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Specter - Condition Specter

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required: End of Dragons builds

Difficulty:
Normal
This build was last updated on February 21, 2025 and is up to date for the April 15, 2025 patch.

Overview

Condition Specter Specter bleeds bleeds, torments torments, and poisons poisons its enemies with a continuous flurry of attacks and a very fluid rotation. Enter Shadow Shroud for extra damage and utility, and enjoy some extra durability from Panaku's Ambition and innate sustain from Larcenous Torment. With a different set of gear, condition specter can sacrifice damage and take Shadestep to provide nearby allies with permanent Alacrity Alacrity, but never do this when soloing.

As a downside, condition specter lacks AoE damage and burst damage, and it needs nearby allies for maximum damage by sharing Venom skills such as Spider Venom, but nevertheless performs good in solo open world.

Skill Bar

Spear
Scepter/Dagger
Utility


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Weapon variants

Spear Spear is your best weapon, usage requires land spear with Janthir Wilds.

  • Pistol Pistol replaces spear for players without Janthir Wilds, and scepter+dagger becomes the main weapon set. Pistol should only be used for crowd control.


Skill variants

Utility skills

Well of Sorrow can be replaced with:

  • Prepare Thousand Needles - this provides more damage but has a longer cast time and mobile enemies may get out of the radius before you can detonate the trap.
  • Haste for a nice stunbreak.

Elite skills

Shadowfall can be replaced with:

  • Basilisk Venom - better single target CC, especially when you can share the Venom with nearby allies.
  • Thieves Guild - extra damage but no CC.


Specializations


Equipment

Viper

This setup uses Viper equipment for high raw DPS.

Head
Viper
Shoulders
Viper
Chest
Viper
Hands
Viper
Legs
Viper
Feet
Viper
Backpiece
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Amulet
Viper
Ring
Viper
Ring
Viper
Spear
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Scepter
Viper
Dagger
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6


Relic
  • Other relics include Relic of the Cavalier, Relic of Durability, and Relic of the Chronomancer.

Alacrity

This setup provides much higher HP and boon duration while sacrificing about 16% of its damage. This allows for the ability to keep up Alacrity Alacrity via Shadestep.

Head
Ritualist
Shoulders
Ritualist
Chest
Ritualist
Hands
Ritualist
Legs
Ritualist
Feet
Ritualist
Backpiece
Ritualist
Accessory
Ritualist
Accessory
Ritualist
Amulet
Ritualist
Ring
Ritualist
Ring
Ritualist
Dagger
Ritualist
Dagger
Ritualist
Sigil
Sigil
Scepter
Ritualist
Sigil
Rune
x6


Relic
  • Use Shadestep to provide Alacrity Alacrity to nearby allies with your full Ritualist Ritualist gear. You will need to spend more time in Shadow Shroud. Also use Amplified Siphoning and Deadly Ambush, and replace Skale Venom with Caltrops.
    • Spend all your initiative on Death Blossom, and your time in Shadow Shroud casting Grasping Shadows twice filling the cooldown gap with one Eternal Night and auto attacks.
  • Generally speaking, it's not worth playing alacrity specter in solo open world, as you lose valuable damage, especially in short fights which are the majority of fights in open world. Only consider playing alacrity specter when in groups and fighting bosses.


Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

  • Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
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  • /

Defense

Farming

  • Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
  • /
  • (and variants)


Usage

Shadow Shroud

Enter Shadow Shroud is the profession mechanic of the specter. After building Shadow Force by spending initiative in combat and using Siphon, Enter Shadow Shroud to gain access to new skills.

Your damage skills in shroud are Grasping Shadows and Eternal Night, while Dawn's Repose provides a leap and CC, and Mind Shock stuns and gives stability.

Generally speaking, when playing condition specter you want to enter Shadow Shroud, use Grasping Shadows and Eternal Night once, then immediately leave. This also provides initiative due to Quick Pockets.

Damage

Spear

On Spear Spear you want to use the following combo: 2-2-3-1-2-2-2-4-2-3-1 (these are the keys you press on your keyboard)

  1. Mantis Sting (2)
  2. Entangling Asp (2)
  3. Shattering Assault gives Stealth Stealth (3)
  4. Ashen Assault stealth attack (1)
  5. Mantis Sting (2)
  6. Entangling Asp (2)
  7. Falling Spider (2)
  8. Distracting Throw (4)
  9. Entangling Asp (2)
  10. Shattering Assault gives Stealth Stealth (3)
  11. Ashen Assault stealth attack (1)
  12. Enter Shadow Shroud
  13. Grasping Shadows
  14. Eternal Night
  15. Exit Shadow Shroud and repeat from step 1
  • This is your full rotation. It's actually very simple and fluid.
  • Use Siphon, Well of Sorrow, Skale Venom and Spider Venom off cooldown.
  • The first Mantis Sting can be replaced with Unsuspecting Strike as Unsuspecting Strike deals more damage to targets above 90% health.

Scepter

Scepter Scepter is your ranged weapon but it offers less damage so only use it if range is needed. In this weapon set you just spam Twilight Combo. Don't waste initiative on other skills, except for Dancing Dagger against groups of enemies.

Defense

  • The best defense is always to dodge or sidestep attacks.
  • All your well skills also allow you to quickly reposition yourself since they are shadowsteps. This includes your heal skill Well of Gloom.
  • Enter Shadow Shroud replaces your health, so it is your main source of damage mitigation. Eternal Night will also heal you for a very small amount. You also have access to stability with Mind Shock.

Crowd control

  • Dawn's Repose.
  • Mind Shock.
  • Shadowfall.
  • Distracting Throw (if the target is movement-impaired).
  • Soft cc from Siphon, Entangling Asp or Twilight Combo.


Ratings

This build has a rating of 5 stars based on 1 votes.
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5 stars
Stx gave this build 5 stars • April 2022
Giving condition spectre a 5 star rating because it is clearly the best thief build in the game for soloing champion mobs, bounties, or other challenging boss types. The build has range, and lots of survival due to heal on exiting shadowform. Plenty of breakbar damage as well. I personally prefer scepter/pistol for kiting and the 7 hits on the beam, but scepter Dagger works great too.

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