Scourge - Cele Alac

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Focused on: Strike damage, Dps, Burst, Boonrip and Boon support

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on June 27, 2023.

Overview

A build designed to strip boons and lay down high spike damage while applying Alacrity.

Skill Bar

Axe/Focus

Scepter/Torch

Utility

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Specializations

Variants

• Awaken the Pain slightly higher DPS

Variants

• Nourishing Ashes if Life Force generation is an issue

Equipment

Head
Celestial

Shoulders
Celestial

Chest
Celestial

Hands
Celestial

Legs
Celestial

Feet
Celestial

Backpiece
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Amulet
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Axe
Celestial

Focus
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Scepter
Celestial

Dagger
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Equipment Variants

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Bounty

Runes

• Rune of Superior Rune of Speed can be useful if you have a hard time staying on tag

Consumables

• • Any 100 concentration personal food is viable, since most commanders won't drop this feast

Usage (WIP)

Overall Priorities

High

• Wells
• Boon rip

Moderate

• Shades
• Sustained pressure
• Single target damage

Low

• Support

Surviving

• This build has moderate passive defense
• This build has no mobility skill access
• This builds has low active defenses
  • Be conservative with Trail of Anguish, it is your only stunbreak
  • Don't use Sand Flare if the cast is likely to be interrupted

Active defense priority Trail of Anguish - for stunbreaking Deathly Swarm - for Immobilize Dodge Sand Flare Sand Cascade Desert Shroud

Detailed Explanations

Wells

• Try to save your Well skills for the commanders call
  • If you aren't using voice communication, use your wells at the same time as the other Necromancers in your group
• Cast Well of Corruption before Well of Suffering, due to the longer cooldown
• Only use your Well skills at the same time, do not use one early and desync their cooldowns
• When using ground AoEs like Well of Corruption or Well of Suffering, try to place them so that one edge is on the enemy group and the other edge is in the direction they are moving to

Boon rip

• Use Ghastly Breach when the enemy group is pushing towards you or your group is in melee
• Avoid casting Manifest Sand Shade + Nefarious Favor when there is 12 seconds or less left on Desert Shroud's cooldown
  • Save your final charge of Manifest Sand Shade when there is 15 seconds or less left on Desert Shroud's cooldown
• While Trail of Anguish is your only stunbreak, it can be used for unlimited target boon rip if you feel your party support is good enough

Shades

• Your shade spike consists of casting Manifest Sand Shade before casting, in order:
• Desert Shroud
• Nefarious Favor
• Garish Pillar
• Sand Cascade
  • These are all instant and can be cast at the same time, but drop skills from bottom to top if limited on Life Force

Sustained pressure

• Start fights on Scepter/Dagger to maximize ranged uptime
• Use Unholy Feast and Devouring Darkness immediately after Weapon Swap and use them again immediately before swapping back
  • Delaying your Weapon Swap slightly for the cooldown is fine

Skill priority Well of Corruption + Well of Suffering - always together, on call Ghastly Breach Desert Shroud Axe Unholy Feast Manifest Sand Shade + Nefarious Favor - procs Path of Corruption Spinal Shivers - only on single target Ghastly Claws Soul Grasp - only if low on Life Force Scepter Devouring Darkness Enfeebling Blood Manifest Sand Shade + Nefarious Favor - procs Path of Corruption Grasping Dead

Single target damage

• Use Spinal Shivers ⇒ Ghastly Claws ⇒ Rending Claws pick off isolated players

Support

• Barrier lasts 5 seconds after application before decaying
• Use Sand Flare and Sand Cascade before pushes and during extended engages
• Pay attention to allies with Illusion of Life used on them, apply barrier before the buff times out
  • Illusion of Life begins flashing on the buff bar at 5 seconds remaining
• Use Nefarious Favor as a desperation condition clear if you have no other options