User:Masel/Builds/Spellbreaker

Dagger + Mace/Axe Power  Arms  Spellbreaker

Spellbreaker Build Stats

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~39,8k
Sustained Damage	~40,1k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	184
Actions Per Minute (APM)	40
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	0%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	0
# of Skills Used	7
Damage Log Link	Link
Damage Build Link	Link

Power  Arms  Spellbreaker is a very strong and straightforward build for instanced content. It's also a great pick for solo gameplay, as it can provide itself with good amounts of the most essential offensive boons:  Quickness,  Fury and  Might. With   Full Counter, by stacking damage to healing modifiers and maintaining  Stability on itself, it becomes incredibly survivable while dishing out strong damage.

Link to the Build on the Editor

Playstyle & Skills

Skill Type	Skills
Burst Skills
Dagger + Axe Skills
Offhand Mace Skills
Utility

  Full Counter and Adrenaline Management

•   Full Counter is the key mechanic of Spellbreaker, which gives you access to a short-cooldown Block and performs a riposte when you block, dazing enemies.
• Generally, applying Disables is key to dealing damage on Spellbreaker due to  Attacker's Insight, which gives you 50  Power,  Precision and  Ferocity for each Disable you apply.
• Your Adrenaline will also be limited to two bars, with each Burst skill consuming only one bar.
• That means that burst skills are generally weaker compared to core warrior or Berserker, but Spellbreaker compensates that by higher native damage on other skills.

Rotation Guidance

You can find my most recent rotation showcase here.
Damage Log

Rotation Flow

Section	Notes
General Stuff	Using  Arms increases your attack speed by 20% while wielding a weapon in your offhand that can also be used in the mainhand. This includes the following weapons: Sword, Axe, Dagger and Mace. There are lots of viable combinations of those weapons! I don't really like Sword on this, as you need to stow-cancel the burst skill for optimal results. That is technically just one additional button, but the dps gain from using Sword isnt that large anyway.  Arms gives an abundance of Critical chance (35% against bosses), making you overcap significantly. This isnt a problem though, and it gives you a great degree of freedom for open world (more on that later). You should always try to anticipate dangerous hits and block them with   Full Counter. It's not a big deal if you get it wrong sometimes, it gets better with practice.   Full Counter is a Block, Daze and Evade with a short cooldown! In the rotation, always use the following skills on cooldown:   Breaching Strike to stack up  Berserker's Power,   Kick (you can do some micromanagement with this for ideal Relic of the Claw uptime)   Signet of Fury   Signet of Rage You can use   Aura Slicer to cover ground if needed.
Opener	Always precast   Healing Signet and   Signet of Rage to generate stacks for  Signet Mastery. You can do this any time, even when out of combat, allowing you to run around with a bunch of stacks permanently. Open with the following skills:   Signet of Fury,   Disrupting Stab,   Kick,   Dual Strike,   Whirling Axe, Swap to Dagger and Mace After that, the rotation consists of two sections: Dagger + Mace & Dagger + Axe.
Section 1: Dagger + Mace	On the Offhand Mace, use the same skills as before on cooldown, with a priority on the following pattern: Start with   Crushing Blow,   Tremor (this resets   Crushing Blow) and another   Crushing Blow. End with a third   Crushing Blow You can either just camp Dagger + Mace or continue with the full rotation by swapping to Dagger + Axe
Section 2: Dagger + Axe	On Dagger + Axe, always open and end with   Dual Strike. It's cooldown is slightly longer than weapon swap. Use   Whirling Axe x1 during a good time window. Back to Dagger + Mace to repeat from there. With  Alacrity, that creates a fixed loop rotation cycle of the two sections mentioned above with a duration of ~24 seconds .
CC Skills for Breakbar Damage	Kick (save this for breakbars if needed)   Disrupting Stab (save this for breakbars if needed)   Full Counter

DPS - Power Spellbreaker (Masel) - Rotation Flow

Section	Skills
General Rotation

Utility Skills

Utility Skills

Default Skill	Notes
Healing Signet	Precast this to stack up  Signet Mastery.
Bull's Charge	Triggers both  Attacker's Insight and  Peak Performance.
Signet of Fury	Cast on cooldown for the additional  Ferocity, both from its own effect and  Signet Mastery.
Signet of Might	Just there for the additional  Power. You don't need to cast this to maintain 5 stacks of  Signet Mastery.
Signet of Rage	Precast this to stack up  Signet Mastery.

