Condition Specter Alacrity DPS Build

GW2. Raid Build. Condition Specter Alacrity DPS Build. Condition DPS Specter. Thief PvE. Group PvE Build.

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Role: DPS

The Condition Specter Alacrity DPS is a thief build with great single-target ranged damage and CC. It can choose to support its allies which is great for changing to a more defensive playstyle during higher-pressure situations, then swap back to doing damage. It can do reliable damage while sharing alacrity, or it can focus on dealing as much damage as possible.

Always prevent your initiative from maxing out. The initiative gained while at maximum initiative is lost and therefore a DPS loss. Use Scepter 3 to expend initiative before gaining more initiative. Using Siphon and entering Shadow Shroud will give initiative. You want to use Siphon and Shroud as soon as possible to get more initiative over time but without maxing initiative. Therefore, you shouldn’t wait until you have no initiative to use Shroud or Siphon, instead, wait until using them will not result in maxing your initiative.

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Skill Priority:

1. Use venoms off cooldown when you can share them with multiple players nearby
2. Siphon F1 (if you can use Scepter 3 before your initiative maxes)
3. Enter Shroud and use 2 > 4 > 5 > 3 > 2 (if you can use Scepter 3 before your initiative maxes)
4. Scepter 3 to deplete initiative

Swap to Pistol to use the 4 skill when CC is needed if the Shroud 3 and 5 have already been used.

NOTE: Staying in Shroud longer is needed to provide permanent Alacrity. Stay in long enough to use your Shroud 2 a total of 3 times to give enough alacrity uptime. Stay in longer if expecting to split from your team before your next shroud rotation.

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Scepter / Dagger	Heal / Utility / Elite
Scepter / Pistol	Shadow Shroud

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Alternatives

• Utility: instead of Skale Venom
• Utility: instead of Skale Venom when the boss does not move much
• Elite: when CC isn’t needed

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Alternatives

• Specter: for DPS Variant

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Alacrity Variant

Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)

[&DQUcGywXRzUVGwAAPgEAAC8BAABVAQAADgEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=]

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DPS Variant

Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)

[&DQUcGywXRxUVGwAAPgEAAC8BAABVAQAADgEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=]

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