Condi Weaver - GW2 | Discretize [dT]

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Condi Damage Build

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April 19, 2024
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Overview

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Boons	Might: ~5 - party
Conditions	Burning Bleeding
Role	Condi Damage

Synergy	average
DPS	high
Independence	average
Acquiring basics	difficult
Achieving mastery	challenging

ARCHIVED BUILD

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The Condi Weaver is an unique build that can be played very effectively in Sunqua Peak and Silent Surf CMs (this build can also be an attractive choice for other CM and T4 encounters with longer phases, like Ensolyss, if you find yourself in a slow group).

Condi Weaver can deal very high amounts of damage, and even rival strong builds like Condi Holosmith and Condi Specter when played properly.

This build is naturally tanky due to its rotation, having above 90% uptime on the

buff. On top of that damage reduction, it has permanent 10% DR from

and 7% DR on ~ 40% uptime from

The main downside of Condi Weaver apart from the complexity of its rotation is the lack of unique party buffs and overall boon generation, apart from some Might generated by

Equipment

This build uses the Jade Bot Core: Tier 10 in combination with 18

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Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper

Viper

Any item with the same stats may be used!

Heal

Utilities

Elite

Sinister

Viper

Food

Utility

Relic

Build

Traits

Fire
Earth
Weaver

Situational Traits

	Can easily cover a large amount of Might for your group at a minor personal DPS loss. This build can't generate any stacks so the dps loss comes only from the time you need until your own might ramps up.
	Provides a bit of tankiness in the form of extra vitality for minimal DPS loss.

Defiance Bar Damage

Hammer

Skill	Damage
Hammer
	150 with Stun
	200 with Knockdown
	50/s with Immobile
	33/s with Chilled
	250 with Float
Scepter
	150 with Stun
	33/s with Chilled
	33/s with Chilled
Warhorn
	150 with Pull
	150 with Knockback
	20/s with Blinded
Focus
	400 with Knockdown
	15/s with Crippled
	33/s with Chilled
	200 with Daze

Many of these skills aren't accessible during the normal rotation due to being locked behind attunements you don't use.

Situational Skills

If you do want to switch any of your utilites in favor of one of the skills listed below, you should prioritise dropping

before

and

Heal
	An additional Might source from blasting fire fields. Overall provides less healing than .
	A stronger alternative healing skill when you need to restore a large amount of health very quickly.
	Another alternative healing skill affecting allies close to the target you strike.
Offensive
	A stronger alternative to but relies on rng and works better in fights with longer phases.
Defensive
	A stun break with the addition of 3 blocks.
	Another stun break that provides extra Protection and Stability.
	A strong skill providing a lot of barrier and extra Stability.
	Yet another stun break with the addition of evade frames.
Utility
	A 900 units teleport for easy repositioning.
	You can sacrifice some DPS for a powerful insta rez, can be very useful during "Dancing with Demons" runs.

Situational Weapons

Scepter - A lower dps option that is fully ranged and opens up the offhand slot.
Warhorn - Your first choice of off hand, useful if your group struggles with boon uptime due to access to
.
Focus - Less dps than warhorn but offers higher cc and more situtional utility in the form of condi cleanse with
and invulnerability with
.

Rotation / Skill usage

Golem rotations out of the raid builds are generally suboptimal in fractals due to Exposed and phases being much shorter compared to raids. The raid rotations are optimized for sustained DPS while in fractals a player needs the ability to adapt a rotation to the amount of time a group needs to finish a phase.

Important Notes

is one of your most important DPS skills. Use it off cooldown!
Make sure to always use
in
. If the boss is about to phase or die, your next best option is to use it in
. If you find yourself is any other element, you should use it regardless, as it grants increased strike damage on your next few attacks.
should be used before attuning to

for maximum damage output. However, if the boss' breakbar is about to be broken or about to phase, you can also use it during

or

.
Although it is important to follow the weave self rotation as closer as possible, the timing when it comes to completing it, is extremely tight and you might find yourself unable to do it especially if you don't have boons precasted on you and they have to be applied once you get in combat. In that scenario the best adjustment you can do is slightly altering the ending. Instead of doing the
/
=>
/
=>
/
loop, do this one:
/
=>
, use
and activate
there, attune to
/
, use
, activate
, move to
/
and continue with the main loop.
In the video, a 2nd
rotation is shown, which is the same as the 1st. If the encounter has downtime due to phases in between when the boss can't be damaged and
comes off cd then you can freely attune to air and start from the opener. If it doesn't and you know the boss is going to phase before you need to finish the weave self loop, then you can use
right away the moment it comes off cd in the attunement you are in and only switch between
and
without entering
. If you get
off cd mid fight and the phase is long enough that you need to complete it then it is recommended to attune to
and start from there because completing weave self otherwise is going to be a lot more awkward.
Hammer 3 orbs are an important part of your damage not only because of their offensive buff but also because they apply condis each time they hit the enemy (they hit once per second). That is why you want to have both
and
active for as longer as possible. Keep in mind that these buffs get activated together with
but you can only activate
individually because you never double attune
. Eventually the cooldown of
starts being less aligned with the rotation which is why you go from throwing
before leaving
to throwing it when you enter
/
and then when you leave
/
. If needed you can also use
in
/
as long as you know
is going to be ready to activate.

Rotation during Weave Self

Golem Rotation

by Ryan

Precasting

Precast in non boonstrip fights

If you know you can only get one

during the fight then you can precast it and use the second one later. To do that you have to:

Start on
/
and precast
, replace a utility with
and precast it.
Attune to
/
and precast
.
Switch back your replaced utility.
Take the Mistlock Singularity and attune to
/
for
.
Attune to
/
and start the fight.

Precast in fights with boonstrip

In Sunqua Peak and Silent Surf CMs boons and some specific buffs get stripped the moment you enter combat so your precast has to be adjusted. Also these fights favor use of

Start on
, precast
replace your other utilities with
,
and precast them.
Take the Mistlock Singularity and cast another
Attune to
/
and switch back to your normal utilities.
Attune to
/
for
.
Attune to
/
and start the fight.

Extra Precast for Sunqua Peak and Silent Surf CMs

If you have an extra set of weapons (or legendary sigils), you can also precast the effects of

and

. To do that:

Switch to the sigils.
For Sunqua Peak fall below the stairs before the boss' arena to get in combat and switch to any attunement.
For Silent Surf let go of the parachute a bit earlier so as you get in combat when you fall down and switch to any attunement.
Once you are out of combat, you can switch the sigils back to
and
.

Rotation outside of Weave Self

until
is almost off cd

until
is off cd

until
is almost off cd

x2 =>
=>
until
is off cd