Difference between revisions of "Virtuoso - Condition Virtuoso"

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

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

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This build was last updated on August 19, 2025 and is up to date for the August 19, 2025 patch.

Overview

Condition virtuoso is a powerful ranged condition dps build for open world. Virtuosos cannot summon clones. Instead, they stock Blades. This has the disadvantage of clones no longer tanking for you, but the advantage of Blades persisting after combat unlike clones which die after the fight.

Condition Dueling virtuoso inflicts enormous amounts of Bleeding damage through critical hits thanks to Sharper Images and Quiet Intensity. This large bleeding output also generates lots of Blades thanks to Bloodsong which allows you to use Bladesongs essentially off-cooldown. This means that this build very dependent on having the right gear to achieve high critical chance and bleeding duration.

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Dagger/Sword

X/Focus

Utility

Weapon Variants

None. Dagger is a must and cannot be substituted by any other weapon. We advise not to change the offhand weapons either since this build prefers phantasms that attack multiple times, making sword and focus better than the traditional condi offhands torch and pistol.

Skill Variants

Healing skill

We default to Signet of the Ether, an offensive heal whose active effect allows you to do more damage. But if you require more healing, you can instead use:

Ether Feast - very large heal, especially when used with maximum stocked blades.

Utility skills

We default to:
Rain of Swords is good for AoE damage.
Signet of Midnight and Signet of Domination provide the highest sustained damage through their passive, so you only use them in emergencies. If you want or need to run other skills, here are some suggestions:

Mantra of Resolve - condition cleanse for yourself and nearby allies.
Feedback - projectile reflection.
Mantra of Concentration - personal stunbreak and AoE stability.
Portal Entre - utility.
Blink - utility.

Elite skills

We default to Thousand Cuts for its high damage. If necessary, it can be replaced for elites with more utility:

Mass Invisibility - stealth for channeling hero points or sneaking past powerful enemies.
Signet of Humility - large amount of crowd control.

Specializations

Specializations Variants

Persistence of Memory - Boon generation when solo.

Inspiration

Inspiration can replace Illusions when soloing to increase sustain at a large dps loss.

Equipment

The default recommended gear is the same as the condi virtuoso raid build for ease of gearing.

Head
Rampager

Shoulders
Rampager

Chest
Sinister

Hands
Rampager

Legs
Sinister

Feet
Sinister

Backpiece
Rampager

Accessory
Sinister

Amulet
Sinister

Ring
Rampager

Dagger
Sinister

Sword
Sinister

Sigil

Focus
Sinister

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. We suggest starting with a full set Sinister gear since it is very cheap. For the armor, search for "Norgu" in the trading post and replace the runes. For the weapons, search for "Sinister Scavenged Obsidian". For the amulet and rings search for Sinister, for the accessories search for "Coral Orichalcum", for the backpack search "Lucky Great" and manually chose it attribute combination after buying it.
When possible, switch the requiered pieces to Rampager, which is more expensive but a worth investment.
Upgrade to ascended gear as soon as you can, prioritising the trinkets. See also: Guide:How to Gear a Character.

Sigil of Superior Sigil of Accuracy should not be used because Illusions do not gain the increased critical chance from it.
This build loses massive damage from defensive gear; for defense, equip a jade core and use defensive traits instead.
Use food that boosts all attributes: or . If you have a character at least 2 years old, the Birthday Blaster cake also works and is free, but only lasts 10 minutes. The same applies to 9 year old characters and the Feast of Delectable Birthday Cake, which lasts 30 minutes.

Consumables

Food

Use food that boosts all attributes:

or .

If you have a character at least 2 years old, the Birthday Blaster cake also works and is free, but only lasts 10 minutes. The same applies to 9 year old characters and the Feast of Delectable Birthday Cake, which lasts 30 minutes.

Utility

/

Usage

Damage

A key aspect of this build is achieving 100% critical chance, which is why it uses Rampager and Sinister gear. Additionally, Fury is greatly improved by Quiet Intensity. The build then converts this high crit chance into Bleeding damage through Sharper Images and Jagged Mind. This high bleeding output generates an insane amount of Blades with Bloodsong, which are then consumed on Shatters/Bladesongs to both deal direct damage and increase your damage with Deadly Blades.

