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Condition Reaper

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

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Condition Reaper is an Open World build that applies heavy Bleeding via Chill through Wells, Shroud and Greatsword, making it effective for sustained damage, crowd control and group content.

Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Fluid rotation
  • Short ramp-up
  • Lots of cleave
  • Relies on resource management
  • Requires accurate positioning
  • Loses damage on moving targets
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

"弱者退散!" 图标"弱者退散!" can be replaced when needed:

"严寒刺骨!" 图标"严寒刺骨!" can be replaced when needed:

  • 瘟疫化身 图标瘟疫化身 deals a massive amount of conditions in an area over a long period of time. Swap to this if you are holding an area and feel that the boons from "严寒刺骨!" 图标"严寒刺骨!" are not needed.

On top of generating Quickness and Fury, 恐惧 图标恐惧 reduces the Cooldown of 惊惧魔甲 图标惊惧魔甲 by 50% after an enemy is killed. 惊惧释放 图标惊惧释放 can be chained into itself in large groups of dying enemies.

灵魂吞噬 图标灵魂吞噬 can provide minor Healing and additional Damage when the Might and Life Force from 霜冻凯歌 图标霜冻凯歌 are not needed.

寒冰暗幕 图标寒冰暗幕 can increase the single target Damage of 黑暗法池 图标黑暗法池 and 死亡冲刺 图标死亡冲刺. Beware that this has a three second Cooldown and only affects a single target.

传播瘟疫 图标传播瘟疫 can be taken to help with Condition Transference.

传播瘟疫 图标传播瘟疫 can also be paired with 腐化大师 图标腐化大师 to greatly increase your single target Damage when taken with 鲜血力量 图标鲜血力量.

Feel free to run the same equipment as the raid build for Condition Reaper. The equipment listed here provides you with slightly more survivability.

Sword can be used in your main hand to apply additional Chilled via your Auto Attack Chain. It also provides Life Force, Boon Removal and mobility.

Torch offers Defiance Break and Might.

Focus or Warhorn can be taken instead of off hand Sword, or Scepter can also be swapped in for Pistol main hand, if you do not have access to Secrets of the Obscure (SotO).

  • Scepter offers good damage and Boon Removal.
  • Focus can be used for Boon Removal, Life Steal and Life Force.
  • Warhorn can be used for Life Steal, Defiance Break and Swiftness.

夺魂者古物 图标夺魂者古物 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.
  • 河流古物 图标河流古物 grants you Alacrity and Regeneration when you Dodge.

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:

  • 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

The majority of the outgoing Damage will be dealt by Chill → Bleeding applied via 致命冰冻 图标致命冰冻. This interacts with a handful more traits:

Fear has additional interactions for Damage and utility:

  • 蓄意扰乱 图标蓄意扰乱 causes Fear to inflict Torment
  • 恐惧 图标恐惧 grants you Quickness and Fury when you inflict Fear.

Dealing Damage

黑暗法池 图标黑暗法池 is the main damaging skill and applies a massive amount of Chilled, Blind which results in Bleeding and Vulnerability in a pulsing area.

Cast "严寒刺骨!" 图标"严寒刺骨!" to generate boons and inflict conditions through Chill into Bleeding. This skill grants you Quickness, Might, Fury and Stability.

夺魂之幕 图标夺魂之幕 has a lot of Damage within it:

  • 惊惧释放 图标惊惧释放 is another source of Fear → Chill → Bleeding & Vulnerability
  • 灵魂漩涡 图标灵魂漩涡 applies Poison and deals respectable Strike Damage
  • 处决镰刀 图标处决镰刀 applies a pulsing Chill field for more Bleeding and Vulnerability.

Staff is a one-time-use weapon, featuring high AoE burst, with lower sustained Damage:

You ideally want to Weapon Swap away from Staff once you've used your Cooldowns.

Some useful things to know about your Pistol:

Use your Sword skills in the following order to take advantage of how they work:

  1. 饥饿漩涡 图标饥饿漩涡吞噬面容 图标吞噬面容
  2. 狼吞虎咽 图标狼吞虎咽消食殆尽 图标消食殆尽

饥饿漩涡 图标饥饿漩涡 and 狼吞虎咽 图标狼吞虎咽 will Life Steal and inflict Vulnerability, followed up with more Vulnerability and Chilled.

吞噬面容 图标吞噬面容 and 消食殆尽 图标消食殆尽 will grant Life Force and inflict Fear, followed up with Weakness and Might.

Burst Rotation

  1. 黑暗法池 图标黑暗法池
  2. "无尽苦痛!" 图标"无尽苦痛!" + "弱者退散!" 图标"弱者退散!"
  3. 夺魂之幕 图标夺魂之幕
  4. 处决镰刀 图标处决镰刀灵魂漩涡 图标灵魂漩涡
  5. 解除夺魂之幕 图标解除夺魂之幕
  6. 哀嚎射击 图标哀嚎射击恶毒爆冲 图标恶毒爆冲

Defense

Use 惊惧魔甲 图标惊惧魔甲 to gain Damage Reduction whilst in 夺魂之幕 图标夺魂之幕. Using 惊惧释放 图标惊惧释放 ends the Damage Reduction effect early and inflicts Fear.

腐烂印记 图标腐烂印记 provides three Condition Cleanses per target hit. You can also transfer conditions with "无尽苦痛!" 图标"无尽苦痛!".

Use 腐烂印记 图标腐烂印记 or 死亡冲刺 图标死亡冲刺 in the Combo Field from 处决镰刀 图标处决镰刀 to gain Frost Aura.

When fighting multiple enemies, spread your conditions equally across the group rather than focusing on a single target to gain the most benefit from 寄生蔓延 图标寄生蔓延.

"弱者退散!" 图标"弱者退散!" is a short cooldown Stun Break.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
恶毒爆冲 图标恶毒爆冲100Pistol
吞噬面容 图标吞噬面容150Sword
夺魂印记 图标夺魂印记100Staff
"严寒刺骨!" 图标"严寒刺骨!"200 or 300 in meleeElite
鬼灵缚爪 图标鬼灵缚爪150 per projectile, up to 750Alternate Utility
冲锋陷阵 图标冲锋陷阵500 - 900 on averageAlternate Elite
惊惧魔甲 图标惊惧魔甲惊惧释放 图标惊惧释放100夺魂之幕 图标夺魂之幕
处决镰刀 图标处决镰刀150夺魂之幕 图标夺魂之幕

Defiance Break values stated on 召唤血肉魔像 图标召唤血肉魔像's 冲锋陷阵 图标冲锋陷阵 and "严寒刺骨!" 图标"严寒刺骨!" tooltip are inaccurate, while other skills such as 鬼灵缚爪 图标鬼灵缚爪 do not list any.