Hi everyone,
I'm a relatively new player who recently hit level 80 and completed a few storylines. I've been progressing through Living World Season 3 and ran into an enemy (a Jade Cannon with a defiance shield) that I literally couldn't damage at all. I guess I was lucky with other players helping up to that point before.
After doing some reading, I now understand how defiance bars work. The issue is that I'm running a Power Fire DPS Evoker build from MetaBattle.
Because of the Specialized Elements trait (Evoker), I can't switch attunements while in combat. As a result, I have zero defiance break (CC) abilities available. The build seems to be completely locked out of dealing with a core game mechanic.
I'm not here to complain — I get that it's an unfortunate limitation of the build choice — but I'm hoping for some constructive suggestions.
What I'm looking for:
A damage build that performs well with Scepter and Focus (that's what I'm invested in and enjoy using. I'm open to switching when I can afford new weapons).
Preferably one that minimizes constant attunement swapping, since I'm still getting used to the class and find rapid swapping overwhelming ("slow-witted" as I put it to myself). I'm okay with occasional, purposeful swaps — for example, quickly switching to Air or Earth to break a defiance bar, then returning to Fire for damage. I just want to avoid a non-stop attunement dance as the core rotation.
Any recommendations for alternative specializations (Tempest, Catalyst, core, etc.) that fit this playstyle while still delivering good DPS would be greatly appreciated.
Open-world content is my main focus right now, but builds that scale to other PvE in the future would be welcome.
Thanks in advance for suggestions!
EDIT:
Thanks so much for the suggestions everyone! As a newb, I am still so unaware of many things. I had no idea I could summon a frost bow in fire attunement.
I'm going to keep watching the thread and will try out as many changes as I can. Thanks!