Guild Wars 2

I understand why dire could be superior to rabid on condition builds since it barely use precision, but Rabid still viable ?

sure, cause condition builds use precision (all “on crit” condition applies)

dire is a fairly useless set for wvw engies in my opinion. sure, you’ll have that extra passive tankiness but your damage output will be very low. also, any decent group you find will just completely negate your condition damage.

rabid is viable and so is carrion, celestial or any mix of the above.
you can always try dire with a sigil of inteligence but I’m not really a fan of giving up a sigil when engie is already limited to two.

Dimes.6024:

sure, cause condition builds use precision (all “on crit” condition applies)

I totally forgot that with the changes on critical damage, silly question . I actually prefer Rabid over Dire, but a bunch of builds are using Dire so making me wonder

I recommend a mixture of dire/rabid to get just enough crit to make incendiary powder reliable enough with grenades

Ostricheggs.3742:

I recommend a mixture of dire/rabid to get just enough crit to make incendiary powder reliable enough with grenades

This^^ I personal like to have around 30% though I generally run hybrid instead full condi build.