Guild Wars 2

Hello!

I was reading metabattle earlier for a condition necromancer build, and noticed that the VIPER HORROR build uses 2 sets of weapons:

Set #1: Scepter / Warhorn
Set #2: Scepter / Dagger

As you can see, there are two scepters. My question is:

When you set up for this build, do you need to use ANOTHER scepter for your Set #2 main-hand or do you just leave it empty and it will carry over when you weapon swap?
IF you leave it empty, does it give you any disadvantages?

Thanks in advance!

Vacheron.9870:

When you set up for this build, do you need to use ANOTHER scepter for your Set #2 main-hand?

Nope.

Vacheron.9870:

do you just leave it empty and it will carry over when you weapon swap?

Yes.

Vacheron.9870:

IF you leave it empty, does it give you any disadvantages?

Nope.

thanks! appreciate your fast response

Valandor.9506:

Vacheron.9870:

IF you leave it empty, does it give you any disadvantages?

Nope.

This is actually incorrect. Here’s a reddit post that does a good job of explaining.

tldr – if you want full stats when you go into shroud, you need scepters in both slots.

femalehumanmeta.8351:

Valandor.9506:

Vacheron.9870:

IF you leave it empty, does it give you any disadvantages?

Nope.

This is actually incorrect. Here’s a reddit post that does a good job of explaining.

tldr – if you want full stats when you go into shroud, you need scepters in both slots.

interesting… how big is the difference?

Vacheron.9870:

femalehumanmeta.8351:

Valandor.9506:

Vacheron.9870:

IF you leave it empty, does it give you any disadvantages?

Nope.

This is actually incorrect. Here’s a reddit post that does a good job of explaining.

tldr – if you want full stats when you go into shroud, you need scepters in both slots.

interesting… how big is the difference?

Depends when you go into shroud. If you go into shroud with the set without the scepter, you’ll lose all stats and the sigil that come from the scepter.

femalehumanmeta.8351:

Valandor.9506:

Vacheron.9870:

IF you leave it empty, does it give you any disadvantages?

Nope.

This is actually incorrect. Here’s a reddit post that does a good job of explaining.

tldr – if you want full stats when you go into shroud, you need scepters in both slots.

For those who don’t want to reddit, the short version is that there’s a bug when you enter Shroud (or Celestial avatar for that matter) — the game ignores your alt weapons when determining your stats.

• No problem: pairs of 2-handed weapons, any combo of 2-h & main/off-hand, or Any combo of main/off-hand & main/off-hand
• Problem: any combination of main/off & [empty]/off-hand

In regards to the Shroud/weapon thing: You also lose any AR from that weapon when you go into shroud. That makes for a fun surprise in the middle of scale 100 if you’re not prepared.

Oh…. yeah, that is true. My bad, sorry. Necromancer is a special snowflake there. ^^