Build:Renegade - Condi DPS (2024)

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Conditiondamage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Hard

This build was last updated on August 15, 2024 and is up to date for the June 25, 2024 patch.

1 Overview
2 Skill Bar
3 Template Code
4 Specializations
- 4.1 Trait Variants
5 Equipment
- 5.1 Non-SotO relics
6 Consumables
7 Usage
- 7.1 Rotation Fundamentals
- 7.2 Rotation
- 7.3 General Tips
- 7.4 Breakbars

Overview

The condition DPS Renegade build for raids. This build has a difficult rotation which requires lots of practice to perform well with. In exchange for the difficulty it brings very high sustained damage, very good CC, high Vulnerability, and multiple supportive auras including Breakrazor's Bastion and Soulcleave's Summit.

Skill Bar

Weapon 1: Mace

Weapon 2: Axe

Weapon 3: Shortbow

Template Code

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Specializations

Corruption: Top, Bot, Top

Invocation: Mid, Top, Mid

Renegade: Mid, Mid, Mid

Trait Variants

Righteous Rebel can be taken at roughly 10% DPS loss for roughly 50% Alacrity.

Equipment

Main stats: Viper

Rune: 6x Superior Rune of the Trapper

Infusion 1: 18x Malign +9 Agony Infusion

Infusion 2: Undefined quantityx X

Weapon 1: Shortbow

Weapon 2:

Sigil 1: Superior Sigil of Torment

Non-SotO relics

Unfortunately none of the core damage relics are particularly strong for condi renegade. You could pick an option that offers some utility instead, or:

The rotation uses Embrace the Darkness almost exactly every 30s, so Relic of the Krait wouldn't be completely terrible.
Relic of the Aristocracy could work if you switch the pairings of legends and weapons, so that you can build stacks up in Legendary Demon Stance with Echoing Eruption, and Icerazor's Ire in Legendary Renegade Stance.
- You should use Plate of Beef Rendang (or ascended versions) with this.

Consumables

Food

Meaty Asparagus Skewer
- You could also use Plate of Beef Rendang (or ascended versions) - this is only a small DPS loss

Utility

Toxic Focusing Crystal
- Tuning Icicle or Potent Master Tuning Crystal for a cheaper alternative

Usage

Rotation Fundamentals

Every ability a Revenant has (apart from autoattacks) uses energy. While this regenerates slowly on its own, you will typically spend more that you can regain so swapping legend is necessary. Swapping legend resets energy to 50 (or 75 if you swapped below 10 energy and are using Charged Mists) so in general you will want to do this off cooldown so you can afford to keep using your skills.

For condi Renegade, you combine your legend swaps with weapon swaps to better spend energy and as legend swaps will also trigger weapon swaps, you can "double dip" on swap sigils (Superior Sigil of Doom and Superior Sigil of Geomancy) by legend swapping before you weapon swap.

Beginner Rotation

You cannot avoid really legend swapping on Revenant, but things can be simplified in two ways:

First, by taking Song of the Mists as the grandmaster trait in Invocation, you no longer have to worry about swapping only below 10 energy.

Second, you can opt to camp Shortbow. This is the higher damage weapon and also has the advantage of being ranged and not locking you into animations.

With this setup, use shortbow skills 2-4 off cooldown, and legend swap off cooldown as well.

When swapping to Legendary Renegade Stance, you will have enough energy to use Razorclaw's Rage and Icerazor's Ire once each - the timing isn't very important, just don't delay the next legend swap.
When swapping to Legendary Demon Stance, immediately activate Embrace the Darkness and leave it running - this pulses damage in a small area around you, so if you cannot be close to your target, stay in Legendary Renegade Stance.

Simplified Rotation (by Masel)

The next step will be to add in weapon swapping, but keeping Song of the Mists as the grandmaster trait in Invocation.

