Herald - Condition Mallyx

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Focused on: Condition damage, Utility, Boon removal.

Designed for:

Conquest

Overview

A condition-based Herald build with decent boon removal, pressure, and utility. Once part of the PvP metagame, now struggling to reclaim its former glory.

Skill Bar

 

 

Mace/AxeHealingUtilityElite

Sword/ShieldHealingUtilityElite

Specializations

Variants

• is an equally viable alternative.

Weapons

18

Superior Sigil of Annulment

Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat will remove 2 boons from your target.

9

Superior Sigil of Doom

Your next attack after you swap to this weapon while in combat inflicts poison (6 seconds). (Cooldown: 9s)

9

Superior Sigil of Cleansing

Remove 1 condition when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

2

Superior Sigil of Courage

On hit gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 2s)

Superior Rune of Leadership

(1): +8 to All Stats (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +12 to All Stats (4): +10% Boon Duration (5): +16 to All Stats (6): +10% Boon Duration; when you use an elite skill, convert up to 3 conditions into boons of all nearby allies. (Cooldown: 45 seconds)

Deadshot Amulet

+1050 Precision +1050 Condition Damage +560 Vitality +560 Expertise

Variants

Runes

• Superior Rune of the Herald

  Superior Rune of the Herald

  (1): +25 Toughness (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Toughness (4): +10% Boon Duration (5): +100 Toughness (6): When using a heal skill, apply protection to nearby allies (360 radius). (Cooldown: 10 seconds)

Usage

General

• Start the match on Dragon stance (Glint) and immediately activate the following 4 upkeep skills for party buffing:
• 's upkeep effect pushes your extra boon duration to 78% which can be quite useful for skills that grant Resistance, Might, or your dodge which grants Stability. In combat it's best used with
  and
  for a brief period of time before unleashing its chain skill for a plethora of boons.
• Chain
  with
  in order to blast AoE Might or
  for AoE Blind.
• Swapping legends deactivates the upkeep skills of that legend without sending them on full CD.
• can be used to knock downed opponents away from their rezzing temmates, or to knock them off of capture points - this allows you to take the cap while bleeding them out, delaying their respawn.
• Try not to use
  's chain skill when
  procs - incoming damage will be reduced by 50%. Less damage taken means less damage converted into healing.

Pressure

• Most of the damage will come from the trait Abyssal Chill, which inflicts 2 stacks of Torment whenever you chill a target, making
  the strongest AoE skill of the build while significantly bumping up the damage of
  on single-target.
• - unblockable, high pressure, good gap-closer and the Chill can slow down disengaging enemies.
• won't hit particularly hard but it's good for stacking Might and evading attacks.
• hits everything between you and the target so targeting the furthest foe away from you will usually result in more boons removed and more pressure applied to the enemy team.
• The corruption line has 2 viable Grandmaster traits, both with a 240 trigger radius:
  • - adds some extra pressure even while using defensive skills. Best used against Power oriented teams with few sources of boon removal.
  • - great (and not exclusively used) versus other condi comps. Pros: instant activation, can be used with sword #3 to eliminate the chance of your opponent being out of range, chance to apply conditions you otherwise don't have access to. Cons: might not copy the best 3 conditions on you, less effective against Power based opponents.
• Downed targets:
  +
  +
  + Mace auto attacks. This chain will make sure that your opponent won't get up anytime soon.

Self Sustain & Disengaging

• Resistance from
  pulses after the heal from
  Empowering Misery

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  5

  30

  Empowering Misery

  Legendary Demon Stance. Heal yourself. Heal more for each condition currently applied to you.

  Healing: 3,320

  Heal Per Condition: 980
  , so use another Legendary Demon Stance skill beforehand to avoid the healing reduction from Poison.
• is your third healing skill. It heals for a fair amount, blocks attacks but stops you in place making you an easy target -watch out for Unblockable abilities like
  traited with
  .
• will be your best mobility tool and on some maps can be used to leap to places where enemies can't follow (or at least, not easily).
• aimed at your character heals for a small amount and grants Protection.
• is the most reliable skill to use if you want quick access to Resistance - while other Demon Stance skills may grant Resistance as well, this is your only on-demand access to the boon while
  is on CD.

Counters

• Heavy boon removal combined with high condition pressure
• Thieves