Welcome to the Robust Spirit Soulfist Build Guide! This build revolves around utilizing Hype (Z) to to unleash one of the highest bursts in the game, then going on a bit of a vacation. Utilizing Robust Spirit you can create a window in which not only your normal skills are empowered but also your World Decimation becomes incredibly powerful and one of the hardest hitting skills in the entire game.
The main thing to watch out for is her extremely long animation locks. Her massive burst comes with a big downside. World Decimation takes quite a long time to land so understanding the boss and knowing when to use it can make or break your damage. If you can master her kit and understand fights she becomes an incredible damage dealer.
- Non-positional gameplay
- Good mobility
- Low APM
- Melee
- Requires raid knowledge
Want a more fast paced and dynamic playstyle? Check out our Energy Overflow guide.
Builds
Raids
Chaos DungeonsNeed some tips for general content? Check out our Guardian Raids and Abyssal Dungeons guides.
- Merciless Pummel and Energy Blast are your main damage skills.
- Tempest Blast, Celestial Palm, and Illusion Strike are your filler damage skills.
- Tempest Blast additionally provides Destruction.
- Bolting Crash is your Synergy from Fighting Spirit Enh. that additionally has a Counter and Destruction.
- Energy Release is your primary self-buff skill that significantly increases your damage.
- Flash Step is a mobility skill and is used as a secondary self-buff skill.
- World Decimation is your Awakening. It is one of your highest damage dealing skills and highest damage dealing awakenings in the game.
Alternative Skill, Tripod, and Rune Options
Bolting Crash
- Enhanced Speed - Used when this skill is ran at level 7.
Energy Release
- Shout of Purification - Can be used to turn this skill into a party Cleanse but will make the skill harder to use.
- Energy Release Enh. - Can be used to turn this skill into a party damage reduction buff but will make the skill harder to use.
Check the Rune Guide for more details on Runes and how to obtain them.
This build is optimized and meant to be used only in Chaos Dungeons. For Ebony Cube please use a Raid build.
- Tempest Blast, Merciless Pummel, and Energy Blast are your best skills for dealing with elites and bosses.
- Force Orb, Illusion Strike, Crippling Barrier, and Shadowbreaker are your best skills for dealing with waves of mobs.
- Flash Step is your self-buff skill that also provides mobility.
- Decimation Ray is your Awakening. It does an amazing area of effect for large waves of mobs and high enough damage to one shot anything.
Recommended Engraving Setup
Acquiring additional engravings leads to a faster clear potential, but the build can perform quite well with the bare minimum.
Minimum requirements
- Preemptive Strike causes your attacks to deal immense amounts of damage to monsters that you haven't attacked yet, making it ideal for Chaos Dungeons.
Additional engravings
- Contender is a stacking Attack Power effect that increases in strength once you kill a monster, making it ideal for Chaos Dungeons.
- Raid Captain provides damage based on your Bonus Movement Speed, synergizing well with the Buff Nodes scattered throughout Chaos Dungeons.
Gameplay & Skill Rotation
Robust Spirit allows you to instantly enter Hype 3, this creates a playstyle around waiting for a Hype (Z) window. This window will be your main DPS phase.
Activating her identity grants you the following effects for its entire duration:
- 15% Attack Speed
- 25% Cooldown Reduction
- 100% Increased Damage
- This is all additional scaled with Specialization making it significantly stronger.
Soulfist Identity
Due to high Specialization the Hype (Z) window becomes incredibly strong, this means that your entire playstyle revolves around that 20 second window where you try to deal as much damage as possible. You can fit roughly 2 full rotations in the window. Additionally due to Robust Spirit and high Specialization this is one of the only builds in the game where an awakening does significant damage. Don't miss it!
After your Hype (Z) expires you will be doing significantly less damage, this means that you must pay attention to boss fights and timing for efficient DPS output.
Basic Rotations
Standard Damage Rotation (No Awakening)
- Illusion Strike activates Conviction and Celestial Palm activates Judgment, since Celestial Palm has a delay it can be cast prior in some specific situations.
- Flash Step means to just use a single tap of the skill.
- Try your best to maintain your Synergy using Bolting Crash, even if you aren't planning to attack immediately after.
- If Conviction and Judgment does not trigger, Energy Blast tends to clip on the second half of the rotation. This will be alleviated once you reach 1750 Specialization with 140 Swiftness.
Standard Damage Rotation (World Decimation Awakening)
- Illusion Strike activates Conviction and Celestial Palm activates Judgment, since Celestial Palm has a delay it can be cast prior in some specific situations. This will provide some critical cooldown reduction to World Decimation so it is vital to line it up.
- Flash Step means to just use a single tap of the skill.
Stagger Check Rotation
- Simply follow this rotation to do decent Stagger. Remember you can also use a Whirlwind Grenade if you have one equipped!
