Guild Wars 2

Hi, did any of you manage to make a good condi-build for your Revenant during the beta? I know I didn’t, so I’d like to hear wether I’m just bad at making builds or if the options for a condi-dps build were lacking.

Problem 1: Skills
I played my Rev with mace & axe, which is supposed to be the weapon-set most suited for conditions. I’ve noticed however that there aren’t many skills with damaging conditions and even if a skill applies a damaging conditions, it only applies a single stack.

Mallyx’s skills also didn’t apply as many conditions as I’d expect. Neither on me, nor on my enemies. Seriously, I expected to burn-bleed myself to death as soon as resistance runs out, but the reality is that I’m maybe blinded. This makes Mallyx’s elite pretty useless against anything that doesn’t apply conditions to me.

Problem 2: Traitlines
There is exactly one traitline that boosts conditions. What am I supposed to pick for the other two traitlines? I understand that a direct damage traitline is still coming, but that’s direct damage and not condi. Maybe it’ll have some synergies for condi, we’ll see.

Problem 3: Traits
Not even the condi-traitline has any decent “deal condition x on doing y” traits. We need damaging conditions for x and triggers like attacking, dealing critical hits or getting hit by conditions ourselves. Those are triggers that trigger frequently on a Mallyx-build. The trait that gives my conditions to enemies I’m attacking would be pretty good if I was able to stack more damaging conditions on myself using Mallyx.

What were your experiences with Mallyx? Did anyone make a decent condi-Rev?

i feel like mallyx self resistance should be doubled in all cases, and self-condition durations at LEAST doubled.
outgoing conditions i think just need a rework. too few stacks/too short duration to actually be worthwhile.
elite demon form needs to grant ongoing resistance and pull conditions on its own – using the condition draw with it active is just a recipe to have it end so early that it accomplishes nothing (except depleting your energy bar, and leaving you at lower hp than when you cast it)

I found carrion maxe/axe with traveler runes to be decent to be honest, the main problem being the amount of conditions you apply depends on the amount of conditions on you which sucks
It is decent in team fights but in 1v1 scenario it can’t quite hold its own, I’ve won against a thief, ranger and even an ele (on zerk tho) but its still not quite there
Also you can do some great things with the malyx skill that applies confusion, build up enough energy (about 70%) and you can spam it for 12 stacks and watch them melt. If you’re precise enough to line up the attack it also pierces targets.
Most important thing I forget to do is swap legends to bring energy back up to 50% and stun break ect.