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 Power Dual Swords Renegade

Charged Mists Renegade Build Stats

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~43,1k
Sustained Damage	~38,4k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	495
Actions Per Minute (APM)	37
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	11%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	5
# of Skills Used	12
Damage Log Link	Link
Damage Build Link	Link

Low Intensity Build Stats

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~38,8k
Sustained Damage	~35,1k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	473
Actions Per Minute (APM)	19
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	0%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	5
# of Skills Used	8
Damage Log Link	Link
Damage Build Link	Link

 Power  Renegade is a very bursty and pretty straightforward damage build for instanced content. The iteration provided here uses Dual Swords, but it works in a similar way with Hammer and Greatsword too.  Renegade is an excellent pick for solo gameplay, as it can provide itself with good amounts of the most essential offensive and defensive boons:  Quickness,  Protection,  Fury and  Might - and all that while staying at range as well. Through its frequent Dodges, it can avoid a lot of incoming damage and therefore be quite survivable, even in damage gear.

Playstyle & Skills

Skill Type	Skills
Renegade Skills
Dual Sword Skills
Hammer Skills
Utility Skills (Legendary Assassin Stance)
Legendary Renegade Stance

Citadel Orders

Renegades gain access to citadel orders and the unique buff   Kalla's Fervor. This boosts all damage you do and is very easy to stack up via  Ambush Commander and  Blood Fury.

#	Skill				Description
F2	Heroic Command	0.5½	10	10	Citadel Order. Refresh the duration of your Kalla's Fervor and grant nearby allies might for every stack.
F3	Citadel Bombardment	0.75¾	35	15	Citadel Order. Open a portal through the mists of time, unleashing a storm of artillery from the united legions.
F4	Orders from Above		20	20	Citadel Order. Orders from above arrive, renewing your abilities and those of your nearby allies.

•   Heroic Command is a cheap way to supply  Might to allies around you, which is helpful if you see that you are lacking stacks.
•   Citadel Bombardment does a lot of damage and is our strongest damage skill in the kit. Using  Charged Mists makes this more affordable.
•   Orders from Above can be used to supply  Alacrity. If you have to use it in group, use it instead of   Icerazor's Ire in the rotation outlined below.

Rotation Concept

Section	Notes
General Stuff	The general rotation involves swapping between   Legendary Renegade Stance and   Legendary Assassin Stance and using a list of priority damage skills on cooldown. I recommend running Relic of the Eagle on this build because other  Power damage relics will drop off in the rotation. Given that it is the strongest skill in the kit, the rotation anchors on using   Citadel Bombardment once in each legend. You have the option to run   Charged Mists or   Roiling Mists. The first requires you to pay attention to your energy bar when swapping for higher damage, the other is easier to get into. If you don't run   Charged Mists, skip all weapon skills in the rotation.
Opener	For the opener, start in   Legendary Renegade Stance. Use   Chilling Isolation to start combat. This is important, since you will not gain the Buff from  All for One if you start with   Icerazor's Ire and   Darkrazor's Daring (or   Razorclaw's Rage for very small DPS gain) as it is only granted in combat. You will now almost be out of energy. Swap to   Legendary Assassin Stance and activate   Impossible Odds. This way, you trigger  Charged Mists to start   Legendary Assassin Stance with 75 Energy!
Section 1:   Legendary Assassin Stance	Impossible Odds will cost 5 Energy for its activation and then drain 1 point per second over a 10 second duration. You can thus spend ~60 energy in total:   Citadel Bombardment x1 (35 Energy) - always prioritize this!   Shackling Wave (10 Energy) x1 --> only with charged mists   Deathstrike (10 Energy) x1 --> only with charged mists   Chilling Isolation (5 Energy) x1 --> only with charged mists Swap to   Legendary Renegade Stance as soon as possible, but only if you used   Citadel Bombardment already.
Section 2:   Legendary Renegade Stance	Legendary Renegade Stance is more liberal on Energy usage, as it does not include an Upkeep skill. Always start   Legendary Renegade Stance with   Icerazor's Ire &   Darkrazor's Daring (or   Razorclaw's Rage for very small DPS gain). These will generate a nice burst combo. On top of these, use the following skills:   Citadel Bombardment x1 (35 Energy) - always prioritize this!   Icerazor's Ire another time.   Shackling Wave (10 Energy) x1 --> only with charged mists   Deathstrike (10 Energy) x1 --> only with charged mists   Chilling Isolation (5 Energy) x2 --> only with charged mists Swap to   Legendary Assassin Stance as soon as possible, but only if you used   Citadel Bombardment already.
CC Skills for Breakbar Damage	Darkrazor's Daring annihilates Defiance bars with 600 Breakbar damage, prioritize it for CC whenever it is available. Depending on your secondary weapon: Staff:   Surge of the Mists Hammer:   Drop the Hammer Shortbow:   Scorchrazor   Jade Winds - do not use, this is way too expensive.

