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Holosmith - Cele Holo

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Focused on: Condition damage and Defense

Designed for: Open World

Expansions required: Path of Fire Builds

Difficulty:
Normal

Overview

A durable condition-based Holosmith for general open world content that emphasizes high survivability at a cost of lower damage output. Damage primarily comes from easy application of Burning Burning stacks.


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Skill Bar

Sword/Pistol
Rifle
Utility


Skill Variants

Healing

  • Healing Turret - Better condi cleanse and burst healing, but tougher to use and fewer boons.


Utilities

It is strongly advised to always use Spectrum Shield due to the amount of survivability it provides.

  • Hard Light Arena - More boons and better team synergy.
  • Laser Disk - Lower DPS than kits but easier to use.
  • Rocket Boots - High mobility and AoE Burning Burning on demand.


Elites

  • Elite Mortar Kit - Better ranged damage and utility.


Specializations


Specialization Variants

  • Thermal Release Valve - More overall holoforge uptime and Burning Burning stacks, also synergizes well with Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy. Be sure to run Sigil of Superior Sigil of Strength for Might Might if using this trait.
  • HGH - Significantly less damage reduction but more boon uptime.
  • Invigorating Speed - More endurance, should be considered if not running Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy.


Equipment

Ascended gear is not required, use Exotic equipment instead if desired.

Head
Celestial
Shoulders
Celestial
Chest
Celestial
Hands
Celestial
Legs
Celestial
Feet
Celestial
Backpiece
Celestial
Accessory
Celestial
Accessory
Celestial
Amulet
Celestial
Ring
Celestial
Ring
Celestial
Sword
Celestial
Pistol
Celestial
Sigil
Sigil
Rifle
Celestial
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6



Variant Equipment

Gear


Runes

  • Rune of Superior Rune of Balthazar - More health without sacrificing Burning Burning duration.
  • Rune of Superior Rune of the Berserker, Rune of Superior Rune of the Elementalist, Rune of Superior Rune of the Renegade - Higher DPS options.
  • Rune of Superior Rune of the Herald, Rune of Superior Rune of Durability, Rune of Superior Rune of Divinity - Defensive options.


Sigils

  • Sigil of Superior Sigil of Geomancy, Sigil of Superior Sigil of Earth - More bleeding damage.
  • Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - More endurance when dropping holo forge.
  • Sigil of Superior Sigil of Strength - More Might Might uptime.
  • Sigil of Superior Sigil of Malice - Use instead of Sigil of Superior Sigil of Bursting if using a Rune set that doesn't increase condi duration.



Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

  • Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
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Defense

Farming

  • Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
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  • (and variants)



Usage

Damage

  • Forge: Use Photon Blitz and Corona Burst off cooldown, fill in with autoattacks.
  • Toolbelt: Use Incendiary Ammo off cooldown.
  • Use Refraction Cutter and Radiant Arc off cooldown, especially at high heat right after dropping forge.
  • Use Blowtorch off cooldown and as close as possible to an enemy.
  • Use Prime Light Beam off cooldown when over 50 heat.
  • Auto-attack when all of the above are on cooldown and over 100 heat.
  • Flamethrower: Use Napalm then Flame Blast. If still at high heat, auto-attack with Flamethrower until either Blowtorch or Forge is available again.


Zerg Tagging

  • Equip Flamethrower, stay in range of mobs, and focus on using autoattacks for easy AoE tagging. Napalm and Flame Blast can help with enemies at longer ranges.
  • Consider using Rocket Boots, Crystal Configuration: Storm, and/or Elite Mortar Kit if zerging for an extended period of time.
  • Holo Leap can help keep up with the main body of the zerg if not using Rocket Boots.


Defense

  • Spectrum Shield is an extremely potent defensive cooldown. It grants 50% damage reduction and functions as a stunbreak. This is your best skill for any challenging content.
  • Elixir U provides a plethora of useful boons and acts as a stunbreak. It also provides Quickness Quickness for higher DPS.
  • Flash Spark and Smoke Vent inflict AoE Blinded Blinded.
  • Hard Light Arena, if selected as a utility skill, provides considerable Protection Protection and Regeneration Regeneration uptime. It should be used as often as possible when above 50 heat.


Crowd Control

  • Prismatic Singularity, also counts as an explosion.
  • Holographic Shockwave, also acts as a blast finisher.
  • Air Blast, also inflicts additional Burning Burning stacks.


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