Scourge - Condi Scourge

Variants

• 寄生蔓延 - trades damage for sustain, generally not needed.
• 沙砾碾磨 - when you need more condition cleanse.
• Don't use 沙漠强化 because it requires a lot of boon duration to be useful, which you do not have as a dps build.

Death Magic

Death Magic can be taken if using the minion variant to trade a large amount of damage for an increase to minion health and personal defense. Replaces Soul Reaping.

• If you ever need a lot of defense, use Death Magic with 腐烂防御 + 黑暗防御 + 堕落狂热 for a large reduction to incoming damage. This is normally not needed as scourge is already relatively tanky.

Ascended gear is not required. Infusions are not required. You can use Exotic gear with the same stats. This set uses gear that is similar to Build

If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. Search the trading post for "Viper's Abomination" weapons. Viper exotic armor is very expensive, so we recommend a budget alternative called Carrion (search the trading post for "Ogden" armor) until you can get Viper gear such as by farming Bladed armor or by acquiring ascended armor. Upgrade to Viper and ascended as you progress. See also: Guide

• If you don't have access to Pistol with Weaponmaster Training from Secrets of the Obscure, use only scepter.
• 碎层古物 provides high single target damage. If you don't have access to expansion relics, you will have to resort to much weaker options such as 骑兵古物, 苦痛古物, or 阴鬼古物.

Gear variants

• Trailblazer can be used in open world to trade 10-15% DPS for a massive increase to health and defense. But this set is not useful for most content outisde of open world.
• Celestial provides lower damage than Viper's and Trailblazer's, less defense than Trailblazer's, but in exchange the healing power makes your barriers bigger. Generally not recommended as the points into ferocity are completely wasted, and the points into boon duration won't be doing much either since this build has very little access to boons, only a bit of fury and might. This set is also not useful for most content outside of open world.
• 超级地能法印 + 超级大地法印 budget options while you work on acquiring the very expensive but very strong Superior Sigil of Torment and Superior Sigil of Bursting.

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize 芦笋肉串, but Ascended Flatbread food is also good for open world.
• 大师调谐水晶 / 协调冰柱

Defense

• 碗装欧尔松露鲜肉煲
• 辣酱扇贝
• 碗装柠檬草贻贝意粉

Farming

• Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
• 生日爆破枪 / 令人愉快的生日蛋糕大餐
• 薄荷怪异莓棒
• 锐磨颅骨 (and variants)

Weapon Variants

• If you don't have access to Pistol with Weaponmaster Training from Secrets of the Obscure, use only scepter.
• Your choice of second offhand weapon doesn't matter much. You can use Warhorn for extra CC, Focus if you need extra boon removal, or only use Torch for easier access to its good damage skills.

Skill Variants

Heal skill

症状吞噬 has the highest healing and is also great vs. enemies that inflict conditions, but leaves you vulnerable to burst damage with the self-inflicted 易伤. You can consider other options:

• 沙尘闪耀 provides a good mix of healing and barrier.

Utility Skills

鲜血力量 is taken for damage and boon generation and should never be replaced. 恶疾肆虐 is amazing for AoE damage by spreading the conditions on your enemy to other nearby enemies, but useless in single target fights. 痛苦路径 is a good stunbreak and provides 稳固. You can consider other alternatives:

• 腐蚀毒云 - destroys projectiles.
• 致命干燥 - boon generation, damage, boon removal.
• 瘟疫纹章 - amazing in fights with many conditions.
• 怨恨纹章 - single target damage.
• 不死纹章 provides good life force generation in long fights and can be used to revive an ally
• 召唤影魔 - low damage minion but decent life force generation.
• 巨蛇虹吸 - if you need 圣盾 to block a predictable but dangerous attack.
• - can replace Trail of Anguish to give up the Stability for life force generation.
• - great CC or pull to cleave trash mobs.

Elite Skills

deals massive damage if you can keep the enemy inside for its duration.

• - tanky CC buddy.

Minions

Minions provide extra bodies for defense but will drastically lower DPS. Never use all minions, always keep .

This still provides 3 minions, one of which has extremely high health and is good for CC.

Condition Scourge is a slow and steady build that deals damage through 折磨, 流血, and 燃烧.

Although it has low burst damage, condi scourge is a great build for open world due to its simplicity, tankiness, and amazing damage over time, making it great for solo or group play.

This build has access to barriers to absorb damage, passive defense from 如沙之血, can remove boons from enemies with 吞噬黑暗 and Punishment skills such as 痛苦路径, and can remove conditions from allies and itself with 邪恶恩惠.

Damage

This build is extremely easy to deal damage with. Simply follow this priority list.

1. Always have at least one Sand Shade manifested. This is extremely important because you gain concentration and expertise from and defense from , and inflict damage from . Using any Shade skill causes existing Sand Shades and yourself to strike nearby enemies with Manifest Sand Shade for free. Manifest Sand Shade doesn't reset your auto attack chain.
2. Use which deals great damage thanks to .
3. Use anytime you can transfer the self-inflicted conditions. The easiest way to do this is to cast Blood is Power and at the same time to trigger , but any condi transfer will work.
4. Use and off cooldown; try to use them together as they have the same cooldown. Interrupt your auto attack chain to cast them. On the pistol set, use and off cooldown.
5. Cast and any time they're off CD. Preferably, use Harrowing Wave when not at full life force for more value. If you're near your target, Oppressive Collapse will also give you .

• Cast off-cooldown. This is your highest damage skill, so position it carefully.
• Note that requires to enemy to aready be suffering from conditions to inflict . If that is not the case, this skill does nothing and should be delayed.

Opener

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5. + Weapon swap

• Always use after your Desert Shroud condition transfer, otherwise the self-inflicted of Plaguelands (from ) can interfere with the transfer.

Sustain and defense

• You're a fully ranged build, so always stay on the move while attacking. Run or dodge away from attacks.