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Condition Firebrand

Guild Wars 2 Condition Firebrand - Pistol & Torch / Axe & Sword Meta build for open-world: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

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Condition Firebrand is a versatile Open World build that deals heavy Burning damage while offering strong utility, quickness and sustain through mantras and tomes for solo and group content.

Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Plenty of CC
  • Access to healing & support
  • Sustained damage
  • High mastery curve
  • Relies on resource management
  • Easy to cancel skills
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

"前进!" 图标"前进!" can be replaced when needed:

"怒气冲天!" 图标"怒气冲天!" can be replaced when needed:

  • 专注复苏 图标专注复苏 will make you Invulnerable for three seconds and will Recharge your Virtues

Feel free to run the same equipment as the raid build for Condition Firebrand and the following traits if you already have Quickness covered.

Scepter can be taken instead of Pistol main hand and the Sword off hand slot can be left empty if you do not have access to Secrets of the Obscure (SotO).

  • Scepter gives you access to Ranged Damage.

寻路者古物 图标寻路者古物 can be replaced when needed:

Visions of Eternity Relics:

Janthir Wilds Relics:

  • 悲伤古物 图标悲伤古物 turns your elite skill into a powerful panic button.

Secrets of the Obscure Relics:

  • 碎层古物 图标碎层古物 inflicts Torment and Burning when an enemy is inflicted with Bleeding at six or more stacks of Bleeding.
  • 术士古物 图标术士古物 inflicts Vulnerability when you apply Cripple, Chilled or Immobilize.
  • 寻路者古物 图标寻路者古物 provides increased Movement Speed and Superspeed when entering combat.
  • 巫师塔古物 图标巫师塔古物 grants your elite skill an additional Pull and Reflect.
  • 午夜国王古物 图标午夜国王古物 to share Fury and Might frequently with nearby allies.

Core Game Relics:

  • 防御者古物 图标防御者古物 for a Heal every time you Block
  • 骁骑兵古物 图标骁骑兵古物 grants Condition Removal when you use a shout.
  • 流水古物 图标流水古物 grants Condition Removal when you use your Heal Skill.
  • 巫妖古物 图标巫妖古物 for passive damage through a Jagged Horror minion that inflicts Bleeding.
  • 骑兵古物 图标骑兵古物 grants you Aegis, Quickness, Swiftness, Resistance and Might when you hit an enemy with your mount engage skill. (Hint: the Skyscale engage skill will leave a pulsing field that will give boons on every strike!).

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Generate Quickness by:

Use 正义圣书 图标正义圣书 skills whenever you have five Pages until you have 1-2 Pages. Gain Pages passively or by:

  • Using three skills in the same tome grants one Page via 敏捷学者 图标敏捷学者
  • Using the final Charge of a mantra grants two Pages via 沉言重词 图标沉言重词.

Firebrand mantras automatically Recharge in and out of combat. With the exception of 慰藉咒语 图标慰藉咒语 (which is used to proc 解放之誓 图标解放之誓 every seven seconds), you can use the final Charge of mantras whenever you like.

Dealing Damage

Use 潜能咒语 图标潜能咒语 and "怒气冲天!" 图标"怒气冲天!" at the start of combat so you begin with plenty of boons.

Use 正义圣书 图标正义圣书 → Chapter 2: Igniting Burst off Cooldown.

Rotate between 正义圣书 图标正义圣书 and Pistol & Torch.

Follow this priority on 正义圣书 图标正义圣书:

  1. Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath
  2. Chapter 2: Igniting Burst
  3. Epilogue: Ashes of the Just

Follow this priority on Pistol/Torch:

  1. 狂徒烈焰 图标狂徒烈焰 -> 狂徒火焰 图标狂徒火焰
  2. 引燃符印 图标引燃符印
  3. 和平制造者 图标和平制造者

Once all your skills are on Cooldown, swap to Axe & Sword:

Use 仁慈干涉 图标仁慈干涉 and 突进猛击 图标突进猛击 for mobility.

正义圣书 图标正义圣书 → Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke can also be used to group enemies together.

Burst Rotation

  1. "怒气冲天!" 图标"怒气冲天!"
  2. 净化火焰 图标净化火焰
  3. 狂徒烈焰 图标狂徒烈焰
  4. 引燃符印 图标引燃符印
  5. 正义圣书 图标正义圣书
  6. Tome Combo: Epilogue: Ashes of the Just → Chapter 2: Igniting Burst → Chapter 4: Scorched Aftermath
  7. 狂徒火焰 图标狂徒火焰
  8. 和平制造者 图标和平制造者
  9. 狂徒烈焰 图标狂徒烈焰狂徒火焰 图标狂徒火焰

Defense

Stand in your 净化火焰 图标净化火焰 to Remove Conditions every second.

You can gain boons from a few sources:

You also have a lot of utility within your Tomes:

  • Stun Break yourself and grant Resistance with 勇气圣书 图标勇气圣书 → Chapter 4: Stalward Stand.
  • Reflect Projectiles with 勇气圣书 图标勇气圣书 → Chapter 3: Valiant Bulwark.
  • Remove Conditions by using 决心圣书 图标决心圣书 (via 纯粹决心 图标纯粹决心), Chapter 2: Radiant Recovery, and/or Epilogue: Eternal Oasis.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
突进猛击 图标突进猛击100 → 100Sword
燃焰利刃 图标燃焰利刃150Axe
Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke150正义圣书 图标正义圣书
Chapter 2: Daring Challenge75勇气圣书 图标勇气圣书
庇护之地 图标庇护之地150 x 7 for a total of 1050Alternate Utility
智慧之锤 图标智慧之锤200Alternate Utility