Fellowship Vigour Guide – Abilities, Builds, and Advanced Gameplay

Vigour is one of Fellowship's most rewarding heroes to master. As the game's primary light-based healer, he uses Radiant Runes to balance reactive healing and proactive shielding. His toolkit encourages deliberate pacing and situational awareness, rewarding those who can anticipate damage rather than simply respond to it. Vigour during Open Beta was slightly different, but most things have recurred almost identical.

If you enjoy supporting your team while still contributing meaningful damage, Vigour is the perfect hero to start with.

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Who is Vigour in Fellowship?

Vigour is the radiant protector of the Fellowship, a ranged healer who turns light into both damage and healing. His playstyle revolves around generating Radiant Runes through builder spells like Dawnflare and spending them on high-impact abilities such as Rune of Renewal, Luminous Barrier, and Dawnbreaker Orb.

Each ability has both offensive and defensive potential, and mastering when to build versus when to spend Runes defines how effective you are in group content.

Vigour shines in coordinated play, where you can prepare for damage spikes with barrier layering or rune-efficient group heals instead of panic casting.

Playing Vigour

The first step to mastering Vigour is understanding his flow. You spend most of your time weaving between light damage and preemptive healing. Building Radiant Runes keeps your mana stable, while spending them efficiently ensures your party survives burst phases.

Dawnflare and Radiant Blast are your bread-and-butter builders, generating Runes while dealing AoE damage. When the pressure rises, abilities like Rune of Renewal or Circle of Light let you rapidly heal allies in danger.

His ultimate, Avatar of Light, transforms Vigour into a radiant beacon. During this state, heals become faster, cheaper, and far more forgiving. The best healers time this burst for major boss mechanics rather than casual recovery moments.

Vigour's strength lies not in reacting but in predicting. Watching enemy telegraphs and pre-casting Luminous Barrier or Dawnbreaker Orb can save your entire team from lethal spikes.

Talent Builds and Stat Priority

Early Build (1–2k dungeon rating)

• Focus on Haste to improve rune generation and ability flow.
• Add Expertise to scale both damage and healing.
• Avoid overinvesting in Spirit early on; mana efficiency is rarely an issue.

Stat priority:
Haste >> Expertise >> Critical Strike >> Spirit

Midgame Build (2.5k+ rating)

By midgame, you unlock more flexibility. This is where the AoE Healing build shines.
The goal is to keep your group clustered in front of you for maximum coverage from Radiant Blast and Dawnbreaker Orb.

Key talents for this setup include:

• Master of Triage – Free Greater Heals when generating Radiant Runes, providing strong passive sustain.
• Epiphany – Dawnflare, Soulbrand, and Radiant Blast can reset Dawnbreaker Orb's cooldown, enabling frequent burst healing.
• Meticulous Runesmith – Dawnbreaker Orb grants absorb shields equal to its healing output.
• Dawnbreaker's Legacy – Greatly boosts Critical Strike chance for Dawnbreaker Orb, doubling its impact during key phases.

Endgame Build (High-tier dungeons and raids)

At endgame, Vigour's true potential emerges. The Grand Design and Beacon in the Dark talents amplify rune management and group utility, allowing him to maintain both damage and healing uptime.

Core talents:

• Grand Design – Enables group-cast overcharging for Rune of Renewal and Luminous Barrier, essential in high-damage environments.
• Beacon in the Dark – Adds RNG-based cooldown resets, keeping your healing rotation dynamic.
• Alacritous Healing – Shorter, faster Greater Heals for emergencies.

Advanced Strategy Tips

• Pre-shield smartly: Luminous Barrier before boss mechanics saves resources later.
• Stay mobile: Position yourself to hit multiple allies with every Dawnbreaker Orb or Radiant Blast.
• Damage matters: Every point of DPS you contribute speeds up dungeon clears and reduces incoming damage time.
• Track Runes: Sitting at max Radiant Runes is wasted potential, always spend efficiently.
• Use Avatar of Light sparingly: Save it for clutch recoveries or long damage phases rather than topping up light wounds.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

• Overhealing: Using Greater Heal when allies are at 80–90% HP is wasted mana. Let passive or AoE heals handle those moments.
• Ignoring damage rotation: Your offensive skills directly fuel your healing potential. Not using them slows both your group and your recovery speed.
• Precasting Rune of Renewal too often: Doing it without confirmed incoming damage drains your resources prematurely.
• Poor positioning: Standing too far from the group limits your AoE coverage and reaction speed.

Final Thoughts

Vigour is a healer built for players who thrive under pressure. His gameplay rewards planning, adaptability, and quick decision-making. From the first dungeon to the hardest raid, Vigour's mastery of Radiant Runes transforms him from a simple support into the backbone of every successful party.

When played well, Vigour is not just the team's healer, he's its rhythm, timing, and momentum.

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