• Elemental Susceptibility – Your primary single-target source of Major Breach. While active, it repeatedly applies Burning, Chilled, and Concussed, helping maintain Minor Maim and Minor Vulnerability. Chilled can also provide Minor Brittle when applied under the right Frost Staff conditions, while Frost Blockade applies Minor Breach to Chilled enemies. It now has a Magicka cost, so let its duration run before refreshing it.
• Elemental Blockade – Place this under the boss or your add stack to keep your back-bar Infused Crusher enchant working. With a Frost Staff, it snares enemies, applies Minor Breach to Chilled targets, and provides damage shields against projectiles. Refresh it as the wall expires; casting it repeatedly adds unnecessary Magicka pressure.
• Power Slam – Used during add pulls to activate the Void Bash weapon set. Damage a central enemy with Power Slam and Void Bash pulls nearby enemies towards you, making it easier to immobilise and debuff the pack. The pull does not replace taunting dangerous enemies individually.
• Inner Rage – A Magicka-based ranged taunt for picking up priority enemies before they reach the group. It also gives up to three allies a Radiate synergy that deals Flame damage to the target and nearby enemies, adding damage during large pulls.
• Razor Caltrops – Covers a large ground area and applies Major Breach to enemies damaged by it. Place it where you intend to stack the pull so enemies arrive already debuffed and slowed. It is most valuable against packs; Elemental Susceptibility provides the longer-lasting single-target application for bosses.
• Pulsar – An add-pull skill that applies Minor Mangle to non-boss enemies, reducing their Max Health. Frost Pulsar also grants Minor Protection and, especially with a Charged Frost Staff, is a strong way to apply Chilled across a pack. Those Chilled targets can then receive Minor Breach from Frost Blockade. Pulsar increases the chance of applying a status effect; it does not guarantee Chilled on every enemy.
• Revealing Flare – Slotted mainly for Major Protection, reducing the damage you take without requiring another skill cast. As a Support ability, it also increases your Magicka Recovery on that bar through Magicka Aid. You do not cast it in dungeon fights. This is a personal defensive choice, so it can be replaced when an encounter needs a different skill.
• Defensive Stance – While slotted on your one hand and shield bar, increases block mitigation and reduces Block Cost. Useful when your role involves sustained blocking or several hard-hitting enemies. Casting it also provides a Max Health-scaling shield and reflects an eligible direct-damage projectile, but the passive bonuses are the main reason to slot it.
• Crushing Shock – Interrupts enemy casts from range, letting you handle an assigned interrupt without leaving your position to Bash. Slot it when a trial mechanic requires reliable ranged interrupts. Its damage and potential status effects are secondary benefits.
• Resolving Vigor – Provides a self-heal over time and grants Minor Resolve, increasing your resistances. Useful when you lack Minor Resolve.
• Race Against Time – Provides a short Major Expedition speed boost, removes snares and immobilisations, and briefly grants immunity to them. Useful for reaching add spawns, moving between positions or handling movement mechanics when your class lacks a suitable speed skill. Its Minor Force is a secondary benefit for a tank.

Ultimates

• Aggressive Horn – Increases the group’s Max Magicka and Stamina and grants Major Force for a short damage window. It remains useful when the group has no reliable Major Force source. An Arcanist using Ink-Scribe’s Verve can cover Major Force through healing and overhealing, but check its actual uptime before removing Horn from a setup.
• Replenishing Barrier – A defensive Ultimate that shields you and nearby allies during dangerous mechanics or recovery moments. This morph restores Magicka as its wards expire. It can also be slotted without intending to cast it: the Support passive Magicka Aid increases Magicka Recovery while a Support ability is on that bar.
• Temporal Guard – Primarily a passive defensive slot. While it is slotted, you gain Minor Protection on that bar. You normally preserve your Ultimate for a stronger group or defensive effect rather than cast Temporal Guard.

Extended Ritual – Places a long-lasting heal beneath the group and immediately removes up to five harmful effects from you. Allies can use its Purify synergy to cleanse themselves. Standing in the ritual activates Sacred Ground, improving your healing and block mitigation. It is particularly useful in fights with frequent harmful effects, though you do not need to recast it just to maintain Sacred Ground: Steadfast Candescence can also activate that passive while you brace.

Purifying Light – Your key Bright Harbinger skill on bosses. Casting it triggers Illuminate, granting the group Armor and, through the Class Mastery, 300 Weapon and Spell Damage to allies and twice that amount to you. It also triggers Prism for Ultimate generation while in combat. The mark deals damage after six seconds and leaves a healing effect attached to the target, giving allies near the boss some additional support. Keep the Illuminate buff active, but avoid recasting Purifying Light needlessly every time its mark expires.

