Guild Wars 2

I’m switching from Sinister to Viper Gear in order to get to 100% condition duration (or try to) but I wanted to double check something.

I know that 100% condition duration is the cap, but does that include condition-specific durations? Ex. If I had 85% condition duration and 35% additional burn duration, would my burns still cap out at 100% or go beyond because the burn duration is specific to burn?

I’m fairly certain I already know the answer, but I would hate to make the gear switch without being fully informed.

In the case of your example, 85% + 35% would cap at 100%. Very few things bypass this normal limit, and they’re the things that augment base durations instead of actually adding to the condition duration stat itself for that condition.

^ yup, this

Afaik, Lingering Curse e.g. modifies base duration (if it works properly currently, idk), but the % increases from runes, sigils etc. should all count towards the regular condition cap.

If you don’t mind asking, for which conditions are you trying to max out the duration Eneldiar? I’m tinkering on a PvE Viper’s/Sinister build myself atm and I’m also not really sure about runes/sigil choices yet.

Skoigoth.9238:

^ yup, this

Afaik, Lingering Curse e.g. modifies base duration (if it works properly currently, idk), but the % increases from runes, sigils etc. should all count towards the regular condition cap.

If you don’t mind asking, for which conditions are you trying to max out the duration Eneldiar? I’m tinkering on a PvE Viper’s/Sinister build myself atm and I’m also not really sure about runes/sigil choices yet.

My current build is Sinister’s and I had balthazar runes to bring burning duration to as close as cap as possible (for Dhuumfire) but with Viper gear I can achieve the same sort of thing except I can do so with all conditions, which made it seem like a better alternative. Though I don’t use a scepter yet I am contemplating it, although I don’t know how great it is over the other weapon choices.