Condition Scourge

August 2022

Condition scourge is an excellent all-around condition build. It has great access to condition cleanse (Nefarious Favor),  barrier (Sand Cascade and Sand Flare), and boon corruption (Devouring Darkness). Because of the very unique nature of Epidemic, you will be the number one pick for some boss encounters that require handling the adds.

Flexible variant gives up a bit of damage for more sustain thanks to Superior Rune of Tormenting.

Build Fundamentals

This build doesn’t have a strict rotation. It’s based around shade upkeep and using weapon skills off cooldown, as well as trying to finish the auto-attack chain whenever possible.

Open every fight with 3 Manifest Sand Shade, and always try to maintain a maximum number of shades because you get extra stats from them. Your shade skills activate at each location they are manifested, so spread them out when necessary, and keep in mind you will count as a shade as well.
It’s worth mentioning that placing Manifest Sand Shade between auto-attacks, will not interrupt your auto-attack chain.

An important part of this build rotation is to use Desert Shroud off cooldown and always cast it right before Blood Is Power has finished casting to transfer the conditions from it.

Apart from that, you should use one of the Shade skills (Nefarious Favor and Sand Cascade) every 1 second to activate Dhuumfire as soon as possible and fill downtime with weapons skills.

Even though this is a DPS build, you have great support thanks to your shade skills providing barrier and on-demand ranged rez skill from Signet of Undeath.

Crowd Control

• Wail of Doom
• Oppressive Collapse
• Garish Pillar
• Spectral Grasp

Alternatives

Summon Shadow Fiend is your filler slot, if you need to change it, consider taking:

• Epidemic when there are extra mobs
• Spectral Grasp for extra CC and add manipulation, use it inside hitbox for cc
• Well of Corruption for extra boonrip
• Corrosive Poison Cloud for projectile destruction
• Sand Swell to portal your party short distance
• Trail of Anguish if you need to support your squad with Stability