The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great
Focused on: Strike damage and Mobility
Designed for: Open World and Open World General
Expansions required: Path of Fire Builds
Difficulty: Normal
This build was last updated on June 23, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
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A power Holosmith build for open world. 
启用光子熔炉 to cauterise enemies with the power of concentrated sunlight. This build has great damage both in AoE and single target, decent mobility, and is slightly resilient. Compared to scrapper and mechanist, this build is harder to play but does higher damage after learning to play it. However, it isn't that great for soloing as it doesn't have barriers like scrapper or a very tanky pet like mechanist.
霰弹射击.The choice of heal skill is very open. We recommend 
治疗炮台 because it provides very high healing and cleanses 2 conditions when first deployed, while creating a water field where you can detonate the turret to provide even more healing (See: Guide are Combo Fields). Always pick up the turret or detonate it, as it will provide more healing over time than the super weak regeneration that leaving the turret deployed provides. Other options can be considered.
医疗包 provides a decent heal with a low cooldown with the toolbelt skill 
自我包扎, a Blast finisher with 
灌注炸弹, condition cleanse and water field with 
净化区域, and some ally healing.
自动除颤 - helpful to negate a big attack or a oneshot, and has a helpful 2 second stun on the toolbelt skill 
静电冲击. This skill requires a bit more skill to use, as it only provides large healing if you were to take lethal damage.
冷却爆破 - good healing when used above 100 Heat, but not too good at low Heat. Its toolbelt skill is quite niche, transforming the conditions you suffer from into Burning (transforming more conditions at higher Heat levels), which can do more harm than good.has great damage and crowd control. Don't replace it. is great for damage. Don't replace it. provides great damage through the kit and its toolbelt skill. You can replace Grenade Kit if you don't like it.
deals great damage and Crowd Control.
In events that require fast AoE damage, take 
热能释阀 and 
水晶形态：风暴 with a 
超级精力法印 for higher tagging potential.
Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
Most of your damage comes from Photon Forge, the holosmith's profession mechanic. Using skills inside the Forge generates Heat, some Heat is also gained over time. Having high Heat is great, as it increases your damage through and . However, you must exit Photon Forge before you accumulate 150 Heat, or you will Overheat, which does great damage to yourself, prevents you from accessing the Forge until it cools down, and puts your toolbelt skills on cooldown, so a terrible thing to happen.
When you exit Photon Forge, it will begin to cool down after a few seconds, and you will slowly lose Heat and heal yourself a little through . Once the Forge has cooled a bit (but not all the way down), you will enter it again. This way, you will always have some good amount of Heat to benefit from the aforementioned traits.
As mentioned, having high Heat is great, and your Photon Forge skills not only generate Heat but also do great damage. You should open fights with your Photon Forge, use your Forge skills until you're very close to overheating, then exit the forge and fight with your sword and Grenade Kit. Once your Heat cools down to about 80, you should enter the Forge again. Your highest damage skills are:
Against bosses and other durable enemies, try to follow this rotation. If possible, start with high Heat, about 80. You can use to quickly generate a lot of heat. If possible, use Throw Mine before the fight, so you can detonate it later once you have high Heat so it does more damage (the skill begins to cool down when you place the mine).
Ascended gear is not required; exotic gear with the same stats will work.
This gearset is useful across all of PVE.
If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. Search the trading post for "Nika" armor. Then search for the weapons you want to use: "Bonetti's Rapier" sword, "Kryta's Embrace" shield, "Venomstriker" pistol. Upgrade to ascended gear as you progress. See also: Guide to Gear a Character.
