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 June 27, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
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[&DQUcGyw3RxUVGwAABhsAAC8BAAA+AQAAERsAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACVgAvAAA=]Spear is your best weapon, usage requires land spear with Janthir Wilds.
Condition Specter Bleeds, Torments, and 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 well in solo open world.
鳞爪毒液 can be replaced with:
准备千针万箭 - more damage but it has a longer cast time and enemies may get out of the radius before you can detonate the trap.
战斗冲动 - stunbreak and offensive boons.
恩惠法池 - shadowstep and stability.
暗影庇护 - to channel hero points in stealth.
准备暗影传送门 - to teleport to a previous location.
影幕 can be replaced with:
is the profession mechanic of the specter. After building Shadow Force by spending initiative in combat and using , Enter Shadow Shroud to gain access to new skills.
Your damage skills in shroud are and , while provides a leap and CC, and stuns and gives stability.
Generally speaking, when playing condition specter you want to enter Shadow Shroud, use , , auto attack until you can use a second time and leave Shroud.
This build defaults to and , which trigger when weapon swapping, but also when leaving Shadow Shroud if they are off cooldown. If you want to min-max your damage, weapon swap off cooldown while following your rotation and trigger the sigils twice per weapon swap by leaving Shroud when weapon swap is almost off cooldow. If you only want to use one weapon type, you may equip two Spears or two Scepters+ Daggers while keeping the sigils shown in the gear section.
On 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)
Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
Scepter is your ranged weapon at the expense of slightly lower damage. In this weapon set you just spam . Don't waste initiative on other skills, except for against groups of enemies.
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 to Gear a Character.
骑兵古物 with the pulsing damage engage skill from Skyscale, or 
时空术士古物 for personal 
急速.
超级厄运法印 and 
超级地能法印 trigger when weapon swapping, but also when leaving Shadow Shroud if they are off cooldown. If you want to min-max your damage, weapon swap off cooldown while following your rotation and trigger the sigils twice per weapon swap by leaving Shroud when weapon swap is almost off cooldow. If you only want to use one weapon type, you may equip two Spears or two Scepters+ Daggers while keeping the sigils shown above.This setup provides much higher HP and boon duration at a small damage loss. 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" and updrade to ascended as you progress. See also: Guide to Gear a Character.