Gear & Traits

Important Stats in Hero Panel (descending in Importance):

1. At least 25% Critical Chance:  Fury,  Pinnacle of Strength,  Attacker's Insight,  Furious Burst,  Deep Strikes and  Unsuspecting Foe give the remaining 75%.
2. Due to the sheer abundance of Critical chance supplied by  Arms and  Strength, you can run a full set of Dragon's armor and still be way over the cap, leading to a negligible damage difference compared to Berserker's, but a good chunk of additional health.
3. Maximize Ferocity
4. Maximize Power

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Head	Berserker's or Dragon's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Shoulders	Berserker's or Dragon's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Chest	Berserker's or Dragon's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Gloves	Berserker's or Dragon's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Legs	Berserker's or Dragon's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Boots	Berserker's or Dragon's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Trinket	Prefix
Amulet	Berserker's or Dragon's
Ring 1	Berserker's or Dragon's
Ring 2	Berserker's or Dragon's
Accessory 1	Berserker's or Dragon's
Accessory 2	Berserker's or Dragon's
Backpack	Berserker's or Dragon's
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Dagger (Main Hand)	Berserker's or Dragon's	Superior Sigil of Force
Axe (Off Hand)	Berserker's or Dragon's	Superior Sigil of Impact
Mace (Off Hand)	Berserker's or Dragon's	Superior Sigil of Impact
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	Oysters with Zesty Sauce
Damage	Utility	Potent Superior Sharpening Stone
Survivability	Utility	Potion Of Karka Toughness
Damage	Relic	Relic of the Thief or Relic of the Claw
Survivability	Relic	Relic of Zakiros

Traits

Arms
Strength
Spellbreaker

• For a budget variant, simply replace all ascended armor pieces of Berserker's with rare/exotic Berserker's.

Open World Build

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

Link to the Open World Build in the Editor

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

Increasing General Survivability

• We'll stack a bunch of damage to healing modifiers to become basically immortal as long as one keeps attacking:

1. Relic of Zakiros,
2.  Sun and Moon Style,
3.  Dual Wielding and
4. Optional for even more healing:  Might Makes Right paired with Fried Golden Dumpling.

• Make use of   Full Counter, Dodge and   Mending as often as possible.
• Switch to  Brave Stride to cover a full uptime on  Stability with   Breaching Strike and   Aura Slicer!
• Swap out the Mace for an Off-Hand Dagger - Don't underestimated how strong this can be for defense!
• The dagger will trigger the off-hand effect of  Sun and Moon Style, healing you for 4% of your Critical damage.
•   Bladestorm grants Barrier on every strike, shielding and healing you at the same time.

Utility Skills (Open World)

Skill Choice	Notes
Mending	Great short-cooldown heal that also cleanses a lot of conditions.
Frenzy	Stun break with inherent  Quickness and  Might coverage.
Any 2 of the following Signets: Option 1:   Signet of Fury Option 2:   Dolyak Signet Option 3:   Signet of Might Option 4:   Signet of Stamina	Damage and instant Adrenaline Heal,  Stability and Emergency Button. Passive damage or easy  Might coverage. Strong condition cleanse and endurance regain.
Signet of Rage	Easy coverage of  Fury,  Swiftness and a few stacks of  Might. Use it on cooldown in combat.

Boon &  Vulnerability Coverage

• Since you can't always rely on other people covering boons for you, it can make sense to adjust your build to provide them for yourself, at least the important ones.
• And let's face it: playing a build without  Quickness feels horrible. Note: Another great side-effect of using  Dual Wielding is that it makes you faster at any time!
• In terms of gear, change as many larger pieces of gear to Diviner's as you can afford. Shoot for around 40-60% Boon duration, that will allow you to maintain most important boons easily.
• Exotic Diviner's trinkets are relatively cheap, they cost around … each, totaling up to … for an Amulet, 2 Rings and 2 Accessories.

Boon &  Vulnerability Coverage

Boon	Sources / Notes
General Notes	Using a few larger pieces of Diviner's allows you to maintain all essential boons on yourself.
Quickness	With enough Boon duration, using   Dual Strike and   Frenzy on cooldown provides a full uptime.
Might	You cover decent number of stacks via Dagger auto attacks,   Frenzy,  Magebane Tether,  Signet of Might and  Signet of Rage. Optional: Fried Golden Dumpling when using  Might Makes Right
Fury	With enough Boon duration,   Signet of Rage and  Furious Burst cover a full uptime on  Fury.
Alacrity	None.
Protection	Not covered, you can opt to use  Guard Counter for some  Protection, but it's usually not required on this build.
Resolution	Not covered.
Vulnerability	You get some stacks from   Bladestorm, but rather unsubstantial.
Jade Tech Offensive Overcharge   Jade Tech Defensive Overcharge	Jade Protocols give for 150 additional Toughness, Vitality, Condition Damage and Power as well as all boons aside from  Stability,  Resistance and  Resolution for 10 seconds on entering combat, once every 30 seconds. They make covering boons on yourself a lot easier!

Dealing with Conditions and Control effects

Dealing with CC and Conditions (Open World)

Default Skill	Notes
Control effects	Both   Frenzy and   Dolyak Signet are short cooldown Stun breaks. When paired with  Brave Stride,   Aura Slicer and   Breaching Strike will provide a great uptime on  Stability.   Full Counter also provides short  Stability on cast.
Condition cleanses	You only have one source of condition cleansing:   Mending. If you need more, you can replace any other signet with   Signet of Stamina.