Guild Wars 2

Curious to know if anyone has picked up the full set of ascended items that have the spread of stats?

Thanks in advance.

Ive been wondering this exact same question. I keep having ppl tell me they are crap for engineers, but I cant help but wonder as the jack of all trades if these spread stat items doesn’t play to our strengths?
So does having a bit of extra vit/tough/+heals/etc etc make up for the overall loss in pure dps stats your after.
Or is it simply better to have 1x power and 1x cond to try and futureproof nerfing.

I use them and it is powerful with grenades like nothing else.

Im saving up for a full set myself. 2 or 3 out of 5 right now, I dont want to use them if it’s not a full set.

I use them on my Mesmer, because I don’t have a single spec focus I have decided on yet. That was the initial reason anyhow, allowing me to freely respec without having to re-gear those slots.

By now… I like it. Sooo many stats. Sure, less damage than full nuker gear, but really, I don’t run for full nuking in WvW, so this is a perfect solution.

What gear do you folks run with these stats? Just curious, because I have been considering a hybrid build, with rampager/berserker gear, running HGH, runes of divinity and the sun/moon/celestial trinkets. I am working up the numbers on it, and what it lacks in raw DPS, it should make up for in Condition Damage, toughness, vitality (not a huge priority), healing… and it still has crit damage on it.

I have the Karka Shell and Szyzgy. Since I bounce around from spec to spec quite often there’s really no downside to having all those stats. For engis, I think all stats are beneficial. And I can run full Zerker gear and still have a bit of survivability and cond damage built in. They’re versatile for a versatile profession.

I have been paralyzed to spend my laurels, because I like to mix and match my rings/ammy/trinkets/back with different gems.

I see how the numbers play out on the calculator, but unless I know how it actually plays I just don’t want to waste the laurels.

Such a tough decision.

Running Szyzgy, Karka Shell, and Solaria ring, so far, so good. I feel the celestial stats work very well with engineer. I mostly WvWvW/PvE, using knights + celestial stats where I can. I compared my current stats vs full celestial ascended.

http://esuke.site90.net/apps/gw2calc/

Try it to compare stats etc. I run a grenadier/elixir build, so all the stats help heavily since I can dish out quite a bit of damage + conditions and also have regeneration going etc

Mesmer here.

For PvE it’s easier to avoid damage since you know what to expect. The healing, tough, and vit aren’t as valuable here. Gearing for offense works great so some Celestial stats are wasted. In groups you have others to res if you get downed.

For WvW I run Knights with full Celestial trinkets. The stat spread helps with all aspects during a fight. If I get beat in Celestial gear I’d probably lose in full Berserker as well.

Thanks everyone for the responses.

I use all 5 ascended accessories (the celestial tokens, the celestial rings, and the Triforge amulet). They’re not spectacular, but good enough for my engi’s needs, since I usually swap builds when the situation (and my whims) necessitate it.

However, if we’re going to min-max, I’d recommend the Berserker+Valkyrie (not sure, it’s the ones with mostly Berserker stats +Vit stacked to them) accessories.

After 3245 buildrape nerfs i changed to the celestial stuff for 2 reasons.
1. You are more flexible and you can still reach high power or cond damage values.
2. You can buy/craft every other trinket in exotic for low costs. The difference between exotic and ascended isnt noticable at all.

I use a full set of rabid armor, pistols/shield + runes for a cond build and a full set of knights armor, beserk rifle and runes for a power build.