Are conditions considered physical damage?

caym

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2005

N/Mo

Just wondering if the various conditions are treated as physical damage while they are applied to a target?

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

Nope, there's nothing that will enhance the effect of a condition; skills will either spread it, remove it, draw it or deal it.

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

Although I couldn't find anything about it on the wiki, I would say no. The wiki does state that physical damage is always from martial weapons.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Physical_damage

Edit: Update info

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Damage_over_time

Conditions and hexes are part of the health degen family, thus they ignore armor and buffs.

dilan155

dilan155

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

living room

N/

as darcy said conditions are considered degen and all degen are armor ignoring for obv reasons, and armor ignoring cannot be bugged or nerfed.

DarkNecrid

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyla View Post
Nope, there's nothing that will enhance the effect of a condition; skills will either spread it, remove it, draw it or deal it.

Or make them last longer/shorter, but this.

RotteN

RotteN

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

W/

Weapon mods and runes/insignia's can have an effect on the duration of a condition, as is stated in the description of various mods/runes/insignia's.

MagmaRed

MagmaRed

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2007

Our Crabs Know True [LOVE]

R/

The condition isn't a source of physical damage, but the way it is applied may be. For instance, a Ranger using a Vampiric bow and Apply Poison will do physical damage with an arrow strike, and cause poison. The poison is not physical damage, but the source of it is. However, a Necro using Enfeelble followed by Virulence would also supply poison (as well as weakness and disease), but not deal any damage at all, much less physical damage.

So if I understand the question, it isn't the condition that matters, but how it is applied.

caym

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2005

N/Mo

Thanks for all the answers.

Carter Reeves

Carter Reeves

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2008

Kamadan

League of Draconosis

P/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by dilan155 View Post
as darcy said conditions are considered degen and all degen are armor ignoring for obv reasons, and armor ignoring cannot be bugged or nerfed.
Reading that made me think back to the costume brawl. Burning, insted of doing the normal -8 health regen or how many arrows there are, it gave me
+8 health regen insted. So i wondered about gaining so much health from a single team of eles.

Glyph of Immobilation it aint ^^