Restoring Focus – Your main defensive buff and a dependable source of Stamina. It grants Major Resolve, restores Stamina every second, and heals you while the rune is active. Standing inside the rune greatly strengthens the heal and activates Sacred Ground. The Stamina return continues while blocking because it is a direct resource restore rather than Stamina Recovery, making this skill especially useful during sustained boss pressure. You can move out of the rune when mechanics demand it without losing Major Resolve or the Stamina return.

Blazing Spear – Drop this onto the stack after pulling enemies together. Its initial hit immobilises enemies, helping keep them in your group’s area damage. An ally near the spear can use the Blessed Shards synergy to restore either Magicka or Stamina, whichever of their maximum resources is higher; this morph does not let you use your own synergy. Casting Blazing Spear also triggers Spear Wall, granting you Minor Protection and Minor Berserk for six seconds. This gives you Minor Protection while working on the back bar, while Temporal Guard supplies it passively on the front bar. Place the spear where it will control enemies or where an ally can easily use the synergy.

Repentance – A strong recovery tool once enemies begin to die. Consuming nearby corpses heals you and your allies while restoring Stamina to you for each corpse, helping you move into the next pull with resources available. While slotted, it also grants you Minor Fortitude, Minor Endurance, and Minor Intellect on either bar. Those recovery buffs are personal; Repentance does not apply them to the group. Its corpse-based return is valuable after a pull starts, but cannot sustain you at the beginning of a fight with no corpses.

Living Dark – Wraps you in a defensive effect that heals you when you take direct damage and snares attackers. It is particularly useful when several enemies are hitting you during an add pull. Because it is a Dawn’s Wrath skill, casting it also refreshes Illuminate and Bright Harbinger for the group and can trigger Prism for Ultimate. On the add bar, it takes over the group-buff role filled by Purifying Light on bosses; remember to recast it when the buff needs refreshing, even if you no longer need its healing.

Key passive and Class Mastery interactions: On bosses, Purifying Light triggers Illuminate and Bright Harbinger, providing group Armor and Weapon and Spell Damage; on add pulls, Living Dark fills that same Dawn’s Wrath role. Both can also trigger Prism for Ultimate while in combat. Steadfast Candescence strengthens your stationary blocking and allows bracing to activate and refresh Sacred Ground, even when you have moved out of Extended Ritual or Restoring Focus. Blazing Spear triggers Spear Wall for brief Minor Protection on the back bar, while Temporal Guard supplies Minor Protection when you are on the front bar.

Radiant Aura – Provides Minor Fortitude, Minor Intellect and Minor Endurance to you while slotted on either bar, increasing Health, Magicka and Stamina Recovery. Casting it extends those buffs to nearby group members for one minute, making it useful when your group does not already have reliable coverage. The Stamina Recovery helps between blocking phases; it does not restore Stamina while you hold block.

Extended Ritual – Cleanses up to five harmful effects from you and places a large healing area for you and nearby allies. Allies can activate its Purify synergy to cleanse themselves and receive an additional heal. Standing inside your own Ritual also activates Sacred Ground, improving healing and block mitigation. Its cleanse only removes effects that can be purged, so it cannot bypass every trial mechanic.

Purifying Light – Used on bosses mainly to activate Illuminate, Bright Harbinger and Prism, providing group armor, Weapon and Spell Damage, and personal Ultimate generation. When its damage mark expires, it leaves a healing effect around the target, adding support for nearby players. Allow the mark to finish before refreshing it, and prioritise maintaining your group buffs over repeatedly casting it for damage.

Restoring Focus – Your main source of Major Resolve, with direct Stamina return and a Max Health–scaling heal. The Stamina return continues while blocking, making it particularly valuable when holding several enemies or managing sustained pressure. Standing inside the rune significantly strengthens its healing and activates Sacred Ground, but the resistance buff and Stamina return remain useful when mechanics require you to move.

Blazing Spear – Included on the bar to activate Spear Wall, granting Minor Protection and Minor Berserk when cast, while also providing an ally with a resource synergy. Its initial hit immobilises susceptible enemies, giving it additional value when used during add phases. Place it near allies who can use Blessed Shards to restore whichever of their maximum resources is higher. You cannot activate your own synergy with this morph. It provides these benefits without moving you away from your assigned position.

Living Dark – A defensive option for add pulls that heals you when you take direct damage, with a short cooldown between healing triggers. This is useful when several enemies are attacking you, although damage-over-time ticks do not trigger the heal. Casting it also activates the same Dawn’s Wrath passive and Mastery benefits as Purifying Light, allowing the add setup to maintain your group buffs while gaining a more defensive skill.

