GW2. WvW Build. Celestial Spear Daredevil WvW Roaming Build. Thief World vs World.
Last Update: October 2024
The Celestial Spear Daredevil is a Thief WvW roaming build with heavy boon removal to deplete enemy defenses while also stealing these boons to aid in its own sustain.
The Spear’s Sneak Attack is a multi-hitting attack which applies vulnerability and then on the final hit it applies bleeding and poison while refunding initiative. Because the attack occurs over a large window of time and hits a wide radius, it is hard to evade the entire animation. This makes it extremely reliable to trigger the shadow arts traits that apply poison, life steal, and steal boons.
Entering into stealth requires landing the Spear 3’s third attack in the chain. This can be combined with the teleports from Steal or Infiltrator’s Signet to ensure it lands. The Spear 3 finisher has an evade and is unblockable, allowing you to get value out of spamming it, but the first two attacks in the chain can be used for mobility or without hitting. Quick mouse movements, swapping targets, and timing is important for positioning and landing the Spear Finisher because the difference between gaining stealth and not gaining stealth is huge. If you do fail to land the Spear 3 Finisher, you can always recover using the Spear 5 which is a block that gains 2 extra blocks when used after a Finisher.
Sustain Combo
- Spear 3 > 3 > 3 + Steal > 1 (Sneak Attack)
Burst Combo
- Spear 4 > 3 > 2 > 3 > 1
Can’t Stealth Combo
- Spear > 3 > 4 > 2 > 2 > 5
Equipment
Item | Stat | Rune / Sigil |
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Helm Celestial | ||
Shoulders Celestial | ||
Coat Celestial | ||
Gloves Celestial | ||
Leggings Celestial | ||
Boots Celestial |
Primary Weapon Set
Spear Celestial |
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Secondary Weapon Set
Shortbow Celestial |
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Skills
Spear | Heal / Utility / Elite |
Follow-Up Finisher | |
Shortbow | Sneak Attack |
Alternatives
- Utility: for more cleansing and dodges instead of Infiltrator’s Signet
Traits
Alternatives
- Daredevil: for more damage reduction
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Nice build with lots of potential. I’m currently working on theory crafting a more sustainable version for Zerg content, aiming to counter the Boon ball and the current meta.