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==Consumables==
 
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Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
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Revision as of 01:39, 20 August 2023

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. 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:
Normal
This build was last updated on August 20, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Condition Druid is a new build introduced with the Druid changes in the June 27 balance patch. It is a very solid Condition DPS build with short ramp time, good burst, and very high self-healing. Condition Druid is one of the highest DPS solo builds and can solo even powerful champions in glass cannon gear.

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Skill Bar

Jacaranda
Rock Gazelle
Shortbow
Axe/Torch
Utility

Weapon Variants

  • Offhand Dagger - Higher single target DPS but lower AOE
  • Shortbow Swap - If you want a pure shortbow rotation, use two shortbows to more easily

Skill Variants

Specializations

Equipment

Standard Equipment

This setup uses equipment that is useful in general PVE.

Head
Viper
Shoulders
Viper
Chest
Viper
Hands
Viper
Legs
Viper
Feet
Viper
Backpiece
Grieving
Accessory
Grieving
Accessory
Grieving
Amulet
Viper
Ring
Viper
Ring
Viper
Shortbow
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Axe
Viper
Torch
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6


  • If using full Viper Viper, take Vicious Quarry or Quick Draw
  • Trailblazer Trailblazer can be used for defense, but cannot be used reliably in raids or fractals.

Celestial Equipment

Celestial offers a more defensive variant which makes excellent use of Druid's healing power scaling.

Head
Celestial
Shoulders
Celestial
Chest
Celestial
Hands
Celestial
Legs
Celestial
Feet
Celestial
Backpiece
Celestial
Accessory
Celestial
Accessory
Celestial
Amulet
Celestial
Ring
Celestial
Ring
Celestial
Shortbow
Celestial
Sigil
Sigil
Axe
Celestial
Torch
Celestial
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6


  • If using this set, use Vicious Quarry or Quick Draw
  • Seraph Seraph provides higher DPS at the cost of damage, but retains boon duration and healing power.


Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

  • Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
  • /
  • /

Defense

Farming

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



Usage

Damage

Opener

A class's opener can be very important for establishing rotation loops and front-loading damage so that enemies die before they are able to kill you. A simple and very effective opener for Condi Druid in open world follows:

  1. Sharpening Stone
  2. Spike Trap
  3. Poison Volley
  4. Glyph of Alignment
  5. Entangle
  6. Crippling Shot
  7. Quick Shot
  8. Weapon Swap
  9. Bonfire
  10. Splitblade
  11. Winter's Bite
  12. Throw Torch
  13. "We Heal As One!" (Copies your boons to your pet)
  14. Celestial Avatar
  15. Natural Convergence
  16. Seed of Life
  17. Lunar Impact
  18. Cosmic Ray until Seed of Life is off cooldown
  19. Seed of Life
  20. Cosmic Ray x2
  21. Drop Celestial Avatar
  22. Splitblade

From here, fill with priority skills until you can cast Winter's Bite again, then swap back to Shortbow and begin the Rotation listed below.

A good way to remember this rotation is to use your utility skills, Shortbow 2+4+3 then weapon swap to Axe/Torch, use 5+2+3, enter Celestial Avatar for 5 + 2 + 3, 1 until you can use 2 again, 1 a few more times, drop Avatar and fill with your big skills.

Rotation

Condition Druid has a primarily priority-based rotation depending on the weapon set. While casting Sharpening Stone off cooldown, follow this priority:

Shortbow
  1. Entangle
  2. Celestial Avatar + 5 / 2
  3. Poison Volley
  4. Call Lightning
  5. Spike Trap
  6. Crippling Shot
  7. Glyph of Alignment
Axe/Torch
  1. Entangle
  2. Celestial Avatar + 5 / 2
  3. Splitblade
  4. Call Lightning
  5. Spike Trap
  6. Bonfire
  7. Winter's Bite
  8. Glyph of Alignment

In general, you should focus on using Celestial Avatar when it is off cooldown, use 5, 2, and 3, then drop it while executing the rest of your rotation.

Quick Draw

If using Quick Draw, the priority of certain skills changes drastically. When utilizing the Quick Draw buff, always prioritize the following skills above others:

  • Bonfire
  • Poison Volley
  • Natural Convergence

This also allows for you to stay in Celestial Avatar longer for a second cast of Natural Convergence, rather than dropping it after the normal rotation. This assists greatly with cleave, since you can reduce the cooldown of strong cleave skills such as Natural Convergence and Bonfire.

Defense

  • Quick Shot - evade
  • Celestial Avatar - lots of self-healing, especially with the heal-hybrid variants.

CC

  • This build features significant Immobilize Immobilize from several sources, including Entangle, Crippling Shot, Natural Convergence, and Lunar Impact
  • Lunar Impact
  • Concussion Shot
  • Celestial Avatar
  • Winter's Bite

Video Examples

Masel's Simplified Condition Druid

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Ratings

This build has a rating of 5 stars based on 3 votes.
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5 stars
BlobTheBob gave this build 5 stars • April 2024
One of the best builds currently. It has everything. Weapon and utility options for better aoe or single target. Gear flexibility for better defence or lower budgets. CC, healing, mobility, utility are all great.
5 stars
Starlitjupiter gave this build 5 stars • July 2023
Condition Druid is currently the highest DPS solo build in the game with quick ramp up, good cleave, and extremely high defensive capabilities even in glass cannon gear. It has relatively good strike output as well, making it an incredible option in almost every possible open world scenario.
5 stars
Dave 87 gave this build 5 stars • July 2023
Been running this for about a week with Celestial gear. Fantastic fun, and can solo almost anything the game throws at me whilst also been ok at group support with might and healing. Highly recommended.

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