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Condition Specter

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

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Condition Specter is an Open World build with many tools for offense and defense, making it very independent and durable. It also has a few options to support nearby allies, making it the perfect companion to tackle content as a small party.

Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Access to healing & support
  • Easy to learn
  • Lots of cleave
  • Loses damage on moving targets
  • Easy to cancel skills
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

阴暗法池 图标阴暗法池 helps maintain Quickness thanks to 时空术士古物 图标时空术士古物, but it can be replaced for 镰爪毒液 图标镰爪毒液 when an infrequent, large Heal is needed.

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

  • 沉默法池 图标沉默法池 provides additional Condition Removal and Defiance Break.
  • 毒蝎钩索 图标毒蝎钩索 for the single target Pull.
  • 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.
  • 蜘蛛毒液 图标蜘蛛毒液 when near allies to inflict lots of Poison stacks very quickly.

You can replace 影幕 图标影幕 with:

  • 石蜥毒液 图标石蜥毒液 for more Defiance Break when near other players.

  • 同仇敌忾 图标同仇敌忾 when you need a distraction against a threatening enemy. It can also be cast before an extended engagement to increase your damage output.

  • You can swap to 暗影脚步 图标暗影脚步 in the Specter Traitline when playing with other allies. This will make your Shadow Shroud skills share Healing, Protection, and Alacrity!

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:

时空术士古物 图标时空术士古物 can be replaced if you're gaining Quickness from other sources.

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

Specter focuses on spending Initiative on weapon skills, then entering Shadow Shroud and using its Shroud skills while Initiative recharges again.

While in Shadow Shroud, damage taken will be reduced by 33%, and it will deplete Shadow Force instead of your Health. Shadow Force will also slowly deplete each second you are in Shroud.

Entering Shadow Shroud will also automatically tether an ally at up to 1200 Range, which allows you to share some of your beneficial Shroud effects with them at a longer range. If necessary, you can change what ally you are tethered to if you cast 虹吸 图标虹吸 on them.

You can gain Shadow Force by:

  • Casting 虹吸 图标虹吸 on an enemy.
  • Spending Initiative in combat.
  • An additional source depending on your Master trait (in this case, 薄暮穿越 图标薄暮穿越 will grant you Shadow Force whenever you use a skill that Shadowsteps)

虹吸 图标虹吸 is Specter’s special 顺手牵羊 图标顺手牵羊 skill, and applies several effects when cast on an enemy:

Dealing Damage

Your Well skills are all Shadowsteps with 600 Range that leave an AoE on their destination. They will also grant you personal Quickness thanks to 时空术士古物 图标时空术士古物, making them ideal tools to engage enemies.

  • 影幕 图标影幕 will pull enemies towards its center, making it a good opening skill for packs of mobs.
  • 悲伤法池 图标悲伤法池 will pulse damaging conditions.
  • 恩惠法池 图标恩惠法池 will pulse lots of useful boons to you and nearby allies.

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:

While in Shadow Shroud, your main damage sources will be 暗影抓攫 图标暗影抓攫 and 永恒夜幕 图标永恒夜幕.

  • 暗影抓攫 图标暗影抓攫 is a small explosion that cleaves 5 targets and can be cast at up to 900 Range to apply Torment.
  • 永恒夜幕 图标永恒夜幕 cleaves 5 targets, deals damage and applies Poison to enemies.

Your Auto Attack will launch a projectile that explodes in a small area and apply Torment.

Burst Rotation

  1. 虹吸 图标虹吸
  2. 影幕 图标影幕悲伤法池 图标悲伤法池恩惠法池 图标恩惠法池
  3. 螳螂钉刺 图标螳螂钉刺缠藤毒蛇 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. 进入暗影帷幕 图标进入暗影帷幕
  6. 暗影抓攫 图标暗影抓攫永恒夜幕 图标永恒夜幕

Defense

吸血劈砍 图标吸血劈砍 will Life Siphon and Heal you for a sizeable amount of Health. 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.

When Shrouded, you take reduced strike damage, and damage will be redirected to your remaining Shadow Force instead. You also have a few defensive tools while in Shroud:

  • 黎明之息 图标黎明之息 is a ground-targeted leap that will Fear enemies on impact and grant you and nearby allies Barrier that scales with the amount of enemies struck.
  • 思维冲击 图标思维冲击 instantly grants you and nearby allies Stability, and after a short delay will create an explosion around you that Stuns.
  • While you can’t be healed while in Shroud, 鬼影射击 图标鬼影射击 and 永恒夜幕 图标永恒夜幕 will grant nearby allies some decent Healing.

Since all your Wells are Shadowsteps, they can be used to easily reposition and escape from enemies. You can keep 阴暗法池 图标阴暗法池 available for this purpose, which will also pulse Healing.

Well skills will also grant Resistance thanks to 薄暮穿越 图标薄暮穿越, allowing you to ignore non-damaging conditions with impunity.

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
黎明之息 图标黎明之息170进入暗影帷幕 图标进入暗影帷幕
思维冲击 图标思维冲击150进入暗影帷幕 图标进入暗影帷幕
影幕 图标影幕Pull 150 x 3 = 450
石蜥毒液 图标石蜥毒液750Alternate Elite Skill