Catalyst - Support Catalyst - MetaBattle

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Control, Support and Condition cleanse

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds End of Dragons builds

Difficulty: Normal

This build was last updated on November 01, 2025 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.

Overview

Catalyst provides 急速 as well as many other valuable boons along with cleanse and healing.

Skill Bar

Staff

Utility

Optional

Variants

Weapons

Dagger/Warhorn

Utilities

Specializations

Variants

硬化光环

Template Code

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Equipment

Head

Minstrel

Shoulders

Minstrel

Chest

Minstrel

Hands

Minstrel

Legs

Minstrel

Feet

Minstrel

Backpiece

Minstrel

Accessory

Minstrel

Accessory

Minstrel

Amulet

Minstrel

Ring

Minstrel

Ring

Minstrel

Staff

Minstrel

Empty slot

Sigil

Staff

Minstrel

Empty slot

Sigil

Rune

Infusion

x14

Infusion

Relic

Build Variants

Sigils

Consumables

Usage

General/Energy Management

To generate energy for Catalyst's Jade Sphere abilities make sure to hit enemies with skills that have a high number of hits:
- 熔岩喷泉
- 烈焰爆燃
You want to rotate through elements quickly to get as many boons as possible
- You can be quite flexible with your rotation, but make sure to always have a blast lined up to proc 元素典范 in 空气协调
  - This is easiest if you swap from 大地协调 while casting 逆向转化大地

Skill Usage and Rotation

The main goal of our gameplay loop is to provide a high boon uptime:
- On 部署翠玉元晶 and 部署翠玉元晶
- On auras by utilising 元素典范
  - For this we need to complete finishers in Air and Earth and Water. Blasting in Fire is not required as we gain 火焰光环 from 太阳黑子
This means that we want to rotate through all attunemts at a quick pace, roughly once every 15 seconds.
A good order to go through attunements is 大地协调 ⇒ 空气协调 ⇒ 火焰协调 ⇒ 流水协调 ⇒ 大地协调.
- Note that many skills on staff have a cooldown higher than 15 seconds, so that these skills will only be up every other time.

In 大地协调

大地动荡 - use this to CC the enemy. Place on own backline to slow enemy pushes or on the enemy while pushing.
磁力光环 ⇒ 逆向转化大地 - this will proc 元素典范 and give us another 磁力光环
大地喷发 - not strickly necessary but a delayed backup finsher for 元素典范 in 空气协调

While 大地协调 ⇒ 空气协调

部署翠玉元晶 - place on whoever needs the 抗性 from the initial proc of and such that your team will spend maximal time in it.
逆向转化大地 - starting this cast in Earth while swapping to Air will proc 元素典范 in Air for the 电击光环
部署翠玉元晶 - place on DPS players. Place it right after the Earth sphere, to minimize the time where you don't generate energy.

In 空气协调

乘风急速 - extra cleanses and 奔驰疾速
静电力场 - use this to CC the enemy. Place on own backline to slow enemy pushes or on the enemy while pushing.
疾风爆发 - an extra knockback
闪电激荡 - AoE blind

While 空气协调 ⇒ 火焰协调

When using a delayed blast finisher (大地喷发 or 寒冰尖刺) to proc 元素典范 in Air for the 电击光环, make sure that the finisher goes off before swapping our of Air
You might want to delay swapping out of Air a bit, if you want to have access to 复元雕文 in Air soon

In 火焰协调

熔岩喷泉 - AoE for energy generation
烈焰爆燃 - AoE for energy generation and AoE blind. Note that there might still be a Sphere active at the start, so delay a bit for Energy.
灼焰翻滚 - Repositioning

While 火焰协调 ⇒ 流水协调

Make sure you have more than 10 Energy before swapping out of Fire. If not, place another 熔岩喷泉.
If you have more than 20 Energy before swapping, you can place 部署翠玉元晶 or 部署翠玉元晶

In 流水协调

寒冰尖刺 - delayed blast for 元素典范
间歇温泉 - for targeted healing
寒冰禁地 - for 冰霜光环
治疗之雨 - big AoE cleanse and healing. Place towards the direction your team is moving.

While 流水协调 ⇒ 大地协调

We can time the blast on 寒冰尖刺 so that it procs 元素典范 in Earth. This is good since the staff skill 磁力光环 will be on cooldown still
On the second loop:
- 磁力光环 on Staff will be on cooldown, so we need to proc 元素典范 for 磁力光环 differently:
  - Use a delayed 寒冰尖刺
  - Use 飞沙走石 or 地能波动 - These are projectiles and need to hit to count as a projectile finisher. Inconsistent because of projectile block.
  - Use 秘法绚爆 - Backup finisher
  - Use 大地喷发 - Takes a long time to proc, so it's better to use a quicker method.
- 寒冰禁地 will be on cooldown, so we want to proc 元素典范 in Water with 寒冰尖刺
- 治疗之雨 will be on cooldown, so our cleanses will be lower this round.

