Guild Wars 2

I use the condition/survival build from MetaBattle but I wonder if I should not use sword/dagger as second weapon set instead of axe/dagger.
Reason are the evades on sword 2 and 3.
Problem is that sword is not exactly a condition weapon, it has cripple on the auto-attack and poison on skill 3, but no bleeding.
So what to do?

both are decent. The axe was probably chosen for the range and the bleeds considering its a high bleed build.

Put Geomancy on the sword and you might strike something to your liking and yes, it does stack with sharpened edges, it’s possible to get 2 instant stacks of bleeding, trait+sigil

I would not recommend Axe I was highly disappointed with it ( it was my first choice). I would take sword to get some needed defense ( longest evade from all weapons) + good mobility.
Off hand would be between torch and dagger. Torch I feel is underestimated by far especially after buffs. Burning hurts a lot !!
Try sword /torch if not sword /dagger is always good choice eventually horn.