Specter - Condition Scepter

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Mobility, Condition damage and Utility

Designed for: PvP Conquest

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on January 19, 2023 and is up to date for the March 19, 2024 patch.

Overview

A highly versatile Carrion Specter condition build for PvP.

Skill Bar

Scepter/Pistol

Sword/Dagger

Utility

Skill Variants

Weapons

• Scepter/Dagger over Scepter/Pistol - swapping the offhand weapons around for a different Scepter dual skill is also viable. Don't forget to swap Sword/Dagger to Sword/Pistol.

Heal

• Well of Gloom - bit more mobility, Alacrity and group utility in general.

Utility

Viable choices for the optional slot:

• Thousand Needles - great AoE condition burst (and a chance to contribute to fights you're not even present in, due to its range).

• Signet of Shadows - passive mobility with an active that could be used defensively because of the Blind and Weakness or offensively for the cover conditions and damage boost.

• Seal Area - great area denial tool for securing kills and isolating enemy team members.

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Equipment

Scepter

Pistol

Sigil

Sigil

Sword

Dagger

Sigil

Sigil

Rune

Amulet

Equipment Variants

Runes

• Rune of Chronomancer - a viable source of Quickness from Well skills.

• Rune of Lynx - better mobility when not running Signet of Shadows.

Sigils

• Sigil of Energy over Sigil of Escape - if you can afford to give up some cleansing more endurance.

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 CDs your Initiative should be back to full.

• Siphon removes boons when used on enemies and Dazes them right after, allowing it to interrupt targets even through Stability.

• Most of the weapon damage comes from spamming skill #3 on Scepter: Measured Shot + Endless Night.
  • Scepter is the main weapon set of the build, the other one fills more of a utility/situational purpose. Sword/Dagger has good defensive skills, chase potential and damage.

• 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 map faster has the added benefit of speeding up your skill recharge from the Alacrity.

• The main sources of condition cleansing are Shadowstep, Hungering Darkness, your on-swap Sword sigils 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 (Shroud 2)
4. Dawn's Repose Dawn's Repose (Shroud 3)

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