

I also recommend Nightmare Runes (also not available on TP, you can farm Twilight Arbor or the WvW award track if it's available). However, I ran with an exotic Bladed armor set (Viper's) for sometime and still experienced good damage and condition duration (just need to grind Verdant Brink for this set, not available on TP). Went with trinkets first (WvW and LW3) > weapons (stat swapping was cheaper, also wanted to avoid fulgurites) > armor (again, stat swapped). It took some gold, but it was worth it for this build.

I am running a full set of ascended Viper's gear. It's satisfying seeing all your condition damage numbers stack up on an enemy zerg. Super fun, powerful Condi Mirage build for Open World. A good alternative to evade attacks is to teleport out of it by using, or.Your dodges are:, ,, going through your, and of course your default evade skill. You dodge often so use that to your advantage.Weapon swap any time you're missing a lot of energy.Always have three clones up at all times.After one of those, Shatter either F3 or F4 with 0 clones. It is perfectly fine to shatter this with 0 clones directly after one of the first two shatters. - This shatter grants is some nice i-frames and also grants us Regeneration, which is critical for our DPS.You can use this shatter with 0 clones directly after one of the shatters above. - This shatter doesn't do much for us, but it does grant us some Fury.- This shatter deals great damage in the Viper setup, so prioritize it second.

Always prioritize shattering this with 3 clones. - This is your bread-and-butter shatter.As such, we use a priority system to determine which shatters to use. If needed, you can take or to increase clone generation. Thanks to, dodging will also generate new clones for you. Shatter when you have 3 clones that you can -instantly- replace.Remember that Ambush has a 1s internal cooldown. Spam dodge and use mirrors to trigger your Ambush attacks as often as possible.The basic gist of this build is to use your weapon skills while dodging and then using specific shatter combinations when you have the clones to do so. - dps if using gear with high toughness.Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use.- use 5 of these + 1 Black Diamond as a budget replacement for Nightmare.Celestial - trades damage for defense, retains some strike-base burst compared to Trailblazer.Trailblazer - trades some damage for a massive amount of defense.For more information on this, see Build:Mirage_-_Condi_Staff Staff/Staff - You can run two staves, both with and for better kiting potential.It is never recommended to replace either of your sigils. Note that you also need Regeneration for, but this build has permanent regeneration thanks to.Simply use expertise food like to reach 97,53% condition duration Infusions are not required for open world.With 13 expertise infusions and condition damage food, this build reches 99,87% condition duration.
