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Condition DPS Harbinger Build

GW2. Raid Build. Condition Quickness DPS Harbinger. Necromancer PvE.


Last Update: December 2023



Quickness Variant

Overview

The Condition Harbinger is a DPS necromancer build with ranged damage potential and versatility, making it a good choice in many situations. 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.

Playstyle

Role: DPS

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. The Shroud 3 requires 5 Blight stacks to deal extra torment, and the Shroud 4 requires 10 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:

  1. Use all elixirs at your feet (or on your team)
  2. Blood is Power > Dagger 4 (or enter shroud)
  3. Corrosive Poison Cloud
  4. Enter Shroud when available
  5. Scepter 3/2
  6. Torch 4/5
  7. Pistol 2/3
  8. Dagger 5

Inside Shroud Skill Priority:

  1. Shroud 2
  2. Shroud 4/3 (prevent Blight reaching 25 stacks, and try to use all stacks before leaving Shroud)
  3. Shroud 1
  4. Leave Shroud after Shroud 2 if you won’t last long enough to get another

If you need CC, use Shroud 5, Shroud 4, Pistol 3, and you can alternatively take the Flesh Golem or Spectral Grasp utilities.


Difficulty
50%

Equipment

ItemStatRune / 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
ItemStat
Amulet
Viper
Ring
Viper
Ring
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Backpiece
Viper

Relic

Consumables

Infusions

Fractal
x18
Optional
x18

Skills

Pistol / DaggerHeal / Utility / Elite
Scepter / TorchHarbinger Shroud

Alternatives

  • Elite: for more CC
  • Utility: for more CC

Traits


Build Template

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

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Gameplay


DPS Variant


Using the same gear and some trait/skill changes, Harbinger can play a purely DPS role which focuses more on quickly rotating in and out of shroud rather than camping shroud to give out quickness.


Skills

Pistol / DaggerHeal / Utility / Elite
Scepter / PistolHarbinger Shroud

Alternatives

  • Elite: for more CC
  • Utility: for more CC

Traits


Build Template

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

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8 Comments

  1. Would this be viable as well for open world? Sorry for noob question just started last week.

  2. 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!

  3. I lag so I need to be able to take a couple hits would it be alright to swap out for trailblazers?

  4. 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!

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