Guild Wars 2

I am really boared to play all the time the same celestial d/d . I tried sf freshair build , it is really strong but in my opinion it is suboptimal in a contest game , you can win 1 vs 1 but on teamfight you are really an easy kill . Which other builds are really viable in pvp ? ( not staff, i hate it ) the only build i found , on youtube , which is quite viable and fun to play is this one http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAodhcM6cW4wxBdEBGACpoBTEY0tyn3GG-TJRGwAAOBAJeAAg2fYZZAA taken from a youtube video ( it is not mine )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy7VRmAqFjM
if you have something different to try … i would be happy

D/F would be infinitely better with the standard 00266 setup. But you don’t want to play that :P

Burning Fire is a pretty “meh” trait because vulnerability/blind/cripple or any other relatively insignificant condi combo will trigger it so it’s not even close to having 6 in water.

You’ll have problem with conditions and without Doom you’ll lose many duels just because you don’t have Doom sigil.

I’d recommend condi D/F – obviously not as strong as a cele build but it’s working and fun to play

I just threw together this build. Haven’t gotten a chance to test it yet though. I expect it won’t be super optimal, but it should be fun.
Celestial Furymancer :
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJArYhMMKd24wwBd0AEACpqhDEZQ52fLD-TJRHwAFOBAAeAAk2f4YZAA

Are you totally …

Dire,Condi cele ele. But with some of the minor nerfs, and ease to cleanse our condis , its not very interesting long term. Fun for short term kittens and giggles

I want to try 06026 with d/f and lighting rod , i don’t know if it is better with berserker or celestial …

PierPiero.9142:

I want to try 06026 with d/f and lighting rod , i don’t know if it is better with berserker or celestial …

Swap weapons for berserk, rest cele. Safe. Remove more cele as required until you are satisfied.

PierPiero.9142:

I want to try 06026 with d/f and lighting rod , i don’t know if it is better with berserker or celestial …

I’ll save you a little trouble: this won’t work. D/F tries to take advantage of the synergy between shocking aura + the two interrupts on focus and lightning rod, but it just fails. This is because with dagger MH you are in melee range, and thus need to be tanky enough to stay in the fight, forcing you to take something like celestial, soldiers, or valkyries. However, with any of those amulets you barely do more damage than a d/d cele ele while having way less sustain. If you try to go berserker, I don’t think its necessary to explain why the existence of the thief class makes that unviable.

In the end you give up way too much team support and defense going 6 into air, and gain very little offense comparatively.

The only place lightning rod works for me in pvp-like situations is actually on staff (which has 3 interrupts – air 3, air 5, and earth 4). Staying at range allows you to build more dps-oriented. This actually works best in wvw as you aren’t forced into very set amulets, and its easier to get help and protection from thieves. In pvp, going zerker once again has the thief problem who instantly teleport and against whom range means nothing.

Play a 6 6 0 0 2 with berserker gear that would make things less boring but more high risk and diminishing results. But to firegrab 12k + wow

BlackBeard.2873:

PierPiero.9142:

I want to try 06026 with d/f and lighting rod , i don’t know if it is better with berserker or celestial …

I’ll save you a little trouble: this won’t work. D/F tries to take advantage of the synergy between shocking aura + the two interrupts on focus and lightning rod, but it just fails. This is because with dagger MH you are in melee range, and thus need to be tanky enough to stay in the fight, forcing you to take something like celestial, soldiers, or valkyries. However, with any of those amulets you barely do more damage than a d/d cele ele while having way less sustain. If you try to go berserker, I don’t think its necessary to explain why the existence of the thief class makes that unviable.

In the end you give up way too much team support and defense going 6 into air, and gain very little offense comparatively.

The only place lightning rod works for me in pvp-like situations is actually on staff (which has 3 interrupts – air 3, air 5, and earth 4). Staying at range allows you to build more dps-oriented. This actually works best in wvw as you aren’t forced into very set amulets, and its easier to get help and protection from thieves. In pvp, going zerker once again has the thief problem who instantly teleport and against whom range means nothing.

uhm… my usual build is D/F zerker elementalist… It works quite fine for me but I got bored of it too. Am now a Staff ele

Agreed. D/D cele is boring now. I tried D/D zerk ele in pvp for a change lol it wasn’t a good experience for me lol. I can do well on s/f fresh air though!

gaurav.7340:

Agreed. D/D cele is boring now. I tried D/D zerk ele in pvp for a change lol it wasn’t a good experience for me lol. I can do well on s/f fresh air though!

No kidding, having to go into melee with no survivability couldn’t have been fun.

staff is fun , are you playing cele staff ? it seems to me quite viable .. obviously the problem is to keep melee far from you …… but the classic 00266 cele staff seems quite strong now . The only problem of staff, for me is that it has only one blast finisher and i feel obliged to take arcane blast..