics by 10%.
• Frigid Blitz

  ½

  10

  12

  Frigid Blitz

  Hurl your axe at your target, damaging and chilling the foes the axe passes through. When the axe reaches the target, shadowstep to it and deliver a large blow.

  Pass-Through Damage: 81

  Final Damage: 813

  Chilled (2s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

  Number of Targets: 3

  Unblockable

  Range: 900
  can do a lot of damage and serves as your main gap-closer.
  Phase Traversal

  ½

  20

  5

  Phase Traversal

  Legendary Assassin Stance. Step through the mists to your target, and make your next few attacks unblockable.

  Damage: 266

  ₂Unblockable: Your attacks can't be blocked.

  Range: 1,200
  is also a great opener vs professions with lots of blocks.
• Try using
  Unrelenting Assault

  ½

  12

  5

  Unrelenting Assault

  Shadowstep and unleash a fierce attack on nearby foes. Gain might each time you damage a foe.

  Damage: 202

  Might (8s): +30 Power, +30 Condition Damage

  Number of Hits: 7

  Evade: ½s

  Range: 450
  as both damage prevention and damage source. You can use it as opener against things like Dragonhunter's Traps to evade them and still pressure or against
  Rampage

  1

  180

  Rampage

  Physical. Take the form of a massive juggernaut, reducing the damage you take and the duration of incoming movement-impeding conditions.

  Damage Reduced: 25%

  ₂Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

  Swiftness (3s): 33% Movement Speed

  Duration Decreased

  Duration Decreased

  Duration Decreased

  Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds

  Duration Decreased: 33%

  Duration: 15 seconds
  for example. Try countering Weakness on yourself with Resistance to achieve full damage.
• Use
  Banish Enchantment

  ½

  20

  Banish Enchantment

  Legendary Demon Stance. Deal damage, apply confusion, and remove boons from your foe.

  Damage: 66

  ₃Confusion (6s): 149 Damage On Skill Use, 180 Damage

  Boons Removed: 2

  Number of Targets: 5

  Range: 600

  Unblockable
  to remove boons and apply Confusion; this skill hits everything between you and the target so targeting the furthest foe away from you will usually result in more boons removed.
• A good burst combination is
  Embrace the Darkness

  ¾

  5

  -7

  Embrace the Darkness

  Legendary Demon Stance. Summon the power of the legendary demon to transform into a powerful avatar. Increase all attributes, and pulse torment to nearby foes.

  Embrace the Darkness: 10% All Stats

  Torment (6s): 95 Damage, 191 Damage if Moving

  Number of Targets: 5

  Interval: 1s

  Duration: 4s

  Radius: 240
  +
  Unrelenting Assault

  ½

  12

  5

  Unrelenting Assault

  Shadowstep and unleash a fierce attack on nearby foes. Gain might each time you damage a foe.

  Damage: 202

  Might (8s): +30 Power, +30 Condition Damage

  Number of Hits: 7

  Evade: ½s

  Range: 450
  or
  Enchanted Daggers

  ½

  5

  30

  Enchanted Daggers

  Legendary Assassin Stance. Summon enchanted daggers which will attack as you attack, siphoning life from targets hit.

  Siphon Damage: 858

  Siphon Healing: 808

  Initial Heal: 1640

  Number of Hits: 6

  Duration: 15s

  Invetval: 1s

  Range: 1,200
  +
  Unrelenting Assault

  ½

  12

  5

  Unrelenting Assault

  Shadowstep and unleash a fierce attack on nearby foes. Gain might each time you damage a foe.

  Damage: 202

  Might (8s): +30 Power, +30 Condition Damage

  Number of Hits: 7

  Evade: ½s

  Range: 450
  .
• Consider using
  Impossible Odds

  10

  10

  Impossible Odds

  Legendary Assassin Stance. Empower yourself with Shiro's speed and quickness to quickly take out enemies.

  Impossible Odds: Empower yourself with Shiro's speed and quickness to quickly take out enemies.

  Quickness (1s): Skills and actions are 50% faster.

  Superspeed (1s): Movement speed is greatly increased.

  Interval: 1s
  for Quickness when stomping or ressing allies.
• Due to 40% boon duration, Quickness from
  Impossible Odds

  10

  10

  Impossible Odds

  Legendary Assassin Stance. Empower yourself with Shiro's speed and quickness to quickly take out enemies.

  Impossible Odds: Empower yourself with Shiro's speed and quickness to quickly take out enemies.

  Quickness (1s): Skills and actions are 50% faster.

  Superspeed (1s): Movement speed is greatly increased.

