Druid - Condition Druid

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:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on July 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

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

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, take Vicious Quarry or Quick Draw
• 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 provides higher DPS at the cost of damage, but retains boon duration and healing power.

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:

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 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