Condi Virtuoso

Traits

Situational Traits

Utilize Mirage for skips!

Elusive Mind , Jaunt and Mirage Thrust along with the typical Mesmer toolset makes it really good for mobility and skips.

Situationally used for Continuum Split , which can be useful when stealthing your group with Mass Invisibility or any utility you want to use twice. Additionally allows for shield to be equipped giving you a very strong block with Echo of Memory and Deja Vu . In niche cases can be used for some self alacrity through Flow of Time and Improved Alacrity .

Defiance Bar Damage

Extra Weapons

• Pistol instead of Sword for short phases/extra CC
• Torch for stealth, blasting, and precasting
• Staff for precasting at certain bosses.
• Shield for blocks if you are skipping with Chronomancer
• Sword (in main-hand) for a 600 leap on Virtuoso or skips on Mirage

Situational Skills

Skill Priority

If you lose yourself in the exact rotation, follow this priority list.

1. Use Bladesong skills to keep up the damage buff from Jagged Mind . Make sure to delay Bladesong Sorrow as little as possible and always use it with 5 Blades.
2. Use Phantasms ( Phantasmal Swordsman and Phantasmal Warden ) whenever ready.
3. Use Signet of the Ether to reset Phantasmal Warden .
4. Use Signet of Illusions to reset your Bladesongs.
5. Use Bladecall and Unstable Bladestorm off-cooldown. You can also weave them in between other attacks, even ones with higher priority.
6. Auto-attack on Dagger.

Remember that your personal damage skills are faster than phantasms, but that they deal more damage over time, this means that direct damaging skills such as Bladecall and auto-attacks get higher priority if the boss is close to phasing.

Utilize Bladesong Dissonance for CC, but also remember to not use too much CC on the break bar and space out your big CC cooldowns like Signet of Humility so they don’t overlap with other powerful CC skills.

Apart from doing DPS, you’ll also have access to a wide range of utilities which can all be used for skips, blocks, and damage mitigation. Make sure to read what they do and don’t be afraid to swap to them situationally, especially in T4s.

Golem Opener

There is a basic opener used on the golem for sustained DPS, you will need to adapt this depending on the boss and cooldowns.

• Start on Dagger/Sword (or Pistol)

1. Phantasmal Swordsman
2. Bladesong Harmony
3. Bladecall
4. Weapon Swap
5. Unstable Bladestorm
6. Phantasmal Warden
7. Bladesong Sorrow
8. Signet of the Ether
9. Phantasmal Warden
10. Bladesong Harmony
11. Signet of Illusions

Important Traits

• Jagged Mind will give you a large amount of sustain and makes your Blade skills inflict Bleeding. Namely, those are your Dagger attacks as well as your Bladesongs.

• Deadly Blades gives you a 5% damage modifier after using a Bladesong. You’ll want to keep up this buff as much as you can.

• Bloodsong stocks extra blades when you inflict enough Bleeding and will make sure that you are always at 5 Blades for your Bladesongs as long as you keep attacking.

• Sharper Images makes your Phantasms inflict Bleeding on critical hits, making multi-hit Phantasms stronger. Phantasmal Fury combined with the gear choices will ensure critical hits of your Phantasms.

Rotation Guide