Power Virtuoso Greatsword

Published Aug 26, 2024 Updated Never

Open World - Janthir Wilds

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Power Virtuoso Power Virtuoso Greatsword

Skills Gearset Build Template DPS Report

Mesmer Builds

Pros +

Fluid rotation Strong bursts High damage

Cons -

High mastery curve Fast paced rotation Relies on resource management Easy to cancel skills

Gear

Item	Stat
	Berserker'sHelm
	Berserker'sShoulders
	Berserker'sCoat
	Berserker'sGloves
	Assassin'sLeggings
	Berserker'sBoots

Item	Stat
	Berserker'sBackpiece
	Berserker'sAccessory
	Berserker'sAccessory
	Berserker'sAmulet
	Assassin'sRing
	Berserker'sRing
	Relic

Primary Weapon Set
	Berserker's GreatswordMain Hand
Secondary Weapon Set
	Berserker's DaggerMain Hand
	Berserker's SwordOff Hand
Other Items
	Enrichment
	Food
	Utility
	Jade Bot Core

Traits & Skills

Skills

Skill Notes

or can be replaced with:

for Condition Transfer, Boon Steal, and additional Quickness.
for damage, and an easily-avaliable Vulnerability spike.
for teleporting people up to 5000 units away.
as an alternate Stun Break, with Knockback, Might and Fury
for Stability.
to reflect projectiles.
for more Defiance Break.
for even more Breakbar damage.

Replace with when Defiance Break is needed.

Equipment Notes

can be swapped with:

as an alternate damage relic, requiring less brain power at a cost of less damage.
for added sustain in solo scenarios.

Off-hand Sword can be swapped with Focus for a Pull, at a cost of damage.

You can use the Raid Power Virtuoso setup instead of the one featured on this site, although keep in mind that:

is generally higher value in Open World than in Raids or Strike Missions due to ease of getting value out of the 7% damage effect, as well as being more flexible when swapping the sigil for something else.

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Instead of core Shatters, Virtuoso utilises Bladesongs, which are 1200-Ranged projectile skills, with the exceptions of and .

Virtuoso loses access to Clones, instead opting for Blades. They cannot serve as a distraction for enemies, but they persist indefinetly outside of combat.

Some Virtuoso skills have a Blade parametre. Its main purpose is trait synergies, in our case and .

Dealing Damage

Always cast with 5 Blades.

Cast and with as many Blades as possible.

Follow this skill priority on your Greatsword set:

Follow this skill priority on your Dagger / Sword set:

resets the Cooldown of your Phantasm skills. When available, use it in the combo:

Fill the gaps between skills with your utilities and Auto Attacks.

Ideally, you want to Weapon Swap after casting your second or .

Use under the buff with as many stacks as possible.

is maintained with Bladesongs other than .

and require you to be in melee range to activate the Relic.

Your Vulnerability uptime on Greatsword comes primarily from strategic usage of and . On Dagger / Sword set, the condition is very easy to upkeep thanks to .

There are multiple interractions on Greatsword which make you cancel skills. As such, keep in mind to go fast, but not too fast

has priority over other Greatsword skills. Don't ask us why.
When doing the double combo, can interrupt your first cast.

Defense

Use for a single channeled Block into an Evade.

Use for Invulnerability, with duration based on the amount of Blades used.

can be used either to get into the enemy's face... or run away. You also Break Stuns with it.

Crowd Control

Skill	Defiance Damage	Source
	50 per Blade	Bladesong
	200	Sword
	150	Greatsword
	200	Alternate Utility
	150	Alternate Utility
	150 per charge	Alternate Utility
	600	Alternate Elite

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