Let's talk about Conditons in Guild Wars 2

Zosimus · Jan 30, 2012

This topic will cover conditions in Guild wars 2. I will also delve a little deeper on the conditions and how effective they are.

A quote off the Guild Wars 2 Wiki

A condition is a negative effect that can be inflicted against enemies. Currently, only through the use of skills and affecting traits can players utilize conditions. Certain conditions can stack, commonly providing a longer lasting condition than normal or an increase in damage dealt over time. When a condition is removed using a skill, the entire stack of that condition is removed.

Say you have the condition of bleeding on you five times. A condition removal skill that removes one, it will also remove the whole stack. So all 5 bleeding conditions are gone by one conditon removal skill.

Not all eleven conditions are stackable on a target. With this we now know some conditions will stack and some conditions will not. Now this could change before release or after release but this is the current information we have at the moment.

Here are the eleven conditons below

Here are some conditions that certain professions can do.

Skills that cause fear
By profession

Warrior

Fear Me
Fear Me (only available in Rampage)

Necromancer

Doom (only available in Death Shroud)
Fear (downed skill)
Horror (only available in Lich Form)
Wave of Fear (only available in underwater Death Shroud)

By environmental weapon

Skull used as an environmental weapon, which can be stolen from an ogre.[2]

Enviromental weapons are weapons found with in the enviroment that can be used. Each profession may use an enviromental weapon differently. Imagine using a rabbit, yes I said rabbit as an enviromental weapon.

The next conditon is blindness.

Skills that cause blindness

By profession

Guardian

Engineer

Ranger

Thief

Elementalist

Necromancer

Dark Path (only available in Death Shroud)
Dark Water (only available in underwater Death Shroud)
Enfeebling Blood
Well of Darkness

Skills that prevent blindness

Engineer

Utility Goggles

Notice how the Engineer can use a skill 'Utility Goggles' to combat blindness.

Look at the two conditions above and notice how the difference in the first condition with the list of professions compared to the second condition that has more professions.

On this one below I am using a stackable conditon as an example.

Skills that cause confusion
By profession

Mesmer

Necromancer

Wail of Doom [2]

Again we see fewer professions in the confusion condition. Now these skills are stackable. If somebody used a condtional removal skill then these skills if were stacked are then removed if it is on once or mutiple times on a target.

Each profession will have skills that remove conditons. There are many skills to choose from. Some professions will have more than others. This list can be changed but this is the information that is listed at the moment.

Bow of Truth

Cleansing Flame

Contemplation of Purity

Purify

Wave of Wrath (with Mending Wave trait)

Martyr (with Heroic Martyr trait)

Mending

Elixir Bomb

Putrid Mark

Well of Power

Also there are skills that benefit from conditions.

Feast of Corruption

Unholy Feast

Well of Power

Some conditions we now know that some will stack, can all be removed by a condition removal skill, and some conditions can only be applied by certain professions. The skill "Well of Power" is very crucial because that changes conditions into boons.

When more information comes out this topic will be updated.

Let's talk about Conditons in Guild Wars 2

Zosimus

Grand Inquisitor