Condition WeaverMay 2022

Condition Weaver offers high condition burst damage, moderate survivability due to the earth trait line, and decent crowd control. This build is not very beginner-friendly because of the rotation, which is fast-paced and long. It also has a high reliance on Alacrity and Quickness because of Weave Self. A large portion of your damage is bound to Weave Self, which is the hardest part of the rotation to do correctly, thus increasing the difficulty further.

The main hand dagger variant offers more damage, however, it requires movement skills for damage, making the player reposition often during an encounter.

Build Fundamentals

Your rotation consists of two parts, the Weave Self rotation followed by your regular loop.

Weaver Self Loop

Weave Self reduces the cooldown of your attunement swaps to two seconds and grants you a buff for attuning to each element. After attuning to all four elements, a Perfect Weave is achieved, granting a large boost to your stats for 10 seconds. You have 20 seconds to attune to every element to gain the Perfect Weave.

The general idea behind the Weave Self loop is to delay getting the Perfect Weave as long as possible. Doing this will maintain the Woven Fire bonus for almost the full 20 seconds. The Perfect Weave is then achieved, granting 30 seconds of +20% condition damage.

This loop is reliant on permanent boons, especially Alacrity, so if there is a decrease in boon uptime you will want to skip your last Fire Attunement to gain the Perfect Weave.

On encounters with multiple phases, Weave Self might not always be off cooldown at the start of a phase. If this happens you need to estimate the time left in the current phase and use the skill accordingly. Situations requiring the 2nd Weave Self loop will occur often, we highly recommended learning to incorporate it in your rotation.

Regular Loop

The element order for a non-weave self loop is as follows:

This rotation is optimized around using Transmute Fire three times per loop.  Those three times are while you are in the following attunement phases located above, 1, 3, and 5. Gaining fire aura grants access to Transmute Fire which you can then explode to grant Might to allies and inflict Burning on your enemy.

A few things to keep in mind during the rotation.

First, always use Transmute Fire when going to Fire Attunement/Fire Attunement even at the cost of not finishing an auto-attack chain.

Second, use Flame Uprising to leap through Flamewall to gain fire aura since Fire Shield will not be off cooldown every time.

Utility Skills

Signet of Fire provides strong damage while granting you 180 precision permanently due to Written in Stone. Use it off cooldown.

Glyph of Elemental Power is used off cooldown while in fire attunement.

Primordial Stance is your best damage skill. Using this skill in Earth Attunement will cause the highest damage output via increased Bleeding. However, if you ever get two charges use it in the fire attunement too! Make sure the previous Primordial Stance has finished casting before using the skill again. We recommend never having two charges saved up at any time.

Situational Skills

Lava Skin grants you Stability while pulsing barrier.

Earthen Vortex is a one-second evade. This skill is a part of your damage rotation, so it won’t always become available when you want to use it. Changing your damage rotation slightly to prepare for a known encounter mechanic is beneficial and should be done (e.g., Deimos’s slam attack).

Obsidian Flesh prevents you from attacking for three seconds in exchange for a period of invulnerability. Use to shorten the duration you can weapon stow. (e.g., Sabir’s shockwave and Slothasor’s shake). Only use this skill when necessary.

Crowd Control

• Gale
• Polaric Leap
• Comet
• Gale Strike

Alternatives

Traits

Superior Elements for Master's Fortitude increases survivability in exchange for a slight damage decrease.

Utility Skills

Glyph of Elemental Power can be exchanged depending on the encounter.

Stone Resonance provides increased survivability in the form of Stability and barrier.