Build:Druid - Condition Eclipse Duelist

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

Focused on: Condition damage, Sustain and Mobility

Designed for: PvP Conquest

Difficulty:

Easy

Overview

A PvP condition Druid build made win 1v1s and other smaller engagements while also bringing some group support to the table.

Skill Bar

Axe/Dagger

Sword/Warhorn

Utility

Skill Variants

Elite

• Entangle - if you want a more offensive elite.

Pets

Jacaranda is optional, there are several other good pets for this slot:

• Hawk

• Fanged Iboga

• Rock Gazelle

• Siege Turtle

Template Code

[&DQQeHiE2BTehAAAAqwEAABsAAAC7AAAAtBIAADkuAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEWgBnAAUALwAA]

Copy Template Code

Specializations

Specialization Variants

If you want to play a more defensive version with better condition removal, replace Skirmishing with Nature Magic:

Equipment

Axe

Dagger

Sigil

Sigil

Sword

Warhorn

Sigil

Sigil

Rune

Amulet

Relic

Relics

• Relic of Antitoxin - better cleansing.

• Relic of Evasion - gives you permanent Vigor uptime. It goes up in value when playing the Nature Magic variant because that one has worse Vigor uptime than the current Skirmishing version, and several traits become more powerful with higher endurance regen.

Usage

Elite specialization basics

• Rangers with the Druid specialization gain access to Celestial Avatar (CA) which uses a resource called Astral Force (AF).

• You build AF mostly through healing yourself and allies. The amount healed doesn't matter. Consistent sources of healing like Regeneration and Protection via Rugged Growth are great at building Astral Force.

General

• Celestial Avatar skill #5 Natural Convergence is a channeled ability that has Stability on it. When you're trying to heal under pressure you should interrupt Natural Convergence right away by moving or by weapon stowing, that way you get to use the Stability to cover other skills.

• Dodging grants Protection and Protection heals you.

• Smokescale's F2 ability is Smoke Cloud which could be used to combo Stealth with Sword/Warhorn skills and Lunar Impact.

Damage

• Axe/Dagger is your main damaging set, Sword/Warhorn is much more defensive by nature.

• Splitblade is a cone-shaped attack and should be used in melee range (point-blank) to ensure that all the projectiles hit the main target.

• Winter's Bite is the best skill on Axe. While it does less damage than Splitblade it applies up to 3 different conditions to the target, which overall puts more pressure on them. The Weakness even helps with mitigating incoming damage.

• If you're using Stalker's Strike for the damage and not the evasion, you should first make sure your target is snared. Serpent's Strike has the benefit of allowing you to use Stalker's Strike as the first skill after swapping weapons for Quick Draw synergy while still getting the most damage out of it.

• Eclipse makes Celestial Avatar amazing at applying cover conditions. While CA skills don't do a lot of damage they can apply a wide variety of conditions, if the target was already pressured this form can quickly overwhelm them by making it way harder for them to cleanse your more important conditions.

• In CA Lunar Impact is a source of ranged Immobilize, you could use this on fleeing enemies to stop them or set up skills like Natural Convergence.

• Seed of Life isn't very dangerous but an instant ranged poison isn't bad, and could be used while casting other skills.

Sustain

• Healing Spring is your best skill against conditions, constantly cleansing you as long as you're staying inside the AoE ring. It's also a Water Field, Sword/Warhorn has 3 skills that could be used inside this field to combo extra healing while CA has Lunar Impact.

• Other great cleanses are Seed of Life in Celestial Avatar (somewhat spammable instant skill) and Sigil of Cleansing on both sets.
  • If you drop Seed of Life halfway through casting Lunar Impact you can combo an extra condition removal.

• Entering Celestial Avatar dazes nearby enemies. This is an instant way of lifting some pressure off of you that could be done even while you're stunned.

• Both sets have skills with evade frames: Stalker's Strike on Axe/Dagger and Serpent's Strike on Sword/Warhorn. Using these right after weapon swapping could reduce their CD thanks to Quick Draw.

• Signet of Stone is a great defensive skill against Power-based burst damage, with this you could facetank an entire burst combo and even cast healing skill or counterpressure enemies while it's active.