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Nameless Sword & Soulshade Umbrella PvP Build

Overview
Designed for: PvP
Weapons: Umbrella and Sword
Role: DPS, Healer
Difficulty:
Normal
Strengths
  • Great CC
  • Easy to Play
  • Good Ranged Damage
  • Good Heals
Weaknesses
  • Squishy
  • No Ressurection
  • Low Damage

Overview

Nameless SwordNameless Sword combining with the Soulshade UmbrellaSoulshade Umbrella offers good self and small group healing thanks to the Echoes of a Thousand PlantsEchoes of a Thousand Plants constantly healing you and allies nearby without even really having to think about it too much besides staying alive. Another good skill is the Floating GraceFloating Grace which increases the damage done by you and your allies, useful as a damage boosting CD to use in group fights while also healing a bit. On the other hand, the Nameless SwordNameless Sword is great for its movement skill and the mobility coming with it, allowing you to jump back and forth as needed throughout a fight.


Martial Arts

Nameless Sword
Nameless Sword
Soulshade Umbrella
Soulshade Umbrella


Inner Way

Morale Chant
Morale Chant
Envigorated Warrior
Envigorated Warrior
Mending Loom
Mending Loom
Evening Snow
Evening Snow

Morale ChantMorale Chant is one of the best Inner Ways for boosting both damage and healing, making it a must-have not just for this build but for most builds, as it’s currently the strongest Inner Way in Where Winds Meet. In this build in particular, the passive is incredibly easy to keep up as well as the Echoes of a Thousand PlantsEchoes of a Thousand Plants which constantly heals and keeps the Morale ChantMorale Chant up. The next most important Inner Way is Evening SnowEvening Snow, which boosts your resistance and overall survivability in PVP, gives you an extra heal, and provides 2 guaranteed critical hits as a strong follow-up whenever you manage to breakthrough to that point. And of course, Envigorated WarriorEnvigorated Warrior is a very strong extra buff as long you don't get hit. Finally, the Mending LoomMending Loom is very powerful as it restores Dew and increases healing.


Mystic Skills

Talon Strike
Soaring Spin
Golden Body
Free Morph
Leaping Toad
Dragon's Breath
Serene Breeze
Ghostly Steps

Leaping ToadLeaping Toad can be used in many situations to knock down and deal damage and is one of the top choices. Talon StrikeTalon Strike is a very good skill to get attention off you when you are being focused, letting you transition straight into Shadow StepShadow Step as needed while also doing more damage. Soaring SpinSoaring Spin is a strong offensive skill as well, letting you push in and pressure players and also apply healing reduction on the target. Golden BodyGolden Body is one of the best defensive Mystic Skills, helping you survive when you’re being focused in PVP. Serene BreezeSerene Breeze is one of the top choices for all PVP, freeing you from CC skills and often saving your life.

Dragon's BreathDragon's Breath be another good skill that has multiple uses but works particularly well in a defensive scenario where you can use it to block enemies from attacking you from the front. This casts instantly after you've used it once and gotten the buff, so keep that in mind and try to keep the Intoxicated buff up as much as possible. Ghostly StepsGhostly Steps is also a great defensive choice, giving you easy movement and letting you reposition safely.


Rotations

Main Heal + Damage Rotation ↴
Echoes of a Thousand Plants
Echoes of a Thousand Plants
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Dual-Weapon Skill
Dual-Weapon Skill
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Daunting Strike
Daunting Strike
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Dragon's Breath
Dragon's Breath
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Shadow Step
Shadow Step
  • Pop up your healing skill by Echoes of a Thousand PlantsEchoes of a Thousand Plants so you can heal yourself and others. Then, swap to the Nameless SwordNameless Sword with Dual-Weapon SkillDual-Weapon Skill. Begin the DPS part of the rotation with Daunting StrikeDaunting Strike to latch onto your target and deal strong damage while gaining a shield to protect you. When you are on top of your enemy, use an instant cast Dragon's BreathDragon's Breath to force them either into taking fire damage or back off. You can use Shadow StepShadow Step to reposition and use Vagrant SwordVagrant Sword to keep enemies off unless they are ready to take damage again.
  • Floating GraceFloating Grace: Particularly good for buffing before an attack, increasing damage for both yourself and allies.
  • Pale PetalPale Petal: While it isn't the kind of skill you should prioritize, you can use this to keep enemies Exhausted when they are pulled together by allies or otherwise your allies need help keeping enemies down.


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