Stat Priority
The Stat priority for Vigour is as follows:
- Item level / Intellect
- Expertise = Haste
- Spirit
- Crit
Item level is king in Fellowship as main stat has the greatest effect on your damage, healing and survivability.
Expertise increases our damage, healing and absorb effects, making it essentially perfect for Vigour' kit.
Haste lowers your cooldowns, GCDs and makes your casts shorter. In essence, you cast more and generate more runes.
Spirit decreases the cooldown of your ultimate and gives you a chance to refund spells and generate runes.
Critical Strike has the chance to double the effectiveness of our damage and healing which is already decently strong, however it also interacts with Rune Of Renewal healing and Rune generation.
Weapon Traits
Due to the random nature of Weapon Traits, it can be a game of cat and mouse trying to get the ideal weapon tree. You have two offensive rows, two defensive rows, and a major capstone, with multiple options in each row for different pathing up the tree. With that in mind, you can start to see how gaining access to a "BiS" set-up might prove tricky. Don't be afraid to use some materials to reroll Traits if you get a bad draw on your weapon however.
Below I'll separate and list the ideal weapon traits for each type.
Master Traits
Heroic Brand is BiS in nearly every situation. It functions as a secondary defensive cooldown to stabilize the group, and its 5 seconds of tank invulnerability are invaluable, especially on large pulls.
Martial Initiative has niche value, notably on Empyrean Sands during interphase.
Brave Machinations is solid, but strictly weaker than Heroic Brand.
Visions Of Grandeur isn’t worth playing around. Vigour’s ultimate is the weakest in the game. Still a solid choice compared to others.
Heroic Traits
Inspired Allegiance should be prioritized first. It boosts everyone’s Haste and reduces your weapon cooldown, giving both personal and group efficiency.
The remaining Tier A traits are close in output and are all valid picks.
Defensive Traits
King Of The Hill is mandatory and you should always take it. The uptime and mitigation it provides are too strong to ignore.
The other Tier A traits are competitive but Heart Of Stone stands above them in reliability.
Choose situational options when necessary (e.g., Wraithide Isle gold boss or Empyrean Sands boss), where burst damage phases threaten to overwhelm your personal sustain.
Gems & Gem Builds
The Gem System in Fellowship is fairly unique. You can obtain powerful gems to attach to sockets in your gear, which gives you Gem Power that enables different Gem Bonuses. There are multiple Gem sizes that provide you with more Gem Power. You can combine 3 of the same gem type and size using Gem Fusion (Master Craftsman Braggi NPC) to create a gem of the next size up.
It’s worth noting that some socketed gear can additionally drop with a 35% gem power increase (100% for a Legendary). This makes it so you’ll want to prioritize socketing higher quality gems into these items. For example, Legendaries come with a 100% increased gem power socket, making it ideal for your larger gems.
The game has a gem drop cap of 92.
Gem Types & Bonuses
The Gem types each follow a pattern of the type of bonus they provide, a simplification of the Gems is shown in the table below.
| Gem Type | Gem Bonus |
| Ruby | Main Stat / Boss Combat Buffs |
| Amethyst | Critical Strike Chance And Efficiency |
| Topaz | Haste |
| Emerald | Expertise |
| Sapphire | Stats during Ultimate Ability |
| Diamond | All Secondary Stats |
Vigour Gem Priority
The Gem priority for Vigour is the following:
Your main goal is to max out Topaz for the great flat haste increase.
You take 6 Amethyst because Sealed Fate - II is incredibly strong for both HPS and DPS and provides exceptional overall value.
You take 6 Emerald because expertise scales very well and remains one of your most impactful stats.
If you find yourself struggling to survive, or dealing with heavy one-shot mechanics on certain bosses, you can consider swapping out Amethyst or Topaz to level up Ruby for the extra survivability.
You can use Method's Gem Calculator to play around with different configurations and create your own.