Scourge - Condi Scourge

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 April 14, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A standard condition Scourge build which is capable of soloing almost all open world content and even some dungeons and fractals. This build focuses on very high sustain and condition removal and typically has a more attrition-based playstyle.

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Skill Bar

Scepter/Torch

X/Warhorn

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Dagger (mainhand) - helps generate life force, but has extremely low dps
• Staff - useful for ranging in a zerg

Skill Variants

Healing Skills

• Summon Blood Fiend - sustained healing.
• Well of Blood - strong group support if running Blood Magic.

Utility Skills

• Epidemic - for area damage
• Summon Shadow Fiend - a friendly pet that deals good DPS
• Corrosive Poison Cloud - destroys projectiles.
• Spectral Armor - can replace Trail as a good stunbreak, but with more defense
• Desiccate - boonstrip and damage
• Plague Signet - absurd condition clear
• Signet of Spite - high burst

Elite Skills

• Summon Flesh Golem - tanky CC buddy

Minions

Minions provide extra bodies for defense but will drastically lower DPS. If taking minions, it is advised to keep Blood Is Power and Signet of Undeath.

• Summon Blood Fiend
• Summon Shadow Fiend
• Summon Flesh Golem

This still provides 3 minions, one of which has extremely high health and is good for CC.

Specializations

• Nourishing Ashes - extra life force
• Parasitic Contagion - more sustain

Death Magic

Death Magic can be taken if using the minion variant for an increase to minion EHP and personal defense.

Equipment

Ascended gear is not required. You can use Exotic gear with the same stats.
This set uses gear that is similar to Build:Scourge_-_Utility_Condi_DPS, which makes it a great option for general PVE

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Viper

Legs
Viper

Feet
Viper

Backpiece
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Ring
Viper

Scepter
Viper

Torch
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

x
Viper

Warhorn
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Variant Equipment

Gear

• Trailblazer - trades 10-15% DPS for a massive increase to EHP; this is a luxury set and not useful for content other than solo play
• Celestial - trades 15-20% DPS for an increase to EHP, boon duration, and barrier output; this is a luxury set and not useful for most content outside of open world

Runes

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Trapper - use 5 of these + 1 black diamond to very closely mimic Rune of Superior Rune of the Nightmare
• Rune of Superior Rune of the Lich - easy/budget DPS
• Rune of Superior Rune of Tormenting - these runes lose less than 2% DPS off any given variant but provide unparalleled sustain.
• Rune of Superior Rune of the Renegade - cheap alternatives that increase the power of Epidemic due to the higher condition damage

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - defense

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

This build is extremely easy to deal damage with and follows a very simple list of rules for its rotation:

• The single most important thing for DPS is never interrupting AA chains without delaying skills.
• Ensure you always maintain 3 shades for the concentration from Sand Sage
• Use Grasping Dead and Devouring Darkness off cooldown; try to use them together as they have the same cooldown.
• Every other Devouring Darkness, also use Oppressive Collapse
• Use Harrowing Wave any time it's off CD and your life force isn't full
• Use Blood Is Power off cooldown; try to time it with Deathly Swarm or Desert Shroud.
• You can hold Plaguelands for a few seconds if your Desert Shroud is about to be back up, so you can add it to the Blood Is Power ⇒ Desert Shroud combo.

A simple opener is as follows:

1. Blood Is Power
2. Plaguelands
3. Blood Is Power
4. Desert Shroud
5. Oppressive Collapse + Grasping Dead + Devouring Darkness
6. Harrowing Wave

From there, just rotate skills off cooldown and try to line up your Blood Is Power and Plaguelands with either Desert Shroud or Deathly Swarm. Be sure to use your Shade Skills as often as possible to proc Dhuumfire.

Sustain

• Nefarious Favor, Deathly Swarm, and Desert Shroud can be used to cleanse conditions.
• If you have trouble surviving, you can trait Parasitic Contagion.
• If you go down just use Life Leech to get back up.

Crowd Control

• Garish Pillar
• Oppressive Collapse
• Charge (necromancer)

Video Examples

Bounty Solo: Tazula Mindclouder

• This demonstrates some of the power of the Celestial Variant. Tormenting Runes were used here for additional sustain.