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Sw/A Power Untamed[edit]

Build Rating (Subjective)
Criterion Rating
Burst Damage 4/5
Sustained Damage 5/5
Utility Options 3/5
Survivability 4/5
Difficulty 2/5

Power Untamed Untamed is a simple yet strong choice for all aspects of PvE gameplay. It does great damage with a simple rotation and can provide itself with most essential offensive and defensive boons: Might.png Might, Fury.png Fury, Quickness.png Quickness, Protection.png Protection, Vigor.png Vigor, Stability.png Stability and Aegis.png Aegis. It can be adjusted to supply Quickness.png Quickness to allies without any adjustments to gear whatsoever.

Link to the Build on the Editor

Playstyle & Skills[edit]

Skill Type Skills
Tiger
Bite (feline).png Furious Pounce.png Maul (feline).png Skill.png Skill.png
Sword + Axe
Slash (ranger sword skill).png Pounce.png Serpent's Strike.png Path of Scars.png Whirling Defense.png
Crippling Thrust.png Skill.png Skill.png Skill.png Skill.png
Precision Swipe.png Skill.png Skill.png Skill.png Skill.png
Utility
"We Heal As One!".png Frost Trap.png Storm Spirit.png Signet of the Wild.png "Strength of the Pack!".png

Unleash Pet and Unleash Ranger[edit]

  • On Untamed Untamed, you have the choice between two skill sets for your pet:  Unleash Pet.png Unleash Pet will replace your pet skills with  Venomous Outburst.png Venomous Outburst,  Rending Vines.png Rending Vines, and  Enveloping Haze.png Enveloping Haze. All of these are instant cast and can be used during other skills.
  • In  Unleash Pet.png Unleash Pet, you also become more resilient via Vow of the Untamed Vow of the Untamed, which gives a 25% damage reduction.
  • Contrary to that,  Unleash Ranger.png Unleash Ranger will make Vow of the Untamed Vow of the Untamed give 25% increased damage dealt, meaning that you want to spend as much time as possible in  Unleash Ranger.png Unleash Ranger for damage purposes.
  • Additionally, once you go into  Unleash Ranger.png Unleash Ranger, Unleashed Ambush skills replace your auto attack for 4 seconds. This can happen once every 10 seconds. These are very strong abilities that deal damage, siphon health and/or apply CC. As a result, going into  Unleash Pet.png Unleash Pet quickly to use all three pet abilities and  Unleash Ranger.png Unleash Ranger for an Unleashed Ambush is worth doing for the damage gain.
  • The default choice for the pet is the  Skill.png Fanged Iboga, as it does high damage with its abilities . Since the dps differences between pets are rather small, you have many options in a sheer endless toolkit of pet skills (more on those in the open world section)
  • For Defiance bar damage, I like to use the  Juvenile Electric Wyvern.png Juvenile Electric Wyvern.

Rotation Concept[edit]

You can find my most recent rotation showcase here.
Damage Log
Section Notes
Opener
General Rotation
  • From here onwards, use the following skills on cooldown:
  1. Frost Trap.png Frost Trap
  2. Serpent's Strike.png Serpent's Strike
  3. Pounce.png Pounce
  4. Whirling Defense.png Whirling Defense
  5. Path of Scars.png Path of Scars
CC Skills for Breakbar Damage


Utility Skills
Default Skill Notes
"We Heal As One!".png "We Heal As One!" Strong Heal, copies Boons to your pet and vice-versa.
Frost Trap.png Frost Trap Good damage skill, also gives you  Frost Aura.png Frost Aura for -10% damage taken when you use  Pounce.png Pounce or  Serpent's Strike.png Serpent's Strike inside it.
Storm Spirit.png Storm Spirit Strong damage skill, also grants area Fury.png Fury, allowing you to cover it combined with the Tiger pet. Also applies a Daze and can thus be saved for Defiance bar damage.
Signet of the Wild.png Signet of the Wild This is just there for the passive ferocity, do not use it.
"Strength of the Pack!".png "Strength of the Pack!" Good for the Stability.png Stability on demand and empowers your pet through the boons it provides to it. Precast this prior to combat start to gain a little bit of damage on your pet.

Gear & Traits[edit]

Important Stats in Hero Panel (descending in Importance): If you want to supply Quickness.png Quickness: Make sure to put the Sword and Axe on two seperate bars to enable yourself to weapon swap with just those two weapons!