Key passive and Class Mastery interactions:

• Illuminate + Bright Harbinger – Casting Purifying Light or Living Dark grants you and your group 2,974 additional Armor for twenty seconds. Bright Harbinger also grants 300 Weapon and Spell Damage to allies and 600 to you for the same duration.
• Prism – Casting a Dawn’s Wrath ability in combat generates 3 Ultimate, with a six-second cooldown. Purifying Light and Living Dark activate it naturally, but repeated casts inside that cooldown do not generate additional Ultimate.
• Sacred Ground + Steadfast Candescence – Standing inside your own Extended Ritual or Restoring Focus activates Sacred Ground, granting Minor Mending and additional block mitigation, with a brief duration after leaving. Steadfast Candescence also activates and refreshes Sacred Ground while blocking, allowing you to maintain it when mechanics take you outside those areas. Remaining stationary provides further block mitigation, but move whenever the encounter requires it.
• Spear Wall – Casting Blazing Spear grants personal Minor Protection and Minor Berserk for six seconds. These buffs require refreshing even though the spear’s ground effect lasts longer.
• Balanced Warrior – Increases Armor for each Templar ability slotted and provides additional Weapon and Spell Damage based on your Armor and class skill count.
• Mending + Light Weaver – Mending improves healing on wounded targets. Light Weaver grants Ultimate to allies you heal below 50% Health with Restoring Light abilities, allowing Extended Ritual to provide additional ultimate support.
• Restoring Spirit – Reduces the Health, Magicka, Stamina and Ultimate costs of your abilities, supporting sustain. This does not reduce block cost, so blocking still needs to be managed separately.

Radiant Aura – Provides Minor Fortitude, Minor Intellect and Minor Endurance to you while slotted on either bar, increasing Health, Magicka and Stamina Recovery. Casting it extends those buffs to nearby group members for one minute, making it useful when your group does not already have reliable coverage. The Stamina Recovery helps between blocking phases; it does not restore Stamina while you hold block.

Extended Ritual – Cleanses up to five harmful effects from you and places a large healing area for you and nearby allies. Allies can activate its Purify synergy to cleanse themselves and receive an additional heal. Standing inside your own Ritual also activates Sacred Ground, improving healing and block mitigation. Its cleanse only removes effects that can be purged, so it cannot bypass every trial mechanic.

Purifying Light – Used on bosses mainly to activate Illuminate, Bright Harbinger and Prism, providing group armor, Weapon and Spell Damage, and personal Ultimate generation. When its damage mark expires, it leaves a healing effect around the target, adding support for nearby players. Allow the mark to finish before refreshing it, and prioritise maintaining your group buffs over repeatedly casting it for damage.

Restoring Focus – Your main source of Major Resolve, with direct Stamina return and a Max Health–scaling heal. The Stamina return continues while blocking, making it particularly valuable when holding several enemies or managing sustained pressure. Standing inside the rune significantly strengthens its healing and activates Sacred Ground, but the resistance buff and Stamina return remain useful when mechanics require you to move.

Blazing Spear – Included on the bar to activate Spear Wall, granting Minor Protection and Minor Berserk when cast, while also providing an ally with a resource synergy. Its initial hit immobilises susceptible enemies, giving it additional value when used during add phases. Place it near allies who can use Blessed Shards to restore whichever of their maximum resources is higher. You cannot activate your own synergy with this morph. It provides these benefits without moving you away from your assigned position.

Living Dark – A defensive option for add pulls that heals you when you take direct damage, with a short cooldown between healing triggers. This is useful when several enemies are attacking you, although damage-over-time ticks do not trigger the heal. Casting it also activates the same Dawn’s Wrath passive and Mastery benefits as Purifying Light, allowing the add setup to maintain your group buffs while gaining a more defensive skill.

Key passive and Class Mastery interactions:

• Illuminate + Bright Harbinger – Casting Purifying Light or Living Dark grants nearby group members additional armor through Illuminate. Bright Harbinger adds 300 Weapon and Spell Damage for allies and 600 for you. Maintain this through whichever Dawn’s Wrath skill your current setup uses.
• Prism – Casting a Dawn’s Wrath ability in combat generates 3 Ultimate, with a six-second cooldown. Purifying Light and Living Dark activate it naturally, but repeated casts inside that cooldown do not generate additional Ultimate.
• Sacred Ground + Steadfast Candescence – Your own Extended Ritual and Restoring Focus activate Sacred Ground when you stand inside them, granting Minor Mending and increased block mitigation. Steadfast Candescence also activates or refreshes Sacred Ground while blocking and strengthens its block mitigation while you remain stationary. This is especially useful when holding dangerous targets in a fixed position.
• Spear Wall – Casting Blazing Spear grants Minor Protection and Minor Berserk for six seconds.
• Balanced Warrior – Provides additional armor based on the number of Templar abilities slotted on your active bar. Your resistance total can therefore change when swapping bars or replacing class skills with general abilities.
• Mending + Light Weaver – Mending improves healing on wounded targets. Light Weaver grants Ultimate to allies you heal below 50% Health with Restoring Light abilities, allowing Extended Ritual to provide additional ultimate support.
• Restoring Spirit – Reduces the Health, Magicka, Stamina and Ultimate costs of your abilities, supporting sustain. This does not reduce block cost, so blocking still needs to be managed separately.