Catalyst - Power DPS

• You should bring 狂怒风暴 if 激怒 uptime is bad.

Power Catalyst is a complex and fast-paced build that provides strong melee damage as well as some 威能, 激怒, 决心 and 保护 for your group.

Catalyst brings its Jade Sphere that drops stationary damage and boon fields that your utility skills interact with for bonus effectiveness. This two unique mechanic means that Catalyst greatly prefers fights against low-movement bosses.

The hammer build also relies heavily on its unique Circular Projectile mechanic that sits on the 3rd skill in each attunement. Successful play involves maintaining these projectiles both for their damage and the buffs they provide and if they are mismanaged it can be difficult to recover.

The combination of 元素赋能 and (on hammer) 岩石环圈 make this build more durable than other elementalist specialisations, but be aware that you can gain up to 200 bonus toughness, so make sure your tank has more.

Weapon Variants

• Spear does comparable damage, but its visual effects are very aggressive and obscure a huge area, making it potentially a liability wherever there are mechanics.
• Hammer is the best weapon for players that don't own Secrets of the Obscure or Janthir Wilds.

Skill Variants

Utility

• will provide slightly more long-term damage than in rotations that utilise .
• could replace as a burst option on large hitboxes.

Elite

• is the best option when using Sword/Warhorn.
• is the best option for Spear and Hammer.
• deals comparable damage to when using the Earth Elemental, as its active ability applies and is sufficient to keep you at 10 stacks of via .

• is the best relic for players that don't own Janthir Wilds.
• is a tiny DPS loss.

If using , spam it as much as you can while in , ideally while under the effects of .

Sword/Dagger Rotation

Although the rotation below is optimised for , it works just as well for .

If desired, you can precast before combat starts to trigger .

Opener in Air

3. - This is a CC and combos with the field from your Jade Sphere, quickly providing stacks of Elemental Empowerment

Earth

3. (if available), or otherwise

Fire

3. Autoattack while using , , and as they become available. Finish your auto chains.
4. (if available), once you've used each of your sword/dagger skills once
5. Use each of your sword/dagger skills one more time each
6. Autoattack until Air Attunement is available
7. - you want to use this twice each loop, whether or not you use Elemental Celerity

Air

2. ⇒ ⇒
4. ⇒ ⇒
6. ⇒ ⇒
8. ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ (optional) - you can stay in air a bit longer for a second use of Ride the Lightning in order to make other skills line up better

Food

• or ascended versions

Utility

Spear's unique mechanic is its Etchings. The five-skill in each attunement places a large symbol on the ground. This can be immediately reactivated to launch an AoE attack, but a more powerful version can be charged up by using three skills while inside the symbol. As such, the general principle in each attunement will be to quickly activate the Etching, followed by at least three skills, then the enhanced attack from the Etching.

It is worth noting that while you need to remain in the Etching symbol to charge it up, the damage can be aimed up to 1200 units away.

The Fire and Air traitlines provide cooldown reductions for those two attunements, so their Etchings will be available each loop, but the Etchings in Water and Earth will only be used every other loop.

Glyph of Storms use Use 风暴雕文 off cooldown when in Fire or Air, but weapon skills should take priority. A rule of thumb for elementalist is that your last 风暴雕文 in each phase should be used in Air, so try to keep an idea of how long you have left when deciding where to use it.

As the more powerful option, if you can line Air up with your target gaining Exposed this will be greatly beneficial - particularly useful in fractals.

Autoattacks will not be listed in general.

Opener in Air

1. 蚀刻：对流风暴
2. 闪电风暴
3. 龙卷残云 - activates 烟花古物
4. 灿若繁星
5. 部署翠玉元晶 - completes the Etching
6. 对流风暴 and 火焰协调 during the cast

Fire

It is very important that 火山爆发 is used immediately after 怒火沸腾 as the entire attack will benefit from the damage buff.