Priority

Bladesong Sorrow with 5 Blades
Phantasmal Warden / Phantasmal Swordsman / Signet of the Ether
Unstable Bladestorm
Bladesong Harmony with 5 Blades.
Bladecall

When you swap to sword, use Phantasmal Swordsman and use it again when it recharges, then weapon swap. On the focus weapon set, cast Phantasmal Warden twice by using Signet of the Ether.
You will generate a lot of Blades, but space your Bladesongs to upkeep the buff from Deadly Blades.

Defense

Illusionary Riposte - block.
Bladesong Distortion - invulnerability

Sustain

Dealing damage heals you thanks to Jagged Mind.
When Signet of the Ether is not on cooldown, every Blade you stock will heal you for a small amount.

Crowd control

Bladesong Dissonance - daze. Daze duration increases with the number of stocked Blades.
Illusionary Riposte⇒Counter Blade - daze.
Temporal Curtain⇒Into the Void - pull.
Signet of Domination - stun (emergencies only).

Video examples

vs. Champion Chak Lobber (Egg Clutch Hero Challenge) Great showcase of all the defensive skills this dps build has access to. Thanks to blocks and Distortion, this build is very safe.

vs. Vampire Beast Broodmother (Pile of Guano Hero Challenge) Great showcase of how to abuse Distortion.

