Guild Wars 2

Hi there, i have grown tired of my D/D build for havoc roaming, usually jumping into zergs with 2 others and making a great deal of people die, although d/d is perfect for this and for solo roaming which i enjoy as it has become very comon i just want to change things up. For my s/d i would wish to be able to stay alive, deal a good amount of damage whilst being able to solo and group roam with the same build. Any help would be fantastic. Thanks

Heya

Was feeling the same about D/D about 2 month’s ago and have been playing S/D and S/F in wvw since then to change it up.

Here is the build i use most frequently:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJArYhMMKcW3wzBf0ANAGxbwMQ8EIA8BLmFaCA-TlDEABps/QUKREUJImqdQwJAQKlCS8gAaSJhiqgolyo+0C0mOCAOgANqKQAAEADdoDdoDdoFCNpAGYZE-w
Gear is from D/D setup, trying to get more offensive jewelry for S/D, but i dont like to go full glass.

Vital striking is often replaced with cantrip mastery and utility’s are changed around depending on the situation etc.
When solo or small team roaming i use S/D unless there is and abundance of condi classes around, then i go S/F with cantrip mastery and cleansing fire.
Also S/F feels alot stronger when you are facing bigger grp’s/running with the zerg.

I also tend to spec 4-6-0-0-4 alot when im feeling risky and fully aware

I will say that you will get into alot of situation’s were you wish you were in standard D/D mode. D/D is a more well rounded weapon set for small team/solo and easier and more forgiving compared to S/D.
Just my 2cents

Mohagi, your build looks pretty solid!

I’ve been trying to run this build,

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJArdhUM6c24wnBf0AOACxgxEHJQiiXXC-T1CBAB7pH4S1U6SpSaKBxSJEAPAAvUSklyALVtQjTAQR7PAA-w

But I haven’t gotten around to it because I’ve been too busy to go out and by all the valkyrie pieces, runes and sigils.

I’d say that your build looks considerably better and more balanced than mine, because you have so much more healing power and a good amount of more toughness and precision than mine and only a bit lower power stat.. Maybe I will have to consider celestial as a primary stat.

Other than that I agree with pretty much everything you say. Scepter does have a pretty high skill cap. Youtube search for burst combos to get an idea of what you can and should be doing as you play, because you really can’t faceroll through your attunements and cooldowns like you can with D/D. For S/D you have to plan in advance and combo skills together for the best effect so you can burst enemies down in an extremely short timeframe, its like playing as a ranged magical thief without the crutch of stealth or uber mobility, but the burst can be considerably greater than a real thief.

And yeah S/F with zergs seems really fun! To me it seems similar to playing a wellbomb necro, by spamming dragons teeth on zergs!