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Condition Alacrity Specter

Strike from the shadows with our Guild Wars 2 Condition Alacrity Specter build.

Published Mar 9, 2022 Updated May 12, 2024

Raids - Secrets of the Obscure

Iskarel editor

Somehow, Qadim returned

Build

Thief Builds

Pros +

High damage Plenty of CC Access to healing & support Easy to learn Lots of cleave

Cons -

Easy to cancel skills Requires accurate positioning Forced movement Loses damage on moving targets

Attributes

Power 1000

Toughness 1000

Vitality 2528

Precision 1000

Critical Chance 5%

Ferocity 0

Critical Damage 150%

Condition Damage 2095

Healing Power 140

Expertise 783

Condition Duration 67.19%

Concentration 633

Boon Duration 42.2%

Item	Stat
	Ritualist'sHelm
	Ritualist'sShoulders
	Ritualist'sCoat
	Ritualist'sGloves
	Ritualist'sLeggings
	Ritualist'sBoots

Item	Stat
	Ritualist'sBackpiece
	Ritualist'sAccessory
	Ritualist'sAccessory
	Ritualist'sAmulet
	Ritualist'sRing
	Ritualist'sRing
	Relic

Primary Weapon Set
	Ritualist's DaggerMain Hand
	Ritualist's DaggerOff Hand
Secondary Weapon Set
	Ritualist's DaggerOff Hand
Other Items
	Infusionx18
	Food
	Utility
	Jade Bot Core

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Rotation Concept

Grant Alacrity to allies around your Tethered Ally by casting skills in Shadow Shroud. whenever it's off Cooldown.
Cast , , and off Cooldown.
After your Opener, spend all Initiative on , then fill with Full Auto Chains.
Use on the boss off Cooldown to grant your allies permanent 10 Might, Fury, Swiftness, Vigor, and to inflict long-lasting Poison and Bleeding.

Opener

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

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Shroud Sequence
Continue using the Rotation Concept.

Shroud Sequence

Keep Auto Cast enabled on on both weapon sets. This will copy Auto Cast to your Shroud.

Let the game Auto Cast
x 3
- Your Weapon Swap should be off Cooldown. If not, fill with .
Weapon Swap
- (triggers and )

Avoid interrupting with other skills, as you only grant Alacrity with a successful cast!

During downtime, spam and to build up a buffer.

Notes

Tethered Ally

Select a Shrouded Ally before the fight by casting on an ally. All positive effects of , including Alacrity, will be granted to allies in your subgroup within a 360 Radius of your Shrouded Ally. See the gameplay guide for more details.

Evades attacks and you have a huge Health Pool, but you should try to move sideways through bosses so their attacks don't hit you.

If you cast directly before , the game will automatically rotate you to cast if you do not move and do not manipulate your camera. Reorient yourself during the cast of .

Cast Venoms after the boon strip at the start of combat, and never cast them without allies nearby (except when practicing).

, , and can interrupt other skill casts.

and both count as a Weapon Swap to trigger your sigils. This rotation uses to trigger the sigil of your currently equipped weapon, then swaps to your other weapon to trigger the next sigil.

grants you and allies instant Stability.

Take instead of if there are no Defiance Bars. Precast them right before combat starts and resummon them off Cooldown.

is valuable for sub-group Healing and personal mobility.

Replace with:

for more Boons
against highly mobile bosses, or bosses with shorter phase durations.
See the Introduction to Thief for other ideas