  1. At least 50% Critical Chance: Fury gives 40% due to Vicious Quarry Vicious Quarry, Hunter's Tactics Hunter's Tactics adds another 10% against enemies with a breakbar.
  2. Maximize Power
  3. Maximize Ferocity
Gear
Armor Prefix Rune
Illustrious Visage.png Head Berserker's Superior Rune of the Scholar.pngSuperior Rune of the Scholar
Illustrious Shoulderguard.png Shoulders Berserker's Superior Rune of the Scholar.pngSuperior Rune of the Scholar
Illustrious Guise.png Chest Berserker's Superior Rune of the Scholar.pngSuperior Rune of the Scholar
Illustrious Grips.png Gloves Berserker's Superior Rune of the Scholar.pngSuperior Rune of the Scholar
Illustrious Leggings.png Legs Berserker's Superior Rune of the Scholar.pngSuperior Rune of the Scholar
Illustrious Striders.png Boots Berserker's Superior Rune of the Scholar.pngSuperior Rune of the Scholar
Trinket Prefix
Vial of Salt.png Amulet Berserker's
Gift of Prescience.png Ring 1 Berserker's
Armbrace of Truth.png Ring 2 Berserker's
Black Ice Earring.png Accessory 1 Berserker's
Vision.png Accessory 2 Berserker's
Ad Infinitum.png Backpack Berserker's
Weapon Prefix Sigil
Bolt.png Sword (Main Hand) Berserker's Superior Sigil of Force.pngSuperior Sigil of Force
Frostfang.png Axe (Off Hand) Berserker's Superior Sigil of Impact.pngSuperior Sigil of Impact
Purpose Item Type Source
Damage Ascended Food Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak.pngCilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak
Damage Non-Ascended Food Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup.pngBowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup
Survivability Ascended Food Peppercorn-Crusted Sous-Vide Steak.pngPeppercorn-Crusted Sous-Vide Steak
Survivability Non-Ascended Food Oysters with Zesty Sauce.pngOysters with Zesty Sauce
Damage Utility Superior Sharpening Stone.pngPotent Superior Sharpening Stone
Survivability Utility Powerful Potion of Inquest Slaying.pngPotion Of Karka Toughness
Damage Relic Relic of the Claw.pngRelic of the Claw
Survivability Relic Relic of Zakiros.pngRelic of Zakiros
Traits
Skirmishing
Skirmishing.png
Sharpened Edges.png
Spotter.png
Quick Draw.png
Tail Wind.png
Primal Reflexes.png
Furious Grip.png
Strider's Strength.png
Hunter's Tactics.png
Light on your Feet.png
Trapper's Expertise.png
Hidden Barbs.png
Vicious Quarry.png
Marksmanship
Marksmanship.png
Stoneform.png
Brutish Seals.png
Predator's Onslaught.png
Opening Strike.png
Hunter's Gaze.png
Alpha Focus.png
Steady Focus.png
Precise Strike.png
Remorseless.png
Clarion Bond.png
Moment of Clarity.png
Lead the Wind.png
Untamed
Untamed.png
Debilitating Blows.png
Enhancing Impact.png
Let Loose.png
Unleashed Power.png
Nature's Shield.png
Natural Fortitude.png
Cleansing Unleash.png
Vow of the Untamed.png
Restorative Strikes.png
Blinding Outburst.png
Corrupting Vines.png
Ferocious Symbiosis.png
  • For a budget variant, simply replace all ascended armor pieces of Berserker's with rare/exotic Berserker's.
  • Superior Sigil of Air is cheaper than Superior Sigil of Impact and yields similar results on the golem, but it is only single-target and lower damage against bosses with frequent breakbar phases.
  • Ascended gear is always ideal, but exotic gear is fine for everything aside from higher-tier fractals
  • Ascended Food is always ideal, but never required.

Open World Build[edit]

You can find my most recent open world build showcase here.
Link to the Open World Build on the Editor

For OW, it can make sense to make a build more forgiving, so that you can sustain on your own.

Increasing General Survivability[edit]

  • The first step to increase survivibility on Untamed Untamed is to stay in  Unleash Pet.png Unleash Pet to maintain the 25% reduced incoming damage from Vow of the Untamed Vow of the Untamed. This mechanic is really neat, as it gives you on demand damage or survivability.
  • Second, use Dual Maces on the secondary weapon bar and alternate between them and Sword + Axe. More on that in the section on boon coverage.
  • Maces drastically enhance sustain via Barrier, Protection.png Protection and healing. All that while maintaining strong damage and Defiance bar damage.
  • When using Mace skills, you accumulate stacks of  Nature's Strength.png Nature's Strength. At 5 stacks, all your mace skills reset. I recommend using  Wild Strikes.png Wild Strikes last to reset all other skills, as it gives 2 stacks and you gain 1 from  Rampant Growth.png Rampant Growth after swapping to maces.
  • You can use a Relic of Zakiros.pngRelic of Zakiros for another boost to survivability at a small damage loss.
  • Finally, we'll swap out Marksmanship Marksmanship for Nature Magic Nature Magic:
Open World Build
Skirmishing
Skirmishing.png
Sharpened Edges.png
Spotter.png
Quick Draw.png
Tail Wind.png
Primal Reflexes.png
Furious Grip.png
Strider's Strength.png
Hunter's Tactics.png
Light on your Feet.png
Trapper's Expertise.png
Hidden Barbs.png
Vicious Quarry.png
Nature Magic
Nature Magic.png
Bountiful Hunter.png
Evasive Purity.png
Nature's Vengeance.png
Rejuvenation.png
Wellspring.png
Fortifying Bond.png
Vigorous Training.png
Lingering Magic.png
Protective Ward.png
Allies' Aid.png
Windborne Notes.png
Invigorating Bond.png
Untamed
Untamed.png
Debilitating Blows.png
Enhancing Impact.png
Let Loose.png
Unleashed Power.png
Nature's Shield.png
Natural Fortitude.png
Cleansing Unleash.png
Vow of the Untamed.png
Restorative Strikes.png
Blinding Outburst.png
Corrupting Vines.png
Ferocious Symbiosis.png

Boon Coverage[edit]

  1. Unleash Ranger.png Unleash Ranger whenever weapon swap becomes available,
  2. use an Ambush -  Deft Strike.png Deft Strike or  Rampant Growth.png Rampant Growth,
  3. Swap Weapons and
  4. use another Ambush -  Deft Strike.png Deft Strike or  Rampant Growth.png Rampant Growth.

Dealing with Conditions and Control effects (CC)[edit]