The fundamental ideas are the same, but shortly after legend swapping, you should also weapon swap. With only 50 energy to spend in each legend, it is better to pair Shortbow with Legendary Renegade Stance and Mace/Axe with Legendary Demon Stance. In comparison to the full rotation, this also has the convenient effect of pairing the ranged weapon with legend skills that can be used at range. You can also swap the positions of the Superior Sigil of Geomancy with the Superior Sigil of Earth on your weapons - this will ensure that all your melee damage is on the same set, and also allow you to remain in Legendary Renegade Stance if you are forced to be at range for an extended period of time.

Be aware that the pairing of legends and weapons is the other way around in the full rotation, so you may develop muscle memory that you then have to unlearn if you move on to the full rotation later.

Opener
Start on Legendary Renegade Stance and Shortbow

Icerazor's Ire
Razorclaw's Rage
Sevenshot
Legendary Demon Stance

Rest of the Rotation

When swapping to Legendary Demon Stance, immediately activate Embrace the Darkness and leave it running - this pulses damage in a small area around you, so if you cannot be close to your target, stay in Legendary Renegade Stance.
On Mace/Axe, use skills 2, 3 and 5 off cooldown.
- If you start with Searing Fissure, you can get four uses off before switching back to Legendary Renegade Stance and Shortbow. This is secondary to ensuring you can legend swap off cooldown, so don't worry about it if you can't reliably use Bloodbane Path off cooldown or you think you won't have permanent Quickness and Alacrity.
When swapping to Legendary Renegade Stance, you will have enough energy to use Razorclaw's Rage and Icerazor's Ire once each - make sure to cast Icerazor's Ire first so that it enhances Razorclaw's Rage, but otherwise the timing isn't very important, just don't delay the next legend swap.
On Shortbow, use skills 2-4 off cooldown.
- If you start with Bloodbane Path, you can get four uses off before switching back to Legendary Demon Stance and Mace/Axe. This is secondary to ensuring you can legend swap off cooldown, so don't worry about it if you can't reliably use Bloodbane Path off cooldown or you think you won't have permanent Quickness and Alacrity.

Video guide

Rotation

The full rotation is heavily optimised to ensure that you end up below 10 energy just as it is time to legend swap, to gain the extra 25 energy each swap from Charged Mists. This means the rotation needs to be performed well, as well as being very dependent on good Quickness and Alacrity uptime.

Opener
Start in Legendary Renegade Stance and on Mace/Axe.

Icerazor's Ire - make sure to cast this first, so that it enhances Razorclaw's Rage
Razorclaw's Rage
Echoing Eruption
Legendary Demon Stance

Mallyx
The stronger effect of Embrace the Darkness can only be activated once per pulse, so a single autoattack is added after key skills to ensure that no pulses are wasted. This requires precision to avoid either cancelling Shattershot or delaying your legend swap, so it may be better in practise not to worry about it.

Embrace the Darkness
Searing Fissure
Weapon swap
Bloodbane Path, Shattershot
Spiritcrush, Shattershot
Sevenshot, Shattershot
Bloodbane Path, Shattershot
Shattershot until Bloodbane Path is available
Bloodbane Path, Shattershot
Sevenshot
Spiritcrush
Legendary Renegade Stance

Kalla

Bloodbane Path
Weapon swap
Searing Fissure
Echoing Eruption
Citadel Bombardment
Temporal Rift
Misery Swipe - it is efficient to get a single auto in here, but don't worry too much about it
Searing Fissure
Auto-attack chain twice
Searing Fissure
Icerazor's Ire - make sure to cast this first, so that it enhances Razorclaw's Rage
Razorclaw's Rage
Misery Swipe ⇒ Anguish Swipe - it is efficient to get two autos in here, but don't worry too much about it
Echoing Eruption
Repeat from Mallyx

Video example

General Tips

While in Mace/Axe, try to let your Auto Attack chain finish, as the last hits are very strong.
On most fights, there are going to be moments when you can't hit the boss, but you'll still gain energy. During these phases, use Heroic Command and Orders from Above to help keep boons up.
If running Righteous Rebel, replace Icerazor's Ire with Orders from Above.

Breakbars

Temporal Rift
Scorchrazor
Darkrazor's Daring