GW2. Raid Build. Condition Harbinger Quickness DPS Build. Necromancer PvE.
Last Update: August 2024
Role: DPS
The Condition Harbinger Quickness DPS is a necromancer build with ranged damage potential and versatility, making it a good choice in many situations. Also with the powerful Elixir of Ambition it can give its team every boon at the start of a fight to eliminate ramp up time. However, it can be a risky option due to the vitality it loses. In return it gains plenty of CC, easy damage, and the option to give plenty of boons like quickness to its allies passively.
Use all elixirs at your feet to gain boons and Blight. The Blight lasts 25 seconds and will give damage modifiers while stacked and enables your shroud skills to do massive burst in exchange for Blight stacks. Try to fit both your weapon sets skills in between your shroud cooldown, prioritizing the highest damaging skills first and skipping the others if shroud is ready.
Out of Shroud Skill Priority:
- Use all elixirs at your feet (Only use Heal elixir at the start of a fight to boost blight)
- Blood is Power > Dagger 4 (or enter shroud)
- Signet of Spite
- Enter Shroud when available
- Scepter 3/2
- Torch 4/5
- Pistol 2/3
- Dagger 5
Inside Shroud Skill Priority:
- Shroud 2
- Shroud 4/3 (prevent Blight reaching 25 stacks, and try to use all stacks before leaving Shroud)
- Shroud 1
- Leave Shroud after Shroud 2 if you won’t last long enough to get another 2 cast
CC – Crowd Control Skills:
- Shroud 5, Shroud 4, Pistol 3, Torch 5, Flesh Golem, Spectral Grasp
Equipment
Item | Stat | Rune / Sigil |
---|---|---|
Helm Viper | ||
Shoulders Viper | ||
Coat Viper | ||
Gloves Viper | ||
Leggings Viper | ||
Boots Viper |
Primary Weapon Set
Pistol Viper | ||
Dagger Viper |
Secondary Weapon Set
Scepter Viper | ||
Torch Viper |
Item | Stat |
---|---|
Amulet Viper | |
Ring Viper | |
Ring Viper | |
Accessory Viper | |
Accessory Viper | |
Backpiece Viper |
Relic
Consumables
Infusions
Fractal x18 | |
Optional x18 |
Skills
Pistol / Dagger | Heal / Utility / Elite |
Scepter / Torch | Harbinger Shroud |
Alternatives
- Utility: instead of Elixir of Anguish when not providing quickness
- Utility: instead of Signet of Spite for more CC
- Elite: for more CC
- Elite: when not providing quickness
Traits
Alternatives
- Harbinger: for DPS Variant
- Harbinger: for DPS Variant
NOTE: Harbinger as a purely DPS role focuses more on rotating in and out of shroud rather than camping shroud to give out quickness.
Build Template
Quickness Variant
Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)
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DPS Variant
Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)
[&DQgnNjI1QD/nGqIAgAD6AHUB5ABwAb0B6BqSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=]
Would this be viable as well for open world? Sorry for noob question just started last week.
Yes it will work, but if you feeling squishy while solo then you can try this one: https://guildjen.com/harbinger-open-world-build/
Heya! Two questions:
1. Do I need to have two daggers as off-hand or is one sufficient as suggested daggers are the same anyway?
2. Does it matter if the sigils are correctly inserted? Currently my pistol has torment runes/Scepter has torment runes and vice versa?
Thanks!
use the same dagger in both, it’s just there to avoid further confusion
I lag so I need to be able to take a couple hits would it be alright to swap out for trailblazers?
sure
Why Corrosive Poison Cloud to another elixir? I’m new to Harb and appreciate the guide!
I meant to say: “Why Corrosive Poison Cloud and not another elixir?”
Thanks!