What is the focus of the Buff Bot Build in New World Season 10: Nighthaven?

The Buff Bot Build focuses on stacking debuffs and providing team-wide buffs with Power Stone and War Hammer to maximize team damage output in the Isle of Night and Hive of Gorgons Raids, often replacing a second healer.

What mainhand weapon should I use for the Buff Bot Build?

Equip Power Stone with Enchanted and Mending Vortex perks for debuff stacking and team buffs.

What is the offhand weapon for this build?

Use War Hammer with Sundering Shockwave, Sundering Path of Destiny, Gem Slot, End, and Trenchant Rend for maximum Rend application.

How should I allocate attributes for the Buff Bot Build?

Set attributes to Strength 350, Dexterity 25, Intelligence 25, Focus 150, and Constitution 78.

What armor perks should I prioritize?

Prioritize Weapon Perks (Crowded Bludgeon), Gem Slot with Onyx (x5), Enchanted Ward (x5), Enfeebling (as many as possible), and Fixed Perks (Lifestealer's Draught, Prolonged Favor, Vital Synergy, Quick Revive).

What jewelry should I choose for this build?

Select Protection Amulets for Slash, Arcane, or Strike damage with Well-Being and Gem Slot perks (II versions). Use a Ring with Enchanted Totality, Enchanted, Leeching, Enfeebling, and Gem Slot perks. Equip an Earring with Refreshment, Beloved, Keenly Fortified, Enfeebling, and Gem Slot perks.

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 Buff Bot Build?

Follow this sequence: 1. Use Path of Destiny, 2. Use Shockwave, 3. Use Armor Breaker, 4. Use Bludgeon, 5. Use Vortex, 6. Use Eruption, 7. Perform light attacks until Hammer cooldowns return to extend debuffs.

What are some tips for optimizing this build?

Replace the second healer to allow a Sword and Shield player to focus on DPS or a 5% Spear build, avoiding duplicate debuffs. Requires a skilled DPS team to avoid damage. Use 5x Enfeebling to extend Power Stone Weaken from 5s to 9s and Shockwave Weaken from 10s to 18s for constant team protection. Spam abilities off cooldown and light attack during downtime. Use the Empower Calculator to track your 54% Empower total (capped at 50%) from Powerful Honing Stone, Evasive Tactics, Keenly Empowered, Lightning Harnessing, and Electrified Physical Ward.

Buff Bot - New World Season 10

The New World Buff Bot Build, often serving as a replacement for the second healer on a raid team, is a specialized setup designed for experienced groups in New World’s raids, such as Isle of Night and the Hive of Gorgons. Built around the Power Stone and a War Hammer with 2 skill slots, this build focuses on stacking debuffs and providing team-wide buffs to maximize team damage output. Success with this role on a team requires a skilled DPS group that can avoid damage without relying on a second dedicated healer. With high Strength and Focus attributes, optimized armor perks, and timed ability rotations, this build enhances your teams raid performance. Below, I detail the weapon choices, gear perks, jewelry, and gameplay strategies to excel as a Buff Bot in a high-skill team composition. Updated for New World Season 10: Nighthaven.

Additional Rend builds:

SnS/Hammer

Flail/Hammer

Sin/Hammer

Weapons

Mainhand

Power Stone with:
Enchanted
Mending Vortex

Offhand

War Hammer with:
Sundering Shockwave
Sundering Path of Destiny
Gem Slot
End
Trenchant Rend

Skill Tree

Attributes

Strength	350
Dexterity	25
Intelligence	25
Focus	150
Constitution	78

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.

Weapon Perks
- Crowded Bludgeon
Gem Slot x5
Enchanted Ward x5
Enfeebling (as many as you can fit)
Fixed Perks
- Lifestealers Draught
- Prolonged Favor
- Vital Synergy
- Quick Revive

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:

Slash Protection
Arcane Protection
Strike Protection
Well-Being
Gem Slot

Ring Perks:

Enchanted Totality
Echanted
Leeching
Enfeebling
Gem Slot

Earring Perks:

Refreshment
Beloved
Keenly Fortified
Enfeebling
Gem Slot

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

Heartrune

Stalwart Heartrune of Phantom Blades

Brutal Heartrune of Grasping Vines

Brutal Heartrune of Detonate

Cunning Heartrune of Fire Storm

Cunning Heartrune of Cannon Blast

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

Path of Destiny
Shockwave
Armor Breaker
Bludgeon
Vortex
Eruption
light attack until Hammer cooldowns are back

The light attacks until Hammer abilities are back will extend debuffs on the target, so this is very important.

With 5x Enfeebling (80% extension) this helps Power Stone Weaken extend from 5s to 9s, allowing for a 4s window to refresh with a new basic attack. It also turns the Shockwave Weaken from 10s to 18s, allowing for constant a constant weaken – meaning your allies should be taken less damage at all times.

Empower details

Powerful Honing Stone	7%
Crowded Bludgeon	13%
Arcane Vortex	10%
Leadership (team)	10%
Oblivion (team)	15%
Total	55%

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

This build is generally the replacement for the second healer, which allows the second Sword and Shield player to focus on DPS, and maybe run the 5% spear build. Overall this creates a clear team composition where you don’t have repeat weapon builds, ie two War Hammers or two 5% spear builds, since duplicates won’t stack debuffs in a team.

The Buff Bot build normally requires a skillful team with DPS who know boss mechanics enough to avoid damage almost entirely, which removes the need for a dedicated second healer.

Generally easy to play since you are just spamming abilities when they are off cooldown and light attacking during downtime.

Build made using the free tools at New World Buddy.

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