Catalyst - Quickness Support Power DPS

• 清新气流 is similar damage to 穿心一箭 with a different rotation, you can play whichever you prefer.

Specialization Variants

Hammer should run the Arcane traitline instead of Fire for better boon generation.

• 终极护盾 could add a small amount of damage if you can block three attacks with the shield.

A quickness-providing catalyst build. In addition to offering strong DPS, it provides 16-25 威能, permanent 激怒, 85-100% 决心, 85-100% 保护 and 70-85% 活力. It will also occasionally provide 迅捷 when it blasts its lightning field. The Arcane version of the Hammer build provides permament uptimes of all these boons.

The use of 元晶专家 removes one of the major weaknesses of Catalyst, allowing the build to be very flexible with weapon and rotation choice. It can be played identically to the DPS build, and the frequent application of 急速 makes it fairly reliable.

While it can provide 圣盾 from 部署翠玉元晶, you must plan ahead to ensure that 大地协调 will be available when you need it.

Food:

• 碗装甜辣冬南瓜汤 or ascended versions

Utility:

• 超级磨刀石

Weapon Variants

There are multiple weapons that could work. Sword and Scepter deal similar damage and provide similar boon uptimes, but Scepter has the advantage of range as well as being the slightly higher DPS option.

Either of these builds could replace the offhand Dagger with a Warhorn for higher boon uptimes, though it is a significant DPS loss.

Hammer can also be taken, using either the Fire or Arcane traitlines. Arcane is particularly notable as it has the best boon generation of all options and does as much damage as Fire. Fire has the worst boon generation of all the options so isn't recommended.

As Scepter/Dagger deals significantly more damage than Hammer (along with having better ranged capabilities and a simpler rotation), it is chosen as the default. But you can run whatever you prefer.

If you play Scepter/Warhorn and add 热力同步 and 砂石狂啸, you deal very similar damage to the Hammer build while also providing similar boon generation.

Be aware that Hammer builds need different gear (see below).

Skill Variants

• Any heal skill can be used.
• 秘法爆弹 or 寒冰碎裂 should replace 火焰纹章 when using Hammer.
• 炽焰巨剑 is the strongest option when using Hammer, but 元素雕文 still works fine.
• 元素迅捷 can be taken if using Warhorn.

Due to the lack of crit chance from , builds that don't use hammer should run the following:

• This setup has 22.6% boon duration, which allows for a small overcap of . If you want a bit more you could switch in a Diviner stats accessory.
• Players without Janthir Wilds should use . The rotation is almost identical.
• is a tiny DPS loss.

Hammer Equipment

Rotation fundamentals

Jade Sphere use During the loop, you want to deploy your Jade Sphere once in each element. Each one provides and one other boon upon activation, then pulses additional boons for the duration. Unlike the DPS build, you can gain the energy while one is active, so there is some flexibility with when you use them. generates stacks of , and and will last longer if used while standing in and respectively, so these spheres are best to use as early as possible.

Glyph of Storms use 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 can line up somewhat awkwardly compared to using it in Air, so consider the following:

• A rule of thumb for elementalist is that your last 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.
• You may be better off just casting at the earliest possible opportunity, whether you are in Fire or Air.

Scepter/Dagger Rotation

You can precast in .

Start in . Summon just before the encounter starts.

Throughout the rotation, cast and off cooldown.

When using , you want to use four blast finishers each loop to trigger the explosion and damage buff. If you miss any of the four, then you should use instead.

Opener

3. - cast this during Firestorm as you want the fire field to be down before Dragon's Tooth hits

The quickness rotation is almost identical to the DPS one, with the exception that you use 流水协调 every loop. You can add 热力同步, 气流漩涡 or 砂石狂啸 into the relevant attunements if you want more boon generation.

Opener in Air

1. 风暴雕文
2. 部署翠玉元晶
3. 闪电宝珠
4. 极化跳跃
5. 量子打击
6. 火焰协调

Fire

1. 部署翠玉元晶
2. 无情灼焰
3. 火焰升腾
4. 烧灼打击
5. 荒火哀嚎 when ready
6. 元素迅捷 (if available), followed by
7. 荒火哀嚎
8. 烧灼打击
9. Otherwise, autoattack until Flame Uprising is available
10. 火焰升腾
11. 大地协调

Earth

1. 沙尘风暴 (if available)
2. 部署翠玉元晶
3. 锈蚀之怒
4. 流水协调

Water

1. 部署翠玉元晶
2. 寒冰碎裂
3. 潮汐激荡 if available, otherwise autoattack until Air Attunement is ready
4. 空气协调

Air

1. Autoattack and use 极化跳跃, 量子打击 and 部署翠玉元晶 as they come off cooldown
2. 闪电宝珠
3. 火焰协调
4. Return to the start of the Fire Section

Catalyst's 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 is also used in each element for boons. Downtime can be minimised by using the skills with the longest cast times last in each attunement and immediately swapping.

