Specter - Condition Scepter

Part of the current metagame

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Focused on: Mobility, Condition damage and Utility

Designed for: PvP Conquest

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on July 05, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A Carrion Specter condition build for PvP, centered around Wells.

Skill Bar

Scepter/Dagger

Sword/Pistol

Utility

Skill Bar Variants

Weapons

• Scepter/Pistol over Scepter/Dagger - swapping the offhand weapons around is also viable. Trades Twilight Combo for access to Measured Shot. Better kiting and area damage, less reliance on projectiles. Your other set should now be Sword/Dagger.

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Equipment

Scepter

Dagger

Sigil

Sigil

Sword

Pistol

Sigil

Sigil

Rune

Amulet

Equipment Variants

Runes

• Rune of Chronomancer - a viable source of Quickness from Wells.

Sigils

• Sigil of Misery - can be considered over Venom when playing with Scepter/Pistol.

Usage

Elite specialization basics

• Specters gain access to their own version of Death Shroud called Enter Shadow Shroud. Mechanically they are the same, replacing your skill bar while active. Damage taken while in Shroud drains Shadow Force instead of HP.

• Using Siphon (Specter's version of Steal) and spending Initiative builds Shadow Force.

General

• Most of your Specters skills double as support skills. While your role is to kill targets, a good Specter also keeps an eye on allies and helps them in critical moments by granting them Barrier.

• Because of Shroud you can be a bit more reckless with spending Initiative as Shroud skills are free and by the time you've rotated through Shroud skill your Initiative should be back to full.

• Most of the weapon damage comes from spamming skill #3 on Scepter, be it Twilight Combo or Measured Shot + Endless Night (depending on the offhand weapon you chose) and rotating through Shroud skills.
  • Scepter is the main weapon set of the build, the other one fills more of a utility/situational purpose. Sowrd/Pistol and Sword/Dagger both have good defensive skills, chase potential and damage. This set could also act as a finisher, as Scepter skill can be rather slow.

• Every Well skills grants Alacrity. Wells are also great mobility tools both in and out of combat, and simply using them to get around the maps faster has the added benefit of speeding up your skill recharge from the Alacrity.

• Condition cleansing is on the lower end, for the most part it's limited to Shadowstep, Hungering Darkness and Infiltrator's Return (Sword #2's chain skill).

• Offhand pistol's main purpose is to combo stealth with Black Powder and to provide a quick interrupt via Head Shot.

• Stealth stacking rotation:

1. Black Powder
2. Enter Shadow Shroud
3. Grasping Shadows Grasping Shadows
4. Dawn's Repose Dawn's Repose

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