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Power Holosmith

Guild Wars 2 Power Holosmith - Rifle / Rifle Meta build for wvw: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

工程师 (Engineer)holosmithpower damage

Build Template

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Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • High damage
  • Strong bursts
  • Lots of cleave
  • Sustained damage
  • High mastery curve
  • Relies on resource management
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

激光碟片 图标激光碟片 can be replaced by S型试剂 图标S型试剂 if the incoming pressure is too high or if you are getting caught out of position a lot.

As 重金属 图标重金属 grants conditional Critical Chance, you can decide to go with more or less Precision on your gear: going with the lowest Critical Chance of 50% to achieve critical cap will make your bursts stronger when the trait is fully activated, at the cost of sustained Damage. Alternatively, if you decide to add Precision you will get constant Damage outputs but less burst potential, as you will rely less on the trait bonus.

水晶形态:日蚀 图标水晶形态:日蚀 can be a good defensive option to help sustain melee clashes.

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Power Holosmith is a strong Damage dealer relying on 启用光子熔炉 图标启用光子熔炉 and a variety of kits to deal Damage.

启用光子熔炉 图标启用光子熔炉 comes with a unique resource - Heat. Make sure to keep your Heat high at all time while avoiding 过热 图标过热. 停止光子熔炉 图标停止光子熔炉 in order to lose your Heat, rotating to the rest of your weapon and kit skills.

试剂枪 图标试剂枪 is used solely for 强酸炸弹 图标强酸炸弹 in order to overlap strong ticking AoEs to generate Downs.

喷火器 图标喷火器 has good sustained Damage from mid-range with Auto Attack and 凝固汽油 图标凝固汽油. It is used while waiting for our other strong Cooldowns to come back.

Always start on your 超级嗜血法印 图标超级嗜血法印 weapon set. Once you reach 25 stacks, swap to your other weapon set.

Dealing Damage

Aim to stay above 75% Health in order to benefit from 玻璃大炮 图标玻璃大炮.

Well of Corruption Spike

启用光子熔炉 图标启用光子熔炉 provides the majority of the Damage for this build, combined with your utility skills.

The main burst on Well of Corruption Spike call should be as follows:

  1. Preheat near 105 Heat before the call.
  2. 巅峰射线 图标巅峰射线
  3. 激光碟片 图标激光碟片
  4. 跳跃射击 图标跳跃射击
  5. 强酸炸弹 图标强酸炸弹
  6. 启用光子熔炉 图标启用光子熔炉 and start your Holoforge Rotation.

You will want to cycle your Holoforge Rotation and Weapon Rotation while waiting for the next Well of Corruption Spike when all your main Cooldowns are back.

Holoforge Rotation

  1. 电晕爆炸 图标电晕爆炸
  2. Auto Chains while waiting for 电晕爆炸 图标电晕爆炸 to be off Cooldown
  3. 电晕爆炸 图标电晕爆炸
  4. 停止光子熔炉 图标停止光子熔炉 and start your Weapon Rotation.

Weapon Rotation

Once you've done your burst and the Holoforge Rotation, you will need to wait for your Heat to decrease.

You will now have to rotate efficiently between 试剂枪 图标试剂枪, 喷火器 图标喷火器 and Rifle. The following skills are your main source of burst and should be used off Cooldown :

烈焰喷射 图标烈焰喷射 should be covering the downtime between these skills throughout the rotation. Use the following:

  • 凝固汽油 图标凝固汽油 should be used whenever it is up.
  • 爆燃烈焰 图标爆燃烈焰 → Auto Attack while waiting for your Cooldowns to come back up.

At around 90 Heat, you can consider using 启用光子熔炉 图标启用光子熔炉 and start your Holoforge Rotation again.

Acid Bomb

You can cancel the recoil of 强酸炸弹 图标强酸炸弹 by using your Weapon Swap after its initial hit.

Rotation Notes

Keep in mind your first and last skill in 启用光子熔炉 图标启用光子熔炉 should ideally be 电晕爆炸 图标电晕爆炸. A full Holoforge Rotation takes around 50 Heat to complete. Do not hesitate cutting skills off in order to not 过热 图标过热.

霰弹射击 图标霰弹射击 has a very short Cooldown and you should aim to cast it twice during your Weapon Rotation.

巅峰射线 图标巅峰射线, 激光碟片 图标激光碟片 and 跳跃射击 图标跳跃射击 are the main Cooldowns to look at and should be synced up together. They should always be available for the Well of Corruption Spike.

Defense

自动除颤 图标自动除颤 is our main defensive Cooldown. It can be used to prevent dying on upcoming risky moves or react to heavy enemy bursts. It can also be used to prevent downing from 生命幻象 图标生命幻象.

Dodging triggers the trait 爆破进击 图标爆破进击 which provides you with upfront Damage and the cost of Damage uptime. Not only does Dodging save your life, it also provides you with a Damage buff.

全息跳跃 图标全息跳跃 can be used to move out of the pressure, remove impairing conditions and grant Superspeed to the whole squad in a small Radius.

跳跃射击 图标跳跃射击 is a gap closer but also an Evade. It can be life saving as a last resort.

This build comes with two Stun Breaks on your Toolbelt:

Both these Stun Breaks can be used in and out of 启用光子熔炉 图标启用光子熔炉. This grants you the opportunity to react twice in a row to Crowd Control.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance DamageSource
全息震波 图标全息震波0 Range启用光子熔炉 图标启用光子熔炉
巅峰射线 图标巅峰射线240 RangeElite Skill

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