DPS - Power Low Intensity Renegade (Masel) - Rotation Flow

Section	Skills
Opener
Legendary Assassin Stance
Legendary Renegade Stance
Legendary Assassin Stance
Legendary Renegade Stance
Legendary Assassin Stance
Legendary Renegade Stance
Legendary Assassin Stance
Legendary Renegade Stance
Legendary Assassin Stance
Legendary Renegade Stance

Gear & Traits

Important Stats in Hero Panel (descending in Importance):

1. At least 42% Critical Chance:  Fury together with  Brutal Momentum give the remaining 58%.
2. Maximize Ferocity
3. Maximize Power

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Head	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter
Shoulders	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter
Chest	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter
Gloves	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter
Legs	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter
Boots	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter
Trinket	Prefix
Amulet	Berserker's
Ring 1	Berserker's
Ring 2	Berserker's
Accessory 1	Berserker's
Accessory 2	Berserker's
Backpack	Berserker's
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Sword (Main Hand)	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Force
Sword (Off Hand)	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Air
Purpose	Item Type	Source
Damage	Ascended Food	Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak
Damage	Non-Ascended Food	Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup
Survivability	Ascended Food	Peppercorn-Crusted Sous-Vide Steak
Survivability	Non-Ascended Food	Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew
Damage	Utility	Potent Superior Sharpening Stone
Survivability	Utility	Potion Of Karka Toughness
Damage	Relic	Relic of the Eagle

Traits

Invocation
Devastation
Renegade

• For a budget variant, simply replace all ascended armor pieces of Berserker's with rare/exotic Berserker's.
• Superior Rune of the Scholar and Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter are basically equivalent in terms of damage, use whichever you have or is cheaper.

Open World Build

Open World Build Summary

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~22,8k
Sustained Damage	~22,8k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	539
Actions Per Minute (APM)	38
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	7%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	5
# of Skills Used	9
Open World Log Link	Link
Open World Build Link	Link

You can find my most recent open world build showcase here.

For OW, it can make sense to make a build more forgiving, so that you can sustain on your own.

Increasing General Survivability

• For the vast majority of open world content, it is enough to do as many of the following changes until you feel comfortable:

1. slap on a Relic of Zakiros, which heals you passively based on your damage dealt (4% critical damage to healing). The same applies to  Vindication (5%) and  Roiling Mists (2%). Using all of these will give you a more than 10% damage to healing conversion, which is nuts considering the damage of the build.
2. If you want even more sustain, swap to  Dance of Death in  Devastation.  Dance of Death makes hits after applying  Vulnerability steal health via   Battle Scars, passively healing you. Dual Swords synergize very well with this trait, as they hit frequently and apply  Vulnerability on the auto attack chain and   Shackling Wave.   Icerazor's Ire also applies lots of  Vulnerability in an area.   Impossible Odds amplifies this, since applies additional hits to your attacks.
3. You will naturally cover  Protection via  All for One by using Renegade skills, reducing incoming strike damage by 33%.   Darkrazor's Daring applies additional  Protection,  Resistance and  Stability on top of the absurd CC damage, making it an excellent tool for open world.

