Mirage - Power Mirage
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Focused on: Strike damage and Defense
Designed for: Open World and Open World General
Expansions required: 
Overview
Power mirage offers great burst damage. It has access to plentiful utility, including invulnerability, blocks and teleports, making it a great solo build.
This build revolves around the spear's Ambush skill which, thanks to , will provide you with a 25% damage increase for 10 seconds from 
Sharp Edges. Unfortunately, this means that power mirage is much worse if you do not have access to land spear with Janthir Wilds.
As a downside, this build has very litle access to boons.
Template Code
Skill Bar
Weapon Variants
- If you don't have access to land spear with Janthir Wilds, replace it with
Focus or 
Greatsword, but your damage will be greatly reduced without access to Sharp Edges. - If you don't have access to dagger from End of Dragon's virtuoso with Weaponmaster Training from Secrets of the Obscure, replace it with
mainhand sword.
Alternative weapons:
- Mainhand sword - replaces dagger for players without Secrets of the Obscure. It deals less damage but it has a helpful evade.
- Focus or Greatsword - replaces spear for players without Janthir Wilds. Focus has decent damage, extremely helpful pull with and the phantasm blocks projectiles, while greatsword deals ranged damage and has great tagging potential and requires .
Skill Variants
Heal skill
We default to for the extra . Another option can be considered:
- - in rare situations where you'd like to trade damage for extra healing or condition cleanse, use Ether Feast.
Utility skill
We default to:
is a good source of damagee with its extra .
is a good source of damagee with its extra .
is extra damage with no cast time.
If you want or need to run other skills, here are some suggestions:
- - condition cleanse for yourself and nearby allies.
- - projectile reflection.
- - personal stunbreak and AoE stability.
- - utility for teleporting to previous places.
Elite skill
We default to as it provides excellent CC on a short cooldown. If required, it can be replaced by:
- - brief burst of
Quickness but it has a ridiculously long cooldown for what it does.
Specializations
Variants
- - alternative to . Both traits offer similar damage, chose whichever you like best.
- - if using greatsword because you don't have access to spear.
Equipment
This build uses the same gear as Build:Chronomancer_-_Power_DPS for raids for ease of gearing. Infusions are completely optional.
Berserker
Assassin
Berserker
Assassin
Assassin
Assassin
Berserker
Assassin
Assassin
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
x6
x18
- If you don't have access to land spear with Janthir Wilds, replace it with Focus or Greatsword, but your damage will be greatly reduced without access to Sharp Edges.
- If you don't have access to dagger from End of Dragon's virtuoso with Weaponmaster Training from Secrets of the Obscure, replace it with mainhand sword.
- can be considered for open world, but it deals less damage than Force+Accuracy.
- You can use to trade a minor amount of damage for sustain, to start combat with boons, or for a little extra defense.
- For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use
Knight trinkets.
Consumables
Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
DPS
- Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
- /
- /
Defense
Farming
- Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
- /
- (and variants)
Usage
Mirage Cloak
is the profession mechanic of the mirage. Whenever you dodge or pick up a , you enter Mirage Cloak for 0,75 seconds, dodging incoming attacks. You also gain access to Ambush skills for 1,5 seconds, which replace your first weapon skill. Mirage Cloak does not have a cast time, allowing mirages to dodge at any time, such as when casting a skill, when reviving someone, but cannot be used while under the effects of hard crowd control or immobilization.
Sharp Edges
24px Shard Edges is a buff that you get when hitting with thanks to . It increases your damage by 25% for 10 seconds, a very powerful buff. You want to maintain permanent uptime of this buff. Since it lasts 10 seconds, it will remain active while you weapon swap to your second weapon set, but return to spear as soon as possible.
If you don't have access to land spear with Janthir Wilds, your damage potential will considerably reduced.
Dagger/Sword
On dagger/sword you want to spam all your skills except which should be saved for blocking.
If using sword instead of dagger, deals no damage and should only be used if you're missing a third clone before shattering.
Spear
On spear, try to always hit your target with the outer edge of to deal more damage, if you hit with both the outer and inner halves it will count as an outer edge hit, so it's easy to always deal empowered damage. Hitting with gives you "Clarity", which empowers your next spear skill. You want to always cast empowered by Clarity. should be saved for an extra dodge or to cleanse conditions.
If using greatsword instead of spear, use all skills but save for defiance bars.
Damage
- Work in progress.
- Try to always hit your target with the outer edge of to deal more damage.
- Each sword loop starts and ends with .
- and should be cast off cooldown.
Defense
- Never stop moving, get out of enemy attacks or dodge them.
- Clones and phantasms will tank some hits for you.
- is an extra dodge, heals and cleanses conditions.
- When using sword, dodges incoming attacks for 1 second. Use this to avoid attacks instead of dodging.
- is a block plus evade.
- If you need condition cleanse, slot .
- makes you immune to damage.
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