Guild Wars 2

Hello all.

Few questsion about Epidemic:

Apply vulnerability on yourself. Spread conditions on a target foe to all nearby foes.

So:
*Is there a limit on how many conditions it can move over, or can it move over a stack of 25?

*Is there a limit on how many types of conditions it can move over?

*Do it move over all conditions or just those i placed on the target?

*How many targets do it move the conditions over to? I guess 5 but…

• Do it follow the timer on the condtion that is on the target or do the conditions get a new timer based on you con duration?

copies everything to the foes within range (probably up to 5 targets)
unclear how your condition duration effects both conditions you put on the target foe and those put on by allies.

spreading 25 stacks of bleeds to 4 other players is very very nice

@ Merch, i dont think its 5 target limit – i have used it and still use it alot in WvW and it seems to me that it transfer to more people but that could be just people moving about that makes it look like it spreads to alot of people

Combined with Corrupt Boon on the classes that can suddenly have 10+ Boons is great i normally save it for those moments as it can be a killer when used at the right moment

Haven’t counted them yet, but it seems to be more than five targets. All in all it’s a great skill, especially for PvE. I don’t use it that much in World PvP cause I run a more supportive build there.

probably best going to that bit of the mists with many close together golems and try it out

@Nachtnebel – its VERY useful in WvW. Especially against those defending/attacking bases as they normally stack up nice and tight -especially when trying to nuke down the doors combined with the marks it can be deadly

If it is more than 5 targets, that would be very odd. Because all AOE attacks are supposed to be limited to 5 targets.

@Digiowl – From what i have seen, it does look like its more then 5 targets but with all the numbers flying everywhere its very hard to tell.

Ok, so its kinda unclear how many target it spread the conditions to, how about the other questions i asked?

It spreads all stacks of all the conditions on the target as far as im aware, its another one of those things just not 100% sure how it works or how its meant to work

epidemic works fine alright. Get lot of conditions on target and hit epidemic it has also short(ish) cooldown.

It moves exactly the same conditions and duration on the target, no more or less. All conditions, not just yours.

It spreads them to a maximum of five new targets. Easily tested on the golem bunch in Heart of the Mists.

It’s my favorite utility on the Necro, and can easily wipe out a decent group of people if they have low / no condition removal. There doesn’t seem to be a limit as to what it can spread, but the bleeds are still capped at 25.

You won’t need more than that anyways, if you epidemic a target with 15+ bleeds prepare to see a lot of dead bodies.

My personal favorite move is to Epidemic a body someone is trying to rez because you can stack WAY more conditions as a party on a downed player and when their friends come to rez them BOOM 15+ bleed stacks and everyone dies!

Like lobbing rotting corpses over a city wall…