Difference between revisions of "Mirage - Condi Mirage"

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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:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on March 14, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Condi Staff Mirage is a slow-paced build. Somewhat similar to Build:Mirage_-_Condi_Mirage, this build revolves around spamming Chaos Vortex to both deal damage and generate boons. The build provides permanent 25 might and some alacrity to yourself and nearby allies.

This build also features a very powerful tagging option, which is noted below.

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Skill Bar

Staff

Utility

Weapon Variants

There are no weapon variants. This particular build requieres two staves to function.

When tagging events, you can consider swapping one staff for a Greatsword with Sigil of Superior Sigil of Fire and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Stamina. This provides low damage but great tagging pottential by spamming Split Surge, but you will need gear with significant Power, such as Viper, to ensure tag credit.

Skill Variants

Mirror - projectile reflection.
Sand Through Glass - evade, stunbreak, and Mirage Mirror.
Mantra of Resolve - if conditions are a problem.
Feedback - to reflect projectiles.
Mimic - situationally powerful.
Portal Entre - can be useful, especially when zerging.
Blink - stunbreak and movement.
Mass Invisibility - to run past enemies or commune with Hero Points in stealth, use together with Prismatic Understanding for longer stealth, but change the trait afterwards.

Specializations

Renewing Oasis - permanent Regeneration, which helps with both damage and defense due to the Chaos traitline. If taking this, it may be a good idea to use the Dueling variant below.
Mirage Mantle - extra defense.

Dueling

Illusions performs best when fighting bosses and situations where you don't need to be constantly creating new clones. On situations where you need higher clone generation, such as when your clones can easily die or when fighting trash mobs, you can swap Illusions for Duelling for increased clone generation at the expense of sustained damage.

Blinding Dissipation + Ineptitude - trades clone generation for higher bursts of Confusion; very strong against bosses that attack fast, which isn't often the case in general open world play.

Equipment

This set uses gear similar to Build:Mirage_-_Alacrity_Support_Condi_DPS, making it a good option for general PVE

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Viper

Legs
Viper

Feet
Viper

Backpiece
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Staff
Viper

Sigil

Staff
Viper

Sigil

Rune
x6

Variant Equipment

Gear

Celestial - trades a large amount of DPS for boon duration and defense.
Trailblazer - trades DPS for heavy defense.

Runes

Rune of Superior Rune of Tormenting - provides Regeneration for minor healing and sinergy with the Chaos traitline, but underperforms when you already have other sources of Regeneration and provides lower damage.
Rune of Superior Rune of the Undead - when using Trailblazer gear, Undead runes will be your second best option for the set behind Rune of Superior Rune of the Nightmare.

Sigils It is strongly recommended to stick with the sigils listed; they provide the highest DPS. If it is required to replace one of the sigils, replace Sigil of Superior Sigil of Malice, as Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy is absolutely core to the build.

Consumables

Food

Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
- farming
- DPS
- defense

Utility

(and variants) - farming
, - dps
- dps if using gear with high toughness

Usage

Mirage Cloak

Mirage Cloak is the profession mechanic of the mirage. Whever you dodge or pick up a Mirage Mirror, you enter Mirage Cloak for 0,75 seconds, dodging incoming attacks. You also gain access to Ambush skills for 1,5 seconds, which replace your first weapon skill. Mirage Cloak does not have a cast time, allowing mirages to dodge at any time, such as when casting other skill, when reviving someone, or even during the effects of crowd control.

Clone generation

Phantasms become clones after attacking, so Phantasmal Warlock will summon 2 clones.
Phase Retreat summons 1 clone, but be mindful of the forced teleport, don't teleport into enemy AoEs.
When using Self-Deception, using Deception skills such as False Oasis or Crystal Sands while in combat and with 1 or more clones alive, will summon 1 clone at your location that attacks the nearest target.
- Clones summoned by Deceptive Evasion when using the Dueling traitline are created in the same manner, and they inmediatly use Chaos Vortex due to Infinite Horizon.
Since your clones are very important in this build, you can time your dodges to make your clones dodge dangerous attacks thanks to Infinite Horizon. This trait also stunbreaks your clones when you dodge.

