Guild Wars 2

Ascended condition damage trinkets are only available as +heal/condi/tough (apothecary), +condi/tought/vit/minor precision (dire/minor rabid), rabid/apoth, and rabid. There is no straightforward carrion or dire.

Is it worth it to use the dire/minor rabid accessories in p/d?

The small amount of precision may throw off any stat advantage gained from being ascended?

Chrysocola Orichalcum Earring (Exotic, with gem – carrion)
+65 power
+65 vit
+81 condi damage

Matriarchs’ Quill (Ascended – Dire/minor Rabid)
+18 Precision
+60 tough
+42 vit
+96 condi (infusion +5, + 91 regular = 96)

edit* Apothercary Ascended – Purge Signet (Apothecary)
I also have the ascended set of apothecary accessories, for ultra-troll mode in WvW. Stats of earring are below. This is also a valid option because the apothecary ascended items don’t waste points on precision. Healing power is still useful to p/d in the mass regen of the spec.

68 Toughness
+103 Healing Power
+73 Condition Damage (5 from infusion +68regular)

imo the dire/rabid trinkets represent the best possible scenario of stat combos, as precision is relatively useless to p/d than other stats.

does the small amount of precision on dire/rabid accessories throw off the overall benefit of using ascended gear?

I use Dire/Rabid ascended trinkets as well as Dire armor and weapons.

The condition gain, as well as the infusion slots more than adds benefit. Think of it like this, you lose a tiny bit of vitality to precision which is really annoying and I hate how there is no Dire/Dire stats. But, you gain a solid amount of condition damage, I think around 100 extra but I could be way off. But you do gain extra condition damage. You also gain extra toughness, and the vitality is a tiny bit less. Like a tiny bit. However, if you add vitality infusions to your ascended pieces, you can easily gain that back and some

If you have basic wvw infusions, you can only add Vitality to defense slots – armor and half the trinket spots. But if you have Omni, you can add to all. However, having armor and some of the trinkets [defense] with vitality and then condition damage on the rest will add a ton more. Overall, when you are fully kitted in ascended armor, weapons and trinkets, it makes a difference