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Condition Specter

Strike from the shadows with our Guild Wars 2 Condition Specter build.
Published Mar 8, 2022 Updated Aug 29, 2024
Raids - Secrets of the Obscure
Seisan meta team
Condition Specter
Skills Gearset Build Template DPS Report
Thief Builds
Pros +
Plenty of CC Short ramp-up Lots of cleave
Cons -
Fast paced rotation Easy to cancel skills
Attributes
Power 2173
Toughness 1000
Vitality 1297
Precision 1633
Critical Chance 35.14%
Ferocity 0
Critical Damage 150%
Condition Damage 2107
Healing Power 140
Expertise 944
Condition Duration 77.93%
Concentration 0
Boon Duration 0%
Gear
Item Stat

Viper'sHelm

Viper'sShoulders

Viper'sCoat

Viper'sGloves

Viper'sLeggings

Viper'sBoots
Item Stat

Viper'sBackpiece

Viper'sAccessory

Viper'sAccessory

Viper'sAmulet

Viper'sRing

Viper'sRing

Relic
Primary Weapon Set

Viper's SpearMain Hand
Secondary Weapon Set

Viper's ScepterMain Hand

Viper's DaggerOff Hand
Other Items

Infusionx18

Food

Utility

Jade Bot Core
Traits & Skills
Skills
Skill Notes

Use for personal mobility and good subgroup Healing.

is your strongest self-Heal; it also provides substantial subgrouphealing.

Take for extra Defiance Break.

Against highly mobile bosses, you can swap to ().
Skill Reference Guide
Spear Default Keybinds
1 (Stealth Attack)
2 Lead Attack
  ↳ 2 Follow Up
       ↳ 2 Finisher
3 Lead Attack
  ↳ 3 Follow Up
       ↳ 3 Finisher
4
Scepter & Dagger Default Keybind
3
Shadow Shroud Default Keybind
2
3
4
5
Trait Note

Don't bother using , as the healing output in Viper-prefix gear is very meager.
Rotation & Extras

The pulsing damage of can Reveal you while in Stealth. You must practice your timing around to avoid this problem.

It is strongly advised that you disable Auto Cast on Spear skill 1, by holding CTRL and Right Clicking the skill. If that setting remains enabled, then any skill can interrupt your Stealth Attack. If you want to queue into your next skill while the Stealth Attack is channeling, then Auto Cast must be disabled!

Precast up to five minutes before the fight, as it Recharges while armed. You can reset its cooldown with Mushroom King's Blessing when practicing.

Precast as combat starts, except when practicing on the golem.

Only use when your target is above 90% HP; afterward, use .

Loop

Cast , , , off Cooldown.
Rotation Notes

Cast Venoms with allies nearby, after combat starts so they don't get removed by the boonstrip at the start of most encounters.

Avoid interrupting skills with /.

You can cast and in between individual skills in your Spear combo without resetting the chain.

You can swap to / when forced outside melee range, but remember you can also just spend a little more time in casting and Auto Attack. Spend Initiative only on .
Skill Defiance Break Source
150 Spear
180
150
750 Optional elite skill

Comments

awetea51011 week ago

Thanks! It's really solid, i tuned it for myself for OW and i am unbeatable. I can solo everything now. But one thing bothers me. I just got the spear and perfected (not exactly perfect but quite good) the spear rotation and i always end up doing less damage than with the scepter...?

The spear rotation is yours as seen here. My scepter rotation would be: All CDs, then spam 3 until initiative is gone, then shroud clowning until my inititative is full.

Is that because i try it in celestial gear mostly? My guess would be that because i lack vipers and only have the runes and fractal relic, i probably have not enough condi duration to make the relic pop off enough on spear, because the spear is so bleeding heavy.

Can someone please check that in full ascended vipers gear and all that? It can't be that spamming 3 on the scepter is THAT good that it can compete with that masterfully crafted rotation, i can not accept it.

THanks!
Iskarel1 week ago

Getting good value out of Scepter is a lot easier than Spear, so without seeing a log of your Spear play, it's hard to really pinpoint the problem. Spear has no downtime in the rotation and the input requirement for Stealth Attacks is a little unusual (you need to hold down the input, because queueing into a skill that isn't available is impossible, e.g. usually after weapon swap), so it's easy to lose DPS even when following the rotation structure.
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