Difference between revisions of "Celestial PU Virtuoso"

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Overview

An all-round build, decent burst, great cc, and high survivability against both power and condition builds. Focuses on confusion stacking for burst damage and utilizing Prismatic Understanding for high stealth uptime.

Skillbar

Scepter/Pistol

Sword/Torch

Utility

Skill Variants

Weapon

Staff provides more AoE and Chaos Aura. This is up to personal preference.
Swap with Sword/Torch

Utility

Arcane Thievery ⇒ Mantra of Distraction useful for when arcane thievery isn't needed, e.g. when they have low boon generation and condition pressure.

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Specializations

Variants

Jagged Mind Slightly more damage and healing but at the cost of aegis generation.

Equipment

Head
Celestial

Shoulders
Celestial

Chest
Celestial

Hands
Celestial

Legs
Celestial

Feet
Celestial

Backpiece
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Amulet
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Scepter
Celestial

Pistol
Celestial

Sigil

Sword
Celestial

Torch
Celestial

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Consumables

Food

- Ascended food.

- Extra endurance regen and might.

Utility

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Usage

General

Kiting playstyle, you never want to be within range of your enemy. Focus on engaging and disengaging constantly.
Damage is mostly high burst windows with Bladesong Sorrow
Use stealth and block/distortion to kite or disengage.

Damage

Build up blades and time Bladesong Sorrow, usually after their dodge/block, to maximize damage output.
Confusing Images is good follow up damage after casting Bladesong Sorrow or just by itself for baiting utility.
Phantasmal Duelist is good for applying pressure and decent damage, mainly used to bait dodges/defense.
Magic Bullet can set up burst windows or to interrupt crucial abilities.
The Prestige and Phantasmal Mage are also decent sources of Burning.
Arcane Thievery is great for stealing important boons like Stability, Quickness, Protection, and Resistance

Example combo: Magic Bullet -> Phantasmal Duelist -> Bladesong Sorrow -> Confusing Images

Defense

This build's main survivability is its high Stealth uptime with abilities like Mass Invisibility, The Prestige, and Signet of Midnight thanks to Prismatic Understanding
Blink is extremely valuable to have as a disengage or engage tool. Timing it with stealth will lose most enemies or even zergs as its very easy to get out of combat range.
Try not to waste all your stealth skills at once unless you absolutely need to. Mainly used for disengaging.
This builds has other active defenses like Distortion,Bladeturn Requiem, and Illusionary Counter
Casting one defensive skill(stealth/block) will usually guarantee Mass Invisibility.

Defense Against Conditions

Distortion, The Prestige, Arcane Thievery, and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Cleansing combined with Rune of Superior Rune of Antitoxin provide excellent condition cleansing.

