War Hammer / Fire Staff PvP Build

Ever wanted to kill groups of players?

Well here is powerful AOE burst damage build that can kill multiple players at one time. The whole build is designed to get Incinerate to hit as hard as possible by setting up your combo with Shockwave. This is an INT spec so the War Hammer doesn’t do a ton of damage and is mostly used for its utility with all the stuns and GRIT.

I found this build to do very well in OPR and other group PvP settings, while still being viable solo. Hope you guys enjoy the build!

This is a purely INT based build as the War Hammer is used for its utility since it doesn’t hit to hard. You should have all the INT passives when you put this guy together.

150 CON might seem like a bit of a weird choice since this is a bombing build, but I found it was super worthwhile because in order to land the bomb you have to be in a pretty dangerous position. So having the extra Health and Critical Resist will not only increase your chances of successfully landing the bomb, but also give you a better fighting chance afterwards.

The resists of this setup reflect the fact that we are playing in a ranged meta right now, focusing on reducing incoming Bow, Musket and Fire Staff damage. Often times when you are setting up the bomb you will be getting shot my projectiles!

Intelligence

• 50: +10% critical hit chance. 5% chance for 1 Azoth when harvesting.

• 100: +10% damage to light and heavy magic attacks. +10% harvest speed.

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

• 200: +10 mana after a dodge. +10% harvest speed.

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

• 300: +30% damage on first hit on full health target. -10% reduction in Azoth travel cost.

Constitution

• 50: All health consumables 20% stronger. +10% logging speed.

• 100: Increase max health by 10% of your physical armor. -10% reduction on durability loss for tools.

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

The Fire Staff must have both Stable Incinerate and Thwarting Strikes. These two perks alone give a massive 32% damage boost to Incinerate, not to mention the usefulness of GRIT. For the 3rd perk I would recommend Keenly Empowered, Vicious, or Keen for damage options. If you want to add more utility Keen Speed is a great choice too!

The War Hammer requires only one perk for this build, Sundering Shockwave. The AOE 14% Rend is a huge deal for setting up Incinerate combos. Try your best to get a Hammer that has CON or INT for the attributes too! If you don’t have Keen Speed on your staff, Keen + Keen Speed are a great choice here!

Ideally for general armor perks you want to have Resilient, Shirking Fortification, and Freedom. The gear I have here is not super optimal, and having at least some Freedom perks would have helped me a ton during my gameplay!

Shirking Energy is always a must for any Light Armor PvP build, even after the nerf in Brimstone.

I would highly recommend Empowering Fireball as well to make it a much more effective finisher!

Health + Shirking Empower are the necklace perks of choice, with Divines or Stamina Recovery being the 3rd perk if you can get them!

Hearty + Keen Awareness work well for the ring on this build, but you could also go for Fire Damage instead. Invigorated Punishment is a great 3rd perk to up your damage without having to meet any other requirements.

The Earing of this build is a perfect healing Earing for PvP, Mana Toast being especially useful as Mana potions have a very short cooldown!

The Brutal Heartrune of Detonate is perfect for this build, a very strong delayed AOE blast that you can time to land with incinerate! This Heartrune also gives a sizable 30% Haste buff while the Detonate is charging, making it perfect for getting into position for your bomb!

Food is always great to pack on more Attribute Points, and as always use Health, Regeneration, and Mana Potions too!

War Hammer

Fire Staff