Guild Wars 2

ive been wondering for a while since im new and id like to ask what do you mean by condi build? is it when you put 30 traits on both condi duration and damage? or something else?

thnks

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Condition_Damage

A condi build is someone who specs to do primarily condition damage, i.e. burning, poison. If you’re referring to pvp, people’s specs vary, so some might have 30 in condition damage and duration however it’s entirely up to the player how they spec. If you want to roll conditions i would say pick which condition you think your class can do best, then make a spec to amplify that condition as much as possible, for example if you choose burning you will want traits that do extra things while the target has burning.

These builds lack direct damage and make up for it by using conditions. Conditions are delivering damage even when you are moving around so they are great for bunker survival builds where you need to run around/dodge alot.

All conditions completely ignore armor and Toughness.

• Dire, Carrion, Rabid or Rampager gear.
• Sigil of Bursting
• Sigil of Corruption
• Condition duration sigils (for various types of conditions)
• Condition damage and/or duration runes
• Trait points in condition damage
• Trait points in condition duration (optional)
• Bunker builds sometimes use more rare sets such as Apothecary

OP,

Some mobs have very high resistance to direct damage, so condition damage is the best way to take them down,

Certain classes like necromancers and engineers, are better able to provide condition damage though traits and weapons selection, thus the term condi build ..

The highest condi specs depend greatly on stacking bleeds for damage. Necromancers and rangers are the best at conditioning; thieves and engineers are second-tier, mesmers are third tier. Only the first tier can use conditions effectively in the majority of PvE, the latter are used more in PvP applications. Warriors can also stack quite some bleed in sword mode, but the necessity of it being in melee range generally makes them less effective than the other 5. Guardians are just bad at conditioning even after the update because of how Retaliation and Burning only stack once in intensity. Elementalists don’t have enough condition procs for that to make any sense.

Confusion, Shattering (and now Torment) Mesmers question your placement of them as “third tier”……

Try using them in a PvE dungeon and you’ll see. Mesmers specced for condition damage barely break 2500 dps in PvE, they’d be liabilities to the team.

Only necros and rangers have enough condition damage procs to barely survive in PvE (~5000 dps) , and even so, only one can exist per dungeon party before overwriting makes a second one worthless.

The only reason why they can be used in PvP applications is because PvP is about a whole lot more factors than simply damage numbers.