Guild Wars 2

So I’m looking at my Well build for WvW, and found myself wondering if I should go ax or scepter.

I can get more damage on the scepter, along with aoe cripple and bleed, but the ax can get me cripple as well as aoe boon removal, retaliation, and vulnerability.

Any extra thoughts I may be missing? Or should I just flip a coin?

I think it is more a question of your gear.
Do you have power and crit on your gear? Use Axe
Do you have condition damage? Use Szepter

You should drop the last 10 points in blood and make 0/25/25/20/0 (asciis wvw template). the siphons are just not worth it, youll get more bang for the buck that way

axe is better in wvw. the retaliation and boonstrip are nice and youll do more dmg. scepter is great for tpvp fullzerker necro who cant afford to anywhere near a point, but with the cleanses axe will give u more dmg and somewhat reliable life-force

I like the scepter, but it depends on your build indeed.

I prefer axe over scepter but it should be traited, so 4 in spite for the Axe bonus. It goes well with a focus too which can be traited from this same line. I also toss a sigil of force on it and #2 hits like a truck. Autoattack isn’t bad with this setup either, well it’s not dagger but better than untraited plain axe.

Just for note I enjoy having 3 points on Soul Reaping (bottom line) for the auto Spectral shield when health is down. It works well and has saved me many times. I have found the new 1 point death magic trait really helps while in death shroud. Great for wvw or pvp.

Axe for sure. Your build is mostly focused on survivability and power (very little condition damage) meaning you’ll benefit more from retaliation and vulnerability.