全息师 Holosmith - Power Tools Holo

特性 Specializations

• is better for burst damage but not necessarily for survivability, as the CC/blind from often ends up cancelling out more damage than what Big Boomer could heal for.

• trades burst damage for more frequent elite skill access. Note: this trait is useless with as the kit has no CD, but could be quite good when playing with other elites. Works best with 。

• Take if you want more sustain.

• could increase your damage in games where Tools is enough to deal with conditions.

• A combination of 和 on Tools also works. This version offers better sustain, more frequent access to the Photon Forge (you'll be able to manage heat levels with dodging which allows you to reenter PF at higher heat levels without overheating), more synergy, but lowers your burst damage and some of your Holo skills become a bit weaker.

装备 Equipment

Relics

• - better condition cleansing.

• - higher consistency in terms of damage.

Sigils

• over - better damage, worse defense against conditions.

使用说明 Usage

Elite specialization basics

• Holosmith grants access to the Photon Forge (sometimes referred to as holo mode) and introduces a new resource: heat。 Heat is generated passively while the forge is active and also by activating forge skills. Higher CD skills generate more heat.

• Reaching maximum heat (150) should be avoided as Overheating damages you and locks you out of the forge until heat goes back to 0.

• is used to activate the forge, after which your weapon skills will be replaced by 5 new ones. You can't exit the forge for at least 6 seconds, so think twice before reentering with high heat levels. Be careful when entering it above ~70 heat as you may risk overheating.
• Both Engage Photon Forge and Disengage Photon Forge count as toolbelt skills and will work with related traits. Both skills can proc weapon swap sigils too.

Forge skills

• The autoattack chain can do considerable cleave damage especially with Quickness。

• should be used on CD most of the time as this is an incredibly loaded skill on a very short CD. This skill provides mobility/cleansing via ，does decent damage, and even functions as a Leap Finisher.

• tends to be the first skill Holosmiths use in combat right after entering holo mode. This is a two-parter that also stacks Might。 The second strike goes off after a delay, making it ideal to combo with other skills for burst damage. Try to squeeze in 2 Corona Bursts before exiting the form.

• offers some ranged pressure on an otherwise melee-focused set. You could combo this with the toolbelt skills 和 ：ranged burst damage if going into melee is too risky, but it's worth using for the damage regardless of range.

• is an excellent AoE CC and also a Blast Finisher. You may also fake cast it by stowing your weapon right after activation in order to bait dodges from enemies.

General

• Be mindful of your defensive CDs before entering Holo mode! Activating Photon Forge replaces your weapon skills and locks you out of swapping back for a few seconds. Many of your defensives are located on your equipped weapon (be it Hammer or Sword/Shield), making you an easy target especially when your toolbelt and utility skills are on CD.

• 和 are best used above 50 heat for maximum effectiveness. For Sword skills you should be aiming for 100+ heat.

• on toolbelt is the only stun break in the build by default, but at least it recharges quickly. could be used while stunned in hopes of CCing enemies.

• is a versatile kit useful in just about any situation and has a lot of combo potential. It has a Poison field for healing reduction (that could also make it harder for enemies to rez their downed allies), Blind 和 Chill to avoid damage or kite enemies, and a Water field to combo extra healing. Most skills also do solid damage and could be used to pressure targets both in melee and range, further reducing your downtime between burst combos.

Damage

• The more heat you have, the more damage you do thanks to 和 。

• After every dodge roll you gain which adds a decent damage proc to your next attack.

• When playing with Sword/Shield follow up with 和 right after exiting the forge (while your heat is still high), preferably in this order - Radiant Arc leaps to your target which makes it easier to land Refraction Cutter in melee range, increasing the chance of landing all projectiles on one target.

• 和 are the best skills for proccing 。 These provide frequently available instant burst damage and should be used as often as possible.

• Every 5th toolbelt skill you use gives you Quickness 和 Superspeed via 。

• is primarily a defensive skill, but its chain skill lets you shoot it at nearby enemies for extra damage. Using this skill only for the damage is hardly ever worth it (as it's one of your few defensive CDs and doesn't hit that hard), but you should consider using when Photon Wall is about to expire.

• If taken is a powerful unblockable ranged AoE CC on low CD and works great for setting up bursts. The skill is very telegraphed and somewhat easy to avoid if you don't have Quickness，but you could even pull some mind-games with it. PLB roots you in place and makes you face towards your target - with skill retargeting enabled under Combat/Movement Options you're able to cast it on target A, bait out a dodge and then switch to target B in the last moment, hitting them with the beam.
  • If target A dodges and there is no target B simply stow your weapon to cancel it and try again a few seconds later, don't waste your elite.

• Once your heat is back at a reasonably low level enter holo mode and spam those skills, that's really all there is to it.

生存

• Every Hammer skill except the autoattack could be used defensively.

• does great damage in melee while reflecting projectiles, has a lengthy evade frame on top of being a double combo finisher and having high damage, stuns enemies while leaving behind a pulsing damage field.

• is the most defensive thing on Hammer, being a block skill with barrier. While the damage is mediocre it's still worth using it in melee as you gain barrier whenever the skill strikes an enemy, but even if you don't do that the block is still very useful.

• is great at turning things around. The instant unblockable AoE CC could stop most burst attempts made by enemies without Stability while also creating the perfect opening for counterpressuring targets. Really good at immediately punishing teleport skills like 或 too.

• Toolbelt skills remove conditions. Since you're going to be spamming 和 quite a lot you should be able to keep them at bay just by playing offensively. When conditions start to overwhelm you use (preferably at high heat)。

• The only stunbreak in the build is found on toolbelt skill (not to be confused with the effect of the same name)。

• is an extremely valuable blocking skill that allows you to keep pressuring targets without having to worry in most cases.

• Standing inside any of the AoE fields created by is already going to make you a less attractive target, but 和 are especially useful when used defensively. isn't scary but being a water field you could use your many leap/blast finishers like 或 to get even more healing out of it.

机动性

• Stack Swiftness：your team using ⇒ ⇒ 。

• Keep spamming while moving between capture points if you don't have Swiftness, but don't overheat.

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