Most organized groups can maintain the following 7 boons, so we benchmark with those same 7 boons.

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Standard:

1. Might x25
2. Fury
3. Alacrity
4. Quickness
5. Swiftness
6. Regeneration
7. Vigor

We no longer expect Engineers to bring as of the 10/07 patch, and so we do not currently record benchmarks with it - even for condition classes.

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Standard

1. 
   Source: Ranger
2. 
   Source: Ranger
3. 
   Source: Ranger
4. 
   Source: Warrior
5. 
   Source: Warrior
6. 
   Source: Warrior

Traits in our builds that benefit from specific conditions on foes are listed below.

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Guardian Traits: ,
Dragonhunter-Only:

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Elementalist Traits:
Weaver-Only:

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Mesmer Traits: ,
Chronomancer-Only:

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Necromancer Traits:
Reaper-Only: ,

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Ranger Traits:

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Engineer Traits: , ,

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Thief Traits:

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Revenant Traits:

For the following classes you should only use 10 conditions.

Power Holosmith:
Condition Scourge and Condition Reaper:
Power Daredevil and Power Deadeye:

1. Bleeding
2. Burning
3. Confusion
4. Poison
5. Torment
6. Chilled
7. Crippled
8. Slow
9. Vulnerability x25
10. Weakness

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Chronomancer: . You shouldn't apply Fear or Taunt to the golem when playing with Dueling. This applies to Support Chronomancer, Power Chronomancer and Condition Mirage.

For all other classes feel free to apply all conditions to the Golem.

Power based DPS classes are strong at Vale Guardian due to the low Toughness.

Classes like Power Soulbeast, Power Daredevil and Power Deadeye are still extremely strong at Vale Guardian and can be used to replace the Power Dragonhunters.

Replacing the Power Dragonhunters will mean that you will not be able to split three ways during the split phase.

Power Dragonhunter provides extremely high burst DPS and allows your group to split three ways during each split phase.

Two Power Dragonhunters should go to the Blue Guardian with the Support Chronomancer. The other two Power Dragonhunters, and the Heal Druid should go to the Green Guardian.

Vulnerability is provided by the Condition Holosmiths and Power Dragonhunters which allows your Healing Druid to take an extra spirit.

The Condition Holosmiths are brought to help speed up the Red Guardian during the split phase due to the needed condition damage.

Power Holosmith, Sword Weaver and Power Deadeye also make suitable replacements as DPS classes.

You can run Healing Druid if you are struggling with Scholar uptime in the final phase.

Power Dragonhunters bring Vulnerability for both Gorseval and the split adds. It also provides a decent amount of CC and solid boss DPS.

Every Power Dragonhunter has to save their for the Breakbar Phase.

This composition allows you to split four ways during the split phase.

• Two Power Dragonhunters.
• Two Power Dragonhunters.
• Power Dragonhunter, Support Chronomancer and Condition Banner Berserker
• Power Dragonhunter, Support Chronomancer and Condition Druid

Power Deadeye, Sword Weaver and Condition Holosmith do very high boss DPS but, overall, slightly underperform compared to Power Daredevil.

Power Daredevil provides extremely high boss DPS and can get Throw Magnetic Bomb from the champion adds.

In this setup the Support Chronomancers should take the cannons. With this setup it is possible to skip the southern and eastern cannons for the first loop.

You can replace the Power Dragonhunters with Power Daredevils to provide more CC.

This composition requires the Support Chronomancers to provide Aegis to negate the Fear. The Power Dragonhunters can also provide Aegis with .

Sword Weaver provides really high boss DPS but lacks a lot of CC.

Power Soulbeast synergizes well with Sword Weaver and Power Dragonhunter due to and .

Your Support Chronomancers should both be running which will help massively to contribute to the frequent Breakbars.

Your Support Chronomancers can use to provide Aegis which will prevent the Fear after each Breakbar Phase.

One Support Chronomancer can take shroom 1 and a Power Dragonhunter or your Heal Druid can take shroom 2.

You can replace the Condition Mirage from the Condition Banner Berserker's subgroup with a Condition Soulbeast if you struggle with condition cleanse, as they can take .

You can swap out a Condition Mirage for a Condition Daredevil. The Condition Daredevil will help provide boons from their stolen skill Detonate Plasma. This provides boons to all 10 squad members. Detonate Plasma also means that the Healing Druid no longer needs to take , as the Condition Daredevil will cover Protection.

Condition Mirage is insanely strong here, not only does it provide very high DPS but also CC with .

One Condition Mirage should take and .

Your Condition Banner Berserker can run with the Discipline Trait Line instead of Tactics as you have no power DPS classes to benefit from .

Condition Chronomancers have better DPS than the traditional Support Chronomancer as they supply a lot of Torment and can also attack from range.

Sword Weaver provides high boss DPS but no cleave. This is why we recommend Power Dragonhunters to help with cleaving. This is extremely important when keeping Keep Construct in the middle of the arena.

Power Dragonhunter provides high boss DPS and also provides Vulnerability when the adds approach Keep Construct.

The Power Soulbeasts synergize well with the fast hitting Sword Weavers and Power Dragonhunters through and .

If you are struggling to tank on the Heal Druid, you can take a Support Chronomancer instead of one of the Power Chronomancers. This will mean that the Heal Druid doesn't have to tank and can happily heal the squad.

