Guild Wars 2

Thank you for all the replies to my other post, I have decided to go 10 Spite, 30 Curses, 20 Death, 10 Blood. Just a few more questions:

1) given a 63% condition duration (hemophilia, lingering curses, 10 in spite) my bleeds will last 6.5 seconds. Unless I am wrong, power increases duration yes? With my trinkets and weapons do you think it will be enough to get my bleeds to 7 seconds (no + duration sigils) since the duration rounds down?

2) With 20 in Death Magic I was thinking of using Staff Mastery but since my build uses scepter/dagger mostly I thought about using Spiteful Vigor or Reaper’s Protection. Has anyone tried these and do they work well. I am curious how long the fear lasts.

3) What staff stats are good with this build? Should I just go power/prec/crit dmg or even try to get condition damage on it?

4) Does Sigil of Corruption on a staff stick with you when you swap or do you lose the stacks? Some folks are saying go with a minor sigil of corruption, why is that?

1 – No, power doesnt increase Condition Duration. And this +63% Condition Duration is only for scepter, just remembering you.

2 – Spiteful Vigor seems good, but more reliable to Power specs, since retaliation scales with power. Considering that you wont increase your Power, your retaliation base damage would be something like 267 (retaliation base damage for lvl 80). If you wanna calculate and see if you think it viable, the retaliation damage increases by 1 for every 13.4 power. Reaper Protection is good, but i personally dont like it since your enemy can use some CC that is irrelevant but will trigger your trait.

3 – According the traits you listed, have a better synergy with Condition spec.

4 – Stick. You only lose the stacks if you go down. Some people prefer Minor Sigil of Corruption because improve their Condition Damage. In a competitive pvp where you have teams at the same level, i dont think its a good idea. We have better rune options like Geomancy and Doom if you look for something more offensive, and Leeching to help you deffensively.

The Spite Tree itself increases condition duration though. Just not ALL power. Just that specific trait line.

Most of the spite trait is not useful for conditionmancers unless you’re going hybrid spec which is a whole different ballgame.

Why not a Superior Sigil of Corruption vs. a Minor Sigil of Corruption?