-- Holosmith is an aggressive but fragile damage profession that is capable of generating some of the largest DPS spikes in the current World vs. World meta, and has a surprising amount of build diversity and flexibility, depending on the preferences of the person playing it. In this guide, I'll cover the essentials of what you need to play Holosmith for your first squad, discussing gearing and trait choices, basic rotations and skill combos, and your role in a larger squad. The goal of these guides is to give you the knowledge and skill to play a profession effectively, and discover the finer points and advanced techniques later on.

Build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PekAQRlN...

Shoutout to Aech, Poxy, and other members of the community who contributed feedback and advice to portions of this video. You can read the writeup for this build on GuildJen: https://guildjen.com/dps-holosmith-wv...

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-- Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 Profession Mechanic
01:01 Example Rotation
02:00 Gearing
03:37 Utility Skills
05:29 Firearms Traits
06:39 Explosives Traits
07:56 Holosmith Traits
08:57 Step By Step Rotation
11:42 Cooling Down & Preheating
13:03 Holosmith In A Comp
13:49 Outro

-- Music Attribution
Intro is:
Street Lights by Tree Star Moon

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All other music from Master Planned Music.