Guild Wars 2

I couldn’t find any post where this was described, just that…it’s strong and works well. What makes it work though? You can get near the numbers or close to what full Cele gets you by mixing and matching other pieces together but in the end it looks like an abomination of gear. Healing power from full Cele increases our healing output by less than 100 on our signet and water skills, so I’m not convinced that the “extra healing power” is what makes it shine.

So what is it, can someone explain the math behind it, I’ve considered just running a defensive(2.8k armor, 18k hp) condi/power(600 condi damage, 30% crit, 160% crit damage, 2.1k power) hybrid and knixing the healing power. I don’t have a full set of Celestial and I don’t feel like enduring the time gate to make it in order to test D/D. Please help analyze this for me, experienced Eles

Well keep in mind it’s primarily a sPvP build where you pick an amulet with all your stats so you cannot mix.

With that said, I don’t know since I don’t play sPvP.

Mainly because an elementalist gains the most from investing in all stats. Celestial gives more stats in total than other gear, but doesn’t completely invest in 1 stat like power.

The healing power does make a difference when you have constant regen on you and you heal by spamming auto attack.

The condi damage does make a difference when you have the most access to burn.

The traits for cele d/d is really good too. they have the most access to condi removal and might stacking.

They are a powerful close quarters contender because the traits, skills, weapon set and amulet mesh perfectly together. There isn’t one trait that is not helpful to you.

~80 healing more on healing signet is HUGE considering that D/D spams basically 2-3 skills per second, if not more.

D/D makes excellent use of literally every stat on cele amulet. On top of that it makes up for the lack of power and condi damage cele traditionally suffers from.

Power: Obvious
Precision: With mightstacking, is put to excellent use
Ferocity: Same
Vitality: Ele needs a couple thousand to be out of oneshot range. This is what bunker staff always suffered form
Toughness: Combined with protection and frost aura, is put to very good use since you tank and resustain so much damage
Healing power: This is where ele is the biggest outlier compared to for example engi. We have excellent healing power scalings. Both on healing ripple, water dodge, regen+soothing mist and even signet of resto
Condi damage: ring of fire+ the occasional cleansing fire/dodge burst.