Guild Wars 2

I am running a dual pistol condi/crit + elixers build engi, I would like to know how much condi dmg I should have for my afflictable conditions to cause enough damager per tick so that the target or targets just don’t laugh it off or wait for the duration to finish… Need to know because I am currently attempting to balance him out, so he’s not too one sided in terms of a stat or dmg, ect.

Are there even diminishing returns? I just stack it on everything. Seems to work.

Well I have 2600 Atk. and deal 1203 Condition Damage. I just want to know how I could work in a bit more of Atk. say 100 or so, and still have my Condition Damage deal respectable damage.

Tbh, the highest DPS builds are Berserker, 100% Condition Duration (if not constantly removed), then Rampagers (mix) in that order.

In my opinion the 100% duration build is not for the faint up heart, but very rewarding. Note that condition duration is the equivalent of crit DMG for condition builds. If you burn a target for 1000 damage a tick for 2 ticks that’s great, but ticking for 730 for 4 ticks is better.

Depends on the build. If you have HGH then you could easily run with just over 1000 Condi-Dmg, but without it the minimum should probably be around 1200. Generally though, the more you have the better.

Duration can be found via runes, Explosives traits, and Rare Veggie Pizza. Anything over 50% is easily enough, but I’ve seen many that don’t even that have that much that do well.

As long as you stick to Rabid/Rampager/Carrion gear it’ll be fine.

I usually run over 2k condi damage, and I have smoldering on offhand pistol and traited for longer burns. I usually get about 6-8 ticks of burning which at 800+ isnt something overlook.

I have noticed my breadwinner is stacking all the dots I can. Bleeds, Poison, Burning. It is usually to much for people and they either flee or immediately burn a heal/Condi removal. I just reapply and watch them die slowly.

My guess is that you are actually only ticking burns for 3 seconds vs 4. Are you using rare veggie pizza? Only way to reach 100% duration is through food, runes, and 30 in explosives.

Probably a side topic, but I kinda hope Giver’s weapons are fixed this patch.