1. 蚀刻：火山爆发 and 部署翠玉元晶 during the cast
2. 无情灼焰
4. - On the first loop, you can delay this until after Volcano so that you have higher stacks.
5. ⇒
6. - On the second loop, pick up the second greatsword. Otherwise autoattack instead.
8. Weapon Swap
9. and during the cast

Earth

Where the Etching is not available, just use and and swap attunements.

4. - a single autoattack will complete the Etching - if you're feeling squishy or need CC, you can use instead
5. and during the cast

Water

Skip the Etching skills if they are not available

Air

4. Autoattack until Fulgor is nearly off cooldown - if you were slow with activating the Etching you can use to get an extra skill cast in.
5. and during the cast
6. and during the cast
7. Return to start of Fire section

Crowd Control

Most of your CC is already used during the rotation and Fire is the only attunement without any, so you can generally just continue with your rotation when defiance bars appear:

• : 300 defiance break - make sure to hit your target with the centre of the AoE
• : 300 defiance break for the complete version, 150 for the lesser version
• : 150 defiance break, plus some soft CC from
• : 200 defiance break - replace the autoattack in Earth with this

The Hammer rotation can be varied quite a lot, so an outline is provided rather than a strict skill usage. The fundamental goal is to cycle through all four elements, activating the Circular Projectile in each element before releasing them all with 高潮结尾 and starting the loop again.

Jade Sphere use

During the loop, you also want to deploy your Jade Sphere once in each element. You do not regain the energy needed to cast them while one is active, so it's best to cast them in "pairs" as you switch attunements. This creates some gaps in the loop where energy can recharge, and as the most powerful autoattacks are found in Fire and Earth, these attunements are the best choice to stay in. The sphere does the same amount base damage in each element, but thanks to the damage buffs you gain while in Fire and Air, these attunements are higher priority. 部署翠玉元晶 also generates stacks of 长效怒火, and 无情灼焰 and 寒冰碎裂 will last longer if used while standing in 部署翠玉元晶 and 部署翠玉元晶.

Glyph of Storms use

风暴雕文 should be used either in Fire or Air attunement. Optimal use will depend on phase timings as well as hitbox size - Fire favouring small hitboxes and Air favouring large. Given the damage and cooldown, Fire should be the more efficient option, but the rotation lines up somewhat awkwardly compared to using it in Air, so consider the following:

• A rule of thumb for elementalist is that your last 风暴雕文 in each phase should be used in Air, so try to keep an idea of how long you have left when deciding where to use it.
• As the more powerful option, if you can line Air up with your target gaining Exposed this will be greatly beneficial - particularly useful in fractals.
• If your rotation is not particularly tight, you may be better off just casting 风暴雕文 at the earliest possible opportunity, whether you are in Fire or Air.

Fiery Greatsword use

With the 回旋刺石 trick (see the Earth section below), Earth has the fewest cooldowns to use, and so is the best time to 炽焰巨剑. Summon after using 岩石环圈 and 捶地 (if available) and use 炽焰冲刺 → 火焰风暴 then drop the weapon and continue your rotation. The next time you reach Earth, pick the second Greatsword up and repeat.

Fire

In Fire you want to use:

Water

In Water you want to use:

Air

In Air you want to use:

• .

Earth

In Earth you want to use:

• - as is a powerful autoattack, it is a good idea to delay this until your attunement swap is available, then use and immediately swap (this will not interrupt the cast)

Hammer Rotation example

While you have opportunities to adjust the element order as needed, in most cases you want your first two attunements to be Fire and Air, followed by Water and lastly Earth. Your choice of starting attunement is largely up to you, but it might be best to base it upon which you wish to open with.

Opener in Fire

1. (optional)

Air

4. once you pass 20 energy (2/3rds of the energy bar) and swap to Water Attunement

Water

5. - if available
6. - swap to Earth Attunement once the cast begins

Earth

3. (if available)
4. - drop Fiery Greastword immediately after the cast
5. until you are at full energy and is nearly off cooldown
7. - swap to Fire Attunement once the cast begins

Fire

9. Return to the start of the Air Section

Keep looping between the four elements, following the advice in the Rotation fundamentals section and adjusting as necessary.