Overall Priorities

High

复元雕文
Aurashare/Condition clear

Moderate

Boon share
CC

Low

Healing
奔驰疾速

Surviving

This build has moderate passive defense
This build has moderate mobility skill access
This builds has low active defenses

Active defense priority

灼焰翻滚 - this is your main mobility skill. If you use Hold down LMB, Lift RMB ⇒ About Face ⇒ 灼焰翻滚 ⇒ Lift LMB, Hold down RMB during dodge ⇒ About Face this will move you in the direction you are facing
振奋之气 - for Stunbreaking
乘风急速 - for cleansing and 奔驰疾速
Dodge

Detailed Explanations

Glyph of Renewal

Focus on reviving allies who are far away with 复元雕文, don't waste the skill on players that can be hand rezzed.
- If possible, use 部署翠玉元晶 on yourself while casting for 急速
- This still speeds up the cast if you use the sphere after you started casting the glyph
Use 复元雕文 in 空气协调 on single players and 大地协调 on multiple players
- If you can't be in a good position, don't cast in 空气协调
Under General Options / Combat/Movement turn on Allow Skill Retargeting and set Ground Targeting to Instant Cast, this will make 复元雕文 cast at the location your cursor is at the end of the cast, instead of where you initially targeted

Aurashare/Condition clear

Most of your condition clear is reliant on 金刚石肤 and comes passively while rotating through the attunements while blasting
治疗之雨 also cleanses many conditions - place this when your party is pushing forward
You can apply 抗性 on a long range using 部署翠玉元晶 due to
Prioritize 流水协调 for burst condition clear, see the burst healing rotation below
元素典范 has a per-attunement cooldown of 10 seconds
- You can start casting a blast in one attunement then swap to a different attunement before the cast ends to proc 元素典范
  - It is easy to swap attunements during 寒冰尖刺, 大地喷发 and 逆向转化大地
  - This also works with 飞沙走石 and 地能波动, but these skills proc a projectile finisher only when they hit an enemy. 飞沙走石 does not track the enemy, so its impossible to hit. 地能波动 is a skill shot, but unreliable due to reflects.
- Prioritize getting auras from 空气协调 for 电击光环 and from 大地协调 for 逆向转化大地
Use 寒冰禁地 on your group before or during pushes to give 冰霜光环

List of combo finishers

寒冰尖刺
大地喷发
磁力光环 ⇒ 逆向转化大地
秘法绚爆
地能波动 - projectile finisher on hit (unreliable with reflects)
飞沙走石 - projectile finisher on hit (impossible to hit)

Condition clear priority

Boonshare

Prioritize 部署翠玉元晶 and 部署翠玉元晶
- If you have spare energy use 部署翠玉元晶 for 活力 or 部署翠玉元晶 for 威能
Make sure to land the Jade Sphere cast on top of allies for the boons from
- 部署翠玉元晶 can be used to save allies caught with Immobilize Immobilize with the 抗性 and 保护 from
Place your spheres so that one edge is on your allied group and the other edge is where your group is moving to
- Optimally leave it somewhere your group is regrouping
Try to fill any gaps in your parties 稳固 uptime with 磁力光环 ⇒ 逆向转化大地, especially when your group is pushing

CC

Use your CC when:
- Your group calls a spike:
  - Winds - 弱化之风
  - Wells - 腐化法池+苦难法池
  - Shades - 沙漠之幕
  - Traps - 利刃狂舞+信仰试炼
- On top of enemy downs (while alive players are on top of them)
- Enemy groups moving defensively while your group is pushing

CC priority

Healing

Catalyst healing is very limited, but significant enough to save people if comboed
Use 间歇温泉 to heal from range
You can blast the fields created by 间歇温泉 and 治疗之雨 for healing

Burst Healing Combo

Superspeed

Focus on using 乘风急速 when your group is pushing or disengaging from the enemy

Settings

Under General Options / User Interface check Always show squad health bars and Always show party health bars. These will make it much easier to keep track of who needs your support.
Also under General Options / User Interface turn on Thick party health bars
- Thick squad health bars can be used too as a matter of personal preference, but is not recommended for large numbers
Under Squad Options check View as a grid. This will allow you to keep track of your allies' health and be quicker in using 复元雕文. While this doesn't allow you to see conditions on allies, most of your cleanses are passively applied anyway.