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 ==Overview==
-An all-round build, high burst, great cc, and high sustain against both power and condition builds. Focuses on confusion stacking for burst damage.
+An all-round build, decent burst, great cc, and high survivability against both power and condition builds. Focuses on confusion stacking for burst damage and utilizing {{Trait|Prismatic Understanding}} for high stealth uptime.
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 ===Skill Variants===
 ;Weapon
-{{Skill bar variant|mesmer|Staff}} up to personal preference.
+* '''Staff''' provides more AoE and Chaos Aura. This is up to personal preference.
+* Swap with Sword/Torch
 ;Utility
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 {{Specialization|virtuoso|top|top|mid}}
 ;Variants
-* {{Trait|Jagged Mind}} Slightly more sustain but at the cost of aegis generation.
+* {{Trait|Jagged Mind}} Slightly more damage and healing but at the cost of aegis generation.
 ==Equipment==
 {{PvE equipment
+| weight = Light
 | stats = Celestial
-| rarity = Ascended
+| rune = Superior Rune of Antitoxin
-| runes = 6 Superior Rune of Antitoxin
+| rune-qt = 6
-| infusions = 18 Malign WvW Infusion
+| weapon1 = Scepter
-| s1w1 = Ascended, Celestial, Scepter, Sigil of Energy
+| weapon2 = Pistol
-| s1w2 = Ascended, Celestial, Pistol, Sigil of Cleansing
+| weapon3 = Sword
-| s2w1 = Ascended, Celestial, Sword, Sigil of Energy
+| weapon4 = Torch
-| s2w2 = Ascended, Celestial, Torch, Sigil of Cleansing
+| sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Energy
-| head = Ascended, Celestial
+| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Cleansing
-| shoulders =
+| sigil3 = Superior Sigil of Energy
-| chest =
+| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Cleansing
-| hands =
+| infusion1 = Malign WvW Infusion
-| legs =
+| infusion1-qt = 18
-| feet =
-| amulet =
-| ring1 =
-| ring2 =
-| accessory1 =
-| accessory2 =
-| back =
 }}
 ===Consumables===
-* {{Food|Food name}}
+'''Food'''
-::{{Food|Food name}} (When available, add the corresponding personal food option second)
+* {{Food|Spherified Peppercorn-Spiced Oyster Soup}} - Ascended food.
-* {{Utility|Utility name}}
-===Equipment Variants===
-;Stats
-for reasons x, y, and z.
-;Sigils
-* {{Sigil|Sigil Name}} for reasons x, y, and z.
-;Runes
+* {{Food|Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew}} - Extra endurance regen and might.
-* {{Rune|Rune Name}} for reasons x, y, and z.
-;Food
+'''Utility'''
-* {{Food|Food Name}} for reasons x, y, and z.
+* {{Utility|Tuning Icicle}} or {{Utility|Superior Sharpening Stone}} or {{Utility|Tin of Fruitcake}}
-* {{Food|Food Name}} for reasons x, y, and z.
-;Utility
-* {{Utility|Food Name}} for reasons x, y, and z.
-* {{Utility|Food Name}} for reasons x, y, and z.
 ==Usage==
 ===General===
-*Point 1
+*Kiting playstyle, you never want to be within range of your enemy. Focus on engaging and disengaging constantly.
-*Point 2
+*Damage is mostly high burst windows with {{Skill|Bladesong Sorrow}}
-*Point 3
+*Use stealth and block/distortion to kite or disengage.
-===Overall Priorities===
-;High
-*Point 1
-*Point 2
-*Point 3
-;Moderate
-*Point 1
-*Point 2
-*Point 3
-;Low
-*Point 1
-*Point 2
-*Point 3
-===Surviving===
-* This build has high passive defense
-* This build has moderate mobility skill access
-* This builds has high active defenses
-{{Collapsible
-|width=85
-|;Active defense priority
-|
-*Skill 1
-*Skill 2
-*Skill 3
-}}
-===Detailed Explanations===
-====Priority 1====
-*Point 1
-*Point 2
-*Point 3
-{{Collapsible
-|width=85
-|collapsed=true
-|;Priority 1 priorities
-|
-*Skill 1
-*Skill 2
-*Skill 3
-}}
-====Priority X (As needed for each item in Overall Priorities)====
-*Point 1
-*Point 2
-*Point 3
-===Settings===
-*Point 1
-*Point 2
-*Point 3
-===Tips & Tricks===
+===Damage===
-*Point 1
+*Build up blades and time {{Skill|Bladesong Sorrow}}, usually after their dodge/block, to maximize damage output.
-*Point 2
+*{{Skill|Confusing Images}} is good follow up damage after casting {{Skill|Bladesong Sorrow}} or just by itself for baiting utility.
-*Point 3
+*{{Skill|Phantasmal Duelist}} is good for applying pressure and decent damage, mainly used to bait dodges/defense.
+*{{Skill|Magic Bullet}} can set up burst windows or to interrupt crucial abilities.
+*{{Skill|The Prestige}} and {{Skill|Phantasmal Mage}} are also decent sources of {{Tooltip|Burning}}.
+*{{Skill|Arcane Thievery}} is great for stealing important boons like {{Tooltip|Stability}}, {{Tooltip|Quickness}}, {{Tooltip|Protection}}, and {{Tooltip|Resistance}}
+Example combo:
+{{Skill|Magic Bullet}} -> {{Skill|Phantasmal Duelist}} -> {{Skill|Bladesong Sorrow}} -> {{Skill|Confusing Images}}
+===Defense===
+* This build's main survivability is its high {{Tooltip|Stealth}} uptime with abilities like {{Skill|Mass Invisibility}}, {{Skill|The Prestige}}, and {{Skill|Signet of Midnight}} thanks to {{Trait|Prismatic Understanding}}
+* {{Skill|Blink}} is extremely valuable to have as a disengage or engage tool. Timing it with stealth will lose most enemies or even zergs as its very easy to get out of combat range.
+* Try not to waste all your stealth skills at once unless you absolutely need to. Mainly used for disengaging.
+* This builds has other active defenses like {{Skill|Distortion}},{{Skill|Bladeturn Requiem}}, and {{Skill|Illusionary Counter}}
+* Casting one defensive skill(stealth/block) will usually guarantee {{Skill|Mass Invisibility}}.
-===Gameplay Videos===
+;Defense Against Conditions
-*Video 1
+*{{Skill|Distortion}}, {{Skill|The Prestige}}, {{Skill|Arcane Thievery}}, and {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Cleansing}} combined with {{Rune|Superior Rune of Antitoxin}} provide excellent condition cleansing.
-*Video 2
-*Video 3

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