Guild Wars 2

Or are we still stuck on full zerkers?

full zerker

Noooooooooooooo. Celestial used to be semi-viable on gaurdian, but crit damage got nerfed to kitten and now it’s probably the worst item you could get. I wouldn’t recomend more than two zerker pieces now. Power scales a lot better than ferocity, so You’re a lot better off just stacking in power and precision, then ditching ferocity for HP/Toughness/Healing power

These are my stat values in 2 different specs (dps + bunker) with 3 types of gear:
As you can see you’re losing a lot of dps by not going zerker. The only place celestial is alright is in a bunker build, but honestly I’d probably go for pvt sooner than celestial for a bunker because the dps is only slightly lower but the hp and damage reduction are better.

20/25/0/0/25
zerker
14292 effective power, 12518 effective health, 10805 hp, 0 healing, 13.68% dmg reduction

celestial
10779 effective power, 22067 effective health, 15565 hp, 476 healing, 29.47% dmg reduction

pvt
9163 effective power, 28556 effective health, 18255 hp, 0 healing, 36.07% dmg reduction

0/0/30/30/10
zerker
10558 effective power, 19377 effective health, 13805hp, 300 healing, 28.75% dmg reduction

celestial
7966 effective power, 30871 effective health, 18565hp, 776 healing, 39.86% dmg reduction

pvt
7471 effective power, 38358 effective health, 21255hp, 300 healing, 44.73% dmg reduction

Finally – boon duration has been killed so it’s either dps or tank for us now.