Power Chronomancer can provide permanent Quickness through spreading out their use of . One Power Chronomancer can use it every 10%.

Alacrigade is taken here to provide Alacrity for the entire squad and for .

The Heal Druid will need to tank in this situation which might require you to take some Minstrel's pieces.

You can replace the Condition Mirages with Condition Holosmiths or Condition Daredevils to achieve similar results, in terms of DPS.

Your Healing Druid should take the first agony, your Support Chronomancer the second and your Condition Banner Berserker the third.

Your is the only source of Stability to help avoid the green AoEs.

Your Condition Banner Berserker can run with the Discipline Trait Line instead of Tactics as you have no power DPS classes to benefit from .

Condition Mirage provides extremely high boss DPS for this encounter.

Condition Renegade provides Alacrity for your entire squad by taking the trait in the Renegade Trait Line and using .

If you are struggling with boon uptime, you can take a Support Chronomancer instead of one of the Power Chronomancers.

If you find that you are struggling with Scholar uptime, you can always swap the Condition Druid for a Healing Druid.

Power Chronomancer can provide permanent Quickness through spreading out their use of . One Power Chronomancer can use it every 10%.

Alacrigade is taken here to provide Alacrity for the entire squad and for .

You will want to have all Power Chronomancers in Group 1 with the Alacrigade so they get RNG access to and .

Power Daredevils can be swapped out for Sword Weavers, Power Deadeyes and Power Holosmiths.

If you are struggling with a solo Condition Druid you can always swap it out for a Heal Druid.

This composition is based around high amounts of CC, through , and by providing a high amount of conditions to help buff the Power Daredevils through .

The Power Dragonhunter provides Vulnerability, a decent amount of CC and a faster split due to its high burst.

The Power Dragonhunter is also taken to provide more unique conditions for the Power Daredevils.

The Support Chronomancers need to take aggro and to coordinate who will use their CC at which Breakbar.

The same coordination of CC applies to the Power Daredevils when using .

You can swap the Kiting Herald out for an additional Power Dragonhunter. This will require one Support Chronomancer to hand kite extremely close to Deimos to still provide boons and Aegis.

Power Dragonhunters can be replaced by Sword Weavers, Power Soulbeasts or Power Chronomancers.

If you are taking a Power Soulbeast, you have to take due to the insane scaling with Unnatural Signet.

If you are struggling with keeping up your squad, you could consider swapping your Condition Druid to a Healing Druid.

One Condition Druid has enough healing for an organised party as you phase Deimos very quickly.

If at 25% the Condition Druid gets selected by the Eye of Janthir, the Hand Kiter will need to keep his Tablet on the squad to make sure they survive.

Power Dragonhunter is extremely strong here, especially during the opening burst while Unnatural Signet is up.

If you struggle to survive, you can take a second Healing Druid. With a second Healing Druid, one can be responsible for pushing and the other for healing the group.

Power classes are generally very weak on this boss due to the high constant damage which will cause you to have low scholar uptime. Any condition classes work well here, specifically Condition Renegade.

You need to make sure that you can push the Tormented Dead away before they get destroyed by . Try not to CC the Tormented Dead when they are close to your squad.

Your Condition Banner Berserker can run with the Discipline Trait Line instead of Tactics as you have no power DPS classes to benefit from . You will need to take to provide Vulnerability as you have no other source.

We recommend Condition Mirage due to the insanely high boss DPS it provides.

Condition Chronomancers gain more DPS due to the fast attack rate of Soulless Horror which is why they are brought over the traditional power Support Chronomancers.

If you are struggling to sustain the group with only a single Healing Druid, you can swap a Renegade for an additional Druid.

Deadeye also has decent boss DPS and is a suitable replacement for a DPS class.

Condition Renegade provides the highest boss DPS on Dhuum and also provides boon strip through .

In this setup, the Condition Banner Berserker should take the first green, the Healing Druid should take the second green and the Support Chronomancer should take the third green.

Due to the large amount of mechanics that are in this encounter, we recommend that four Condition Renegades run and two run . This will void the problem of utilities from overlapping.

Power Daredevil is a suitable replacement for Sword Weaver due to Throw Magnetic Bomb.

You can also replace a Sword Weaver with a Power Holosmith to help provide Vulnerability instead of .

Power Dragonhunter is funky here due to the weird interactions with and the arms from Conjured Amalgamate. We don't recommend playing this class here.

Sword Weaver provides very high boss DPS and burst to help deal with the hands quickly.

Power Banner Warrior is better than Condition Banner Berserker due to the fast phases and multiple adds.

Condition Mirage provides extremely high boss DPS due to the fast attack rate from both Kenut and Nikare. This means that the high amounts of Confusion you apply will tick a lot.

Condition Chronomancers gain more DPS due to the fast attack rates of the bosses which is why they are brought over the traditional power Support Chronomancers.

The Condition Banner Berserker is brought for their banners on the first two islands. It also provides very decent boss DPS.

Power Dragonhunter and Sword Weaver also make suitable replacements as DPS classes.

Power Daredevil can solo kite Qadim which frees up a squad slot for another DPS.

Power Daredevil provides CC for the Destroyer through Throw Magnetic Bomb.

Power Daredevil can also take to be able to use their Stolen Skill twice. This will be in the form of Throw Magnetic Bomb and Detonate Plasma. This will help with boon uptime, burst phase DPS and CC.