• For more convenience in general roaming and kiting tougher enemies, using Hammer can help. It still does excellent damage in solo gameplay and since all your damage skills are ranged, allows you to keep pumping from afar.
• Hammer also removes the requirement to run to every mob in open world through its high range, allowing you to kill them from range. Both   Coalescence of Ruin and   Drop the Hammer are strong for damage!
• It has a short-cooldown Block (via  Aegis and Projectile blocking) with   Field of the Mists and a short-cooldown Evade with   Phase Smash.

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Head	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Shoulders	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Chest	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Gloves	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Legs	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Boots	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Trinket	Prefix
Amulet	Diviner's
Ring 1	Diviner's
Ring 2	Diviner's
Accessory 1	Diviner's
Accessory 2	Diviner's
Backpack	Diviner's
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Sword (Main Hand)	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Force or Superior Sigil of Celerity
Sword (Off Hand)	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Air or Major Sigil of Celerity
Hammer (Two-handed)	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Celerity Major Sigil of Celerity
Purpose	Item Type	Source
Survivability	Ascended Food	Peppercorn-Crusted Sous-Vide Steak
Survivability	Non-Ascended Food	Oysters with Zesty Sauce
Damage	Utility	Potent Superior Sharpening Stone
Survivability	Relic	Relic of Zakiros

Traits

Invocation
Devastation
Renegade

Boon Coverage

• If you want to acquire a good chunk of Boon duration at a relatively low damage tradeoff, you can swap in Diviner's gear. You overcap on critical chance by ~8%, since  Brutal Momentum gives you 33% when your endurance is full. Don't worry about undercapping crit when you dodge from time to time, it's not that big of a deal.

Boon Coverage

Criterion	Value	Notes
Might	20 Stacks	Covered by  Incensed Response and  Notoriety.
Fury	100%	Covered by  Endless Enmity and  Invoker's Rage.
Quickness	100%	When you're alone, prioritize   Phase Traversal for quickness coverage. It's a good combat opener in Shiro before swapping to Renegade Stance. With   Darkrazor's Daring, you can trigger Superior Sigil of Celerity & Major Sigil of Celerity. You can flexibly adjust quickness coverage by using either   Phase Traversal (when you need  Quickness) or   Impossible Odds (when it is supplied externally).
Alacrity	0%	You can always provide  Alacrity around you by using   Orders from Above instead of other skills in your rotation. For full coverage, you need a good amouunt of boon duration and  Righteous Rebel
Protection	90%	Covered by  All for One when using any utility skill in   Legendary Renegade Stance.
Regeneration	0%
Vigor	98%	Partially covered by  Brutal Momentum whenever you gain  Fury.
Aegis	0%
Stability	2 Stacks	Darkrazor's Daring applies a bunch of stacks on cast.
Swiftness	0%
Resistance	37%	Darkrazor's Daring applies it on cast, allowing you to ignore non-damaging conditions for a time.
Resolution	0%
Vulnerability	21 Stacks

• If you can, make use of   Jade Tech Offensive Overcharge and   Jade Tech Defensive Overcharge give 150 additional Toughness, Vitality, Condition Damage and Power as well as all boons aside from  Stability,  Resistance and  Resolution on entering combat, with a 90 second cooldown. The free stats are very nice to have, especially for harder open world content.
• In story instances (or if you don't want the hassle of reapplying protocols), you can abuse the synergy between Relic of the Cavalier and   Blast from the Skyscale to apply lots of  Aegis,  Resistance,  Might and  Quickness to yourself.   Blast places a damaging field, and the Boons apply on every hit of the damage field. Just mount up and press the engage skill right after to cast it instantly.

Dealing with Conditions and Control effects

• You can also put on a Superior Sigil of Purity and/or Superior Sigil of Generosity on another weapon set. Simply swap to that weapon when you encounter condition-heavy enemies.
•   Cleansing Channel cleanses 1 condition on every Legend swap, but costs a 10% damage modifier from   Rising Tide.
• You have one stun-break in every legend:   Darkrazor's Daring and   Riposting Shadows. With  Contained Temper, they are also cheaper than they appear at first becaus you gain 15 energy back!