Guild Wars 2

Once the death of our beloved friend the sword, I have picked up scepter. Right now I’m doing a basic PU Condi with Staff/Sc Tc. Does the scepter work in any other builds? Also how to shatter now ? I though combo used iLeap :O

Works with power.

I’m currently running scepter/sword, sword/focus. Actualy editing a vid right now.

It’s not a great weapon for shatter builds, but can definitely be used. Take a look at some of vashury’s vids.

You can make it work, just turn off Auto attack to avoid overwriting any Phantasms if that’s how you roll.

If you want some support/condi stuff to try with the scepter the first build in my sig could help out

Given the long turnover on the auto attack chain(3.9 seconds), has anyone considered playing with sigil of Generosity/Nullification/Purity for Scepter?

With reuse times of 10 seconds, and assuming favorable crit rates for the first two, a proc is likely about every other chain. This sounds bad compared to the 1 second and 3 second sigils, which certainly still work on this weapon, but I feel like the long chain time only makes the 10 second sigils more valuable. It’s definitely a less offensive choice, but I would reckon on Scepter as a “setup” weapon if not playing PU… used to get through the enemy’s starting rotation and soften them up for a weapon swap→burst.

If not, and putting sigil of energy aside(I always figure that’s a good offhand), what sigils do you guys think really compliments scepter?

I personally use Fraility for the vulnerable on hit. since scepter lacks vuln entirely.

I am currently running generosity sigils on both scepter and greatsword to supplement using Arcane Thievery as a condi handling strategy. It’s expensive and so far a little tricky to manage as you really can’t control what condi gets pulled off and when. But it’s very fun when you see a condition pop off you and show up on the opponent.

I used Fire sigil on the scepter for a while, and that seemed to work fine as well.

Hmm these are all good ideas, however I have another pressing issue. I specced up for shatter using the typical build, and I had a warrior let me just hit him without him retaliating. I used the daze and mind wrack but the combo only took him to 75% hp from 100% I doubt I did anything wrong since that’s standard shatter rotation. Did shatter get nerfed as well at some point in that last few months?

Riox.6129:

Hmm these are all good ideas, however I have another pressing issue. I specced up for shatter using the typical build, and I had a warrior let me just hit him without him retaliating. I used the daze and mind wrack but the combo only took him to 75% hp from 100% I doubt I did anything wrong since that’s standard shatter rotation. Did shatter get nerfed as well at some point in that last few months?

maybe he was full bunker? and u not full zerker?

i was surely full bunker, hard to tell if he was bunker since warrior eclipses any other class in terms of dmg and survivability.

Riox.6129:

i was surely full bunker

/facepalm

You were full bunker, and you’re complaining about not doing damage?

woopsies mean surely full zerker, typed on my phone so who knows why i typo’d. anyways yes i was full zerker

Riox.6129:

i was surely full zerker, hard to tell if he was bunker since warrior eclipses any other class in terms of dmg and survivability.

^ corrected it for u and:

it must have been a rly bunkerish war then, cause even the bunkerishppl loose at least 40-50 % of their hp to a full shatter for me (i said at least, mostly more)