The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Condition damage
Designed for: Open World and Open World General
Expansions required: End of Dragons builds
Difficulty: Normal
This build was last updated on April 03, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
Condition Specter Specter bleeds Bleeds, torments Torments, and poisons Poisons its enemies with a continuous flurry of attacks and a very fluid rotation. 
进入暗影帷幕 for extra damage and utility, and enjoy some extra durability from 
派鸣雄心 and innate sustain from 
窃盗折磨. With a different set of gear, condition specter can sacrifice damage and take 
暗影脚步 to provide nearby allies with permanent 
敏捷, but never do this when soloing.
As a downside, condition specter lacks AoE damage and burst damage, and it needs nearby allies for maximum damage by sharing Venom skills such as 
蜘蛛毒液, but nevertheless performs good in solo open world.
Skill Bar
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Spear Spear is your best weapon, usage requires land spear with Janthir Wilds.
- Offhand pistol Offhand pistol replaces spear for players without Janthir Wilds, and scepter+dagger becomes the main weapon set. Offhand pistol should only be used for crowd control.
Skill variants
Utility skills
悲伤法池 can be replaced with:
准备千针万箭 - this provides more damage but has a longer cast time and mobile enemies may get out of the radius before you can detonate the trap.
战斗冲动 for a nice stunbreak.
Elite skills
影幕 can be replaced with:
石蜥毒液 - better single target CC, especially when you can share the Venom with nearby allies.
匕首风暴 - extra damage but no CC.
Specializations
Equipment
Viper
This setup uses Viper equipment for high raw DPS.
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 "Shiro" 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:How to Gear a Character.
- For Relic alternatives, you can consider
骑兵古物 with the pulsing damage engage skill from Skyscale, or 
时空术士古物 for personal 
急速.
Alacrity
This setup provides much higher HP and boon duration while sacrificing about 16% of its damage. This allows for the ability to keep up 敏捷 via 暗影脚步.
For exotic Ritualist weapons search the trading post for "Luxon Hunter's Weapon Cache". For armor, there is no cheap alternative, search for "Ritualist's Ancient Tahkayun ". Updrade to ascended as you progress. See also: Guide:How to Gear a Character.
- Use 暗影脚步 to provide 敏捷 to nearby allies with
暗影抓攫 with your full Ritualist Ritualist gear. You will need to spend more time in Shadow Shroud. Also use 
虹吸增强 and 
致命伏击, and replace 
鳞爪毒液 with 
撒播蒺藜.
- Generally speaking, it's not worth playing alacrity specter in solo open world, as you lose valuable damage, especially in short fights which are the majority of fights in open world. Only consider playing alacrity specter when in groups and fighting bosses.
Consumables
Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
DPS
Defense
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)
Usage
Shadow Shroud
进入暗影帷幕 is the profession mechanic of the specter. After building Shadow Force by spending initiative in combat and using 
虹吸, Enter Shadow Shroud to gain access to new skills.
Your damage skills in shroud are 暗影抓攫 and 
永恒夜幕, while 
黎明之息 provides a leap and CC, and 
思维冲击 stuns and gives stability.
Generally speaking, when playing condition specter you want to enter Shadow Shroud, use 暗影抓攫 and 永恒夜幕 once, then immediately leave. This also provides initiative due to 
快速切换.
Damage
Spear
On Spear Spear you want to use the following combo: 2-2-3-1-2-2-2-4-2-3-1 (these are the keys you press on your keyboard)
螳螂钉刺 (2)
缠藤毒蛇 (2)
碎裂突袭 gives 
潜行 (3)
苍白突袭 stealth attack (1)- 螳螂钉刺 (2)
- 缠藤毒蛇 (2)
陨落蜘蛛 (2)
杂念投掷 (4)- 缠藤毒蛇 (2)
- 碎裂突袭 gives 潜行 (3)
- 苍白突袭 stealth attack (1)
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进入暗影帷幕
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暗影抓攫
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永恒夜幕
离开暗影帷幕 and repeat from step 1
- This is your full rotation. It's actually very simple and fluid.
- Use 虹吸, 悲伤法池, 鳞爪毒液 and 蜘蛛毒液 off cooldown.
- The first 螳螂钉刺 can be replaced with
出奇打击 as Unsuspecting Strike deals more damage to targets above 90% health.
Scepter
Scepter Scepter is your ranged weapon but it offers less damage so only use it if range is needed. In this weapon set you just spam 
暮光连技. Don't waste initiative on other skills, except for 
匕首之舞 against groups of enemies.
Defense
- The best defense is always to dodge or sidestep attacks.
- All your well skills also allow you to quickly reposition yourself since they are shadowsteps. This includes your heal skill
阴暗法池. - 进入暗影帷幕 replaces your health, so it is your main source of damage mitigation. 永恒夜幕 will also heal you for a very small amount. You also have access to stability with 思维冲击.