Holosmith - Celestial Elixir Holo Roamer

Specialization Variants

Firearms over Explosives is also a viable option. While this makes your condi bursts a bit stronger, you lose the 激怒 (take 沸点 on Alchemy to compensate) and 爆破进击 procs to even it out. Your sustain's also going to be a bit weaker due to the loss of frequent 目盲 and barrier procs:

Skill Variants

Utility

Viable choices for the optional slot:

• 光子墙 - another block to use.

• R型试剂 - endurance refill on low CD, has synergy with various offensive traits. The toolbelt skill is the strongest part of this, 投掷R型试剂 allows you to revive yourself if you'd lose a duel provided that you can drop it under your character at the right moment.

• C型试剂 - if you're struggling against conditions a lot then this could solve your problem.

Weapons

• Sword - focuses more on the strike damage aspect of the build. Better burst damage, worse sustain and range. Also adds an extra leap finisher.

Elite

• 巅峰射线 - unblockable CC to set up burst.

Food

• - defensive option with , and synergy.

  • - budget version.

• - defensive ascended choice with passive damage mitigation while also providing a decent amount of offensive stats.

Utility

Equipment Variants

Stats

• You could still play full Celestial, it makes the build more forgiving, but it also trades a lot of offensive stats for defensive ones you already have enough of.

Runes

• - improves every condi source except for . Lowers your burst damage but it could improve your sustained damage and soft-CC conditions.

• - budget option with great stats and some extra defense against conditions.

Elite specialization basics

• Holosmith grants access to the Photon Forge (sometimes referred to as holo mode) and introduces a new resource: heat. Heat is generated passively while the forge is active and also by activating forge skills. Higher CD skills generate more heat.

• Reaching maximum heat (100) should be avoided as Overheating damages you and locks you out of the forge until heat goes back to 0.

• is used to activate the forge, after which your weapon skills will be replaced by 5 new ones. You can't exit the forge for at least 6 seconds, so think twice before reentering with high heat levels. You can however manage heat levels by dodging, both in and out of holo mode.

• Both Engage Photon Forge and Disengage Photon Forge count as toolbelt skills and will work with related traits. Both skills can proc weapon swap sigils too.

General

• Relic-dependent Every elixir you use makes your next 3 attacks apply thanks to .

  • Your healing skill applies 6 stacks of Vass instead of 3.

• Vass works with toolbelt and kit elixirs too, giving the builds a constant stream of Poison applications.

• Your best burst skill is . It does high damage and hits several times over its duration, making it ideal for unloading Vass stacks.

• Elixirs provide a steady stream of cleansing via . There's also (which you can activate by entering/leaving holo mode or swapping in and out of kits) and the + combo. You might need to be more careful against condition builds so make good use of your blocks, blinds and CC effects.