What mainhand weapon should I use for the Spear DPS Build?

Equip a Spear with Enfeebling Skewer, Compounding Perforate, Gem Slot, End, and Rogue perks for maximum damage and debuff application.

What are the offhand weapon options for this build?

Choose from Great Axe with Enfeebling Maelstrom, Keenly Empowered, Gem Slot, Insatiable Gravity Well, and Attunement or End; Inferno; Finisher; or Bow for debuff or damage support.

How should I allocate attributes for the Spear DPS Build?

Set attributes to Strength 150, Dexterity 350, Intelligence 25, Focus 25, and Constitution 5.

What armor perks and gear should I prioritize?

Maintain Light weight class for +15% damage bonus. Prioritize Weapon Perks, Gem Slot with Onyx, and Fixed Perks (Lifestealer's Draught, Sacrificial Empowerment x2, Prolonged Favor x2, Empowering Breaker, Shirking Energy, Shirking Fortification x2).

What jewelry should I choose for this build?

Select a Protection Amulet matching the activity’s damage type with Protection, Well-Being, Leeching, Keenly Fortified, or Divine perks (II versions). Use a Ring with Enchanted Totality or Cursed Skill, Critical Infliction, Keen, Leeching, and Offensive Socket perks. Equip an Earring with Beloved, Refreshment, Leeching, Offensive Socket, and Defensive Socket perks.

Which Heartrune is best for this build?

Use Brutal Heartrune of Grasping Vines for crowd control and Rend application.

What buffs and trophies should I use for Hive of Gorgons Raid?

Apply 3x Major Angry Earth Trophies (15% Angry Earth Damage), Infused Angry Earth Coating (15% Angry Earth Damage), Infused Angry Earth Ward (10% less damage from Angry Earth), Powerful Honing Stone (7% Empower), Desert Sunrise (25% reduced DoT duration), and +48 food. Aim for 5 buffs above your health bar.

What is the combat rotation for the Spear DPS Build?

Follow this sequence: 1. Cycle offhand abilities, 2. Use Skewer, 3. Perform 2 light attacks, 4. Dodge, 5. Use Perforate, 6. Perform 2 light attacks, 7. Dodge, 8. Use Cyclone, 9. Perform 2 light attacks, 10. Dodge, 11. Use Skewer and repeat.

What are some tips for optimizing this build?

Ensure only one mainhand Spear per raid group, as 10% Rend does not stack; coordinate with teammates using a 5% Spear offhand. Use offhand weapons sparingly for debuffs to enhance mainhand damage. Dodge before abilities for 20% cooldown reduction and use light attacks for 10% reduction. Use the Empower Calculator to track your 65% Empower total (capped at 50%) from Keenly Empowered, Honing Stone, Leadership, Oblivion, and Follow Through.

Spear DPS Build - New World Season 10

The Spear DPS Build, also known as the 10% Spear Build, is a highly effective setup designed for maximizing damage output in New World’s end game raid content like the Isle of Night and Hive of Gorgons. Centered around a custom crafted Spear with Enfeebling Skewer and supporting perks, this build focuses on stacking Rend and Weaken debuffs to amplify team damage while maintaining high survivability and DPS. With tight ability rotations and optimized gear perks, this build ensures high DPS for a vital raid team role. Below, I dive into the specifics of this build, including weapon choices, armor perks, jewelry, and gameplay tips to help you maximize the Spear’s potential. Updated for New World Season 10: Nighthaven.

Weapons

Mainhand

Spear with:
Enfeebling Skewer
Compounding Perforate
Gem Slot
End
Rogue

Offhand (options)

Great Axe with:
Enfeebling Maelstrom
Keenly Empowered
Gem slot
Insatiable Gravity Well
Attunement/End

Inferno

Finisher

Bow

Spear DPS Build offhand New World Season 10

Skill Tree

Attributes

Strength	150 [fill the rest]
Dexterity	350
Intelligence	25
Focus	25
Constitution	5

Armor

This gear serves as a starting point to build upon as some of it may get replaced when you come into Set pieces with infixes. Infixes should replace your least favorite fixed perk on each piece. The Gem slot serves as your defensive piece with an Onyx. You should remain in a Light weight class for this build to get the +15% damage bonus.

Weapon Perks
- none needed for this build since they are all on the weapons
Gem Slot
Fixed Perks
- Lifestealer’s Draught
- Sacrificial Empowerment x2
- Prolonged Favor x2
- Empowering Breaker
- Shirking Energy
- Shirking Fortification x2

Jewelry

Pick the best Protection amulet that matches the most common damage you will be taking in the activity you are in. Assume all perks are the new “II” or “2” versions.

Amulet Perks:

Protection
Well-Being
Leeching
Keenly Fortified
Divine

Ring Perks:

Enchanted Totality
Critical Infliction
Keen
Leeching
Offensive Socket

Earring Perks:

Beloved
Refreshment
Leeching
Offensive Socket
Defensive Socket

Some of the Offensive and Defensive sockets are flexible for your to pick the your preferred perk.

For Bleed you can consider swapping Enchanted Totality or Critical Infliction for Cursed Skill, providing extra damage for abilities – specifical Flourish and Finish.

Heartrune

Brutal Heartrune of Grasping Vines

Typical Buffs and Trophies

You should ideally have 5 buffs above your health bar, and Major trophies at each of your 3 houses matching the enemy type you are facing. For example:

3x Major Angry Earth Trophies – 3×5%(15%) Angry Earth Damage
Infused Angry Earth Coating – 15% Angry Earth Damage
Infused Angry Earth Ward – take 10% less damage from Angry Earth enemies
Powerful Honing Stone – 7% Empower
Desert Sunrise – reduce duration of incoming DoTs by 25%
+48 food

How to Play

cycle offhand abilities
Skewer
2x light attacks
dodge
perforate
2x light attacks
dodge
cyclone
2x light attacks
dodge
skewer/repeat

Dodging before the next ability allows you to reduce ability cooldowns by 20%, and the second light attack reducing cooldowns by 10%. These will help cooldowns refresh very quickly so you can keep maximum Rend and Weaken applied. Try interrupting the dodge with each ability so you still get the cooldown without moving yourself too far away from whatever you are attacking.

Empower details

Keenly Empowered	13%
Honing Stone	7%
Leadership (team)	10%
Oblivion (team)	15%
Follow Through	20%
Total	65%

Empower is capped at 50%, but having more than 50% can help you manage to stay at cap at all times. To know where your current Empower total stands, check out the Empower Calculator.

Tips to Remember

There should only be 1 mainhand Spear in a raid group since the 10% Rend cannot stack with one another. If there is another Spear on the team, make sure they are using the 5% build (normally for an offhand) because that will stack. Check out this guide for an offhand 5% Spear build.

The offhand weapon should be rarely used in this build unless it is applying a debuff, like with Incinerate. It’s only there to increase the damage your mainhand does via its artifact passive, or protect the team. The debuffs a mainhand spear applies are important enough that you should be almost entirely focused on keeping them applied with your abilities.

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Spear DPS Build – New World Season 10