User:Masel/Builds/Druid

Shortbow Condition Druid

Druid Build Stats

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~34,9k
Sustained Damage	~38,4k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	729
Actions Per Minute (APM)	58
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	9%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	10
# of Skills Used	13
Damage Log Link	Link
Damage Build Link	Link

Condition  Druid is a very strong and relatively bursty Condition damage build for instanced content, even with a simplified rotation with like the one I use. It's also a great pick for solo gameplay, as it can provide itself with good amounts of the most essential offensive boons:  Quickness,  Protection,  Fury and  Might. It is inherently resilient, provides good self- and ally-healing, area  Stability, permanent  Immobile and many Dazes.

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Playstyle & Skills

Skill Type	Skills
Celestial Avatar Skills
Pet Jacaranda Skills
Shortbow Skills
Utility Skills

Rotation Concept

You can find my most recent rotation showcase here.
Link to Damage Log

General Concept

• The rotation involves using your weapon and utility skills on cooldown and entering   Celestial Avatar as often as possible. That way, you maintain  Natural Balance for higher damage and survivability.
• While the   Celestial Avatar skills do not have native offensive power,  Eclipse will give them damaging conditions. Given that they retain their defensive support, it makes them very powerful.
• In this build, we are stacking Dazes and source of  Immobile to trigger  Blood Moon as often as possible. That is also the reason why the Jacaranda is the strongest pet, as   Jacaranda's Embrace applies several small hits, with every hit applying  Immobile.
• To be able to go into   Celestial Avatar on cooldown, you need to heal yourself or allies and/or deal damage, as that will grant you Astral force via  Celestial Being.
• Inside   Celestial Avatar, use   Natural Convergence,   Seed of Life and   Lunar Impact on cooldown. Note that   Seed of Life does not have a cast time and can be used during other skill casts.
• The rotation anchors on your respective second weapon skill,   Poison Volley and   Splitblade.

Rotation Flow

Section	Notes
Celestial Avatar Combo	In   Celestial Avatar, use skills in this order:   Seed of Life (instant cast),   Natural Convergence,   Lunar Impact and exit   Celestial Avatar.
Opener	You should always precast   Sharpening Stone to increase your burst damage, it is not stripped when combat starts. Start on Shortbow and use all skills available to you. Wait with another cast of   Sharpening Stone until all stacks of the previous cast have been used. Do the   Celestial Avatar combo and go back to Shortbow.
General Rotation	On Shortbow, use all skills aside from   Quick Shot on cooldown, including your utility skills. Save   Concussion Shot for CC Damage when needed, it is just a minor dps gain to use it.
CC Skills for Breakbar Damage	Spike Trap can be used instead of   Glyph of Alignment for another Launch at a small dps loss.   Lunar Impact   Concussion Shot Entering   Celestial Avatar through  Blood Moon Many applications of  Immobile in the rotation, maintaining it permanently.

DPS - Condition Druid (Masel) - Rotation Flow

Section	Skills
Opener
Celestial Avatar
Release Celestial Avatar
Celestial Avatar
Release Celestial Avatar
Celestial Avatar
Release Celestial Avatar
Celestial Avatar
Release Celestial Avatar
Celestial Avatar
Release Celestial Avatar
Celestial Avatar
Release Celestial Avatar
Celestial Avatar
Release Celestial Avatar
Celestial Avatar
Release Celestial Avatar
Celestial Avatar
Release Celestial Avatar

Gear & Traits

Important Stats in Hero Panel (descending in Importance):

1. ~70% Condition Duration in the hero panel: Superior Sigil of Agony together with  Natural Balance give the remaining 30% for  Bleeding.
2. Maximize Condition damage
3. Maximize Critical chance to trigger   Sharpened Edges reliably.