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 Condition virtuoso is a powerful ranged condition dps build for open world. Virtuosos cannot summon clones. Instead, they stock Blades. This has the disadvantage of clones no longer tanking for you, but the advantage of Blades persisting after combat unlike clones which die after the fight.
-There are two versions of condition virtuoso: {{Tooltip|Dueling}} or {{Tooltip|Chaos}}. The Chaos variant is easier to play, but has poor generation of the absolutely essential {{Tooltip|Fury}} Boon, and requires {{Tooltip|Regeneration}} to achive its full potential due to the traits {{Trait|Illusionary Membrane}} and {{Trait|Chaotic Persistence}}. Due to that lack of {{Tooltip|Fury}} and {{Tooltip|Regeneration}} which are never guaranted in open world and virtuoso cannot suply itself with, we suggest playing Dueling virtuoso in open world, which this guide covers.
+Condition Dueling virtuoso inflicts enormous amounts of {{Tooltip|Bleeding}} damage through critical hits thanks to {{Trait|Sharper Images}} and {{Trait|Quiet Intensity}}. This large bleeding output also generates lots of Blades thanks to {{Trait|Bloodsong}} which allows you to use Bladesongs essentially off-cooldown. This means that this build very dependent on having the right gear to achieve high critical chance and bleeding duration.
-Condition Dueling virtuoso inflicts enormous ammounts of {{Tooltip|Bleeding}} damage through critical hits  thanks to {{Trait|Sharper Images}} and {{Trait|Quiet Intensity}}. This large bleeding output also generates lots of Blades thanks to {{Trait|Bloodsong}} which allows you to use Bladesongs essentially off-cooldown. This means that this build very dependent on having the right gear to achieve high critical chance and bleeding duration.
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 ===Skill Variants===
-'''Healing skill'''
+====Healing skill====
-{{Skill|Signet of the Ether}} is an offensive heal whose active effect allows you to do more damage. But if you require more healing, you can instead use:
+We default to {{Skill|Signet of the Ether}}, an offensive heal whose active effect allows you to do more damage. But if you require more healing, you can instead use:
-* {{Skill|Ether Feast}} - very large heal, especially when used with maximun stocked blades.
+* {{Skill|Ether Feast}} - very large heal, especially when used with maximum stocked blades.
+====Utility skills====
-'''Utility skills'''
+We default to:<br>
-{{Skill|Rain of Swords}} is good for AoE damage. {{Skill|Signet of Midnight}} and {{Skill|Signet of Domination}} provide the highest sustained damage through their passive, so you only use them in emergencies. If damage is not a concern, you could sometimes use different utility skills.
+{{Skill|Rain of Swords}} is good for AoE damage.<br>
-* {{Skill|Mantra of Concentration}} - valuable stunbreak.
+{{Skill|Signet of Midnight}} and {{Skill|Signet of Domination}} provide the highest sustained damage through their passive, so you only use them in emergencies.
-* {{Skill|Mantra of Resolve}} - condition cleanse.
+If you want or need to run other skills, here are some suggestions:
-* {{Skill|Mimic}}, {{Skill|Blink}}, {{Skill|Portal Entre}} - very strong utility.
+* {{Skill|Mantra of Resolve}} - condition cleanse for yourself and nearby allies.
+* {{Skill|Feedback}} - projectile reflection.
-'''Elite skills'''
+* {{Skill|Mantra of Concentration}} - personal stunbreak and AoE stability.
-{{Skill|Thousand Cuts}} is a high damage skill. If necessary, it can be replaced for elites with more utility.
+* {{Skill|Portal Entre}} - utility.
+* {{Skill|Blink}} - utility.
+====Elite skills====
+We default to {{Skill|Thousand Cuts}} for its high damage. If necessary, it can be replaced for elites with more utility:
 * {{Skill|Mass Invisibility}} - stealth for channeling hero points or sneaking past powerful enemies.
 * {{Skill|Signet of Humility}} - large amount of crowd control.
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 {{Specialization|Illusions|top|bot|top}}
 {{Specialization|Virtuoso|bot|mid|bot}}
 ===Specializations Variants===
 * {{Trait|Persistence of Memory}} - Boon generation when solo.
+====Inspiration====
-* Inspiration can replace Illusions when soloing to massively increase sustain at a dps loss.
+Inspiration can replace Illusions when soloing to increase sustain at a large dps loss.
 {{Specialization|Inspiration|bot|mid|mid|variant=y}}
 ==Equipment==
-* The default recommended gear is the same as the condi virtuoso raid build for ease of gearing.
+The default recommended gear is the same as the condi virtuoso raid build for ease of gearing.
-** With {{food|Bowl of Fancy Potato and Leek Soup}}, this setup provides 59,99% crit chance, or 99,99% with {{Tooltip|Fury}} thanks to {{Trait|Quiet Intensity}}.
-* This set is optimised for ascended gear. If you're not full ascended, feel free to adjust or rearrange the stats of individual pieces, with the aim of having as close to 100% critical chance (with fury) and 100% bleeding duration. If you only have exotic gear, all your gear will have to be {{Tooltip|Rampager}}.
-** {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Accuracy}} should not be used because Illusions do not gain the increased critical chance from it.
 {{PvE equipment
 | stats = Rampager
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 | weapon4 = Focus
 | sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Earth
-| head = Viper
+| head =
 | shoulders =
-| chest = Viper
+| chest = Sinister
 | hands =
 | legs = Sinister
-| feet =
+| feet = Sinister
-| weapon1-stats = Viper
