Mirage - Condi Mirage

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Open World, Open World General and [[|]]

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds

Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on January 19, 2022 and is up to date for the March 19, 2024 patch.


Overview

Condi Staff Mirage is a slow-paced build that is a variant of Build:Mirage_-_Condi_Mirage but is complex enough to deserve its own page due to the vastly different playstyles. This build provides significant Alacrity Alacrity and Might Might uptime to nearby allies.

This build also features a very powerful farming option, which is noted below.

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Skill Bar

Staff
Staff
Utility

Weapon Variants

When tagging, swap one Staff for a Greatsword with Sigil of Superior Sigil of Fire and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Stamina. Use this Greatsword while mobile, and against bosses swap to Staff for a massive damage boost.

Note that when using this variant, you must be wearing gear with significant Power, such as Viper Viper or Celestial Celestial. Gear with no power, like Trailblazer Trailblazer, will result in lack of tag credit.

Skill Variants

  • Mirror - projectile hate
  • Sand Through Glass - evade + stunbreak
  • Mantra of Resolve - if conditions are a problem.
  • Feedback - to reflect projectiles.
  • Mimic - situationally powerful
  • Portal Entre - can be useful, especially when zerging.
  • Time Warp - strong option when soloing bosses

Specializations

  • Renewing Oasis - higher Regeneration Regeneration uptime, which helps with both damage and defense; if taking this, it may be a good idea to use the Dueling variant below.
  • Mirage Mantle - extra defense

Dueling

Dueling can be taken for a damage loss but increased clone generation. Replaces Illusions.

  • Blinding Dissipation + Ineptitude - trades clone generation for higher Confusion application; very strong against bosses that attack fast but not as useful in general open world play

Equipment

This set uses gear similar to Build:Mirage_-_Alacrity_Support_Condi_DPS, making it a good option for general PVE

Head
Viper
Shoulders
Viper
Chest
Viper
Hands
Viper
Legs
Viper
Feet
Viper
Backpiece
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Amulet
Viper
Ring
Viper
Ring
Viper
Staff
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Staff
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6


Variant Equipment

Gear

Runes

  • Rune of Superior Rune of Tormenting - provides moderate levels of sustain, though less than the axe version of this build
  • Rune of Superior Rune of the Undead - 2nd best option behind Rune of Superior Rune of the Nightmare for the Trailblazer Trailblazer set.

Sigils
It is strongly recommended to stick with the sigils listed; they provide the highest DPS. If it is required to replace one of the sigils, replace Sigil of Superior Sigil of Malice as Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy is absolutely core.

Consumables

Food
  • Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
  • - farming
  • - DPS
  • - defense
Utility
  • (and variants) - farming
  • , - dps
  • - dps if using gear with high toughness

Usage

Alacrity

This build is capable of providing significant Alacrity Alacrity uptime to nearby allies simply by dodging and auto-attacking. Try not to spam dodge so clones can finish their cast.

Damage

  • Use your phantasm off cooldown.
  • Shatter Cry of Frustration and Mind Wrack any time all three clones can be instantly replaced.
  • Always have three clones up at all times. This is critical for your DPS.
  • Weapon swap any time you're missing a lot of energy.

Defense

  • Use Jaunt to cleanse conditions.
  • Abuse your Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy for frequent dodges.
  • Sand Through Glass can provide a strong stunbreak
  • You dodge often so use that to your advantage.

Crowd Control

  • Interrupts: Chaos Storm
  • Diversion
  • Signet of Domination (as a last resort)

Video Examples

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Ratings

This build has a rating of 5 stars based on 3 votes.
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5 stars
Devinci gave this build 5 stars • November 2023
Condi Mirage, both staff and axe, is my overall favorite. Pick which to use based on your taste and what you're doing. This is easy since they're identical except for weapons and talent tweaks. Staff, because it's simple, ranged, and has decent group support, is better for people new to the class, against enemies you find challenging, in groups, or for people who just don't like melee. It's the first build I had success with against harder enemies when starting the game. Axe, with much stonger burst, better cleave, and higher overall damage, is better for soloing less challenging enemies and mowing down packs. I also find it more fun--the staff version is so simple it can get boring. The biggest drawback for both is clone management. Clones die when their target dies, are easily killed by stronger enemies, and are used up when you shatter, so you constantly have to make more. Some people don't like this.
5 stars
AshaGus2020 gave this build 5 stars • October 2023
I've been running the same Occam's based mesmer/mirage build FOREVER. This one completely trounces it. I slapped it together with just exotic and a Mabon relic (can't get Akeem yet) and it still kicks butt. SO easy. Toyed around with White Mantle in Doric, they might as well have been Harathi in Kessex lol. Can't wait to build this completely to spec (Ascended with infusions). Five stars.
5 stars
Starlitjupiter gave this build 5 stars • March 2023
Re-evaluating this build in 2023 after major balance patches, it's clear this build's power hasn't diminished at all. It is still one of the most versatile open world builds. It maintains high DPS, high utility, easy tagging with a Greatsword (I run full viper), and is very simple to actually play. A simple build with very high returns on investment. To me, this is one of the top 5 builds in the open world section.

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