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Condition Deadeye

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

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Condition Deadeye is an Open World build with high damage for tackling solo or group content. It also has several options to adjust your survivability even further.

Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Fluid rotation
  • High damage
  • Lots of cleave
  • Complex rotation
  • Requires enemy target
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

恶意复原 图标恶意复原 can be replaced when needed:

  • 镰爪毒液 图标镰爪毒液 is your strongest burst Heal and it shares a 6,000 Heal with nearby allies.
  • 恶意纹章 图标恶意纹章 grants you even more passive sustain that scales with the amount of targets you strike.

战斗冲动 图标战斗冲动 can be replaced when needed:

  • 毒蝎钩索 图标毒蝎钩索 for the single target Pull.
  • 渗透纹章 图标渗透纹章 for passive Initiative gain, Stun Break and 1,200 Range teleport.
  • 暗影疾步 图标暗影疾步 for a Stun Break, 1,200 Range teleport and Condition Cleanse.
  • 障眼烟幕 图标障眼烟幕 will Blind enemies, Blocks Projectiles, and acts as a Smoke Field for Stealth.
  • 暗影庇护 图标暗影庇护 provides group Stealth, useful to help Revive allies or interact with objects without enemy interference.

报应 图标报应 can be taken instead of 提前布局 图标提前布局 when fighting multiple lesser enemies. This lets you use all slot skills more frequently.

If you need more survivability, swap Deadly Arts Trait for Shadow Arts and take the following traits:

  • This setup will sacrifice some damage to grant you more frequent Condition Removal, additional Life Siphon, Superspeed access and significant Protection uptime.

Two Daggers, one in each hand, can be taken instead of Spear if you do not have access to Janthir Wilds (JW).

  • You can use 死亡绽放 图标死亡绽放 as your main damage source while in this weapon set.

超级渴求法印 图标超级渴求法印 can be replaced by any of the following alternatives:

瘟疫使者古物 图标瘟疫使者古物 can be replaced when needed:

Visions of Eternity Relics:

Janthir Wilds Relics:

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.
  • 莫辛古物 图标莫辛古物 removes non-damaging conditions when you Evade an attack.
  • 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.
  • 半人马古物 图标半人马古物 can be brought for personal Stability when you use your Heal Skill.
  • 幻象术士古物 图标幻象术士古物 can apply frequent Torment when you Evade an attack.
  • 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

Use 神枪手标记 图标神枪手标记 on a target to trigger the following effects immediately on cast:

Having a marked target will also give the following bonuses:

  • You'll be able to generate Malice by striking a marked target.
  • 钢铁瞄具 图标钢铁瞄具 will increase Strike Damage to the marked target by 10% and reduce incoming Damage from the marked target by 15%.
  • 密室死斗 图标密室死斗 will cause your Cantrips to grant 汲取时间 图标汲取时间. Using 汲取时间 图标汲取时间 will grant you and 4 other nearby allies Quickness, Might and Fury.

Being at 5 stacks of Malice will cause your Stolen Skills to grant Stealth. Your Stealth Attack will be available as a replacement for your 1 skill for a short time during Stealth:

  • 恶意苍白突袭 图标恶意苍白突袭 inflicts Vulnerability, Bleeding and Poison and grants you four Initiative if it follows a finisher.
  • 恶意奇袭射击 图标恶意奇袭射击 will inflict Bleeding and Immobilize on your target, and splinter onto a number of nearby targets based on your consumed Malice.

Dealing Damage

Spear skills 螳螂钉刺 图标螳螂钉刺 and 出奇打击 图标出奇打击 are each a sequence of three skills: Lead Attack → Follow Up → Finisher. Using a skill from either sequence will progress both sequences.

When dealing with small packs of mobs, you can use the following combo:

The combo above will do most of the work with large burst and cleave, and is overall a very strong, basic Damage combo.

If you need a gap closer, you can use the following combo:

For more single-target burst and for Life Siphon, you can use the following combo:

Some skills have an additional effect if they follow a Finisher, which is the last skill in a combo chain:

You can swap to Short Bow to take down packs of mobs from a distance:

  • 窒息瓦斯 图标窒息瓦斯 can be used often to frequently Daze and apply Poison in an area.
  • Your Auto Attacks can then also apply Bleeding to those Poisoned enemies.
  • 集束炸弹 图标集束炸弹引爆集束炸弹 图标引爆集束炸弹 deals decent Strike Damage and applies some Bleeding in the area.

Burst Rotation

  1. 神枪手标记 图标神枪手标记汲取时间 图标汲取时间
  2. 束缚暗影 图标束缚暗影
  3. 出奇打击 图标出奇打击缠藤毒蛇 图标缠藤毒蛇陨落蜘蛛 图标陨落蜘蛛
  4. 杂念投掷 图标杂念投掷缠藤毒蛇 图标缠藤毒蛇陨落蜘蛛 图标陨落蜘蛛
  5. 汲取时间 图标汲取时间恶意苍白突袭 图标恶意苍白突袭 (+怜悯 图标怜悯 during this cast)
  6. 汲取时间 图标汲取时间神枪手标记 图标神枪手标记

Defense

Use 恶意复原 图标恶意复原 to transfer conditions to enemies.

吸血劈砍 图标吸血劈砍 will Life Siphon and Heal you for a sizeable amount of Health. Keep in mind that it will Life Siphon 50% more effectively on Vulnerable foes. It will also Weaken the target, reducing it's Damage pressure.

暗影帷幕 图标暗影帷幕 will Block one to three attacks, depending on whether it's cast after a Finisher or not, and Heal you for each attack Blocked.

Take advantage of your Stealth access to escape the attention of dangerous enemies.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
杂念投掷 图标杂念投掷150Spear
窒息瓦斯 图标窒息瓦斯100Short Bow