Build Template
[&DQUcLSMbTS+FAAwBWR0AADMBNAFXAVYBfB0AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADCQEvADYAAA==]Power Antiquary is an Open World build with high damage and lots of tools at its disposal. It excels at both cleaving and single-target damage alike.
Overview
Build Difficulty: ● ● ○ ○ ○
- Plenty of CC
- Defensive options
- High damage
- Strong bursts
- Lots of cleave
- Relies on resource management
- Relies on enemy conditions
- High learning curve
- Fast paced rotation
- Loses damage on moving targets
Equipment
Traits & Skills
Traits
Skills
遁入暗影 can be replaced when needed:
镰爪毒液 is your strongest burst Heal and it shares a 6,000 Heal with nearby allies.
恶意纹章 grants you even more passive sustain that scales with the amount of targets you strike.
抗毒药酒 for frequent Condition Removal.
战斗冲动 can be replaced when needed:
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紧急翠玉护盾 for a more frequent, more defensive Stun Break. -
卡纳克硬币投掷 for Condition Removal and Initiative. -
毒蝎钩索 for the single target Pull. -
渗透纹章 for passive Initiative gain, Stun Break and 1,200 Range teleport. -
暗影疾步 for a Stun Break, 1,200 Range teleport and Condition Cleanse. -
障眼烟幕 will Blind enemies, Blocks Projectiles, and acts as a Smoke Field for Stealth. -
暗影庇护 provides group Stealth, useful to help Revive allies or interact with objects without enemy interference. -
You can swap your Adept Trait to
切换手牌 for short-Cooldown condition cleanse. This will reduce your artifact options, but offer a flexible alternative to try and find more specific Artifacts. -
恶棍之运 is a good alternative that lets you spam tons of ranged damage via 
石峰会加农炮. -
重生精准 can be taken if you require more sustain.
You can swap your Adept Trait to 切换手牌 for short-Cooldown condition cleanse. This will reduce your artifact options, but offer a flexible alternative to try and find more specific Artifacts.
恶棍之运 is a good alternative that lets you spam tons of ranged damage via 石峰会加农炮.
重生精准 can be taken if you require more sustain.
You can run a few other sigils instead of 
超级冲击法印. Here's a few options:
If you don't have access to Secrets of the Obscure, you can swap your Rifle for a Short Bow instead.
海盗女王古物 can be replaced when needed:
Janthir Wilds Relics:
克达之爪古物 for 7% Damage after using Defiance Break.
悲伤古物 turns your elite skill into a powerful panic button.
河流古物 grants you Alacrity and Regeneration when you Dodge.
Secrets of the Obscure Relics:
巫师塔古物 grants your elite skill an additional Pull and Reflect.
寻路者古物 provides increased Movement Speed and Superspeed when entering combat.
午夜国王古物 to share Fury and Might frequently with nearby allies.
Core Game Relics:
雄鹰古物 flat 10% Damage to enemies under 50% Health
潜行者古物 is an easy to maintain Damage buff.
半人马古物 can be brought for personal Stability when you use your Heal skill.
流水古物 grants Condition Removal when you use your Heal skill.
骑兵古物 grants you Aegis, Quickness, Swiftness, Resistance and Might when you hit an enemy with your mount engage skill. (Hint: the Skyscale engage skill will leave a pulsing field that will give boons on every strike!).
Rotation & Extras
Key Concepts
In this Specialization, 
顺手牵羊 is replaced by 
斯克鼠横扫 which will grant Antiquary-exclusive Stolen Skills called Artifacts; these can either be Offensive or Defensive. The first and second artifact choices will always be offensive and defensive, respectively.
斯克鼠横扫 has a few properties:
- On this build,
灵感一现 and 
丰产掠夺 will increase the amount of Artifacts you can use from your selection up to three, and you can use them in whichever order best suits your needs. - Casting 斯克鼠横扫 at an enemy target will also partially refund all your utility skills, thanks to 灵感一现.
- 斯克鼠横扫 can also be cast without a target and out of combat. This will not trigger any on-顺手牵羊 effects, but it will still grant you Artifacts.