Fiery Greatsword use Summon after swapping to 火焰协调 and use 火焰风暴, then drop the weapon and continue your rotation. The next time you reach 火焰协调, pick the second Greatsword up and repeat. Cast 无情灼焰 (make sure your 部署翠玉元晶 is already down) as soon as you can, and it will buff the ticking damage.

Fire In Fire you want to use:

• 部署翠玉元晶
• 涌动火舌
• 烈焰之轮
• 三重烧灼
• 熔火尽头
• 无情灼焰

Water In Water you want to use:

• 部署翠玉元晶
• 暴雨猛击
• 寒冰盘旋
• 碰撞源流
• 净化台风 - use if available, but don't delay your attunement swap for it
• 寒冰碎裂

Air In Air you want to use:

• 部署翠玉元晶
• 苦痛飓风
• 新月之风
• 震爆冲击.

Earth In Earth you want to use:

• 部署翠玉元晶
• 回旋刺石 - as 刺石打击 is a powerful autoattack, it is a good idea to delay this until your attunement swap is available, then use 回旋刺石 and immediately swap (this will not interrupt the cast)
• 岩石环圈 - this refreshes the duration on your Circular Projectiles, so activate it as late as you can to extend the time you have to use Grand Finale
• 捶地

Arcane Adjustments If running Arcane, the cooldowns of your attunements and Jade Spheres are reduced. This means that you arrive back in your starting attunement before your Circular Projectile is available. Rather than wait, it is better to do another quick loop through all the available attunements. Performed quickly enough, you can get back to your starting attunement before expires. As you can get a whole extra set of Jade Spheres off, this substantially increases your boon generation (though the full loop itself takes ~35% longer), albeit with a notable difficulty increase.

During this shorter loop, only your 2-skills will be off cooldown (, , and ). However as the full loop is longer, you can use once every full loop, making it optimal to "shift" to the shorter loop instead. See below for an example.

Rotation example

While you have opportunities to adjust the element order as needed, you want your first two attunements to be Fire and Air (for and the potent Circular Projectile buffs), 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.

Be aware that many of the longer skills will interrupt each other rather than queue, so be careful to let such skills finish.

Opener in Fire

1. (optional)

Air

4. - swap to Water Attunement once the cast begins

Water

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

Earth

4. - swap to Fire Attunement once the cast begins

Fire

2. (if available, or pick up a previously placed one)
3. - drop Fiery Greastword immediately after the cast
11. 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.

Arcane Loop If running Arcane, replace the Fire section above with the one below. Speed is crucial, so you want to be swapping attunements during skill casts.

3. (if available, or pick up a previously placed one)
4. - drop Fiery Greastword immediately after the cast
13. until Fire Attunement is available
24. Return to the start of the Air Section

You can add 热力同步, 气流漩涡 or 砂石狂啸 into the relevant attunements if you want more boon generation.

Opener in Fire

1. 火焰风暴
2. 部署翠玉元晶
3. 无情灼焰
4. 浴火凤凰
5. 空气协调

Air

1. Autoattack and use 闪电打击, 气流漩涡 闪电宝珠 and 部署翠玉元晶 as they come off cooldown
2. If 元素迅捷 is available, use it immediately after 闪电宝珠, then cast it again
3. 流水协调

Water

1. 寒冰碎石
2. 部署翠玉元晶
3. 寒冰叉戟
4. 潮汐激荡 (if available)
5. 寒冰叉戟 (if available)
6. 寒冰碎石
7. 空气协调
8. Repeat Air section as above, but switch to 大地协调 at the end

Earth

1. Use 部署翠玉元晶 and whichever of 岩石屏障 ⇒ 投掷岩石, 魔尘沙暴 and 沙尘风暴 are available
2. 空气协调
3. Repeat Air section as above, but switch to 火焰协调 at the end

Fire The Scepter/Warhorn loop is shorter than the cooldown of 无情灼焰, so this skill will drift in your rotation. Try to use it when your 部署翠玉元晶 is active, though you don't have to be in 火焰协调.

1. Use 部署翠玉元晶, 巨龙之牙, 浴火凤凰 and 荒火哀嚎 (if available)
2. 空气协调 after using 巨龙之牙
3. Return to start of the Air section and repeat the loop