sceptor build for an alt Guardian?
You can certainly use a scepter though usually in pve it’s on swap to fight enemies you can’t melee. In WvW it’s possible to use it if you want to hang out in the back or something.
The mainstay of letting you do anything is simple because it’s like most guardian dps builds: 10 in Zeal for Fiery Wrath (10% dmg vs burning enemies) and 30 in Radiance for right handed strength (15% crit). 25 in radiance also lets you have radiant power which gives 10% damage to enemies with a condition. This means every time you set an opponent on fire via Virtue of Justice or your random ally does a burning attack, you automatically do 20% more damage. In addition the minor traits blind enemies with Virtue of Justice activation, and the other refreshes it on enemy kill. Added the trait “blind exposure” which causes vulnerability on blinded enemies and you can see how much extra damage you’re doing. In larger zerg champion events, you could do worse than mashing f1.
The remaining 30 points is completely up to you. You may consider 20 into zeal for scepter power for even more damage. Other popular goals include 10 in virtues for consecration cooldown reduce so you may use wall of reflection more, 20 in virtues for Absolute Resolution (Condition Removal), 20 points in honor for Empowering Might (might stacking), 30 points in honor for Pure of Voice (Condition Removal if you have shouts).
For offhand, either shield or focus is fine. In general, the larger your group, the better shield is. Solo, just run focus.
For utility skills, shouts are the most straightforward, though certainly wall of reflection is welcome any day.
In PvE, use all zerker; if you find yourself dying too much either pick up a Signet of Judgement (-10% damage) or Strength in Numbers trait for a toughness boost instead of doing something silly such as soldier gear (that is good in wvw though).
The main weakness of scepter is the projectile speed isn’t very good and often will miss an elephant. It’s generally better if you don’t treat it like a 1200 range weapon. The damage is decent, and smite hits hard against large enemies.
Good luck!
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(edited by ArchonWing.9480)
My suggestion would be 20/30/0/0/20 or 20/25/0/0/25 for DPS. Unscathed Contender is a nice boost but drops as soon as you get hit, try to not get hit… The second build drops RHS but adds the potential for some good % dmg increases if you have boons being thrown around. It also adjusts to fit GSword quite well and can grab Master of Consecrations to help with Wall of Reflection when needed. Gear wise Zerker is the goal but if you need to mix in some Soldiers do so until you feel comfortable. With UC and boons you’ll kick out a ton of damage which is what Scepter is really good for. I haven’t found any builds across most classes that can match it yet.
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