Guild Wars 2

I know D/ F and S/F are quite awesome in pvp, but the thing about them is that they lack the speed/mobility to keep up with most of the class. So i was wondering if there are any scepter / dagger build that will be viable in higher levels of pvp or the benefits of focus just heavily out weights the need of having higher mobility.

if s/d is indeed viable in higher levels of pvp, mind sharing the build?

no it’s not viable.
doesnt add anything for your team, needs constant babysit and gets overshadowed by other dps that achieve more with investing less.

S/F is viable. However, I don’t have all the time to explain how. My most successful build with s/f is 0/6/0/4/4. If you slot mist form, you can help with rezzes using mist and 5 in earth. It plays like a support burst spec. Good luck. Everything will change in 7 days.

First of all S/F is much better than S/D because the OH dagger skills are too long of cooldown to be worth it for the extra spike damage, you need lightning flash to combo EQ and Fire Grab, so its dependent on that combo too. Focus is better because it gives active defenses so you can survive longer and stay roughly at a greater distance away.

Still its always been outclassed by thieves, mesmers, and medi guards. Mainly because those classes can kill a fresh air ele very easily, while guards get tons of CC, mesmers get portal/moa and thives get tons of CC and mobility. So basically fresh air has only really worked for zoose in the past, and only becuase the team he fought didn’t have as many of the direct counters, but in general, S/F’s poor mobility, utility aside from swirling wings, and reliance on hard to land fire bursts make it suboptimal.

Wouldn’t the newly buffed One with Air help with mobility though? Especially combined with no CD on FA?

Yeah that buff is pretty kitten good with near perma practically immunity to slows.
My only complain is that it will make 1 of the 4 buffs from my beloved minor in arcana useless for my self..
:D
generally speaking the 0 6 0 6 6 which probably gonna be the fresh air utility spec has many overlaps.Too much (nerfed)vigor, too much fury if you pick elem contingency for the extra prot,worthless swiftness in combat ofc,too muhc regen from cantrip traits,frost aura trait ,elem att.
At this point im seriously considering skipping renewing stamina for the arcane precision cause if its even in the slightest buffed it will be huge weakness uptime.
Maybe im not accounting for the loss of boon duration too much though but still..

It is pretty viable if you ignore, medi, thief and mesmer.

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Wouldn’t the newly buffed One with Air help with mobility though? Especially combined with no CD on FA?

Well yeah I mean it will help, but that’s not enough to effective reposition or disengage. Super speed won’t help you when a thief can steal or shadow shot or shadow step to you instantly. Teleports and stealth are much better tools for this, and lightning flash will be limited in range compared to blink. Tempest could get stealth or mediations for all we know, which would go a long way to making some sort of burst spec actually good.

Just wanna point out there is a difference between being viable in top tier and being viable in unranked/ranked.