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Power Holosmith DPS Build

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

Difficulty
75%

Equipment

ItemStatRune / Sigil
Helm
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Coat
Berserker
Gloves
Berserker
Leggings
Berserker
Boots
Berserker

Primary Weapon Set

Sword
Berserker
Shield
Berserker
ItemStat
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker

Relic

Consumables

Infusions

Fractal
x18
Optional
x18

Skills

Sword / ShieldHeal / Utility / Elite
Grenade KitPhoton 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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Gameplay



One Comment

  1. PoV: You wanted to swap from rifle to sword build but stopped midway through.

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