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Celestial Daggers Catalyst Roaming Build

GW2. WvW Build. Celestial Daggers Catalyst Roaming Build. Catalyst. Elementalist World vs World.


Last Update: March 2024


The Celestial Catalyst is a very fast paced Elementalist build for WvW roaming with mobility, great sustain against all kinds of damage sources, and many burst combos from the Dagger playstyle, but also has plenty of decision making with the Jade Sphere fields.

Any kind of combo finisher inside a combo field will give you an aura due to Elemental Epitome, which will synergize with many traits that cleanse, give stability, and give boons, etc. Combined with transmuting these auras with the water and air attunements, you can gain many effects from auras.

Basic Combos: Air 4 > 3 > Air Jade Sphere > 2 > 3 > 5 > Swap Fire > Fire 3 > 5 > 4 > Swap Earth > 3 > 4 > 5

Earth 3 > Earth Jade Sphere > 4 > 5 > Swap Air > Air 2 > 3 > 4 > 3 > 5 > Elemental Celerity > Air 2 > 3 > 4 > 3 > 5 > Swap Fire > 3 + Glyph of Elemental Power > 4 > 5

Heal Combo: Water 44 > 5 > Water Jade Sphere > 3 > 44 > Swap Earth > 4 > 3/5


Difficulty
50%

Equipment

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

Primary Weapon Set

Dagger
Celestial
Dagger
Celestial

Optional Weapon Set

Dagger
Celestial
Dagger
Celestial
ItemStat
Amulet
Celestial
Ring
Celestial
Ring
Celestial
Accessory
Celestial
Accessory
Celestial
Backpiece
Celestial

Relic

Consumables

Infusions

Optional
x18

Alternatives:

  • Rune: for more condition damage
  • Sigil: instead of Geomancy
  • Sigil: instead of Geomancy

Skills

Dagger / DaggerHeal / Utility / Elite

Traits


Build Template

Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)

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Gameplay

Video Build Guide:

Credit to Vallun for the video.

10 Comments

  1. i tried this for about 100 hours, and i just simply can’t get it to work, dps is way too low and so heavily reliant on people making mistakes, most of the time it feels like i tickle them, dagger/dagger ele is my favourite, but im forced to use it to annoy people rather than taking them down sigh, catalyst d/d has potential though, Anet just needs to buff it a bit.

    • Your main damage is landing fire 3 and 5 with the glyph tbh, and burning overtime, is a sustain build, but try to replace one sigil for Doom sigil and you will get better pressure. Soon we will post another celestial variation with lightning rod instead that might work better for you, stay tuned.

  2. What’s the counters tot his build? None of my roamer characters can even have a small chance on taking this down.

  3. Raging Storm and Energized Elements seem a bit redundant or do they stack? Seems switching attunements should be enough fury uptime? I take Inscriptions and 4 Glyphs , Having a lot of fun with it.

  4. could this be any good with the new sword? I’m trying to get into ele and I adore that air 2 movement

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