Firebrand - Condi DPS

Spirit Vale

Salvation Pass

Stronghold of the Faithful

Bastion of the Penitent

Hall of Chains

Mythwright Gambit

The Key of Ahdashim

Specialization Variants

Zeal does slightly more damage on the golem, while Virtues offers a bit of extra team utility. The rotation is identical regardless of which you choose.

Trait Variants

• You could run 纯粹决心 for more support and personal sustain.

A condition DPS build for Firebrand in fractals and raids. This build can inflict massive AoE 燃烧 bursts with 正义圣书, which resets on killing (most) enemies. This makes it one of the burstiest condition damage builds and very strong if it can consistently reset 正义圣书.

In addition to DPS, Firebrand's tomes can provide high defensive utility to its subgroup including 圣盾, 保护, 抗性, 决心, 稳固, projectile destruction, and emergency healing.

Food

• 盘装牛肉仁当 or ascended variants

Utility

• 剧毒调谐水晶
  • 协调冰柱 or 强效大师调谐水晶 for a cheaper alternative

Weapon Variants

For players that don't own Secrets of the Obscure, 无情之判 makes Axe strong enough that you don't need to swap to another weapon set. Scepter is a good pick to provide a ranged option.

Skill Variants

Utility

• 净化火焰 can be swapped out for more utility. If the condi cleanse is valuable then swapping 愤怒纹章 is only a little bit less DPS:
  • 庇护之地 for more CC.
  • "坚守阵地！" for group 稳固.
  • "前进！" might be useful on encounters where reliable 迅捷 and 圣盾 are more valuable than damage.

Elite

• 专注复苏 is totally optional - it gives you access to invulnerability, more pages for utility tome skills, and can allow you to recover from accidentally spending too many pages, but provides no extra damage.
  • "怒气冲天！" offers ~10% 急速 uptime to your group. With this and 解放之誓, three firebrands could mostly maintain 急速 in their subgroup, allowing for a quickness support to be dropped.
  • 自由咒语 for on-demand 稳固 and an AoE stunbreak.

The basic idea is to use skills off cooldown while spamming 燃烧 with key 正义圣书 skills.

Thanks to 沉言重词, expending all charges of 烈焰咒语 generates two pages. This means that you can frequently jump into 正义圣书 and use any or all of the following skills (listed in order of priority):

1. Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath
2. Epilogue: Ashes of the Just
3. Chapter 2: Igniting Burst

Rotation

Opener

During the opener spam all 烈焰咒语 charges as fast as you can without delaying other skills. 司法审判 is a decent CC skill, so you can slightly adjust its position in the opener to line up with breakbars.

1. 司法审判
2. 净化火焰
3. 引燃符印
4. Weapon Swap
5. 复仇符印 and 狂徒烈焰 during the cast
6. 正义圣书
7. Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath
8. Chapter 2: Igniting Burst
9. Epilogue Ashes of the Just
10. Stow Tome
11. 狂徒火焰
12. 燃焰利刃 and 狂徒烈焰 during the cast

Rest of the rotation

• Outside of , and are your highest priorities. Don't delay Weapon swaps though.

Axe

• Open and close each axe section with . Cast the second just before you swap away, as triggers extra burning when you hit a target within it so we want as many damage ticks as possible in order to trigger it close to the ICD.
• Use once without interrupting your auto chains. This can be saved for CC or ignored entirely if it causes problems, as the damage is low.
• Use ⇒ off cooldown. On your first loop you want to cast this three times. Otherwise, do not delay your weapon swap for it.

Pistol

• Open each pistol section with , then follow up with all available pistol skills. Hold on to skill 4 when it recharges, use it immediately after the second use of , then Weapon swap.
• Try to cover as much time on pistol with dips. Try to avoid having to use pistol autos as much as possible.

Tome Usage

• You cannot see the cooldown of your tome skills outside of your tome, but Epilogue Ashes of the Just has the same cooldown as . By casting these skills in close succession it is somewhat possible to keep track. Using three skills in one burst provides a page refund via so the third skill is essentially free.
• Try to make note of the remaining cooldowns on Chapter 2: Igniting Burst and Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath to give yourself an idea when you should jump back in.

Axe-only Rotation

Axe is by far the most damaging weapon set. However, if you need to swap to Sceptre for ranged damage, you have several long cast-times that that can be used to cover the time and minimise the need to use Sceptre's weak autoattacks.

Opener During the opener spam all charges as fast as you can without delaying other skills

1. and during the cast
4. Epilogue Ashes of the Just
5. Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath
6. Chapter 2: Igniting Burst
7. Stow Tome
9. - if you're very fast you can fit this in before the Zealot's Fire throw, but don't miss it!

Axe

While on Axe, you mostly use and off cooldown and autoattack in between, making sure to finish auto chains.

Use ⇒ when available. As long as doesn't reach maximum charges you can't waste the cooldown, so feel free to fit its usage around other skills.

