Guild Wars 2

as mentioned above I am looking for tips for a spectral build. I enjoy my current set up and use spectral armor, spectral grasp and spectral walk as utilities. lich as elite.
I am not using the optimum gear or traits im sure.

so would like to know what others use to help me tweak my current build.

I use 30/20/10/0/10 .

d/wh and staff, currently using warhorn trait over the spectral attunement trait but will happily switch it out.
using knights or zerk armor and everything else is zerk.

I am aware this is not optimum set up for spectral build but I like the dps.

I know that vitality and DS go hand in hand, and I know that as a spectral mancer im wasting soo much by not taking 15 in SR but not sure what to sacrifice to get it. the 20% dmg under 50% hp is amazing, I love the warhorn daze and have traited so I can use if more often also perma swiftness with warhorn and SW is amazing. greater marks obvious choice and then spectral recharge faster in SR.

what would you guys and gals recommend?

enjoy play style of a spectral-mancer?

Could always drop the greater marks and put 5 more in SR, thats the only place i can see you dropping any points honestly that 15 points in SR is pretty vital tho i always try to have at least 15 in SR for the oh kitten moments

yea I was thinking about that. I like running d/wh with a/f but I miss the AoE of staff. maybe ill give that a go. will be better DPS too and we all like big numbers :-)

what gear do you use? im guessing something with vit?

also if I took the 5 out of death I could invest the other 5 in something else as jagged horror is not an optimal choice for 5 trait points. maybe 20 into SR pick up piercing lifeblast? or go further into curses for the dmg increase for every condi?

I enjoyed playing with 30 spite, but I found I preferred dropping 20 for 20 in blood. Consider life siphon as damage reduction so long as you’re attacking.

well your not really doing a whole lot of condition dmg so i dont think the minor trait in curses would be helpful, probably going 20 into SR would be better use. In SR spectral mastery and if you want to keep the staff for range you can grab soul marks too

yea ive played with that before talentless but never in this set up. u go for bloodthirst and siphon on crit? I like siphoning, our dagger 2 feels like a slower ele water dagger 2. but I was looking for a high dmg spectral set up to use as an alternative build.

not looking to be particularly survivable really just trying to pump out some big numbers. I will play around with your suggestion tho. see how it ‘feels’ when I get in game.

no ur right dyl, but immobilise chill vuln all count as conditions and I could keep that up on a target almost for entire fight bringing a 6% dmg increase.

also not sure I would take staff without greater marks.