Holosmith - Steamshrieker Condi DPS

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Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Hard

This build was last updated on November 27, 2025.

Overview

Condition Holosmith is a fast paced and high APM build that constantly juggles between kits, offering very little resting time. This specific build takes a more structured approach relying on combos with specific skill orders, as opposed to the priority based build that uses Relic of the Fractal.

Skill Bar

Spear

Utility

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Equipment

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Sinister

Legs
Viper

Feet
Sinister

Backpiece
Sinister

Accessory
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Ring
Viper

Spear
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Consumables

Food

Utility

• • for a cheaper alternative

Usage

Rotation Structure

1. Combo 1 is your highest damage combo and triggers Relic of the Steamshrieker multiple times. Tracked by Poison Grenade.
2. Combo 2 is your second highest damage combo. Tracked by Freeze Grenade.
3. Combo 3 is the last combo in terms of damage. Used for whenever Poison Grenade and Freeze Grenade are on cooldown.

The way we track whether a combo is off-cooldown or not is by checking what Grenade Kit skill between Poison Grenade/Freeze Grenade is currently off-cooldown, if both of them are, prioritize Combo 1.

Lightning Rod/Electric Artillery and Conduit Surge go together, usually with varying orders, but you're always interested on pressing one then the other.

After finishing a combo Engage Photon Forge if it's avaliable. Use the following combos depending on heat.

1. Forge Combo 1 is used if you've previously Overheated or your heat level is very low.
2. Forge Combo 2 is for high heat levels, where you aim to Overheat.

Opener

Start at ~80 heat.

1. Conduit Surge
2. Lightning Rod ⇒ Grenade Kit
3. Poison Grenade ⇒ Bomb Kit
4. Big Ol' Bomb
5. Galvanic Bomb ⇒ Med Kit
6. Cleansing Field ⇒ Flamethrower
7. Flame Blast
8. Weapon Swap
9. Devastator
10. Conduit Surge
11. Lightning Rod/Electric Artillery ⇒ Grenade Kit
12. Shrapnel Grenade
13. Forge Combo 2

Combo 1

1. Poison Grenade ⇒ Bomb Kit
2. Big Ol' Bomb
3. Galvanic Bomb ⇒ Med Kit
4. Cleansing Field ⇒ Flamethrower
5. Flame Blast
6. Weapon Swap
7. Devastator
8. Conduit Surge
9. Lightning Rod/Electric Artillery ⇒ Grenade Kit
10. Shrapnel Grenade

Combo 2 Freeze Grenade ⇒ Flamethrower

1. Stoke the Flames
2. Flame Blast
3. Napalm (if avaliable) ⇒ Bomb Kit
4. Fire Bomb ⇒ Stow Kit
5. Conduit Surge
6. Lightning Rod/Electric Artillery ⇒ Grenade Kit
7. Shrapnel Grenade

Combo 3

1. Flamethrower
2. Use Prime Light Beam (Only above 50% heat) and/or Grenade Barrage if avaliable.
3. Air Blast ⇒ Bomb Kit
4. Magnetic Bomb
5. Fire Bomb ⇒ Stow Kit
6. Conduit Surge
7. Lightning Rod/Electric Artillery ⇒ Grenade Kit
8. Shrapnel Grenade

Forge Combo 1

1. Engage Photon Forge
2. Corona Burst
3. Photon Blitz
4. Filler until Corona Burst is ready
5. Corona Burst
6. Deactivate Photon Forge
7. Lightning Rod/Electric Artillery
8. Conduit Surge ⇒ Grenade Kit
9. Shrapnel Grenade

Forge Combo 2

1. Engage Photon Forge
2. Corona Burst
3. Photon Blitz
4. Filler until you Overheat
5. Overheat
6. Lightning Rod/Electric Artillery
7. Conduit Surge ⇒ Grenade Kit
8. Shrapnel Grenade

Filler Priority

1. Prime Light Beam (Only above 50% heat)
2. Grenade Barrage
3. Autoattacks

Rotation Notes

1. Entering a Kit doesn't cancel the current attack, neither does exiting a kit via Stow Kit (A.K.A. pressing the kit utility key again).
2. Exiting a Kit via Weapon Swap, Engage Photon Forge, Deactivate Photon Forge and Overheat will cancel the current skill/animation.
3. Stow Kit has a small cooldown after entering said Kit, this cooldown takes a bit longer than most skills, preventing us from exiting a Kit via Stow Kit after a single skill. This is solved by exiting with Weapon Swap after said single skill is complete.

Crowd Control

These Crowd Control skills can be used at free without breaking the structure of the rotation.

• Roiling Skies - 332 breakbar damage and Knockback.
• Air Blast - 150 breakbar damage and and Knockback.
• Holographic Shockwave - 232 breakbar damage and Launch. This skill generates 25% heat so be careful if you are on the Forge Combo 1 and adjust your Deactivate Photon Forge accordingly.
• Magnetic Bomb - 150 breakbar damage and and Pull.