#Gw2 does critical boost condition dmg for free#

When your skills are all on CD, flash DS for free fury and crits and bleeds. This means your Skill 4, which pulses 9 times, will apply on average 6 bleeds per target if it always crit - and you're under fury, so if you did your homework right it will crit a lot. On to Skill 4: if you are a condition build it's likely that you have very high Precision in order to exploit Barbed Precision, and you probably have Furious Demise. That's 2k damage for 0 casting time! And Staff 5 will have the same effect too, AoE on top of that. With this setup, feat will often tick twice, dealing easily 1000+ damage per tick. you want to trait Terror and Master of Terror, and have some points into Spite for further condition duration, and possibly a giver's staff once they get fixed. It's not useless! Skill 2 can be used for some free bleeds on a relatively short casting time. However, if you have a mesmer in your team with Time Warp, trait Reaper's Might: on a target with already enough bleeds, quickness Life Blast will pump out enough might to make the damage output increase overall. It's +14% damage for your party, but it's probably a subpar choice as you're gimping yourself.

Life Blast is probably the worst one - it can 'only' place 14 stacks of vulnerability (some AoE too) with Unyielding Blast. DS can deliver excellent conditions, and condition damage, with all four skills.

Near to Death (Soul Reaping XII): DS has a 5s recharge now.

Foot in the Grave (Soul Reaping XI): 3s stability on entering DS.

Master of Terror (Soul Reaping IX): fear lasts 50% longer (you'll see why I'm including this).Unyielding Blast (Soul Reaping VI): Life Blast pierces (becomes a line attack) and causes 2 vulnerability for 10s.Speed of Shadows (Soul Reaping V): move 15% faster in DS.Path of Midnight (Soul Reaping III): DS skills recharge 15% faster - recharges become 12.75, 17, 34 seconds.Vital Persistence (Soul Reaping II): pool drains 25% slower.Strength of Undead (Soul Reaping 25): +5% damage if the pool is > 50%.Gluttony (Soul Reaping 5): +10% life gain from kills.There is a trick here that I will cover later. Transfusion (Blood Magic VI): Life Transfer heals allies.Shrouded Removal (Death Magic VI): lone one condition on entering DS.Dark Armor (Death Magic I): +400 toughness on channeling.It ticks as poison and burning do (1 per second), and deals about 2x burning damage at level 80.

Enf Blood is AoE 10s weakness and 2x10s bleeding. Weakening Shroud (Curses IV): cast Enfeebling Blood on entering DS.Furious Demise (Curses 15): fury 5s on entering DS.Reaper's Might (Spite VI): might 15s on Life Blast, stacks.Spiteful Spirit (Spite V): 3s retaliation on entering DS.Let's see what traits can be used to enhance our only class feature.