Guild Wars 2

Hello necro forum, I recently came back after some time away and got into HoT right away. I focused on completing my core HoT masteries and the Kryta ones.
Now I want to finish my ascended chest from way back then.
For my power build I finished my power set since I had only chest/gloves missing.

For my condi set I am a bit confused. Is Viper the new best stat choice for Condi necro? I mostly care for Fractals and Pve in general and a bit of WvW.
I already have a full set of Rabid jewelry, the ascended wand from Teq and an ascended chest piece.
What is the best way to go at this moment since it will be a significant investment gold,time and material wise.

Uberkafros.5431:

Fractals and Pve

If anything the question should be Sinister vs Viper, and the answer is Viper.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Sinister-vs-Viper

Viper is awesome, but if you want an ascended item don’t waste your time crafting one, just build a pre-HoT item and transform it in the Mystic Forge to Viper.

Viper > Sinister > Rampager and Rabid

The actual difference change a lot depending if your build rely more on condition damage, or is more balance between condition and direct damage.

Just for some quick exemple. If your build is about 50/50 between direct damage and condition. Then Rampager will be about 5-10% better than Rabid, Sinister will be 10-15% better than Rabid and a mix of Viper/Sinister will be 30-40% better than rabid.

On a build that is more 25% direct damage, 75% condition damage. Then Rabid will be better than rampager by around 5-10%. But Sinister will then better than rabid by around 20% and a mix of Viper/Sinister will be better by 40-50%.