Specter - Condi Celestial
This is a test build. You may comment and rate it.
Focused on: Condition damage
Designed for: Open World and Open World General
Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on March 03, 2022.
Overview
A survivable open world build for Specter. Can solo the toughest content by either kiting with Poison and Torment with and the synergies in Deadly Arts. You can also provide permanent Alacrity and give yourself 25 Might thanks to the boon duration and . In addition, on Dagger turns into a significant heal against larger groups.
or evading with and healing with . While Celestial provides balanced stats this build will favor condition damage and can stack a large amount ofSkill Bar
Scepter/Pistol
Dagger/Dagger
Utility
Weapon Variants
- Shortbow - good ranged option instead of D/D, especially for tagging.
Template Code
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Specializations
Equipment
Head
Celestial
Celestial
Shoulders
Celestial
Celestial
Chest
Celestial
Celestial
Hands
Celestial
Celestial
Legs
Celestial
Celestial
Feet
Celestial
Celestial
Backpiece
Celestial
Celestial
Accessory
Celestial
Celestial
Accessory
Celestial
Celestial
Amulet
Celestial
Celestial
Ring
Celestial
Celestial
Ring
Celestial
Celestial
Scepter
Celestial
Celestial
Pistol
Celestial
Celestial
Sigil
Sigil
Dagger
Celestial
Celestial
Dagger
Celestial
Celestial
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
x6
Infusion
x18
x18
Equipment Variants
- , , , or even are more readily-available alternatives to .
- Use for Might generation if using runes other than .
- If using the concentration granted allows you to swap out on your offhand weapons and still have permanent alacrity through your wells.
Consumables
- 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.
- - if using alternative runes to
- - farming
- - DPS
- - defense
- Utility
- (and variants) - farming
- , - dps
- - dps if using gear with high toughness
Usage
- Weakness gives you Might thanks to . Alternate with / to quickly stack up to 25 Might. also stacks might and gives you more initiative. When you're low on initiative use and cycle through your attacks, then exit for a large heal thanks to . Note that auto-attacking in shroud gives you Might and Eternal Night inflicts Weakness and gives you Might.
- For foes that can't be kited or large groups switch to Dagger and use Might as it inflicts Weakness. If you need a reprieve use to enter Stealth and exit with which grants you lots of Barrier thanks to . . You can pull larger groups in with . will provide significant amounts of healing when used on grouped enemies thanks to and will also give you
- You can use Wells on cooldown to maintain permanent Alacrity or save for when needed. provides a large amount of sustain with .
Video Examples
Celestial Specter vs Mayatl the Fierce
- A great example of this build in action with . Mayatl is a good demonstration for the Celestial Specter's sustain, CC, single target, and AoE capabilities in the open world.
Ratings
Still a decent build, just swap an utility skill or two.
This build can do it all outside of raids and high level fractals. Fantastic survivability, solid DPS, loads of CC, and AOE support. With a few modifications it works well in WVW too. One of my go to solo thief builds.
Effective in just about every category (albeit not the best) thanks to celestial stats, easily effective for condi/support in everything up to tier 3 fractals, although could be used in t4 and strikes depending on group comp. and the player's knowledge of the build.
I have played pretty much this build since the start of end of dragons; it's amazing in open world: self-survivability, ally-survivability w/o giving up anything, legit damage albeit not glass-cannon level, and tons of fun. I use tormenting runes since I don't have aristocracy however I plan to grab them to try them out at some point when I get around to running the dungeons. I played bounding daredevil for years prior to EoD and didn't think I'd find something to replace it, however I haven't touched it since and even pivoted my legendary from Nevermore to Xiuquatl. It should definitely be out of the "test" category and set to Great if not Meta imo.
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