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Contents
Overview
Condition Scourge brings a mix of Aoe condition damage, boon corruption and team support but is vulnerable to focus due to a lack of personal defenses.
Skill Bar
Skill Variants
Utility
Specializations
Variants
- - Small loss of damage for more personal defense
- - Extra personal sustain
Variants
- Can't find such trait "Nourishing Rot"! Please refer to our trait index - If Life Force generation is an issue.
- Can't find such trait "Unending Corruption"! Please refer to our trait index - Extra boon corruption at the cost of team support.
- - Higher damage option if three shades can be maintained.
Equipment
4x
Superior Rune of the Nightmare
2x
Superior Rune of the Trapper
18x
Malign WvW Infusion
Variants
Stats
- Celestial More team support from barrier, less survivability.
- Viper's More damage, less survivability
- Dire can be a cheaper option, but provides much lower damage potential.
Food & Consumables
Food
- - Offensive option, recommended.
Koi Cake
Koi CakeNourishment (20 m):
+100 Expertise+70 Condition Damage+10 Experience from killsConsumable - - Defensive option.
Sweet Bean Bun
Sweet Bean BunNourishment (30 m):+70 Expertise-20% Condition Duration (Incoming)+25% Magic Find during Lunar New YearConsumable - - Alternate defensive option.
Oysters with Spicy Sauce
Oysters with Spicy SauceNourishment (30 m):+10% Damage Reduction+70 Condition Damage+10 Experience from killsConsumable - - Alternate defensive option.
Loaf of Saffron Bread
Loaf of Saffron BreadNourishment (30 m):Incoming damage reduced by 20% while stunned, knocked down, or knocked back.-20% condition duration+10 Experience from killsConsumable - - Alternate offensive option.
Saffron Stuffed Mushroom
Saffron Stuffed MushroomNourishment (30 m):Gain +200 condition damage for 30 seconds when you kill a foe. (This effect does not stack)+70 Precision+10% Experience from kill[sic]Consumable
Utility
Magnanimous Tuning Crystal
Magnanimous Tuning CrystalNourishment (30 m):
Gain Condition Damage equal to 3% of your VitalityGain Condition Damage equal to 3% of your Toughness+10% Experience from KillsConsumable
Usage
General
- Use your shroud skills frequently, but remember that since they have no cast time you can also cast other skills while using them - avoid downtime.
Scepter/Torch
- is an excellent filler that can be spammed while waiting for your CDs. The final attack corrupts a boon, so try not to interrupt the auto chain.
- deals significant AoE damage, but can be difficult to land.
- adds more torment the more conditions your target has, up to 5 extra stacks. Try to get the most you can, but don't hold on to the skill for too long.
- Generates significant life force as well as being one of your single highest damage skills.
Staff
- Staff auto attacks are low impact and its abilities relatively long cooldowns, so the best use of the weapon is to use its cooldown skills then swap out as soon as possible.
- Use and to build area condi stacks.
- and usage should be more careful, don't be afraid to leave them off cooldown when swapping back to S/D.
- is one of your limited anti-condition skills so use it carefully.
- Interrupt key skills with the fear of .
Shroud
- Your shade skills activate around you as well as all active shades.
- All of your shade skills will proc the strike of
- Shroud traits proc as if the shade skills counted as that shroud skill. For instance, is procced by . Traits that proc on going in/out of shroud proc on .
Though nerfed with the big condi nerf update, this build is now a more balanced DPS option, rather than overpowered. Full condi allows for good damage with barrier support. Running Trailblazers allows this build to be very effective in a push comp, rather than just range, making this an effective midliner. The corruption and cleanse make this a staple role, with most groups running one per sub.
UPDATED 20180617
This build has become inferior to other options as condi damage received multiple nerfs. The Celestial build has become the de facto standard. This build may be stronger with Viper or Griever's as the primary stat, just for the hybrid capabilities it brings, but the Celestial build would probably be still stronger. I am changing my vote to good, as the build is still viable, just not as strong.