Knight's trinket VS Celestial trinket?
math says ptv but in reallife:
wvw: a mix of ptv, ptp, ppcrit
pve: full ppcrir or at lover levels dungs where crit dmg scales bad full ppcondi
Daggers deal enough conditions to make Celestial outperform PVT. For staff though, you need Eruption to make Celestial work and in PvP that’ll be iffy. I recommend to get at least 14-15k health though, as it’ll make dungeons a lot more fun (fewer things will instantly down you).
Other than that, once you get used to it damage seems to be the way to go.
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