Herald - Condi Herald

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Focused on: Condition damage, Melee damage, Dps, Survival, Solo play, Roaming.

Designed for:

Open World

 

Open World Solo

 

Open World Roaming

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Overview

Condi Herald is a strikingly powerful option for open world, capable of soloing champions and extremely difficult content.

Playstyle

Condition Herald is a slow-paced attrition build which has a considerable amount of self-healing and DPS, even in buffer sets like Trailblazer's . The build plays a lot like a bunker build, whittling down an opponent while ensuring that you remain topped-off throughout the fight. Its rotation is very simple, though you should get used to counting your autos, as interrupting its auto attack chain can be a massive DPS loss.

Purpose

This build is meant for solo or roaming play. It will not serve you well in a zerg and is not recommended for group play.

Skill Bar

 

 

Mace/AxeHealingUtilityElite

X/ShieldHealingUtilityElite

Specializations

Build Code

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• - more condition cleanse

Invocation Variant

Invocation offers a smoother playstyle at the cost of most of your sustain. Run this when you're facing weak mobs.

• + if running the Viper's Equipment below.

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

Standard Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of Tormenting

Viper Equipment

This variant offers moderately higher DPS but at a significant cost to your defense.

6x

Superior Rune of Tormenting

Variant Equipment

Other equipment can work decently with this build.

Gear

• Dire , Rabid's - replacement for Trailblazer's ; not recommended as the loss of condition duration is a massive loss of damage

Runes

Tormenting Runes are virtually required for this build to function. In the event that you simply cannot obtain them, you can run:

• - For the trailblazer variant
• , - for the viper variant

Your sustain will be massively reduced without

Consumables

Solo Play

Food

• , - DPS
• - Budget DPS
• , - Dodges + Might
• , - Gives sustain for the Viper's , Sinister's , and Grieving variants

Utility

• - +Dmg, +Karma

Event Farming

Use these for roaming and completing events.

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions.
• - Use for general farming.
• - Use for when you need to max out magic find.
• - more sustain (requires crit chance)
• Anything - Any food is better than none, but you should prioritize the food above before using any other food.

Utility

• , , - general farming
• - good damage option with +karma

Usage

General

• Swap legends often.
• Try not to interrupt your auto-attack chain if possible.
• In Mallyx, keep up as much as possible.
  • This skill keeps going during your
• In Glint, keep and up.
  • Consume both of them before changing to Mallyx
• Use off cooldown.
• isn't useful in solo situations; do not bother with it.

Damage

• The build is very easy to play. Use ⇒ as often as possible, mixing in auto attacks and when they are on cooldown.
  • Do not interrupt your auto attack chain if you can help it.
• While in Mallyx, ensure you're close enough to enemies to apply the torment from .
• While in Glint, spam off cooldown.

Defense

• Shield skills remove a condition on use.
• and are your heal skills.
• is great for anti-condition pressure.
• is a very powerful heal.
• Can't find such skill "Hardening Persistence"! Please refer to our skill index. grants damage reduction based on current upkeep.

Crowd Control

• if running staff offhand.