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I’m playing a human thief. How much does that really matter? /:
It doesn’t really matter at all in PvE, and in WvW/PvP racial skills are unusable.
Alright, I guess I’ll stick with S/F or S/P.
Everyone (well, mostly everyone) usually considers the Scepter to be the inferior of the two Mesmer main-hand weapons, generally acknowledging that the Sword main-hand is far more useful. When I first made my Mesmer, I went along with this notion and ditched the Scepter the game gives you in the beginning right when I got a Sword.
However, with the 6/25 patch and the nerf to one of my favorite skills, Blurred Frenzy, and the addition of the new Torment condition to the Scepter, I gave the ol’ thing a try. It didn’t turn out as bad as I remembered… my question is, what makes the Scepter generally less sought-after than the Sword main-hand? It seems okay for a Shatter-heavy build due to clone generation on the auto-attack. After 6/25, are there builds in which I could utilize the Scepter for shatter-heavy builds, and make use of the Torment condition, or is Sword still superior? Also, what off-hand pairs well with Scepter?
I’m a big fan of D/D, it just feel right. I use D/P in sPvP though.
Can never let go of the pre cast CnD + Steal + BS combo <3
Can you explain this a bit for me? I’m not sure I follow…
It’s the classic D/D approach. Since CnD takes a few seconds to actually cast, you hit 5 when you see your target, and while the little action bar fills up you Steal to approach the target. When timed right, you’ll hit the CnD off of your target immediately after appearing next to them, thus giving them very little time to retaliate. Once you’re in stealth, you can proceed to backstab.