Condition Scourge

May 2023

Introduction

Pylon Kiter Condition Scourge is a niche variant specifically designed for Qadim the Peerless in Wing 7. This flexible and durable ranged DPS has a large amount of built-in, passive utility, including a lot of Might, Barrier, and Crowd Control. This Build is fairly easy for new players to pick up, as it doesn’t have a weapon swap and there are no cooldowns to keep track of.

Build Fundamentals

Maintain 3 Manifest Sand Shades up at all times to gain Expertise (via Sand Sage) and Damage Reduction (via Blood as Sand).

At the end of Blood Is Power cast time, use Desert Shroud to transfer the self-inflicted conditions onto your enemy thanks to Plague Sending.

Always use Grasping Dead and Devouring Darkness together off-cooldown, as they will always be ready at the same time.

Do not use Harrowing Wave to damage the boss while kiting, as he will be out of range.

Build Specifics

Sustain your health while kiting with Sand Cascade, Manifest Sand Shade, Summon Blood Fiend, and Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread.

Instantly swap to Warhorn as soon as you are lifted up at 80% and 60% to place Fires so that you can CC the Pylons and swap back to Torch when the boss is back. This will also give you the most value out of your Superior Sigil of Strength when hitting the boss. When you cannot attack the boss directly, the Warhorn’s Superior Sigil of Bursting will increase the damage of your conditions while they keep ticking.

Make sure to never cancel Auto-attack chains since your last attack is the strongest. This might not seem like much, but canceling Auto-attack chains will result in a very significant DPS loss. Placing a Shade (Manifest Sand Shade) does not interrupt Auto-attack chains.

Activate Dhuumfire constantly by using any Shade skills (Manifest Sand Shade, Nefarious Favor, Sand Cascade) in a 1-second interval. Count 1-second intervals by using a Shade skill after every full auto-attack chain, or after two weapon skills are used. Do not use Garish Pillar too often, as it consumes a large amount of life force.

As a Scourge, your character also counts as a Shade just like the Manifest Sand Shades. Because of this, you can position yourself on the boss to do damage with Shade skills while placing Manifest Sand Shades in the distance to kill adds, deal with mechanics, and/or support your team with condition cleanses and Barrier,

Make sure to use the Crowd Control skill below to CC the Anomalies that are walking to the Pylons if there is no player assigned to this task, as it will not cause a big DPS loss.

Crowd Control

• Charge
• Oppressive Collapse
• Wail of Doom
• Garish Pillar – This skill uses a lot of life force, so save it for CC or to Fear enemies in a certain direction.

Alternatives

Skills

• Replace Signet of Undeath with:
  • Trail of Anguish – for Stability.

Traits

• Swap Unyielding Blast for:
  • Speed of Shadows – if you are lacking Swiftness and Vulnerability on the target is not an issue.
• Swap Dhuumfire for:
  • Eternal Life – in fights with extremely poor life force generation and a single enemy with no ads.
• Swap Nourishing Ashes for:
  • Fell Beacon – if you’re not having any life force issues.