Beginner Condition Alacrity Mirage

Generate Alacrity, Might, and Fury by Dodging to gain Mirage Cloak and trigger the Staff ambush 混沌漩涡. Do this frequently to maintain these boons.

Use Chaos Aura to maximize your personal Damage from 幻象防护.

This build benefits greatly from both Vigor and Regeneration, so make sure both are always active.

Step One

Start each phase with 3 幻影术士 → 2 相位撤退 to generate Clones and then do the following:

• Dodge to trigger 混沌漩涡 frequently. Never let your Endurance fill up.
• Weapon Swap off Cooldown to trigger 超级能量法印 for more Endurance to Dodge more.
• Use 水晶沙尘 off Cooldown and collect the 幻象之镜, triggering 混沌漩涡.

Notes

Every time you gain Mirage Cloak your next auto-atack will be replaced with 混沌漩涡 generating Alacrity along with other boons. Mirage Cloak is gained by:

• Using Dodge thanks to 幻象斗篷
• Collecting a 幻象之镜 generated by certain Mirage skills.

Each cast of 混沌漩涡 will generate about 4.5 seconds of Alacrity thanks to 混沌执念. Every 20 seconds you will need to activate at least five times:

• With Vigor you will generate enough Endurance to Dodge 3 times.
• Using Weapon Swap will give you enough Endurance to Dodge 2 times.
• Collecting the created by will provide at least one .

In total, you should be generating at least 27 seconds of Alacrity every 20 seconds. This will leave you with ample margin for error such a when there is a brief delay in a Weapon Swap, less than 100% uptime on Vigor or Regeneration, or if members of your subgroup are off stack for mechanics.

If you find you are temporarily lacking in Vigor or Regeneration you can trait swap to help top off the respective boon. In both cases, swap back as soon as possible:

• Vigor: in the Dueling Trait Line
• Regeneration: in the Mirage Trait Line

Step Two

When 3 is available, do the following combo:

• 3 → Mirage Cloak → F2 → 2

If F2 is on Cooldown use F1 instead.

Additionally, use off Cooldown. Collect the created when the skill finishes casting for another source of Mirage Cloak.

Notes

Remember that Mirage Cloak is generated by Dodge or collecting a .

will generate Phantasms that will cast Mage Strike. This skill has a 2.5 second cast time at which point the Phantasms turn into Clones. Make sure your old Clones are shattered before that happens. Along with this will instantly put you back at three Clones. This is important for maximizing the damage from .

Practice the timing and make sure that your Clones finish casting before shattering them. They do not have Quickness so will need an extra beat.

Shatter skills refresh which further enchances Ambushes. will also give you Chaos Aura thanks to which will increase your Condition Damage.

Step Three

Start practicing the opener. The following is a simplified opener that builds on Step Two above that you can use as a stepping stone to the full build:

1. 3 → 2 → Dodge
2. 6 →
3. Collect one , then the other when your Clones finish casting
4. 3 → Dodge → F2 → 2

Notes

A strong opener is important as the build has a long ramp time. This opener has a few simplifications and therefore drawbacks from the Full Build opener. The full build has:

• An initial into the field created by , activate Chaos Aura quicker.
• Tighter attention to Clones casting times will speed up the opener.
• An initial Weapon Swap. This helps to start the Cooldown to the next Weapon Swap. Weapon Swap can cancel your so be mindful you finish your cast when you add this to your opener.
• An extra is used during the shatter combo. Removing this is a slight damage loss.

Step Four

Finally, Increase your Chaos Aura uptime by adding in the following:

• 4
• 5 → Leap Finisher
• 6 → Leap Finisher

Your two available Leap Finishers are 0 and 2 .

Notes

Chaos Aura is important as it triggers to give you more Condition Damage.

Thanks to , both and create Ethereal Combo Fields. Using a Leap Finisher in a Ethereal Combo Field generates Chaos Aura.

Since is used during the shatter combo and has significant forced movement, should be your go to Leap Finisher in the beginning. As your mastery increases you will start to find opportunies where you can use efficiently and not put yourself in danger.

You can also use a Leap Finisher in any other Ethereal Combo Fields like those from Chronomancer Wells or for even more Chaos Aura.

You should now be ready for the Full Build. Alternatively, consider amping up your damage output by swapping to the Staff / Axe & Torch build. The loop is significantly more structured and can boost overall damage dramatically.