Guild Wars 2

I am new to ele d/d build, I checked the meta build website and found out that celestial stats are required, I then realised for some reason the crafting of celestial gear needs a kittening timed gate charged quartz stone (5 each for one piece of gear). Anyway I have managed to make 12 and after endless efforts to buy celestials from tp found out that celestials are account bound (because apparently they have the best stats “sarcasm”).

Anyway sorry for lengthy rant is there any alternative to celestial gear that fits into the current meta build for d/d ele. I only do wvw solo and pvp.
Also I have heard of condi ele with perplexity runes, any links of videos and build to this would be a god send, (I love conditions)….

Ps: i am still crafting celestial just don’t want to wait to play ele.
Thank you very much

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAoIhcMac25wwZgHAh8wY7EFoc1kPB-TFTHABNquCIqEkkSEoUCiiKEFpMqgHAAQKNiQLAE6AYZ/BAOBAkCwclRA-w

something like this is a pretty good alternative.

If you do wvw you don’t really need any celestial armour…

Soldier/Knights armour and celestial accessories…. berserker or knights weapons ( I use knights)

http://de.gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAoYhMM6cW4wyBf0APAC5fx2JKQ5qJfC-TVSHABNqqyIqVwx+DkpDwJlgeoFogHAQTK/A4EAQIgYbBA-w

This is what I’ve put together a while ago, it’s a very balanced setup with a slight shift towards sustain. No celestial armor needed.

one of the best eles in the game played with 0 celestial and still whopped kitten . here is his build
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFEQJAoYlcMozhVOwwBMsNwDgQ+XsdiCUuaynA-T1yHABCpERM9AOpEsHlGEqSwQKjG4EAsnqC+pGDAPAAR2fIAACwNbzAYoDdoDdoDtbezbuclrcSBwkyI-w

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAoYhcMac25wwBf0AhAB5tmrRBljLXB-TFzHABgpFgPVBeTHgeqpwkSweUiRoKFDp0YgHAgPKDUZ/BAOBABAQAuZbGADdoDdoDdodzbezbezbOAoF-w

I used to be a big Celestial fan. Then swapped to a high toughness / condi duration reduction build inspired by Serane (The person Hamster is referring to in the above post). It’s very effective.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFQQJAoYhcM6cW5wwBd0APAC5fx2JKQ5qJfC-T1yHABCpURM9AMpEsHlBEqywQKpG4EAsnKM+pOAAPAAR2fIAACwNbzAYoDdoDdoDtrbzhezhezyAwMGA-w

Aggrostemma.1703:

If you do wvw you don’t really need any celestial armour…

Soldier/Knights armour and celestial accessories…. berserker or knights weapons ( I use knights)

This.

You will still need cele accessories but your armour could be knight cav and weapons zerk,etc whatever u like.

So no escaping from cele kitten.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAoYhMM6c2zwwBf0APACxhvE+IQ5pJfC-T1yHwA8VN5tWAN7PcUJDadAMVCOU5gPlQDeAA+VzAwJAIAACwNbzAYoDdoDdoDtbezbezbezSBM2YA-w, this build is good too, but u dont have massive condi cleans, very good burst dmg.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAoYhMM6c2zwwBf0APAC5hv2JKQ5pJfC-T1yHwA8VN5tWAN7PcUJDadAMVCOU5gPlQDeAA+VzAwJAIAACwNbzAYoDdoDdoDtbezbezbezSBM2YA-w, this one is almost same as the other 1, just changed trait, the triat in Air you can change to bolt to the heart for more pressure once they get below the 33%hp, you get 20%more dmg and thats a lot of extra dmg., this one has more condi cleans and can stay alive a bit longer.

you can change the trinket to full cleric for more healing power and toughness to tank up more and still do good dmg,
you can change the 2 in air to 2 in earth for protection,10%more dmg if u are in 600 range or get another free armor of earth, all 3 are good. personaly i like the extra free armor of earth, the utility skill u can change to however you feel like

DB

This is the build I use on dd ele
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAoYhUM6c2ywwBd0APAC5fx2JKQ5qJfC-TRBXgAA7PKhC1Too8pX9nHlgBAQA8zf+zf+zf2Nv5Nv5NvZA-e