Antiquary Artifacts have a few general effects:
- They grant an unique effect after their use (like increased Strike Damage on enemies hit by
召唤氪族炮台). - On use, they will restore 2 Initiative, thanks to
进取贵族. - Also on use, they will grant a Strike Damage bonus, thanks to
振奋蜉蝣. - Casting one while in combat on this build will grant Boons and Barrier to nearby allies. Boons are based on what type of artifact was cast; offensive Artifacts grant 10 Might and Alacrity, while defensive Artifacts grant Alacrity and Protection. This is all thanks to
守财藏家.
Your Elite Skill, 
斯克鼠乱斗, is extremely strong on this build during extended fights, and can grant you a wealth of resources. When cast, it will create a 360 Radius area where you can receive a new selection of Artifacts every 3 seconds, so long as you are standing inside it. You can pick one of these Artifacts every time they cycle, allowing you to adapt to combat on the fly.
Antiquary’s specialization skills are Double-Edge skills. These utility skills can be cast again, even while on Cooldown, but doing so will risk a chance (proportional to the skill’s remaining Cooldown) of a Backfire effect happening. The Backfire effect depends on your chosen utility skill.
Dealing Damage
Loading yourself up with offensive Boons and buffs from Artifacts is simple to do right before engaging combat, so we recommend doing so whenever possible. Remember that 斯克鼠横扫 partially refunds the Cooldown of your utility skills, so using them before you 斯克鼠横扫 is wise. Your 海盗女王古物 will also give you plenty of Quickness access whenever you disable a foe.
All four offensive Artifacts are good for damage, you’ll want to prioritize the one that fits your situation beast:
金属军团吉他 deals great damage to enemies around you and ends in a Stun.- 召唤氪族炮台 gives a powerful buff and is best for single-target damage.
塑形者冲刺弹 can be useful as a repositioning tool and will continue to deal damage around you whenever you use it.
雾灼迫击炮 deals good damage to multiple enemies and can be cast from range.
Artifacts can be kept available indefinitely until you cast them, even while out of combat. You can combine this with casting a 斯克鼠横扫 during downtime to keep your preferred Artifact in your back pocket.
Spear skills 
螳螂钉刺 and 
出奇打击 are each a sequence of three skills: Lead Attack → Follow Up → Finisher. Using a skill from either sequence will progress both sequences.
When dealing with small packs of mobs, you can use the following combo:
The combo above will do most of the work with large burst and cleave, and is overall a very strong, basic Damage combo.
If you need a gap closer, you can use the following combo:
For more single-target burst and for Life Siphon, you can use the following combo:
Some skills have an additional effect if they follow a Finisher, which is the last skill in a combo chain:
杂念投掷 grants a Damage modifier
苍白突袭 grants four Initiative on the final, delayed strike
暗影帷幕 will Block additional attacks.
Burst Rotation
During extended fights, spend the rest of your Artifacts after this opener and use 斯克鼠乱斗 for more. Keep up your Spear combos whenever you aren’t casting any Artifacts!
Defense
Antiquary has quite a bit of defenses attached to it, so you shouldn’t have much trouble surviving once you are familiar with them:
- Remember that your defensive Artifacts grant Protection, which is very powerful against strike pressure.
- Using any artifact will grant you Barrier.
- Using your Healing skill or Elite skill will also grant you some Barrier thanks to
喜鹊防御. Note that this trait has a 20-second internal Cooldown.
尊者巨锤 and 
风裔日相水晶 are extremely good tools to reposition when necessary, use them wisely when you have them.
查克虫护盾 can drastically reduce incoming damage pressure from enemy projectiles, as well as pulse some Barrier.
吸血劈砍 will Life Siphon and Heal you for a sizeable amount of Health. Keep in mind that it will Life Siphon 50% more effectively on Vulnerable foes. It will also Weaken the target, reducing it's Damage pressure.
暗影帷幕 will Block one to three attacks, depending on whether it's cast after a Finisher or not, and Heal you for each attack Blocked.