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Condition Mirage

Guild Wars 2 Condition Mirage - Staff / Staff Meta build for open-world: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

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Condition Mirage is an Open World build that applies strong confusion and torment while using ambush attacks and clones, providing high condition damage and evasive gameplay. This build has a very low barrier to entry due to the simple playstyle of dual Staff.

Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Fluid rotation
  • Easy to learn
  • Plenty of utility
  • Simple rotation
  • Relies on resource management
  • Forced movement
  • Lacks burst damage
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

支配纹章 图标支配纹章 can be replaced when needed:

远行 图标远行 can be replaced when needed:

心智体操 图标心智体操, 漫游心智 图标漫游心智 and 欺诈闪避 图标欺诈闪避 can be taken in the Dueling Trait Line for more survivability.

Axe / Pistol can be taken instead of Staff:

  • If your Might and Alacrity can be outsourced
  • Take 术士古物 图标术士古物 for the additional Vulnerability
  • This set provides higher damage and more Defiance Break.

碎层古物 图标碎层古物 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:

  • 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

混沌漩涡 图标混沌漩涡 is our font of life, our holy grail, the mighty be-all and end-all for this build.

This skill provides us and our subgroup with Might, Fury and Alacrity. Clones also provide additional boons and so it's important to maintain them.

We gain access to this skill whenever we have Mirage Cloak active through Dodging, 伪装绿洲 图标伪装绿洲 or 水晶沙尘 图标水晶沙尘.

Dealing Damage

Use 混沌漩涡 图标混沌漩涡 off Cooldown. Your Clones will also cast this skill and you need to let them finish it before casting another time. An easy way to do this is to let them cast an Auto Attack before your next 混沌漩涡 图标混沌漩涡.

Your other Staff skills can be used off Cooldown in the following priority:

  1. 混沌漩涡 图标混沌漩涡
  2. 幻影术士 图标幻影术士
  3. 混乱护甲 图标混乱护甲
  4. 混乱风暴 图标混乱风暴
  5. 相位撤退 图标相位撤退

相位撤退 图标相位撤退 is mainly used to top up your Clones if you're missing one.

Your Auto Attack on Staff bounces between enemies and allies. It inflict Torment and Confusion on enemies and will help you top up Might and Fury on allies.

Use 水晶沙尘 图标水晶沙尘 to inflict Confusion and also to drop a 幻象之镜 图标幻象之镜 on the ground where the crystals meet. Use 远行 图标远行 to scoop it up quickly.

挫败之吼 图标挫败之吼 is a big source of Confusion. Use it when you can but make sure to replace your Clones quickly afterwards.

Weapon off Cooldown for more Endurance through 超级能量法印 图标超级能量法印. This will let you Dodge more and therefore use 混沌漩涡 图标混沌漩涡 more frequently.

Burst Rotation

  1. 幻影术士 图标幻影术士相位撤退 图标相位撤退 → Dodge
  2. Finish casting 混沌漩涡 图标混沌漩涡
  3. 伪装绿洲 图标伪装绿洲水晶沙尘 图标水晶沙尘
  4. Dodge → 混沌漩涡 图标混沌漩涡 + 远行 图标远行

Defense

远行 图标远行 can be used for movement but it also acts as a Condition Removal. Remember that 相位撤退 图标相位撤退 can also be used as mobility if required.

Use the Shatter skill 失真 图标失真 for Invulnerability, with the duration based on the amount of Clones that you Shatter.

will provide boons when you use different Shatter skills although you will always gain Stability no matter which one you use.

Keep in mind that Chaos Aura serves a few functions:

  • 幻象防护 图标幻象防护 will grant you a Damage increase
  • It inflicts Weakness, Confusion and Cripple on ememies.

You can gain Chaos Aura from a few sources:

Make sure to always have Regeneration for 混沌执念 图标混沌执念.

Keep in mind that your Dodge does not move you.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance DamageSource
混乱风暴 图标混乱风暴100Staff
支配纹章 图标支配纹章300Utility
错乱咒语 图标错乱咒语150 per ChargeAlternate Utility
谦逊纹章 图标谦逊纹章600Alternate Elite
误导 图标误导100 per Clone, up to 400Profession Mechanic