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Control Glaivier Build Guide for PvE
Build
This build is a teamplayer first and foremost with a back attacker playstyle.
It provides consistent damage to push through boss health lines, shred stagger, and provide itself, but more importantly, the entire party with additional crit rate, giving more overall damage to the team than itself.
Glaiviers should play for the team first, and for itself second.
10
Stampeding Slash
10
Flash Kick
4
Vault
10
Chain Slash
10
Half Moon Slash
10
Raging Dragon Slash
10
Wheel of Blades
10
Shackling Blue Dragon
Yeon-Style Spear Technique: Storming Red Dragon
Skill priority
can use instead with the Overwhelm rune.
If you decide to change this tripod you should also change tripod to with a Legendary or Epic Galewid rune.
, , or have the following alternatives based on preference:
with , and
- Use an Epic Galewind rune
- Should only be used
- High risk high reward, single hit with high damage
- is a viable option for builds due to it higher non-crit damage.
with , and
- Use a Rare Galewind rune
- Must be used almost off-cooldown
- with , and
- Use an Epic or Rare Galewind
- Slightly weaker than
How to play
rotation
Note that this is a back attack oriented class, meaning that you should always position yourself behind the boss when attacking
- This isn't exactly when to use this skill, you should judge whether you should use it for damage or utility.
Stagger Combo
combo
- or
combo
- or
If you're not using , then you can use the above combos ending with then .
engravings
3
Control
3
Grudge
3
Ambush Master
3
Raid Captain
3
Adrenaline
can be left at level 1 or 2 in case if a 9/7 stone or ancient accessories, with at level 3.
If you have difficulties maintaining , a useful tip is to consider using on . Quick Prep, even at level 1, puts the cooldown under 6 seconds, which allows us to spam the skill off-cooldown to maintain .
3
Control
3
Grudge
3
Ambush Master
3
Raid Captain
3
Cursed Doll
Until we have Ancient sets with 6-engraving setups and level 3 Relic Set Effects, it is recommended to go over ; however, both are entirely viable and valid options.
combat stats
Crit
Swiftness
Specialization
Endurance
Domination
Expertise
In order to achieve this stat distribution, you can get:
- a necklace with swift/crit
- rest on swiftness.
Gear Set
Earth’s Entropy only! Exceptions like Hallucination for Prokel are viable though.
Attack Gems
Half Moon Slash
Raging Dragon Slash
Chain Slash
Stampeding Slash
Wheel of Blades
Flash Kick
These are the recommended attack gems in order.
Cooldown Gems
Shackling Blue Dragon
Half Moon Slash
Raging Dragon Slash
Chain Slash
Wheel of Blades
These are the recommended cooldown gems in order.
gear tripods
Fatal StrikeFinal DecisionBrilliant SpearFlurry ExpertiseEnhanced StrikeRipping BladesFlurry ExpertiseFinal DecisionBlade of TornadoQuick PrepAdditional SlashAwakenQuick PrepExcellent MobilityFinal DecisionCorkscrewWeak Point DetectionConsecutive SpinEntropy set is recommended due to being very reliant on back attacks.