Boons

This build provides significant Alacrity uptime to yourself and nearby allies because of how much you cast Chaos Vortex. However, try to let your clones attack once inbetween Chaos Orbs for higher damage.
- You will also provide permanent 25 might to yourself and nearby allies.
Winds of Chaos will also provide Fury to allies it bounces to.

Damage

The bast majority of your damage comes from auto attacking and casting Chaos Vortex with 3 clones up, thanks to Infinite Horizon. Try to always have 3 clones up.
Use Phantasmal Warlock to create 2 phantasms that later turn into clones. If runnig the Illusions traitline, this will also provide you some boons.
Whenever you have three clones up and you can quickly summon three more, shatter with Cry of Frustration for extra damage. You can also use Mind Wrack if your target is about to die.
Weapon swap any time you're under 50% endurance.

Defense

Use Jaunt to reposition and cleanse 1 condition.
Abuse your Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy for frequent dodges.
Sand Through Glass can provide a strong stunbreak.
You dodge very often, so you'll dodge some attacks without even trying.
Chaos Armor blinds trash mobs.
Against enemies with projectiles, hide behind your clones.
Thanks to Bountiful Disillusionment, your Shatters provide stability. However, do not rely on this as this build wants to have high clone uptime.

Crowd Control

Interrupts: Chaos Storm
Diversion
Signet of Domination (as a last resort)

Video Examples

Viper staff mirage vs Itzel Belongings. Here, Dueling is used for Evasive Mirror and faster clone generation to kill the adds quickly.
Viper staff mirage vs. Champion Avatar of Balthazar. Here, Dueling is used for clone generation against the Avatar's massive damage that melts our clones.

