Guild Wars 2

Hello guys,

so I was wondering which of the classes I play (thief, ele, druid, guard, warri) has a decent condi build. As far as I know engie and necro rock at dealing condi damage, but how far behind are other classes? Is it only necro and engie, period? I have no idea what the dmg loss in % can be.

Burnzerker got nerfed so that clearly isn’t going to get you anywhere.

TLDR just roll Necro. Necro is super easy to play anyway. If your team needs cc roll Engi and L2P.

Druid has a really strong condi build equal or better than druid power.

Agreed, after almost 4 years of playing I created my first ever ranger, maxed her out on druid, put viper gear on her with the exception of 4 trinkets that are sinister (viper ones from raids are a work in progress) and I am having amazing fun. Very decent damage, mobs in open world just burn in a second. However, full viper means you are pretty squishy so you have to be mindful of your movements and dodges.

Basically there are ~4 useable condi specs right now.

Engineer has the highest dps against single targets with a stupidly complicated rotation (that most people are not able to do perfectly while standing still, much less when they are in a real fight).

Necromancer does about 80% of an engineer’s dps against single targets (but with an easy rotation). These numbers increase with adds (condition transfering through epedemic and more pets from dying adds), even more so in a raid setup, where you’re pets get healed from time to time. Two necromancers in a fight with adds (one transfering conditions from boss to adds, the other transfering them back to the boss) can inflate these numbers even more.

Warrior was heavily hit by nerfs to their condition damage (~60% of engineer’s dps) but has the option to use phalanx strength while playing condition. Given there’s never a lack in power ps zerkers that’s a niche use mostly (but i have seen raid setups with tank, 1 power ps, 1 condi ps, 1 condi, 1 supporter, 5 power dps work really well…)

Druid does about the same damage as a condition warrior, but brings all the buffing and healing capabilities a power druid (who does even less damage) is normally taken for. So that’s still a very solid choice, even when it’s mostly played more for the druid specific buffs than the pure condition damage.