Conditions and Their Effects

🔥 Damaging conditions: intensity stacking

More stacks of a damaging condition deal more damage. The formulas below are per stack at level 80; CD stands for Condition Damage. Confusion and Torment have different formulas depending on game mode.

Bleeding

Bleeding damage

Deals 22 + 0.06 × Condition Damage damage each second. Damage increases linearly with stacks. Used by many condition builds, including ranger, necromancer, revenant, and thief.

Intensity Max 1500 (all modes) 22 + 0.06 × Condition Damage per second per stack

Burning

Burning damage

Deals 131 + 0.155 × Condition Damage damage each second. Each stack deals substantially more damage than Bleeding. Common in guardian condition builds.

Intensity Max 1500 (all modes) 131 + 0.155 × Condition Damage per second per stack

Confusion

Damage on skill use

Deals damage over time and additional damage on skill activation. PvE: 18.25 + 0.05 × CD per second, plus 16.24 + 0.0325 × CD on skill activation. WvW and PvP: 10 per second, plus 49.5 + 0.0975 × CD on skill activation. All values are per stack at level 80.

Intensity Max 1500 (all modes) Additional damage on skill activation

Poisoned

Damage and reduced healing

Deals 33.5 + 0.06 × Condition Damage damage each second and reduces healing received by 33%. Damage increases with stacks; the healing reduction does not.

Intensity Max 1500 (all modes) −33% healing received

Torment

More damage while stationary

Deals more damage when the target is not moving. PvE: 22 + 0.06 × CD per second while moving, or 31.8 + 0.09 × CD while stationary. WvW and PvP: 19.8 + 0.054 × CD while moving, or 26 + 0.07 × CD while stationary. All values are per stack at level 80.

Intensity Max 1500 (all modes) Increased damage while stationary

🔒 Control conditions: duration stacking

These conditions impair movement or actions. More applications extend duration rather than increase strength. Many also damage a defiance bar.

Blinded

Misses the next attack

Causes the next attack to miss and is consumed after that miss. It resembles Aegis, but affects the attacker rather than the defender. Useful in PvP.

Duration Consumed after the next attack misses

Chilled

Slower movement and recharge

Reduces movement speed by 66% and slows skill recharge. A cooldown takes 1.66 times as long under continuous Chilled: a 10-second recharge becomes 16.6 seconds.

Duration −66% movement speed; 1.66× recharge time

Crippled

Reduced movement speed

Changes movement speed by -50% . A smaller movement penalty than Chilled, useful for catching fleeing enemies or slowing pursuers.

Duration −50% movement speed

Fear

Forced retreat

Forces the target to run away from the source and restricts actions. A stun break or condition removal can end Fear. It deals 100 damage per second to an active defiance bar.

Duration Control · damages defiance bars Forced retreat; removed by stun breaks or cleansing

Immobile

Prevents movement

Prevents movement, turning, and dodge rolls. You can still attack targets in range, but movement attached to a skill, such as a leap, will not occur. Most teleport and shadowstep skills can still move you.

Duration Control · damages defiance bars Prevents movement and dodges; teleports can work

Slow

Slower skills and actions

Makes skill and attack animations 50% slower. Dodge and skill movement also slow down.

Duration −50% skill and attack animation speed

Taunt

Forced approach and attacks

Forces the target to approach and autoattack the source. Other skills are disabled except stun breaks. Stun breaks or condition removal can end Taunt. It deals 100 damage per second to an active defiance bar.

Duration Control · damages defiance bars Forced movement toward the source and autoattacks

Weakness

Glancing blows and slower endurance recovery

Causes 50% of strike hits to become glancing blows, dealing half damage and unable to critically hit. This affects other strike attacks as well as autoattacks. Endurance regeneration is also reduced by 50%.

Duration 50% of strikes glance; −50% endurance regeneration

⚡ Other conditions

Vulnerability

Increased damage taken

Each stack increases incoming strike damage by 1% and condition damage by 1%. At 25 stacks, the target takes 25% more damage. All damage dealers benefit, so groups generally aim to maintain the maximum.

Intensity Max 25 stacks +1% damage taken per stack

Removing conditions