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This is a test build. You may comment and rate it.

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Open World, Open World General and [[|]]

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on July 20, 2023.

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.

This build is currently in testing, meaning the build guide may not be fully complete yet.

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Skill Bar

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

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Shortbow
Viper

Sigil

Axe
Viper

Torch
Viper

Sigil

Rune
x6

If using full Viper, take Vicious Quarry or Quick Draw

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

Amulet
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Shortbow
Celestial

Sigil

Axe
Celestial

Torch
Celestial

Sigil

Rune
x6

If using this set, use Vicious Quarry or Quick Draw

Seraph's Equipment

Seraphs offers a lot of what we like about Celestial but without as many defensive stats.

Head
Seraph

Shoulders
Seraph

Chest
Seraph

Hands
Seraph

Legs
Seraph

Feet
Seraph

Backpiece
Seraph

Accessory
Seraph

Amulet
Seraph

Ring
Seraph

Shortbow
Seraph

Sigil

Axe
Seraph

Torch
Seraph

Sigil

Rune
x6

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

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:

Sharpening Stone
Spike Trap
Poison Volley
Glyph of Alignment
Entangle
Crippling Shot
Quick Shot
Weapon Swap
Bonfire
Splitblade
Winter's Bite
Throw Torch
"We Heal As One!" (Copies your boons to your pet)
Celestial Avatar
Natural Convergence
Seed of Life
Lunar Impact
Cosmic Ray until Seed of Life is off cooldown
Seed of Life
Cosmic Ray x2
Drop Celestial Avatar
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

Entangle
Celestial Avatar + 5 / 2
Poison Volley
Call Lightning
Spike Trap
Crippling Shot
Glyph of Alignment

Axe/Torch

Entangle
Celestial Avatar + 5 / 2
Splitblade
Call Lightning
Spike Trap
Bonfire
Winter's Bite
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.

Video Examples

[ Pending ]

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+| accessory1 = Grieving
+| accessory2 = Grieving
+| backpiece = Grieving
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+* If using full {{Tooltip|Viper}}, take {{Trait|Vicious Quarry}} or {{Trait|Quick Draw}}
 ===Celestial Equipment===
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+* If using this set, use {{Trait|Vicious Quarry}} or {{Trait|Quick Draw}}
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 ==Usage==
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+===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:
+# {{Skill|Sharpening Stone}}
+# {{Skill|Spike Trap}}
+# {{Skill|Poison Volley}}
+# {{Skill|Glyph of Alignment}}
+# {{Skill|Entangle}}
+# {{Skill|Crippling Shot}}
+# {{Skill|Quick Shot}}
+# Weapon Swap
+# {{Skill|Bonfire}}
+# {{Skill|Splitblade}}
+# {{Skill|Winter's Bite}}
+# {{Skill|Throw Torch}}
+# {{Skill|"We Heal As One!"}} (Copies your boons to your pet)
+# {{Skill|Celestial Avatar}}
+# {{Skill|Natural Convergence}}
+# {{Skill|Seed of Life}}
+# {{Skill|Lunar Impact}}
+# {{Skill|Cosmic Ray}} until {{Skill|Seed of Life}} is off cooldown
+# {{Skill|Seed of Life}}
+# {{Skill|Cosmic Ray}} x2
+# Drop Celestial Avatar
+# {{Skill|Splitblade}}
+From here, fill with priority skills until you can cast {{Skill|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 {{Skill|Sharpening Stone}} off cooldown, follow this priority:
+;Shortbow
+# {{Skill|Entangle}}
+# {{Skill|Celestial Avatar}} + 5 / 2
+# {{Skill|Poison Volley}}
+# {{Skill|Call Lightning}}
+# {{Skill|Spike Trap}}
+# {{Skill|Crippling Shot}}
+# {{Skill|Glyph of Alignment}}
+;Axe/Torch
+# {{Skill|Entangle}}
+# {{Skill|Celestial Avatar}} + 5 / 2
+# {{Skill|Splitblade}}
+# {{Skill|Call Lightning}}
+# {{Skill|Spike Trap}}
+# {{Skill|Bonfire}}
+# {{Skill|Winter's Bite}}
+# {{Skill|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:
+* {{Skill|Bonfire}}
+* {{Skill|Poison Volley}}
+* {{Skill|Natural Convergence}}
+This also allows for you to stay in {{Skill|Celestial Avatar}} longer for a second cast of {{Skill|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 {{Skill|Natural Convergence}} and {{Skill|Bonfire}}.
 ==Video Examples==
 [ Pending ]

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