  Interval: 1s
  will persist for a while after you end the upkeep.

Self Sustain & Disengaging

• Resistance from
  Demonic Defiance

  Demonic Defiance

  Using a legendary demon stance skill grants resistance for a short duration.
  pulses after the heal from
  Empowering Misery

  ¾

  5

  30

  Empowering Misery

  Legendary Demon Stance. Heal yourself. Heal more for each condition currently applied to you.

  Healing: 3,320

  Heal Per Condition: 980
  , so use another Legendary Demon Stance beforehand to avoid the healing reduction from Poison.
• Enchanted Daggers

  ½

  5

  30

  Enchanted Daggers

  Legendary Assassin Stance. Summon enchanted daggers which will attack as you attack, siphoning life from targets hit.

  Siphon Damage: 858

  Siphon Healing: 808

  Initial Heal: 1640

  Number of Hits: 6

  Duration: 15s

  Invetval: 1s

  Range: 1,200
  +
  Unrelenting Assault

  ½

  12

  5

  Unrelenting Assault

  Shadowstep and unleash a fierce attack on nearby foes. Gain might each time you damage a foe.

  Damage: 202

  Might (8s): +30 Power, +30 Condition Damage

  Number of Hits: 7

  Evade: ½s

  Range: 450
  is a great way to heal and deal damage at the same time.
• Crystal Hibernation

  3

  20

  25

  Crystal Hibernation

  Channel a shield from the mists to protect you, blocking attacks and regenerating health.

  Healing: 975

  Pulses: 4

  Duration: 3s
  is your third healing skill. It heals for fairly good amount, blocks and stops you in place. Watch out for Unblockable abilities like
  Reaper's Mark

  ¾

  32

  Reaper's Mark

  Mark. Inscribe a mark that causes fear when foes trigger it.

  Damage: 107

  Fear (1s): Flee

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Blast Radius: 300

  Range: 1,200
  traited with
  Soul Marks

  Soul Marks

  Mark skills are now unblockable and generate 3% life force when triggered
  .
• Use
  Riposting Shadows

  30

  Riposting Shadows

  Legendary Assassin Stance. Evade back quickly though the Mists, removing debilitating conditions and gaining endurance.

  Condition Removed

  Condition Removed

  Condition Removed

  Endurance Gained: 50

  Evade: ¾s

  Breaks Stun
  or
  Unyielding Anguish

  ¾

  30

  Unyielding Anguish

  Legendary Demon Stance. Leap toward the target area, creating a demonic field that torments and chills foes.

  Damage: 133

  Chilled (1s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

  Torment (5s): 80 Damage, 159 Damage if Moving

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 5

  Duration: 4s

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Dark

  Range: 600
  to leap away for a short distance to disengage.
• Envoy of Exuberance

  ¾

  10

  15

  Envoy of Exuberance

  Send energy of Glint towards the target area granting protection to allies before releasing a burst of energy healing allies and returning to you. It also grants protection on the way back.

  Healing: 1,940

  Protection (2s): -33% Incoming Damage

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Range: 900

  Unblockable
  aimed at your character heals for good amount.
• Use Demon Stance skills traited with
  Demonic Defiance

  Demonic Defiance

  Using a legendary demon stance skill grants resistance for a short duration.
  to get Resistance.
• Pain Absorption

  ½

  35

  Pain Absorption

  Legendary Demon Stance. Grant resistance to yourself and nearby allies. Absorb conditions from those allies, gaining additional resistance per condition.

  Conditions Transferred: 1

  Resistance (2s): Conditions currently on you are ineffective; stacks duration.

  Self-Resistance Per Condition(2s): Conditions currently on you are ineffective; stacks duration.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Range: 600
  is the most efficient skill to use if you want quick access to Resistance, but also the most expensive one. Spamming Embrace the Darkness is a lot cheaper and allows the caster to maintain permanent Resistance, however the cast times won't allow for casting attack skills if you intend to chain EtD - the spamming method is better used for disengaging.
• Good rotations, Shield skills and Regeneration will often let you delay your healing skills for more dire situations, resulting in better sustain.

Counters

• Getting Chain CC'd while in Mallyx stance
• Heavy boon removal combined with high condi pressure.

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Notes

• Bug(?):
  Superior Rune of Durability

  Superior Rune of Durability

  (1): +25 Toughness (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Toughness (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies protection and regeneration for 3 seconds and resistance for 1 second. (Cooldown: 20 seconds) (5): +100 Toughness (6): +15% Boon Duration; +125 Vitality
  provides 25% boon duration, not 20%.