Power Quickness Herald Gameplay Guide

and have identical Cooldowns and should always be used together. The order they are used in does not matter.
To get the most damage on this build, prioritise these facets and use Sword skills as often as possible without interrupting Auto Attack chains.

The boon extension from is extremely powerful and accounts for ~13% boon uptime, not to mention the passive Boon Duration given to allies while this upkeep is in use.
While is the default, it only marginally increases the power of . The other alternatives can be useful in various situations.

• enhances Regeneration, providing strong passive group healing in addition to .
• can be great on encounters that involve a lot of movement or greater distances between objectives, although you can always make us of or to quickly cover ground.

The first activation of Facets have no cast time and can therefore be used while casting skills.
is the exception to this rule; as a heal skill, it will cancel any ongoing skill cast, but its secondary skill has no cast time.

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You can use to Launch Seeker away from your group.

Be careful with to not shadowstep into (Blue circles), as this briefly locks you in place outside the target's hitbox.
If you are tanking on this encounter, consider using or to block this attack.
is great for getting back to the boss immediately if you do get hit by .

can be used to completely negate the damage from (Green circles), meaning you should have an easy time surviving the encounter.

During split phases, you can use in to strip Blue Pylon Power from the Blue Guardian.

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can be used as a source of Stability for the entire squad. If your group already has this covered, change to .
You will be able to use this ability twice during and the Stability should last about 9 seconds after casting the skill.
Be mindful that you still need to maintain for Quickness uptime.

Allies are also granted Stability when you swap into thanks to , and by using in this stance. Use only what is necessary so that you have more Energy for other skills.

should be your go-to skill for the Breakbar. Use or if they are available to you.

During Spirit phases, use and to slow them down. applies 10 Vulnerability and can help kill the Spirits faster.

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Keep ready as an emergency for Knuckles' Breakbar.

can be useful to block incoming hits. Use its follow-up strike for more damage.

Try to grab by being the closest player to Sabetha and safely letting them detonate away from the group.

You can deal with Sabetha's cannons, even while covering Quickness. and apply a lot of Vulnerability and allows you to take them down very quickly.

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will be able to provide Stability to your entire squad. Ensure that you can use this ability a few seconds before finishing the Breakbar to mitigate Fear.
This skill should otherwise be avoided, as Evolved Slublings can convert Stability into Fear. This may suggest that Stability is not good on this encounter, however, issues that arise as a cause of this are always related to poor control of Slublings.

If your group already has mitigations covered, go ahead and use instead.

Help cleanse yourself and allies with if needed.

Use on every Breakbar.
Since the Breakbar occurs at defined health intervals, you can swap to Staff preemptively if Sword skills are on Cooldown.

Consider taking if your group is really struggling with the Breakbar. Both Axe skills deal good damage to the Breakbar.

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Use on the Breakbar when your ally is sacrificed.

You can bring if your group needs a source of Stability, as Knockdowns happen frequently in Downpour or by touching icy patches during Snowstorm.

Use to mitigate the damage when needed.
You can use to give Superspeed when you or allies need to deal with mechanics around the arena.

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Use frequently to grant Stability to allies. This is helpful both on the ground and on the towers.
Use your cleave to deal with enemies quickly.

Mines can be cleared easily with .
The Immobilize from can help keep Warg Bloodhounds in place.

You can use to give Superspeed to Glenna.

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Use on the Breakbar once it comes up.

You can bring if your group needs a source of Stability.

Use to mitigate the damage when the boss casts (the Keep Construct will create rotating windmill AoEs and apply conditions).

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Use on the Breakbar once it comes up. If necessary, help cleanse allies with .

You can easily tank this encounter by blocking with either or .

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Bring if Stability is not covered for your subgroup. reduces incoming damage while active.
Try to be the one kiting as you have a lot of survivability compared to other classes.

and are both good movement skills to help you get back to the boss if needed.

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Use your survivability to stay alive when others cannot. and can mitigate the damage from .

