Condition Celestial Reaper

June 2024

Introduction

The main purpose of this build is to flood the enemy with , and , while also corrupting their boons. This is used in combination with other Celestial builds in your Zerg, mainly Celestial Firebrands. Your Conditions will be used as a cover for the  applied by your Firebrands, making it harder for the enemy to cleanse.

Build Fundamentals

All your applications apply thanks to the trait Deathly Chill, making Nightfall and Well of Darkness your primary skills.

Your main sources of and in your traits are Chill of Death, Chilling Darkness, Chilling Nova and finally Shivers of Dread. All of these traits work together to apply those two conditions which become with Deathly Chill, making two non-damaging conditions add an additional damaging one.

Build Specifics

Your Relic of the Reaper makes your Shouts apply too.

Use Executioner's Scythe to an enemy and create an Ice Field to combo-finish with Soul Spiral, creating Chilling Bolts.

Position Plaguelands tactically to make sure the final ticks of the skills hit enemies, those are the most powerful ones.

Use "Nothing Can Save You!" to guarantee your hits going through or other blocking skills, additionally apply thanks to your Relic of the Reaper.

Grasping Darkness is a powerful pull to gather enemies on your AoEs.

Because you are a Necromancer, you also have access to the usual boon corruptions. Use Devouring Darkness to corrupt enemies at range and Well of Corruption in combinations with your other AoEs for strong burst and pressure.

Crowd Control

• Grasping Darkness
• Oppressive Collapse (one target)
• Infusing Terror Terrify applies
• Executioner's Scythe (one target)

Alternatives

Skills

• "Chilled to the Bone!" is a good Crowd Control skill, applying and , while granting you per enemy hit and it is overall easier to use than correctly placing Plaguelands.
• Corrosive Poison Cloud applies , , and blocks projectiles.
  NOTE: Make sure to have Master of Corruption for reduced cooldowns.
• Epidemic to spread conditions from the target.
  NOTE: Make sure to have Master of Corruption for reduced cooldowns.
• Well of Power self stun-break and , AoE and condition conversions.
• Other stun-break options are "You Are All Weaklings!", Spectral Armor and Spectral Walk.

Relics

• Relic of the Ice if you find yourself not using Shouts