Condition Alacrity Specter

August 2023

Condition Alacrity Specter offers Alacrity, 11 stacks of Might through Thrill of the Crime, Well of Bounty,some Vigor, Fury, Swiftness, Stability to the party and good overall damage via large amounts of Torment and Poisoned. It also provides a lot of barrier with some healing and great CC with your off-hand Pistol.

This build plays almost the same as Condition Specter. Due to how Consume Shadows and Enter Shadow Shroud scale with the high amount of Vitality present in this build, your heals and barriers will be stronger compared to Condition Specter.

Build fundamentals

Condition Alacrity Specter does its damage in two ways: weapon skills while not in Shadow Shroud and non-initiative spending skills while in Shadow Shroud.

While using your scepter/dagger weapon set, you will want to prioritize using Twilight Combo as your main source of damage. If you can’t cast it due to not having enough initiative, you can fill with your scepter Auto-attack chain and Siphon off-cooldown.

Make sure to use Spider Venom and Skale Venom off-cooldown as long as there are allies nearby! When you are ready to Enter Shadow Shroud, make sure your initiative is as low as possible. Remember that you trigger Superior Sigil of Doom and Quick Pockets when entering and exiting Shadow Shroud due to it being considered a Weapon Swap.

You will want to want to stay in Shadow Shroud until you have used Grasping Shadows twice. While waiting to cast Grasping Shadows, you will want to use Eternal Night and Mind Shock (#5) off-cooldown and fill with your auto-attack. Once you’ve cast Grasping Shadows twice, Exit Shadow Shroud this will be sufficient to upkeep Alacrity on your team thanks to Shadestep. Remember that the Alacrity is applied around your tethered ally, so you may have to change your tether target using Siphon if your tethered ally moves away to make sure you are actually affecting your whole team!

Crowd Control

• Basilisk Venom
• Shadowfall
• Dawn's Repose
• Mind Shock
• Head Shot Incredible crowd control when spammed!

Alternatives

Utility Skills

• Thieves Guild if CC is not needed at all in the encounter.
• Well of Silence is a notable replacement for CC that doesn’t require allies.
• Smoke Screen can be taken for projectile destruction in niche scenarios.