Alacrigade power or condi?

[AintGold.5128]

Hiya

So I'm planning to start collecting eq for both raids and fractals. But I'm lazy so I wanted to get one eq set to start. So I thought alacrity should be good because it's in demand everywhere. But I found there are 2 varieties.

Power variant  and condi variant. So I would like to know which one will work for both raids and fractals. And maybe also in a strikes.

[susana.7814]

power will work fine but it will end up being overall slightly lower dps. 

The upside is it's far easier to play than the condi build. 

Personally id go with power.

Edited August 17, 2021 by susana.7814

[Aeolus.3615]

Power is nice with Shiro trait for m8 boost

Can reach very close to 100% on diviner stats.

 

something like a invocation, assassin, renegade.

Edited August 17, 2021 by Aeolus.3615

[morsdood.1987]

Condi for more damage, Power for more utility

[Dahkeus.8243]

Power fits most situations the easiest.  Condi could be done with celestial or viper's and the most ideal way to go will likely depend on group comp.

[Shao.7236]

Brutal Momentum makes Power worthwhile.

[genjonah.1253]

Power is a little easier, but condi tends to do more damage especially to multiple enemies

 

However, another thing to take into account is your personal aesthetics. I do power much more often than is most effective because I love using my Shining Blade/Bolt combo. Both are completely viable even in meta if you know what you’re doing, so do you like slicing people or bashing them with a mace?

[LucianTheAngelic.7054]

Condi is generally higher damage especially in weaker groups, but Power has a bit more utility and if you need/want it it has higher burst.  Since most fractal comps are running condi nowadays I'm running Condi for fractals for the extra damage generally

[RabbitUp.8294]

Keep in mind condi requires hard to acquire gear and runes and is harder to play. But if you play wvw, you will have use of it outside of raids.

[Thon.3780]

I think it depend on your play style. 
power - it is pure brute close combat +strong cc

condi- control style. Switch between mid- close combat , I don’t don’t you will frequently shot bow in close combat . So it need more practice but it worth.

[Brynioch.1873]

Solo Condi Alacrigade doesn't exist outside of fractals. You can play with two condi renegades with RR, or power for solo alacrity.

[LucianTheAngelic.7054]

6 hours ago, Miellyn.6847 said:

Solo Condi Alacrigade doesn't exist outside of fractals. You can play with two condi renegades with RR, or power for solo alacrity.

That's not true; you can use Celestial Condi Alacrigade in Raids as well (or strikes or even open world).  It deals a respectable 30k and provides perma 10 man alacrity

https://snowcrows.com/builds/revenant/renegade/condition-alacrity-renegade

Edited September 9, 2021 by LucianTheAngelic.7054