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Scepter isn’t weak as some people make it to be. It has really good support ability in the fire attunement with rapid procing blast finisher and decent condition damage which works well in the dungeon and low level fractals. However, Scepter has the worst sustainable damage out of the 3 weapon and many people fail to see that. I’m basing this assumption on the many PvE scepter condition builds I seen which often use utility that offer no sustainability. Anyways, dagger/focus is often the better choice for condition builds since fire skill 1 to 4 has a very high hit rate which makes it easy to proc, stack, and sustain burning.
Scepter is so bad in PvE, that peoiple use it to stack might before a pull and shortly before initiating combat, they switch weapons.
Scepter has always been kitten by terrible autoattacks, gutting its sustained DPS, and the huge delay on their lack luster skills like Dragon’s Tooth and Water 2. Dragon’s Tooth at first looks powerful, and then you realize that it’s a delayed Lava Font tick. In fact Lava Font over its duration does far more damage and serves as a permanent fire field.
This is why I state that it has its use in low level fractals which pretty much mean it won’t work in high level fractals where being flexible with utility slot and sustain dps is important.
I run S/F fresh air in PvE content a lot and still find it a lot of fun and rewarding. For more difficult group content I tend to stick with staff for it’s group utility but I find S/F a great change of pace.
S/F I find is great for maintaining might for your party if you need a might stacker. Running CM will reward you for having all those reflects. Running around in lvl 80 open world content and none of my other ele builds can obliterate a single target as fast as my S/F can. One does have to carry Glyph of Storms and Ice Bow though for much needed AOE.
If your good at attunement swapping and can pick up on the might stacking and landing your Dragon’s Tooth then I find a S/F ele can do very well in certain group compositions.
I agree that scepter is amazing in open world and especially against silver wastes elites where they often move around alot, hit very hard, but easily kited. I do hope to see some quality of life buff and making scepter a stronger condition weapon than dagger.
Oh c’mon the necro / ranger hole is nice and cozy
join us and we can complain together (Im a necro main)!
Ranger is in bad shape, but cele signet necro is really strong, and reaper is downright amazing when played properly. But yeah, d/d elementalist could be toned down by a fair bit. Plus, it would open more options for eles in sPvP. Staff ele isn’t bad, but with the state of things now it’s outclassed by cele d/d (in large part because RoF is downright absurd).
Hopefully, though, scepter will get a buff for both ele and necro. Also necro axe.
Would love scepter buff for ele as it is easily outclass by D/F in PvE. Triple projectile and high rate of fire skills has powerful interaction with gear and procs that it makes it easy to sustain 15 burning stacks.
Royal Guard Elementalist.
There are several colors that works well depending on your favorite attunement although I would steer clear from bright colors. The base color is white golden along with blood which can be adjusted as needed. I use the following items: Student circlet, Student mantle, Seer coat, Dry bone glove, Seer pants, & Masquerade boots. Also yay for buggy preview! 
