Specter - Power Specter

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Focused on: Mobility, Strike damage and Utility

Designed for: PvP Conquest

Difficulty:

Hard

Overview

A highly versatile Marauder Dagger/Pistol Specter power build for PvP capable of roaming, dueling, and teamfighting.

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Skill Bar

Dagger/Pistol

Sword/Dagger

Utility

Skill Variants

Weapons

• Shortbow over Sword/Dagger - bit more map mobility, safer teamfight engagements, and better downed cleave. Niche pick - not generally recommended.

Heal

• Well of Gloom
  - bit more mobility, Cripple enemies, procs
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• Hide in Shadows
  - additional cleanse and stealth access.

Utility

Well of Silence

can be replaced by:

• Well of Tears
  - decent unblockable AoE damage but longer cast time.

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Equipment

Dagger

Pistol

Sigil

Sigil

Sword

Dagger

Sigil

Sigil

Rune

Amulet

Equipment Variants

Sigils

• Sigil of Exploitation
  - securing kills.
• Sigil of Opportunity
  - good burst option, especially with ally support.
• Sigil of Courage
  - tends to be more damage in protracted fights than other damage sigils.
• Sigil of Purging
  - if additional cleanse is absolutely necessary.
• Sigil of Escape
  - viable on second set for getting out of trouble.

Usage

Elite specialization basics

• Specters gain access to their own version of
  Death Shroud
  called
  Enter Shadow Shroud
  . Mechanically they are the same, replacing your skill bar while active. Damage taken while in Shroud drains Shadow Force instead of HP.

• Using
  Siphon
  (Specter's version of
  Steal
  ) and spending Initiative builds Shadow Force.

General

• Most of your Specters skills double as support skills. While your role is to kill targets, a good Specter also keeps an eye on allies and helps them in critical moments by granting them Barrier and boons.

• Because of Shroud, you can be a bit more reckless with spending Initiative as Shroud skills are free and by the time you've rotated through Shroud CDs your Initiative should be back to full.

• Siphon
  removes boons when used on enemies and Dazes them right after, allowing it to interrupt targets even through Stability.

• Shadowfall
  's range can be extended by using
  Shadowstep
  in the middle of the cast, the Well will spawn on Shadowstep's target location.

• The range of most Wells can be extended by using
  Infiltrator's Strike
  in the middle of the cast. The Well will land centered on the targeted enemy (if in range.)

• Entering and leaving Shadow Shroud procs on-swap effects, such as sigils.

• The main sources of condition cleansing are
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  , sigils,
  Shadowstep
  , and
  Infiltrator's Return
  (Sword #2's chain skill).

• Thanks to
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  ,
  Siphon
  transfers a condition to the targeted enemy. If you are afflicted by Blind, it will be transferred to your enemy!

• Stealth stacking rotation 1:

1. Black Powder
2. Enter Shadow Shroud
3. Mind Shock
   (Shroud 5)
4. Grasping Shadows
   (Shroud 2)
5. Dawn's Repose
   (Shroud 3)

• Stealth stacking rotation 2:

1. Black Powder
2. Heartseeker
   out
3. About face (must be keybound first)
4. Heartseeker
   back in
5. Heartseeker
   out again

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