The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great
Focused on: Hybrid damage and Support
Designed for: Open World and Open World General
Expansions required: End of Dragons builds
Difficulty: Normal
This build was last updated on June 07, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
Celestial quickness catalyst is a hybrid boon dps build for catalyst for open world. Boasting extreme damage reduction, this build can face-tank pretty much anything while inflicting respectable damage and granting itself and nearby allies powerful boons, most notably, permanent 
急速.
As a downside, the playstyle requires you to be constantly swapping attunements pretty much off cooldown to spam their Spheres such as 
部署翠玉元晶, and you need to stay inside the Spheres to receive the boons.
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Weapon Variants
We suggest using Hammer Hammer for its high amount of combo finishers (see: Guide:What are Combo Fields), which is relevant for 
元素典范 and for its damage reduction through 
岩石环圈 and 
寒冰盘旋.
Skill Variants
Heal skill
We default to 
再生纹章 as it provides good passive healing and works great with a fast-paced playstyle. Since this build has extreme damage reduction and requires constant skill usage, you have little need for other healing skills.
Utility skills
We default to 
大地护甲 for its stunbreak, barrier, and stability.
火焰纹章 for its burning damage when activated.
大地纹章 for its passive damage reduction, but never use its active skill. This skill can be swapped when fighting less threatening enemies. Other alternatives you can consider are:
净化烈焰 - condition cleanse and stun break.
元素能量雕文 - very flexible skill that can do damage, or cleanse conditions, or daze enemies, or give barrier, depending on your current attunement, and breaks stun.
Elite skill
We default to 
元素雕文 for its versatility. Cast it on Fire for damage, on Water for support, healing and 
击退, on Air for a 
昏迷, or on Earth for defense and tanking.
Specializations
Since this build is designed for resilience and tankiness, there are several defensive traits in use. If you are going to fight less threatening enemies, you can consider swapping some of those traits for more damage.
锯齿之岩 - more damage, but you lose permanent 
保护.
石刻纹章 - more damage by retaining the passive precision of Signet of Fire, but less condition removal.
险恶赋能 - more damage, but you lose damage reduction.
Equipment
Ascended gear is not required.
If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. See also: Guide:How to Gear a Character.
- The relic slot is very flexible. Here are some alternatives. If using the trait 锯齿之岩, be sure to change your relic as it is useless:
Consumables
Usage
Jade Sphere
The Jade Sphere is the profession mechanic of the catalyst. Hitting enemies generates energy, and you spend this energy to summon a sphere that deals minor damage and provides yourself and nearby allies with boons, most notably permanent 急速 thanks to and 
元晶专家. Each attunement has its own sphere, and their cooldowns are not shared. Thanks to the trait 元晶专家, you can generate Energy even while a sphere is deployed.
You also gain improved attributes from the Elemental Empowerment effect from traits like 
元素赋能.
Damage
Rotate through all four attunements while using their Jade Sphere and their hammer 3 skill. These hammer skills provide important bonuses such as improved critical strike from 
新月之风 or damage reduction through 岩石环圈.
Always start combat by using your Jade Sphere and hammer 3 skill. Then, cast the remaining weapon skills, swap to the next attunement and repeat. You must be constantly switching attunements to maintain your boons from Jade Sphere. After rotation through all four attunements, restart this rotation, cast 
高潮结尾 and hammer 3 again.
You also gain stacks of Elemental Empowerment, which increase all your attributes, impacting damage, survivability, boon duration, etc. 元素赋能 provides 3 stacks of Elemental Empowerment. To get more, you need to gain auras due to 元素典范. You gain auras through 
太阳黑子, 元素典范 and combo fields+finishers (see: Guide:What are Combo Fields).
Boons
You provide quickness with the traits + 元晶专家. You want to swap attunements off cooldown and use their Sphere immediately. This also provides other boons, namely permanent 
激怒 and some 
威能. 元晶专家 lets you generate energy even while a sphere is deployed, so you won't have energy problems.
You also have permanent 保护 due to 
元素护盾.
Defense
- You have massive amounts of damage reduction due to:
圣盾 via 
部署翠玉元晶.- 元素赋能 passively increases toughness and vitality.
屹立之石 blocks one attack.
净化台风 removes conditions.
金刚石肤 removes conditions.
CC
凶狠风暴 - 
击倒
震爆冲击 - 昏迷
冲击水流 (from 元素雕文's Ice Elemental) - 击退
电击箭矢 (from 元素雕文's Air Elemental) - 昏迷- Enemies that attack you from melee range while having
电击光环 - 昏迷 - Soft crowd control from
虚弱, Chill Chill and 
定身.
Video examples
- Celestial Quickness Catalyst vs. Mushroom Queen
- Facetanking the hardest hero point in the game with celestial quickness catalyst.