Take Protect and keep the Jade Soldiers from stepping on the tile your group is located on. You can also easily handle either of the other two encounter-specific roles.

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Herald can easily act as the healer for a subgroup. As the encounter has no passive damage, the enhanced Regeneration with in addition to is more than enough to sustain most groups. This assumes that players are not being hit by attacks on purpose or position themselves poorly.

Try to use on every breakbar. A good time to swap to Staff would be after using .

Heralds should avoid being the target for in order to contribute massive Breakbar damage, but if you end up being Fixated you can delay some damage from Samarog with .

During split phases, help your group by using on Rigom to keep him in place.
 

Challenge Mode

Take and cast immediately when entering and again before leaving the stance. This should keep up stability nearly permanently for the entire squad if they are within the range of the skill.
You should aim this at any unfortunate souls targeted by .

It's important to note that you still have a limited energy pool. Using twice means you need to skip Sword skill casts in this stance.
This is due to Quickness being maintained through upkeeps, and you can only afford 6 seconds of .

Keep in mind that conditions can not be applied to Samarog during the Breakbar and will only work if you cast it before .

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Be careful with and as to not dash into .

is a good combo if used to block one or more hits of .

can also block . will also mitigate the attack, but the damage-over-time effect will apply regardless.

Use and to slow down Prides.

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Power oriented builds are typically avoided due to the risk of bursting down the Tormented Dead while it is near the group.
Despite this, Herald provides substantial boon output and Breakbar damage to carry groups.

You can tank this encounter fairly easily. Take both and for increased survivability.

Consider playing Condition Quickness Herald for this encounter instead, as it has better tools to mitigate conditions.

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Herald makes an excellent tank on this encounter. You can use to ignore the damage from to reposition yourself early.
A common mistake when tanking Dhuum is being too far on the opposite side of him that the group is outside the range of boons. However, Herald's boons are all 600 radius and gives you a lot more freedom to position yourself.

You can help cleanse allies with after each if you have a Staff instead of Greatsword.

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Try to stand a bit behind your group in order to block the orbs coming in. Even though you rely on , it is better to protect your DPS players.

If you are doing Challenge Mode and your group is unable to block the lasers, can protect your squad at the loss of significant damage. You can likely serve as your subgroup's healer if you are taking this stance, as the pressure is rather low.

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and apply a lot of Vulnerability, which is typically lacking on this encounter. Use them immediately when beginning each phase.

You can tank this encounter if needed. can be taken for increased survivability.

Consider tanking with Condition Quickness Herald, as it has better tools to mitigate conditions.

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Start stacking up boons with Facets as soon as the encounter begins, Swiftness and Fury at a minimum.
Extend boons with and give your lamp-team Superspeed with as they leave.

's can be very useful for your group during the boss phases, as well as providing safety against the giants in Qadim's menagerie. Prepare if you are helping in this phase, as it will Blind the giants, and Stun Break if you have already been hit by their attacks.

Be sure to use on every Breakbar in the encounter, except for Qadim's second and third phase.

You can tank this encounter, as no toughness is required and the range of Herald's boons easily reaches the group. You can use Staff to block or cleanse yourself from attacks.

will not prevent you from going downstate to the bouncing fireballs on Challenge Mode. Use Dodge or .

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can be useful to protect yourself from projectiles from Hand of Eruption during split phases.

can protect your squad against these attacks with for the entire phase if necessary, but this should be a last resort.

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or can allow you to skip Sabir's .

Use Flash Discharge when starting to ensure you get multiple hits on the Breakbar. Be extremely careful when aiming this ability, as you can easily slip past Sabir and end up in a Tornado.

Consider taking if the group lacks Breakbar damage.

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Use to easily break Qadim the Peerless's pylons.

is a great skill to save your allies from the shockwave at 40%, 30% and 20%. This skill can grant Stability to the entire squad, but make sure to place it ahead of time, not last second.