+| weapon1-stats = Sinister
-| weapon2-stats = Viper
+| weapon2-stats = Sinister
-| weapon4-stats = Viper
+| weapon4-stats = Sinister
-| ring1 = Viper
+| backpiece =
-| relic = Relic of the Fractal
+| accessory1 = Sinister
+| accessory2 = Sinister
+| amulet = Sinister
+| ring1 =
+| ring2 =
+| relic = Relic of the Aristocracy
 }}
-* This build loses massive damage from defensive gear; for defense, equip a jade core and use defensive traits instead.
+If you are gearing this character from zero, start with '''exotic quality gear'''. We suggest starting with a full set {{Tooltip|Sinister}} gear since it is very cheap. For the armor, search for "Norgu" in the trading post and replace the runes. For the weapons, search for "Sinister Scavenged Obsidian". For the amulet and rings search for Sinister, for the accessories search for "Coral Orichalcum", for the backpack search "Lucky Great" and manually chose it attribute combination after buying it.<br>
+When possible, switch the requiered pieces to {{Tooltip|Rampager}}, which is more expensive but a worth investment.<br>
+Upgrade to ascended gear as soon as you can, prioritising the trinkets. See also: [[Guide:How to Gear a Character]].
+* {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Accuracy}} should not be used because Illusions do not gain the increased critical chance from it.
+* This build loses massive damage from defensive gear; for defense, equip a jade core and use defensive traits instead.
+* Use food that boosts all attributes: {{Food|Dragon's Revelry Starcake}} or {{Food|Spherified Cilantro Oyster Soup}}. If you have a character at least 2 years old, the Birthday Blaster cake also works and is free, but only lasts 10 minutes. The same applies to 9 year old characters and the Feast of Delectable Birthday Cake, which lasts 30 minutes.
 ==Consumables==
-Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
+===Food===
+Use food that boosts all attributes:
-===DPS===
+* {{Food|Dragon's Revelry Starcake}} or {{Food|Spherified Cilantro Oyster Soup}}.
-* Prioritize {{food|Bowl of Fancy Potato and Leek Soup}}.
+If you have a character at least 2 years old, the Birthday Blaster cake also works and is free, but only lasts 10 minutes. The same applies to 9 year old characters and the Feast of Delectable Birthday Cake, which lasts 30 minutes.
+===Utility===
 * {{Utility|Master Tuning Crystal}} / {{Utility|Tuning Icicle}}
-===Defense===
-* {{Food|Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew}}
-* {{Food|Oysters with Spicy Sauce}}
-* {{Food|Bowl of Lemongrass Mussel Pasta}}
-===Farming===
-* Prioritize '''Flatbread''' Ascended food.
-* {{Item|Birthday Blaster}} / {{Item|Feast of Delectable Birthday Cake}}
-* {{Food|Peppermint Omnomberry Bar}}
-* {{Utility|Sharpening Skull}} (and variants)
 ==Usage==
 ===Damage===
-This build requires an extremely high critical chance, ideally 100%, which is why it uses so much {{Tooltip|Rampager}} gear. Thankfully, {{Trait|Quiet Intensity}} helps with this. The build then converts this high crit chance into {{Tooltip|Bleeding}} damage through {{Trait|Sharper Images}} and {{Trait|Jagged Mind}}. This high bleeding output generates an insane amount of Blades with {{Trait|Bloodsong}}, which are then consumed on Shatters/Bladesongs to both deal direct damage and increase your damage with {{Trait|Deadly Blades}}.
+A key aspect of this build is achieving 100% critical chance, which is why it uses {{Tooltip|Rampager}} and {{Tooltip|Sinister}} gear. Additionally, {{Tooltip|Fury}} is greatly improved by {{Trait|Quiet Intensity}}. The build then converts this high crit chance into {{Tooltip|Bleeding}} damage through {{Trait|Sharper Images}} and {{Trait|Jagged Mind}}. This high bleeding output generates an insane amount of Blades with {{Trait|Bloodsong}}, which are then consumed on Shatters/Bladesongs to both deal direct damage and increase your damage with {{Trait|Deadly Blades}}.
+;Priority
-;Opener
+#{{Skill|Bladesong Sorrow}} with 5 Blades
-Against bosses and other durable enemies, try to follow this opener
+#{{Skill|Phantasmal Warden}} / {{Skill|Phantasmal Swordsman}} / {{Skill|Signet of the Ether}}
-#{{Skill|Phantasmal Swordsman}}
+#{{Skill|Unstable Bladestorm}}
-#{{Skill|Bladesong Harmony}}
+#{{Skill|Bladesong Harmony}} with 5 Blades.
 #{{Skill|Bladecall}}
-#{{Skill|Unstable Bladestorm}}
+* When you swap to sword, use Phantasmal Swordsman and use it again when it recharges, then weapon swap. On the focus weapon set, cast Phantasmal Warden twice by using Signet of the Ether.
-#{{Tooltip|Weapon swap}}
+* You will generate a lot of Blades, but space your Bladesongs to upkeep the buff from {{Trait|Deadly Blades}}.
-#{{Skill|Phantasmal Warden}}
-#{{Skill|Signet of the Ether}} and {{Skill|Thousand Cuts}}
-#{{Skill|Phantasmal Warden}}
-#{{Skill|Rain of Swords}}
-#{{Skill|Bladesong Harmony}}
-From here on, just use your Phantasm and Blade skills offcooldown. When you swap to sword, use Phantasmal Swordsman and use it again when it recharges, then weapon swap. On the focus weapon set, cast Phantasmal Warden twice by using Signet of the Ether. You will generate a lot of Blades, but space your Bladesongs to upkeep the buff from {{Trait|Deadly Blades}}.
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 ===Crowd control===
-* {{Skill|Bladesong Dissonance}} - daze. Daze duration increases with number of stocked Blades.
+* {{Skill|Bladesong Dissonance}} - daze. Daze duration increases with the number of stocked Blades.
 * {{Skill|Illusionary Riposte}}{{to}}{{Skill|Counter Blade}} - daze.
 * {{Skill|Temporal Curtain}}{{to}}{{Skill|Into the Void}} - pull.

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