I play around with D/D, S/D, and Staff in WvW myself, and from what I’ve noticed, D/D has better burst and more escapes while S/D allows you to stack might more reliably and push your #2 in fire/water (or #5 in earth) before swapping to air for quick Air #2/#3/Other attunement damage burst.
A word of caution: aside from auto-attacks and Air Attunement, even if your opponent is CC’ed, Scepter’s highest damaging skills are much harder to land on moving targets in 1 on 1 combat. Shatterstone (Water 2) should only be used if you are in a group or can hit more than one opponent with it as the opportunity cost vs damage output is otherwise not there.
0/10/0/30/30 is probably the most widely used build even for an S/D but doesn’t benefit S/D Eles as much as it does D/D. If you’re planning on WvWing with S/D, you can still run a buff build with Attunement cycling and might stacking; however, you will not have as many ‘oh @#$*’ buttons in the event that you need to escape.
You can run full cantrips with 10/0/0/30/30 and use the Fire IV trait which causes cantrips to grant 3 stacks of might (may be overkill if you’re good at keeping up might stacks and/or have +boon duration). Ditto for 0/0/10/30/30; just take the Earth III trait for Armor of Earth at 50% health.
If you plan on WvWing in a group, then a split 0/10/15/25/20 build can also work. Air VI, Earth VI, Water III, Water IX, Arcana V, Arcana VI. Keep the target bleeding and swap for buff bonuses, use cantrips as needed. If you don’t need the toughness, take 5 points from Earth and place them elsewhere as you see fit.
You can also use Arcane Wave for a blast finisher in Ring of Fire, if you need the extra might stacking.
Take Fiery Greatsword as your elite if you need extra escapes or run your Glyph of Elementals elite. Other utilities to consider are Arcane Shield and/or Glyph of Storms in Earth Attunement [use Glyph of Elemental Harmony as your heal and change your Air trait to Air III].
Aside from treb shot destruction and niche uses, S/D and */F don’t see as much use in WvW as D/D and Staff. It’s really a shame. Both the scepter and focus could use some love in the coming updates.