Tome Usage

You cannot see the cooldown of your tome skills outside of your tome, but Epilogue: Ashes of the Just has the same cooldown as , and Chapter 2: Igniting Burst has the same cooldown as . By casting these skills in close succession it is somewhat possible to keep track. Using three skills in one burst provides a page refund via so the third skill is essentially free.

Scepter

You may occasionally want to swap to Scepter for ranged damage. As the autoattacks are very weak, you want to cover as much time on this weapon with the following:

• throws

Using these skills means you spend as little time autoattack as possible whilst still being able to benefit from .

General Tips

• All mantras are instant cast and should be used while performing the rest of the rotation.
• ⇒ should be used in place of autoattacks when up. As an ammunition skill, you are free to delay use of this as long as you don't reach maximum charges.
• Make sure to always complete your auto attack chain while on Axe.

Non-SotO Relics

is the easiest relic swap for players without SotO, and has higher damage potential than at max stacks, but not every encounter can reliably trigger it.

Otherwise, the best core damage relic for condi firebrand is . Unfortunately the standard build cannot trigger this, so Virtues must be swapped out for the Zeal traitline.

• Swap the for .
• Swap your food for , or alternatives.

The rotation remains the same.

• Use to pull slublings (NOT the friendly slubling) into the stack.
  • Slublings reset your when they die, so be on the lookout for stray ones to pull in.
• If you are the only firebrand in the group, you might want to bring to provide for the .
• can be used while jumping in Slothasor's hitbox to block the spores from the shake attack.
• can be used to quickly cleanse conditions if people are hit by the shake attack.
• If slubling pressure is too high, then Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark in can reduce it, though some slubling attacks are unblockable.

For more information, see our Slothasor Guide.

• is worth taking to reduce general annoyance from the various White Mantle CCs.

For more information, see our Twisted Castle Guide.

• Make sure not to pull the Tormented Dead into the group with .
• After the Tormented Dead has been knocked, you can use to keep it d at range.
• can be useful in dealing with conditions if people are hit by scythes or the Tormented Dead AoE.
• If CC is severely lacking, you could take to help.

For more information, see our Soulless Horror Guide.

• can be used to pull Magma Elementals (either into the group or away, depending on strategy).
• If the squad is really struggling to prevent the Lava Elementals from reaching Qadim, you could consider bringing as this will prevent them from being able to enter his hitbox for five seconds. Be aware that this will also push Magma Elementals out, so be very careful when you use it.

For more information, see our Qadim Guide.

• Use on Scepter to Seekers that are getting too close.
• Make sure not to face Seekers when using to ensure you don't pull them into the group.
• You can bring to provide some in the split phase, if you will not have any other source.
• can be used to invuln the damage if you are skipping greens.
• If you don't trust your healers, you can bring to heal up after a skipped green.
• can be used to quickly recover after a skipped green, or at the end of the split phase.
• The split phase guardian will reset your when they die, so you don't need to save it for the main phase.

For more information, see our Vale Guardian Guide.

• is worth taking to reduce general annoyance from the various White Mantle CCs.

For more information, see our Escort Guide.

• Epilogue Eternal Oasis in can be dropped on the target of Brutalize to boost healing to them during the break bar.
• If your group's CC is lacking, you can bring . Try to drop it on the target of Brutalize to provide some incidental healing as well as CC.

For more information, see our Samarog Guide.

• Use to pull in swords and CC shields.

For more information, see our Conjured Amalgamate Guide.

• If the group lacks another source of , you should bring to protect everyone from the knock-back attack at the start of each phase.

For more information, see our Qadim the Peerless Guide.

• can be used to pull the little spirits into Gorseval to they can be cleaved down.
• During the split phase, use on the big spirits to prevent them moving into Gorseval.
• During the later parts of the encounter it may be worth dropping your on the Orbs to prevent them expanding into the group.

For more information, see our Gorseval the Multifarious Guide.

• can be used to pull the orb into a rift.
• Slightly delay after the orb collecting phase and drop it on the group and KC when it starts using phantasmal blades to cleanse the and from your subgroup.

For more information, see our Keep Construct Guide.

• When blocking Mind Crush rather than hiding in the dome, you will take ticking damage for 10 seconds afterwards, so will be useful to keep people alive.
• If you are responsible for then you need to take as the duration and AoE are much larger.
• can be used to Prides to keep them away from Saul.

For more information, see our Deimos Guide.

• As it's hard to maintain DPS during Nikare's charge, use or to heal and clear condis, or provide extra toughness and .
• The breakbar attack fires out projectiles than can be blocked with Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark.
• The Largos are Exposed for eight seconds after being broken, so it may be beneficial to try your burst to coincide with this - if you enter your tome as the breakbar appears this should be approximately the correct timing.

For more information, see our Largos Assassins Guide.