Background

Condi Holosmith

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  • last updated on Fri Apr 19 2024
Gear
Guide
Overview

The Condi Holosmith is a bursty and high-damage condi build that performs very well in condition comps, and especially well in the Sunqua Peak fractal.

It offers:

There’s another variant of this build that uses the trait Thermal Release Valve (TRV) where the build in this page uses Photonic Blasting Module (PBM). TRV can reach its peak damage more often when compared to PBM, but it can be unreliable in real fights because of boon uptimes. With PBM, even if your group lacks perfect Alacrity and Vigor, you’ll eventually reach 0 Heat and be able to start Photon Forge again. However, with TRV you will likely have to delay Photon Forge thus resulting in a larger DPS loss.

Equipment
Profession
Heal
Utilities
Elite
Viper
Sinister
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
Food
Utility
Relic
Build

Traits

Firearms
Explosives
Holosmith

Additional Skills

Toolbelt

Situational Skills

An alternative heal skill if condition cleanse is needed. You can cast it in a Fire Field to blast might, but make sure you do it after the field is down because this turret creates a Water Field.
This skill also reflects projectiles in front of you.

Defiance Bar Damage

Rotation/Skill Usage

Rotation Explanation

The rotation is like a priority list, with your most important skills being:

Abilities listed above are all very high-damage skills. Taking cast times and cooldowns in consideration, the priority list is thus: Poison Dart Volley , Blowtorch , Shrapnel Grenade , Poison Grenade , Fire Bomb , Napalm and Flame Blast . Those skills are all very important when in a state of Deactivate Photon Forge , while Corona Burst and Photon Blitz are the major abilities to be used in Engage Photon Forge .

Always preheat to 77–80 Heat before engaging combat.

Extra Notes

  • Use Incendiary Ammo off cooldown.
  • Flash Grenade , Static Shot and Smoke Bomb can be used to mitigate damage in add-heavy fights.
  • Try to manage your Heat in split phases. Ideally, you always want to be back at 80 Heat when starting to burst into a new phase.