Melees are known for their high contribution of damage in the raid, having two types of holster setup:
Full Melee - Using two Lost Actions that buff damage like FoP and BoHS.
Rend Armor. Rend Armor is a debuff that increases the target's damage received. This Action is assigned to two Melee: Team A and Team C.
Pure Essence of the Duelist + Bannered of Honored Sacrifice = higher damage buff, longer duration and HP drains a 1HP per tick.
Here is the catch, when a Melee uses Bannered of Honored Sacrifice without the pure, the HP drain per tick is more significant and can potentially kill the melee.
(DPS) Lost Font of Power. Increases damage and critical hit.
(DPS) Banner of Noble End. Increases damage while preventing you from receiving any heals.
(Assigned) Lost Rend Armor. Increases target's damage received by 10%. Only 1 can be applied at all times.
Entering the instance for the first time, we do not recommend you using Pure Essence just yet. So these are two Essences that will be important:
(Deep) Essence of the Skirmisher: For Trash fight to meet DPS checks
(Deep) Essence of the Platebearer: For B1 fight to survive all its raidwides.
As a DPS, your primary Lost Action to bring along is Banner of Honored Sacrifice. However, without the Pure Essence of the Duelist, the HP drain will be heavy. To counter that, bring along Resistance Potion or Resistance Potion Kit.
Lost Font of Power is great to have and pair up with BoHS for more damage buff.
Note: This is for all Melees that are not assigned to do Rend Armor.
Decide 2 DPS Lost Action to assign as your main duty actions: Lost Font of Power, Banner of Honored Sacrifice or Banner of Noble Ends.
Bring at least x4 Resistance Reraiser. Increases as necessary
Bring along any potion kit, for HP recovery.
After experiencing Boss 1 for the first time, all members will be required to use Pure Essence as a mandatory Essence. Pure Essence is required to clear Delubrum Reginae (Savage).
Banner of Honored Sacrifice is a compulsory action to bring.
Lost Font of Power.
Banner of Noble Ends.
Prioritize on bringing sufficient charges of Banner of Honored Sacrifice and Lost Font of Power. 10 charges per Action is enough to see Boss 1.
Bring at least x4 Resistance Reraisers. Add more as necessary.
Bring x1 Pure Essence of the Duelist.
Remaining slots can fill up on additional Resistance Reraiser and ProShell.
Obtaining Lost Rend Armor from appraising the Forgotten Fragment of Contention is a common loot. Since obtaining sufficient quantities of the Pure Essence is important, most Melees tend to have more resources on Lost Rend Armor.
In the entire alliance, only Team A and Team D have one Melee assigned to do Rend Armor duties. This is what the setup looks like. It has a similar loadout as the previous, the only difference is the assigned Lost Action: Lost Rend Armor.
After experiencing Boss 1 for the first time, all members will be required to use Pure Essence as a mandatory Essence. Pure Essence is required to clear Delubrum Reginae (Savage).
Banner of Honored Sacrifice is a compulsory action to bring.
Bring x2 ~ x3 Lost Rend Armor. It is good to use Rend Armor on Trash fight as well.
Prioritize on bringing sufficient charges of Banner of Honored Sacrifice. 10 charges per Action is enough to see Boss 1.
Bring at least x4 Resistance Reraisers. Add more as necessary.
Bring x1 Pure Essence of the Duelist.
Remaining slots may fill up on more Lost Rend Armor or Resistance Reraiser.
Shotcallers, also known as moderators, will announce the usage of when to use Pure Essence and Reraiser. It is always after Slimes and Golems clear.
Do not use Pure Essence and Reraiser by the cache. Failing the mechanics will require everyone to die to re-instance.
Prepare in your Cache the following:
At least 4 Resistance Reraisers. These items last for the entire lockout and only consume after KO.
Enough DPS Actions to last throughout the Raid.