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Head	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Shoulders	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Chest	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Gloves	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Legs	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Boots	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Trinket	Prefix
Amulet	Viper's
Ring 1	Viper's
Ring 2	Viper's
Accessory 1	Viper's
Accessory 2	Viper's
Backpack	Viper's
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Shortbow	Viper's	Superior Sigil of Agony Superior Sigil of Bursting
Purpose	Item Type	Source
Damage	Ascended Food	Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread
Damage	Non-Ascended Food	Plate of Beef Rendang
Survivability	Ascended Food	Peppered Cured Meat Flatbread
Survivability	Non-Ascended Food	Oysters Gnashblade
Damage	Utility	Toxic Tuning Crystal
Survivability	Utility	Potion Of Karka Toughness
Damage	Relic	Relic of the Fractal

Traits

Skirmishing
Wilderness Survival
Druid

• For a budget variant, simply replace all ascended armor pieces of Viper's with rare/exotic Ritualist's.
• You can use an Axe or a Shortbow on the secondary bar to have access to a ranged weapon on demand. Shortbow is a great weapon for Open World too; more on that below.

Open World Build

You can find my most recent open world build showcase here.

Link to the Build on the Editor

For OW, it can make sense to make a build more forgiving, so that you can sustain on your own.

Increasing General Survivability

• The first step for increased survivability is to put a Shortbow on the secondary bar and swap to  Light on your Feet in  Skirmishing. That way, you can stay at range whenever it is too dangerous to be in melee range.
• Second, change gear pieces to the following:

Gear

Trinket	Prefix	Upgrade
Ritualist Amulet …	Exotic Ritualist's
Ritualist Ring …	Exotic Ritualist's
Ritualist Ring …	Exotic Ritualist's
Ritualist Ring …	Exotic Ritualist's
Ritualist Ring …	Exotic Ritualist's
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Stardust …	Celestial	Superior Sigil of Celerity & Major Sigil of Celerity

• The trait  Carnivore in  Wilderness Survival heals you for 3k health every time you apply a disable. This is massive for survivability and will trigger on the following actions:

1. Entering or exiting   Celestial Avatar via  Blood Moon
2.   Concussion Shot
3. Optional:   Spike Trap
4. Optional:   Glyph of Equality
5. Any CC skills your pet has, so choose a pet with a few short-cooldown Control effects! The Juvenile Siege Turtle provides both  Protection and two CCs, making it a good option.

•  Rugged Growth heals you consistently when you have  Protection on you.
•  Live Vicariously heals you when you heal an ally.
• Use the survivability food and utility item listed above for another -10% damage taken and 150 Toughness!

Boon Coverage

• In order to cover essential boons, we'll swap out   Sharpening Stone,   Viper's Nest and   Glyph of Alignment for   Quickening Zephyr,   Sun Spirit and   Stone Spirit.

Boon &  Vulnerability Coverage

Boon	Sources / Notes
General Notes	Using a few pieces of Ritualist's or Celestialallows you to maintain all essential boons on yourself.   Natural Balance grants permanent 20% Boon Duration when you go into Celestial Avatar on cooldown on top of this.
Quickness	Quickening Zephyr, Superior Sigil of Celerity & Major Sigil of Celerity will provide a full uptime!
Might	Natural Convergence and   Sun Spirit provide ~18 stacks of  Might
Fury	Furious Grip provides only a partial uptime, but  Fury is not that important on this build.
Alacrity	Can be covered and shared by using  Grace of the Land, but it cost all the damage from   Celestial Avatar skills and is not worth it on your own.
Protection	Stone Spirit will apply area  Aegis once and pulsing  Protection, allowing you to maintain a good uptime on it. This is especially important due to  Rugged Growth, which heals you while you have  Protection. Using the Siege Turtle pet can aid  Protection uptime through   Hunker Down, but it tends to stand far away; remember to call it to you first.
Resolution	Not covered.
Vulnerability	You get some stacks from   Concussion Shot.
Jade Tech Offensive Overcharge   Jade Tech Defensive Overcharge	Jade Protocols give for 150 additional Toughness, Vitality, Condition Damage and Power as well as all boons aside from  Stability,  Resistance and  Resolution for 10 seconds on entering combat, once every 30 seconds. They make covering boons on yourself a lot easier!

Dealing with Conditions and Control effects (CC)

•   Seed of Life cleanses conditions.
•   Quickening Zephyr is a Stun break.
•   Natural Convergence grants  Stability, allowing you to ignore incoming CC.
•   "Protect Me!" can be used for another safety net.
•   Healing Spring cleanses conditions on every pulse.