Specter - Celestial Scepter Roamer
The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great
Focused on: Hybrid damage and Mobility
Designed for: WvW Roaming
Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on August 11, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.
Overview
A hybrid Scepter Specter build for WvW roaming, offering a strong mix of defense and offense. Plenty of condition pressure, boon spam, and even some burst damage.
Skill Bar
Scepter/Pistol
Sword/Dagger
Utility
Template Code
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Specializations
Equipment
Head
Celestial
Celestial
Shoulders
Celestial
Celestial
Chest
Celestial
Celestial
Hands
Celestial
Celestial
Legs
Celestial
Celestial
Feet
Celestial
Celestial
Backpiece
Celestial
Celestial
Accessory
Celestial
Celestial
Accessory
Celestial
Celestial
Amulet
Celestial
Celestial
Ring
Celestial
Celestial
Ring
Celestial
Celestial
Scepter
Celestial
Celestial
Pistol
Celestial
Celestial
Sigil
Sigil
Sword
Celestial
Celestial
Dagger
Celestial
Celestial
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
x6
Infusion
x18
x18
Rune
- - the 6th piece has great synergy with the build.
Infusions
- Vital WvW Infusions scale up not only your HP but also the Shadow Shroud bar. If you don't need the sustain or don't want to invest into these somewhat niche infusions, Malign or Mighty infusions also work just fine.
Consumables
Food
- - good stats and passive damage mitigation.
- - mainly a budget defensive food that provides more frequent access to dodging.
Utility
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Usage
To be added
Ratings
It's a cele build. It does cele things. High uptime on important boons like Alacrity and even Quickness, great hybrid damage, capable in both ranged and melee. Extremely obnoxious especially with the mobility it has. Post Cele nerf edit: this build wasn't really affected, boons weren't all that important and most conditions had good base durations.
Strong but half the value is missing in WvW. In PvP this is great because of the support angle, being able to multitask not just kill. But if you're roaming solo the support element is gone and I think other thief builds do it better. In 1v1s it's still good but it's very predictable and slow. In a group this is a 5 tho.
Fantastic build, played it with Aristocracy runes for better Might uptime. Insane mobility, great hybrid pressure (right up there with Celestial Harbinger when played well), great boon uptime, high survivability (2 health bars & Cele stats), and little reliance on stealth. Spamming Scepter/Pistol 3 will make every projectile and melee oriented spec absolutely loathe you.
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