Guild Wars 2

Hello! I’d like to know what you guys think about the combination of these traits:

Cantrip Mastery (-20% cantrip CD)
Soothing Wave (gain regen when hit, 10 secs ICD)
Soothing Disruption (cantrips give you vigor and regen)
Cleansing Wave (AoE condi removal when attuning to water)

I personally am thorn between Cantrip mastery+soothing disruption and soothing wave+cleansing wave. What do you think?

Do you have 4 or 6 points in the water?
With 6 points, I prefer to use Cantrip mastery + Soothing distruption + Cleansing water.

Soothing wave seems too weak for me, as it procs only when critically hit and the regen is short.

However, you can always switch the Soothing distruption for the Cleansing wave if it fits you better, I prefer to have “on demand” regen even outside of water attunement thanks to Soothing distruption.

Hope that this helps you decide

I ran Soothing Wave with my Diamond Skin build a while back - was 0/0/6/2/6 with Arcane Mastery and (as with every 6-arcana build) EA+EA. This was... about the only time I might bother with it, since I had no cantrips.

It’s useless in PvE (since most foes have a very low crit rate) and one cleanse plus 4s of regen every 10s in PvP is pretty insignificant compared to the on-demand cantrip cleanses - along with their primary effects - coming up more regularly.

Soothing wave is too weak. Soothing disruption is way more fun.

if 6 points in water then cantrip mast + soothing disruption + cleansing water

But

IUf you going 4 and aiming for that hybrid 02246 then soothing wave and cleaninsing wave. Please note its a troll build and works decently in wvw. No clue about spvp.

STRanger.5120:

Do you have 4 or 6 points in the water?

I have 6 points. I run the standard 0 0 2 6 6 D/D Cele build

Frenk.5917:

STRanger.5120:

Do you have 4 or 6 points in the water?

I have 6 points. I run the standard 0 0 2 6 6 D/D Cele build

So the combination I wrote is probably the best one, with the one switchable trait, which depends on your personal preference. Just try it and you’ll see which one fits you better m8.
Have fun

I’m actually trying soothing wave + soothing disruption, it’s actually not bad at all.

Cantrip Mastery + soothing disruption is far superior from a selfish perspective. Not only does it give you more access to ultra-important cantrips, but it gives you cleanse outside water. Without the cantrip traits, you are very easy to beat by anyone who just puts a long burn on you after you swap to water.

Take soothing wave + cleansing wave if you aren’t gonna take cantrips or really want to support your team with more aoe-cleanse.