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+{{SEO|description=Condi Staff Mirage is a slow-paced build. Somewhat similar to Condi_Mirage, this build revolves around spamming Chaos Vortex to both deal damage and generate boons. The build provides permanent 25 might and some alacrity to yourself and nearby allies..}}
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 ==Overview==
-Condi Staff Mirage is a slow-paced build that is a variant of [[Build:Mirage_-_Condi_Mirage]] but is complex enough to deserve its own page due to the vastly different playstyles. This build provides significant {{Tooltip|Alacrity}} and {{Tooltip|Might}} uptime to nearby allies.
+Condi Staff Mirage is a slow-paced build. Somewhat similar to [[Build:Mirage_-_Condi_Mirage]], this build revolves around spamming {{Skill|Chaos Vortex}} to both deal damage and generate boons. The build provides permanent 25 might and some alacrity to yourself and nearby allies.
-This build also features a very powerful farming option, which is noted below.
+This build also features a very powerful tagging option, which is noted below.
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 ===Weapon Variants===
-When tagging, swap one Staff for a Greatsword with {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Fire}} and {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Stamina}}. Use this Greatsword while mobile, and against bosses swap to Staff for a massive damage boost.
+There are no weapon variants. This particular build requieres two staves to function.
-Note that when using this variant, you must be wearing gear with significant Power, such as {{Tooltip|Viper}} or {{Tooltip|Celestial}}. Gear with no power, like {{Tooltip|Trailblazer}}, will result in lack of tag credit.
+When tagging events, you can consider swapping one staff for a Greatsword with {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Fire}} and {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Stamina}}. This provides low damage but great tagging pottential by spamming {{Skill|Split Surge}}, but you will need gear with significant Power, such as {{Tooltip|Viper}}, to ensure tag credit.
 ===Skill Variants===
-* {{Skill|Mirror}} - projectile hate
+* {{Skill|Mirror}} - projectile reflection.
-* {{Skill|Sand Through Glass}} - evade + stunbreak
+* {{Skill|Sand Through Glass}} - evade, stunbreak, and Mirage Mirror.
 * {{Skill|Mantra of Resolve}} - if conditions are a problem.
 * {{Skill|Feedback}} - to reflect projectiles.
-* {{Skill|Mimic}} - situationally powerful
+* {{Skill|Mimic}} - situationally powerful.
 * {{Skill|Portal Entre}} - can be useful, especially when zerging.
-* {{Skill|Time Warp}} - strong option when soloing bosses
+* {{Skill|Blink}} - stunbreak and movement.
+* {{Skill|Mass Invisibility}} - to run past enemies or commune with Hero Points in stealth, use together with {{trait|Prismatic Understanding}} for longer stealth, but change the trait afterwards.
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 {{Specialization|Chaos|mid|bot|bot}}
 {{Specialization|Mirage|top|top|top}}
-* {{Trait|Renewing Oasis}} - higher {{Tooltip|Regeneration}} uptime, which helps with both damage and defense; if taking this, it may be a good idea to use the Dueling variant below.
+* {{Trait|Renewing Oasis}} - permanent {{Tooltip|Regeneration}}, which helps with both damage and defense due to the Chaos traitline. If taking this, it may be a good idea to use the Dueling variant below.
-* {{Trait|Mirage Mantle}} - extra defense
+* {{Trait|Mirage Mantle}} - extra defense.
 ===Dueling===
-Dueling can be taken for a damage loss but increased clone generation. Replaces Illusions.
+Illusions performs best when fighting bosses and situations where you don't need to be constantly creating new clones. On situations where you need higher clone generation, such as when your clones can easily die or when fighting trash mobs, you can swap Illusions for Duelling for increased clone generation at the expense of sustained damage.
 {{Specialization|Dueling|top|mid|bot|variant=y}}
-* {{Trait|Blinding Dissipation}} + {{Trait|Ineptitude}} - trades clone generation for higher Confusion application; very strong against bosses that attack fast but not as useful in general open world play
+* {{Trait|Blinding Dissipation}} + {{Trait|Ineptitude}} - trades clone generation for higher bursts of Confusion; very strong against bosses that attack fast, which isn't often the case in general open world play.
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 ===Variant Equipment===
 '''Gear'''
-* {{Tooltip|Celestial}} - trades DPS for boon duration and defense
+* {{Tooltip|Celestial}} - trades a large amount of DPS for boon duration and defense.
-* {{Tooltip|Trailblazer}} - trades DPS for heavy defense
+* {{Tooltip|Trailblazer}} - trades DPS for heavy defense.
 '''Runes'''
-* {{Rune|Superior Rune of Tormenting}} - provides moderate levels of sustain, though less than the axe version of this build
+* {{Rune|Superior Rune of Tormenting}} - provides {{tooltip|Regeneration}} for minor healing and sinergy with the Chaos traitline, but underperforms when you already have other sources of Regeneration and provides lower damage.
