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it makes sense when u have 15 in acrobatics for feline grace / vigorous recovery and 20 in trickery for bountiful theft … when you can dodge right at their feet… then 2 steps away and again in 3 seconds… which is a complete waste of endurance on this build. and well… 2 stacks of bleed and a micro cripple isnt that much of a gamechanger when ur running a condi bomb instead of fiddling people down slowly like i did on my 0/0/30/20/20 “solo-keep” build and 0/0/20/20/30 “have some confusion instead of a heal” build.
The current build was made considering the nerfs coming to vigor gain and to maximize the burst damage rather than continuous dps.
and anyone that stays in the tiny caltrops for full duration is an idiot xD
the 3 stacks of confusion ends up in about 500 dmg per skill used and it is an extra condition which means it takes more condi clearing to get to them good parts of the condis i apply like torment / poison / bleed
Nice to see the venom share build getting some love. Do you have a link to your build whisperbox?
Im used to sharing my complete builds including tips for proper gameplay within the guild only. Tho you could’ve scraped enough info about it in this post already. its a barebone 30/0/30/0/10 build with mix of carrion and dire .. You can fill in the gaps with whatever fits your playing style and skill level. just a little hint .) the more dps you go the more defensive traits/utilities you sacrifice.
Hope that steered you in the right direction and sorry if my answer did not fully satisfy your curiosity .)
Any suggestions?
Tbh i think you will have to balance a build really hard to make it work in both zerg play and roaming BUT it is doable. the downside is that it will not be a VERY good roaming build nor a VERY good zerg buster.. i did run a s/p(s/d) // sb mix of valkyre, zerker and ptv gear and 0/30/20/20/0 on thief for both roaming and zerging… but as i said… not the best way to go.
You’ll see some improvement if you run P/D + P/D if you don’t weapon swap as you stated. Run Sigils of Doom, and you’ll have an on-demand source of poison that will last most of the weapon swap CD if you have decent condition duration. That could free up the slot you use for poison, unless you count on it for venom sharing.
Thanks for the suggestion.. sound really good actually and ill look into it once i get some gold xD (poor as kitten)
Very nice editing, nice intros, good use of the music, there’s rhythm in it and the speed changes support it. Well done.
Thanks alot .) first comment about the video itself and not the build im playing. Cheers mate x)
Ok, could I trouble you all to answer a few questions about this build please?
- Would it not make sense to stack perplexity runes with the build and add the confusion damage to the massive amounts of conditions you already apply?
- If you are rolling with a zerg, would the SB be effective against the blob? I would think that if you’re stacking the conditions, the SB should make short work out of large groups.
- Isn’t this build also very easily taken down with conditions? I would think you would have trouble against some of those Necro’s that use condition transfers.
- My main character (at the moment) is a GS + Sword/Torch or Pistol Mesmer that uses P/T/C + Beserker gear. The point being to cause conditions and a solid amount of direct damage to the target. Have you fought against a similar Mesmer build and been able to be effective?
The reason I ask these is that last night I was defending the keep on my server with my condi Warrior and it just felt as if the enemy blob could pretty much ignore me. I stood on the ramp going up to the second floor and lobbed arrows with the LB for about 5 minutes. I suppose the condi Warrior just feels very unfulfilled as a build.
I am using perplexity runes.. even tho i do not carry any interrupts those 3 stacks of confusion from normal attacks is very effective since it adds 1 extra condition to cure.
when running on a guild raid i use a shortbox with the sigil of tormenting… it works… but you dont really do much damage unless you have a party using condition damage so the venoms you share are utilized to the max.
this build is very vulnerable to conditions because the only condi clearing you get is when you stealth = only when you successfully land a c&d. as a matter of fact this build is very vulnerable against any class if you mess up.
Mesmers are easy if you stack them with conds… they leave lots of clones/phantasms to c&d on. Basically if you miss your burst and get negated to c&d in time to cleanse conditions and reposition for sneak attack you can consider yourself dead.
regarding the condi warrior… it is mainly a roaming build with INSANE condi burst. If you want to make a dent in a bigger group with conds… you have to reapply them very quickly because the more people the more possible clearings. To make conds viable in a zerg situation you need more than 1-2 running condi dmg.. otherwise it gets cleared almost instantly and no matter how much condi dmg u got you will never get to use them to their full potential.
you should try a s/s LB build for roaming on warrior…. you will see how much damage you can lash out with it in 1v2-3 situations.
this happens to me when the target is in steal range but is obstructed. which means… watch for line of sight
this build was made a few days after the notes of dec 10 nerfs came in…. so im not using infusion of shadows and ive been playing condition thief for so long to know that uncatchable works only against idiots and pve (and since i dont have any sources of vigor its even more useless) ive made focus on the condi-bomb which makes this build win or die… no getaway skills or utilities no stealth on demand. the vigor gain will be nerfed on bountiful theft so i left that out aswell.. left with barebone instagib build that kinda outshadows backstab in the ability to burst down tanky builds.
nice
30,0,30,0,10 build i am guessing but very dangerous one
which armor and what state you have?
i would take ice venom instead of spider as you got poison with sb or with steal and venom share with ice can do 10 seconds chill which slow your target and put longer cd on his skills as poison only stack with duration so venom share with spider is overkill
you got the traits right. I’m using a mix of dire and carrion.
as you see from the video i dont weapon swap (no stealth on demand skills make shortbow a suicide on this low to no extra initiative gain build) and the duration of poison from steal isnt long enough to keep them pesky healing signet warriors at bay… chill is an op condition but changing spider to ice will make a big difference in my overall dps because hindering the heals is what makes this build tick.
Solo / group roaming. Might be quite lengthy but bare with it .)