The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Strike damage
Designed for: Open World and Open World General
Expansions required: End of Dragons builds
Difficulty: Hard
This build was last updated on February 17, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
Bladesworn is a very bursty melee warrior build. Bladesworns have very little build customisation, they can only play power builds, they have almost no ranged damage options, and they almost can't choose their utility skills because of how important some of them are. Moreover, bladesworn requires significant game knowledge to play optimally as they must self-root to charge their attacks. They must also manage their unique resource: Flow, which is quite different from core warrior adrenaline. Most of their damage comes from one superpowered skill making it extremely important to ensure this skill is a critical strike, so achieving 100% critical chance is mandatory.
In exchange for these drawbacks, bladesworn offers very high burst damage with 
巨龙扳机, capable of oneshotting many generic enemies. They can also sacrifice some damage for great sustain.
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Weapon Variants
The choice of mainhand weapon is flexible, as most of your damage comes from the Gunsaber anyway. Axe is a great option as it provides a mix of good damage and access to much-needed 
激怒. The offhand pistol is almost mandatory because it synergises with two bladesworn traits 
侵掠如火 and 
枪与荣耀.
- Mainhand Sword Mainhand Sword - can replace mainhand axe for mobility but you lose fury and vulnerability.
- Offhand Mace Offhand Mace - sacrifices damage in exchange for a lot of cc and vulnerability.
Skill variants
We don't recommend you make any changes to the suggested skills.
伤势愈合 will be your only source of condition cleanse (besides the less reliable 
武术节奏), and is a great heal.
心流稳定器 is absolutely mandatory as your main source of flow. Gives more Flow if you already have 激怒 before using it.
龙刺地雷 is your only stun break and it resets your burst skill, which is the main point of this build.
过载弹壳 greatly increases the damage of your burst skill, which is the main point of this build. It can be used twice in a row to greatly increase burst damage.
战术装填 replenishes a charge for Flow Stabilizer and Overcharged Cartridges, and makes the next burst skill charge much faster.
Specializations
Variants
强力正义 - sacrifices a large amount of damage for some sustain. Can combine with 
心流如江.
不朽巨龙 - trades might and stun for significant healing.
果敢巨龙 - taking this trait allows you to supply permanent 
敏捷 to nearby allies. Never ever take this trait when playing solo.
Equipment
- For those without Secrets of the Obscure, use
潜行者古物. Alternatively, use 
萨奇洛斯古物 to trade a minor amount of damage for sustain, 
骑兵古物 to start combat with boons, or 
耐久古物 for a little extra defense. - For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use Knight Knight trinkets.
Alternative set
This gear set uses the same armour as Build:Berserker_-_Power_Berserker. It is a moderate dps loss, but much cheaper as you can share most of the gear amongst all power warrior builds.
- This set requires replacing 过载弹壳 for
怒气纹章. - This set lets you reuse the armour and runes of berserker and spellbreaker, sacrificing moderate damage for a much cheaper and simpler gearing process.
Consumables
Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
DPS
Defense
Farming
- Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
生日爆破枪 / 
令人愉快的生日蛋糕大餐-
薄荷怪异莓棒
锐磨颅骨 (and variants)
Usage
Flow and Gunsaber
Flow and Gunsaber are the profession mechanics of the bladesworn.
Flow replaces adrenaline. Unlike adrenaline, attacking does not generate flow. Instead, flow slowly generates while in combat, and you need traits and skills that increase its generation rate. The main source of this is 心流稳定器. Having 激怒 before using Flow Stabilizer gives more flow. Your only source of fury is 
旋风斧斩.
Gunsaber replaces your weapon swap. It has access to powerful skills but its auto attack sucks, so sheathe the Gunsaber if its skills are on cooldown and use your normal weapon instead.
Dragon Trigger is the key to bladesworn. It equips your Gunsaber and starts draining flow to charge Dragon Slash. You cannot move while charging. There are three Dragon Slashes: Force deals the highest damage, this is the one you want to use. Boost is a dash, but has lower damage. Reach is ranged but deals weak damage. Ensure good positioning before you start charging Dragon Slash. If needed, use Triggerguard Triggerguard to facetank one attack, or Flicker Step Flicker Step for a very short range teleport to reposition, then anhialate your enemy with Dragon Slash - Force Dragon Slash - Force.
Damage
Since most of your damage comes from Dragon Slash. The following buffs are required to maximise its damage: 激怒, 过载弹壳, stacks of 侵掠如火, stacks of 枪与荣耀. Sometimes you will also get the following modifiers: 
斩腿专家, 
力量聚集, 
战士智慧, 
狂战之力, 
巅峰表现, 
佩萨古物.
Once you get flow generation going, you activate as many of the aforementioned buffs as possible, then Dragon Slash. To that end, follow this opening:
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心流稳定器
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过载弹壳
-
心流稳定器
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战术装填
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心流稳定器
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过载弹壳
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巨龙怒吼
- 巨龙扳机 and immediately Flicker Step Flicker Step
- Dragon Slash - Force Dragon Slash - Force
-
龙刺地雷
- 巨龙扳机 and delay Flicker Step Flicker Step right before the slash.
- Dragon Slash - Force Dragon Slash - Force
Flicker Step Flicker Step is used to activate 佩萨古物. This relic has a 4 second cooldown, which is why the first Flicker Step is used immediatly upon starting to charge Dragon Slash, but the second is used right before firing the second Dragon Slash. If you don't have Relic of Peitha, you don't need to use Flicker Step.
心流稳定器 and 战术装填 should be spammed off cooldown. Try to use 心流稳定器 while you already have 激怒 to gain more flow. If you want to burst something very fast, use 过载弹壳 twice before bursting.
Defense
- 伤势愈合 cleanses conditions.
稳固 from 
龙鳞防护 and 武术节奏.- Triggerguard Triggerguard and Cyclone Trigger Cyclone Trigger grant
圣盾. - Cyclone Trigger Cyclone Trigger briefly reflects projectiles
治愈威能 provides a small amount of sustain. You can use 强力正义 for more healing, and it works great together with 
黄金煎饺s.
CC
- Artillery Slash Artillery Slash
- With
顽强巨龙, Dragon Slash is a significant source of CC.