-* {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Undead}} - 2nd best option behind {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Nightmare}} for the {{Tooltip|Trailblazer}} set.
+* {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Undead}} - when using {{Tooltip|Trailblazer}} gear, Undead runes will be your second best option for the set behind {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Nightmare}}.
 '''Sigils'''
-It is strongly recommended to stick with the sigils listed; they provide the highest DPS. If it is required to replace one of the sigils, replace {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Malice}} as {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Energy}} is absolutely core.
+It is strongly recommended to stick with the sigils listed; they provide the highest DPS. If it is required to replace one of the sigils, replace {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Malice}}, as {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Energy}} is absolutely core to the build.
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 ==Usage==
-===Alacrity===
+===Mirage Cloak===
-This build is capable of providing significant {{Tooltip|Alacrity}} uptime to nearby allies simply by dodging and auto-attacking. Try not to spam dodge so clones can finish their cast.
+Mirage Cloak is the profession mechanic of the mirage. Whever you dodge or pick up a Mirage Mirror, you enter Mirage Cloak for 0,75 seconds, dodging incoming attacks. You also gain access to Ambush skills for 1,5 seconds, which replace your first weapon skill. Mirage Cloak does not have a cast time, allowing mirages to dodge at any time, such as when casting other skill, when reviving someone, or even during the effects of crowd control.
+===Clone generation===
+* Phantasms become clones after attacking, so {{skill|Phantasmal Warlock}} will summon 2 clones.
+* {{Skill|Phase Retreat}} summons 1 clone, but be mindful of the forced teleport, don't teleport into enemy AoEs.
+* When using {{trait|Self-Deception}}, using Deception skills such as {{skill|False Oasis}} or {{Skill|Crystal Sands}} while in combat and with 1 or more clones alive, will summon 1 clone at your location that attacks the nearest target.
+** Clones summoned by {{trait|Deceptive Evasion}} when using the Dueling traitline are created in the same manner, and they inmediatly use {{skill|Chaos Vortex}} due to {{trait|Infinite Horizon}}.
+* Since your clones are very important in this build, you can time your dodges to make your clones dodge dangerous attacks thanks to {{trait|Infinite Horizon}}. This trait also stunbreaks your clones when you dodge.
+===Boons===
+* This build provides significant {{Tooltip|Alacrity}} uptime to yourself and nearby allies because of how much you cast {{skill|Chaos Vortex}}. However, try to let your clones attack once inbetween Chaos Orbs for higher damage.
+** You will also provide permanent 25 might to yourself and nearby allies.
+* {{skill|Winds of Chaos}} will also provide {{tooltip|Fury}} to allies it bounces to.
 ===Damage===
-* Use your phantasm off cooldown.
+* The bast majority of your damage comes from auto attacking and casting {{skill|Chaos Vortex}} with 3 clones up, thanks to {{trait|Infinite Horizon}}. Try to always have 3 clones up.
-* Shatter {{Skill|Cry of Frustration}} and {{Skill|Mind Wrack}} any time all three clones can be instantly replaced.
+* Use {{skill|Phantasmal Warlock}} to create 2 phantasms that later turn into clones. If runnig the Illusions traitline, this will also provide you some boons.
-* Always have three clones up at all times. This is critical for your DPS.
+* Whenever you have three clones up and you can quickly summon three more, shatter with {{Skill|Cry of Frustration}} for extra damage. You can also use {{skill|Mind Wrack}} if your target is about to die.
-* Weapon swap any time you're missing a lot of energy.
+* Weapon swap any time you're under 50% endurance.
 ===Defense===
-* Use {{Skill|Jaunt}} to cleanse conditions.
+* Use {{Skill|Jaunt}} to reposition and cleanse 1 condition.
 * Abuse your {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Energy}} for frequent dodges.
-* {{Skill|Sand Through Glass}} can provide a strong stunbreak
+* {{Skill|Sand Through Glass}} can provide a strong stunbreak.
-* You dodge often so use that to your advantage.
+* You dodge very often, so you'll dodge some attacks without even trying.
+* {{Skill|Chaos Armor}} blinds trash mobs.
+* Against enemies with projectiles, hide behind your clones.
+* Thanks to {{trait|Bountiful Disillusionment}}, your Shatters provide {{tooltip|stability}}. However, do not rely on this as this build wants to have high clone uptime.
 ===Crowd Control===
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 ==Video Examples==
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI8atM_s6K0 Viper Staff Mirage vs Itzel Belongings]
+* [https://youtu.be/5GXiRyWSkG8 Viper staff mirage vs Itzel Belongings]. Here, Dueling is used for {{trait|Evasive Mirror}} and faster clone generation to kill the adds quickly.
-* [https://youtu.be/NEPHT4Dzpu0 Masel's Guide to Staff Mirage]
+* [https://youtu.be/xkLV--vj8bw Viper staff mirage vs. Champion Avatar of Balthazar]. Here, Dueling is used for clone generation against the Avatar's massive damage that melts our clones.

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