Tripods and Gems
Tripod Levelling
Increasing the level of Tripods greatly enhances their effectiveness. You may only increase the level of 18 tripods at a time. Some of them cannot be leveled at all, or are left at level 1 - these tripods are omitted from the table, even if they are used. Here are the main tripods you should look out for in order to maximize this build's potential.
| Skill | 1st Tripod | 2nd Tripod | 3rd Tripod |
| Merciless Pummel | Hard Hitter | Coldhearted | Double Up |
| Energy Blast | Explosive Strength | Ferocious Strike | |
| Tempest Blast | Explosive Strength | Weak Point Detection | Terminator |
| Celestial Palm | Hard Hitter | Exquisite Attack | |
| Illusion Strike | Hard Hitter | Seething Fighting Spirit | |
| Energy Release | Quick Prep | Ready Attack | |
| Flash Step | Excellent Mobility | Victory Shout |
Tripods written in bold text are your highest priority, make sure to level them first!
For more information on where to obtain Tripod Amulets and how to use them, check out our Skill Tree System Guide.
Gems
Gems are another significant aspect of your build, as they directly impact the damage and cooldowns of your skills. You can equip up to 11 gems at a time. Here are the ones you should focus on in order to maximize this build's potential, listed according to their priority.
Damage Gems
- Merciless Pummel
- Energy Blast
- Tempest Blast
- Celestial Palm
- Illusion Strike
Cooldown Gems
- Energy Release
- Energy Blast
- Merciless Pummel
- Celestial Palm
- Tempest Blast
- Illusion Strike
For more information on where to obtain gems and how to use them, check out our Gem System Guide.
Stat Priority
This build utilizes Crit and Specialization, with a minor amount of Swiftness.
- Specialization is the primary stat. It is incredibly important in this build as it heavily scales up Hype (Z). It increases all of the modifiers including damage, duration, cooldown reduction, attack speed, and your overall downtime.
- Crit is a secondary stat. It scales up your damage by increasing your Crit Rate.
- Swiftness is a secondary stat. It provides a minor increase to Attack and Movement speed as well as cooldown reduction.
Standard Setup
- Specialization + Crit
- Specialization
- Specialization
- Specialization
- Specialization
- Specialization + Swiftness
Gear Set
Hallucination Set
This set is optimal thanks to the large amounts of Crit Rate and damage it provides to the build.
The name of your set will change every time you acquire a higher tier of gear, but the set effect will remain the same. Look for your set's keyword when recrafting it to find it more easily (e.g Entropy, Hallucination etc).
Check out the Gear Progression Guide for step by step instructions and early game gearing.
If you are interested in Sidereal Weapons, click here for more details.
Engravings
Engravings are a core part of your build. Typically, most engravings will be used at level 3, but some can be used at level 1 or 2 in addition to the others, after reaching item level 1540 and unlocking Ancient Accessories.
Relic Gearing Build (5x3)
- Robust Spirit
- Grudge
- Adrenaline
- Keen Blunt Weapon
- Cursed Doll
Ancient Gearing Build (5x3+1)
- Robust Spirit
- Grudge
- Adrenaline
- Keen Blunt Weapon
- Cursed Doll
- Ether Predator Lv. 1
Engraving Explanations
Core Engravings
- Robust Spirit enables the burst playstyle of this build and grants a significant damage increase.
- Grudge increases damage done while also increasing damage received. The engraving is a highly effective damage increase without needing specific positioning, making it worthwhile even with the penalty.
- Adrenaline provides an additional source of Crit Rate and Attack Power. It is fairly easy to upkeep.
- Keen Blunt Weapon although the Crit Rate of this build is relatively low to other builds it can still make use of this engraving even without max efficiency.
Add-on Engravings (Pick 1)
- Cursed Doll is a significant Attack Power increase at the cost of 25% healing. The healing penalty can be punishing for inexperienced players who are not familiar with boss mechanics, but it becomes easy to overcome with time.
- Mass Increase is technically viable however the Attack Speed penalty is rather severe making this only viable if you are gaining Attack Speed from other sources such as feast.
Level 1 and 2 Engravings
- Ether Predator provides the highest damage boost of any level one engraving however it takes a while to ramp up.
Check out the Engraving Guide for more details.
Bracelet
Bracelets provide beneficial effects to yourself or to your party members depending on the rolls they have.
The primary goal is to get the main stats used by this build Specialization and Swiftness. After that you should be aiming for Special Rolls to get more damage. Please note that this system is heavily reliant on RNG, and you should not expect to get much more beyond your main stats early on.
Optimal Bonus Rolls
Specialization
Swiftness
Circulate
Fervor
Hammer
Wedge
Alternative Bonus Rolls
Precise
Assail
Superiority
Weapon Power
Strength
Check out the Bracelet Guide for more details.
Elixir
The recommended Elixir Set for this build is Master.
Check out the Elixir Guide for more details and general stat recommendations.
Card Sets
Cards are an endgame system that helps maximize your character's damage. Here are the recommended card sets for this build.
- Deep Dive is used early on as it is fairly easy to obtain.
- Light of Salvation is the standard endgame option, but it can take a long time to acquire 30-piece Awakening.
- Kazeros's Legion Commanders is used as an alternative to Light of Salvation, in content where enemies have a weakness to Dark Damage.
Check out the Card Guide for more details on how to obtain cards and interact with them.
Early Game Damage Card Set
End Game Damage Card Set
Credits
Written by Civo
Reviewed by Starlast
Thanks to Community Contributors, such as Espresso Lalafell.