Guild Wars 2

Hey All

How should I pick my ascended weapon/accessories/amulets/rings?

I’m a day or two away from my ascended sword and was going to go Wupwup since I could always fit it into a build. I’m also about to get my accessories and am thinking that going celestial in those slots as well is just going to leave me with poor stats all around…

In PVE I run mostly zerk gear with a few pieces of knights thrown and Scholar runes, and in WvW I have a full rabid set w/ Runes of Perplexity and run a variation on Blackwater.

I usually PVE the new meta, then once my checklist is done either run dungeons, or swap builds and WvW.

I dont want to pick my gear with such a narrow focus that it hinders me from doing other things…dungeons, WvW etc…but I don’t want to have to do this gear grind 5x over in order to stay competitive.

Thanks in advance!

Get zerker, mix in exotic stuff with other stats if you want.

Zerker has the most potential as ascended for weapons through the DD nature and the higher damage on the weapon.
For everything else but DD the difference in DPS is lower.

Zerker, even in WvW you just can get other stats on trinker and armor if you really need to.

Thanks guys. So I will craft Zoijas Sword as my first ascended.

When I start to craft other weapons should I craft to its strengths? For instance, were I to craft an ascended scepter should I go for CD primary?

My goal is to not have to craft multiple of the same weapons with different stats, but not to go celestial and end up unfocused. My logic is that sword is primarily power so a power build is suited to it, where scepter is usually found in condition builds and is calculated off of CD rather than power. Does this make sense?

Thanks again.

Scepter depends … In PvE you can make use of it as Zerker too, In WvW or PvP you need more the condition thing about the weapon. However There are also Hybrid builds wich support the scepter. Going for condition damage if you are power focused however makes no sense and vice versa.

Zerker Build

• ++ Power
• + Precision
• + Critical Damage

Hybrid Build

• ++ Precision
• + Power
• + Condition Damage

Condition Build

• ++ Condition Damage
• + Toughness
• + Whateverthelaststatwas :P

i would go berserk too. you can adapt your stats easily for a hybrid build with trinkets.

Mesmer Sc is kind of special, because its designed as a hybrid weapon (staff too). So it works with every kind of build, but best use is in a hybrid build imho

Zojja Sword, probably 2, Zojja Pistol and Zojja Focus (which is crazy btw, you need all 3 weapon crafts at 500)

Then you can go Mathilde’s or Grizzlemouth Scepter , Torch and Staff for WvW condition builds.

It’s funny if i think about it: I’m PvE “only” and got a staff, scepter, focus and GS however I use mainly two swords / focus. :P Well those 5% damage … I’ve got 2 bonetti’s rappier, so I just made the others for design

Sorry for the late reply, but thanks for the advice everyone. That should keep me pretty occupied for the time to come!

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