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    Celestial Catalyst Open World Build

    By Jen26 March, 2024Updated:28 January, 20259 Comments4 Mins Read Open World Builds

    GW2. Best Open World Build. Celestial Catalyst Open World. Pistol / Scepter Catalyst. Elementalist PvE.


    • Boon for group events: Quickness

    The Celestial Catalyst for Open World is an Elementalist build that has consistent ranged damage with great boon application and survivability, making it one of the easier builds for beginners to the Elementalist class. Pistol skills are all generally projectiles which means that most attunements have the same skills, and therefore it is more forgiving to get lost in the rotation. However, this also means the pistol may not feel as interactive as other weapons even though they deal extremely potent condition damage.

    Pistol skills grant you ammo and expend ammo when using the 2 and 3 skills. When using pistol skills with an ammo charge, you empower that skill to have an added effect. Because you generally use the 2 and 3 skills once per attunement swap, you can think of the rotation as prioritizing the order of which skill you want to empower by using that skill second in the rotation since the other skill will obtain the ammo for it.

    Conveniently, most of the 2 skills on the pistol do more damage when empowered, except for in water attunement, so to maximize your damage you would prefer to use 3 > 2, but in Water use 2 > 3. However, in some cases, you will want to use the opposite order for more sustain such as 3 > 2 in Water giving you extra healing, 2 > 3 in Earth giving you Barrier, and 2 > 3 in Fire giving you an aura. Otherwise, the order in which you swap attunements is not too important except for going Earth after Fire and Air after Water to maximize your combo field/finisher potential. As a catalyst, performing these combos can give you auras which will also increase all of your stats. You can also use the Jade Sphere to create more fields, but mainly the F5 will be used to upkeep Protection, Might, and Quickness.


    Example Pistol Rotation:

    • Signet of Fire > Signet of Earth
    • Water 2 > 3 > Swap Air
    • Air 3 > 2 > 4 > 5 > Swap Fire
    • Fire F5 + 3 > 2 > 5 > 4 > Swap Earth
    • Earth F5 + 3 > 2 > 5 > 4 (if possible use Elemental Celerity then 3 > 2 > 5 > 4 again)

    At any point in your rotation, prioritize using the Signet utilities for more damage or healing as they are more powerful than any specific skill you could use. Fire and Earth Signet do great damage over time, the Heal signet passive will persist while on cooldown due to the Written in Stone trait, and the Signet of Air will break stuns on a low cooldown so use it liberally.

    To survive you want to time your Air 3 and 5 for their evades, use the Water 4 and 5, or use your catalyst energy to create a Water Jade Sphere which you can swap into Earth to blast with the 4/5 in the Water Field.


    Difficulty
    50%

    ItemStatRune / Sigil
    Helm
    Celestial
    Shoulders
    Celestial
    Coat
    Celestial
    Gloves
    Celestial
    Leggings
    Celestial
    Boots
    Celestial

    Pistol
    Celestial
    Dagger
    Celestial

    Scepter
    Celestial
    Focus
    Celestial
    ItemStat
    Amulet
    Celestial
    Ring
    Celestial
    Ring
    Celestial
    Accessory
    Celestial
    Accessory
    Celestial
    Backpiece
    Celestial



    Optional
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    Alternatives

    • Jade Bot Core: for extra vitality
    • Rune: if cannot get Trapper

    Pistol / DaggerHeal / Utility / Elite
    Multi Bullet Attack


    Alternatives

    • Fire: for more condition cleanse
    • Catalyst: if need Stability

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    9 Comments

    1. Michizane on 29 May, 2024 5:11 am

      The most fun and versatile elementalist build I’ve played ! Thanks 🙂

      Reply
    2. Steve on 22 July, 2024 8:47 pm

      Viable with hammer?

      Reply
      • Jen on 30 July, 2024 6:25 am

        You can try this one for hammer: https://guildjen.com/power-catalyst-open-world-build/
        Or if you prefer celestial try this wvw build: https://guildjen.com/hammer-catalyst-roaming-build/

        Reply
        • Steve on 5 August, 2024 4:39 pm

          Thanks! In https://guildjen.com/hammer-catalyst-roaming-build/ one of the comments was “RIP next patch” – did hammer get nerfed or I presume if you’re recommending it, it’s still viable?

          Reply
          • Jen on 5 August, 2024 5:19 pm

            Yes its fine, some comments are very old and the build pages were updated and changed multiple times.

            Reply
    3. Dark on 29 December, 2024 11:30 am

      Can I replace pistol with something else?

      Reply
      • Jen on 26 January, 2025 10:41 pm

        Scepter

        Reply
    4. ZAZELTX on 25 February, 2025 12:57 pm

      CAN PLAY PISTOL / WORHN ?

      Reply
      • Jen on 25 February, 2025 3:33 pm

        You can

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