Rapier / Fire Staff PvP Build

My favorite build is the best it has ever been. Amazing burst damage, mobility and now with unfair amounts of healing power. This build is amazing for any PvP combat but really shines as a solo PvP build in 1vX fights!

This build has some serious style to its gameplay, so I hope you guys give it a try!!

I always prefer 150 CON for any build that has to do melee fighting, but this guy has the mobility to get away with less! If you want more rapier vs fire staff damage you can always invest more points in to DEX, but I find the build has great all around damage at these stats!

Normally I wouldn’t have any points in STR, this is just due to some gear limitations!

Dexterity

• 25: +5% critical hit chance. +10% skinning speed.

• 50: +5% damage while at full health. +20% haste for 3s after skinning.

Intelligence

• 25: +5% damage increase to backstabs and random critical hits. +10% harvest speed.

• 50: +5% damage increase to targets inflicted with a damage over time effect. +5% chance for 1 azoth when harvesting.

• 100: +10% damage to light and heavy elemental attacks. +50 encumbrance.

• 150: +15% to elemental damage. -10% weight of harvested items.

• 200: +10 mana on critical hit. +20% harvest speed.

• 250: +30% duration to applied damage over time effects. +10% yield increase when harvesting.

• 300: +7% damage to targets below 50% health. 25% reduction in Azoth travel cost.

• 350: +10% ability damage. +10% chance at finding rare items while harvesting.

Focus

• 25: +5% ability cooldown reduction. +5% chance to catch larger fish.

Constitution

• 25: All health consumables are 10% stronger. +10% Logging speed.

• 50: +10% physical armor when at or above 50% health. 10% reduction on durability loss for tools.

• 100: Increase max health by 10%. +50 encumbrance.

• 150: -10% to critical damage taken. -10% weight of logging items.

That rapier is near perfection, with rogue being swapped for penetrating backstab ideally! You can also play this guy with the Finisher artifact for some more fire staff damage, but you will loose some rapier damage this way.

That fire staff is near perfect again, with flame attunement being preferred over vicious. If you go for the finisher then you’l want keenly jagged on both weapons instead!

Shirking heals is going to get nerfed, but I still highly recommend it since getting all the healing power you can is HUGE this patch in PvP. I would also love to run 4x Vigor, since DOT’s are crazy strong right now and not to mention that vigor can shut down some DOT heavy weapons like other Fire Staves. You definitely want Shirking Energy on the legs and I highly recommend trying to fit in 4x Refreshing on either your armor or jewelry!

The Ankh is going to be nerfed in the future to not work with shirking heals, so use it while you can! My ideal amulet would be Thrust or Fire Resistance / Stamina Recovery / Shirking DOT cleanse for more anti DOT. The ring is perfect but you can go for fire damage over keen awareness if you prefer. My ideal earing would have Regenerating instead of Refreshing!

As always use the best food you can find, honing stones, and health / mana / regeneration / OP new super potions introduced in the expansion! Of course remeber to use the desert sunrise drink to give you more DOT resistance!

Rapier

Fire Staff