GW2. Raid Build. Power Holosmith DPS Build. Grenade Holosmith. Engineer PvE.
Last Update: April 2024
Role: DPS
The Power Holosmith DPS is an engineer build with plenty of CC, ranged options, mobility, and survivability. It is a great versatile build useful for any encounter due to these benefits.
Build heat in Photon Forge as quickly as possible while prioritizing 3/4. You want to have high levels of heat to get more damage modifiers and effects from specific Holosmith skills, but without overheating. The skill progression can be thought of in three phases. The first is building heat and precasting mines for the burst. The second is performing the burst with all of the utility and tool belt skills after reaching 100 heat. Then the third phase is using Grenades and Sword skills while allowing heat to fall down to 50-75 before starting the rotation again to build more heat in Photon Forge.
Skill Rotation:
- Forge 3/4 + 111
- Precast Mine Field
- Get to 100 Heat then do the Burst Combo
Burst Combo After 100 Heat:
- Laser Disk
- Prime Light Beam
- Grenade Barrage
- Detonate Mines + Blade Burst
- Forge 3 (and 4 if you won’t overheat) then leave Forge
While waiting for your heat to diminish, use the Sword/Grenade Skills in this priority:
- Sword 2
- Grenade 2/4/5
- Sword 1
CC – Crowd Control Skills:
- F1, Shield 4/5, Forge 5, Throw Mine, Prime Light Beam
Equipment
Item | Stat | Rune / Sigil |
---|---|---|
Helm Berserker | ||
Shoulders Berserker | ||
Coat Berserker | ||
Gloves Berserker | ||
Leggings Berserker | ||
Boots Berserker |
Primary Weapon Set
Sword Berserker | ||
Shield Berserker |
Item | Stat |
---|---|
Amulet Berserker | |
Ring Berserker | |
Ring Berserker | |
Accessory Berserker | |
Accessory Berserker | |
Backpiece Berserker |
Relic
Consumables
Infusions
Fractal x18 | |
Optional x18 |
Skills
Sword / Shield | Heal / Utility / Elite |
Grenade Kit | Photon Forge |
Alternatives
- Heal: for group healing/cleansing and water field to combo finisher blast
- Utility: instead of Throw Mine for more survivability
- Utility: Instead of Throw Mine for more survivability
Traits
Build Template
Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)
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PoV: You wanted to swap from rifle to sword build but stopped midway through.