Grace Duelo - Easy Cogah/Bosses/Smites

General use Duelo build utilising a bow equipped with the Alca's Breath rune.

Pros:

• Boss Oneshot potential even at lvl 100+ Cogah.
• Constant smite procs.
• Access to the strongest armour sets in the game (Mestra, Orengall).
• Ranged.

Cons:

• Requires manual aiming for the highest damage potential.
• Relies on smite and healing potions for healing.

Playstyle

On bosses that can be headshotted, outside of their aggro range:

1. Cast 2 (Bravada) to buff your grace and make duo duelo stronger
2. Cast 3 (Duo Duelo) for the damage buff
3. Aim at the boss head and hit it with a charged Alca's Breath headshot for a oneshot.

On bosses that cannot be headshotted, replace step 3 with simply using your Picktrix charges from a closer distance.

On patrols, use orbiting flyblades and arrow hail to smite fish and regenerate abilities and rune charges between bosses.

Use smite pull as your primary source of healing, reserve healing potions as a last resource. You shouldn't be needing to heal much anyways, use range to your advantage to avoid damage in the first place.

Equipment explanation

Note, although the guide uses legendary craftwork and grip specific totems, the build does just as well without them.
Below I go over alternative equipment and the most important stats to seek in each piece of them.

Armour

Orengall + Mestra mix for the highest possible stats. Bloomin' Bodkin to push grace even further.

Use other Orengall or Mestra pieces as alternatives. 3/3/3 Talisman if you don't own Bloomin' Bodkin.

Weapons, Runes & Tempers

Bow

Bow choice is not that important in P15, most of them do very similar damage. Just don't use Avex since it loses on Arrow Hail.

Rune: Alca's Breath, goes through block and gives a huge damage boost to our stealth headshots.

For tempers:

• Quick Draw x2, no alternatives. ~25% atk speed is that good. Not having it won't kill the build but this is the most important temper to seek.

The rest are down to preference but:

• Aftershock, pretty high damage increase when it triggers due to the high damage nature of stealth headshots. Enkindled/Galvanic Strike work as alternatives for Dendrit/Ode origin bows.
• Sullying Force makes smite fishing even easier. But since Arrow Hail already makes it trivial, use From Above as an alternative for extra damage.
• Sympathy Pang for more damage numbers, since the rest of tempers don't do much for the build.

On the Pact Tree: Focus on getting Ready Mark (Attack speed again) then Rife Knocked followed by Wolfseye for easier smites.

Sidearm

I like running Skilter for Picktrix, smite fishing, aoe flinch and auto-target on weaker enemies. If you prefer having access to Regain and Ripostes, run Grinn or any other short blade.

Rune: Picktrix, really strong single target damage but also multi-boss clearing potential (Mirifuir). Hurlwind doesn't compare unless you're making a voltaic build.

For tempers:

• Swift strike and Breakneck make all weapons far nicer to use, Skilter is no different.
• Bypass and Galvanic strike for a tiny bump to damage and the CC that comes from enemies flinching due to stagger damage. You can use Sullying Force, Swooning Blow or Hale and Hearty as alternatives

On the Pact Tree: Focus on getting orbiting flyblades duration followed by chance to smite.

Totems

• Dabble Dredge: Mandatory. This build has no intrinsic method of healing outside of healing potions, so this totem covers that weakness. Rivers revive or Heal Preens also work, but they are generally worse.
• Smiting Stag & Spreading Sploot: Make smite fishing even easier, to the point that Spreading Sploot could be replaced with another totem of your choice.
• Hare Harms: Turns our smite fishing into an aoe nuke, to instantly clear patrols after a smite pull. Double stacking it can be a bit overkill, you can replace a copy with another totem of your choice.
• Blinding Bite: Flex slot.