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Power Catalyst

Guild Wars 2 Power Catalyst - Dagger & Dagger Meta build for pvp: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

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Build Template

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Overview

Build Difficulty: ● ● ● ○ ○

Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • High damage
  • Provides party boons
  • Provides self boons
  • Strong bursts
  • Defensive options
  • No ranged DPS
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Equipment

Item
Stat
Berserker'sAmulet
Relic of FireworksRelic
Primary Weapon Set
Main HandDagger
Off HandDagger
Other Items
Superior Rune of the Warrior (PvP)Rune

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

You can swap out berserker amulet for avatar amulet for a much tankier build but lower damage output.

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Dagger/Dagger Catalyst is an extremely straight foward build. It has high burst and high sustain but has a very low health pull which can make surviving on it quite the challenge.

It uses in Air Attunement to get Quickness and have fast bursts.

Damage

The primary addition of Catalyst is 部署翠玉元晶 图标部署翠玉元晶. You will passively generate energy to be able to use it. Focus on using it in Air Attunement for Quickness and Fire Attunement for Might.

Every attunement beside Water Attunement offers really high damage abilities. The best is to swap from Air or Earth to Fire as they provide CC skills which will help you land your abilities.

电击光环 图标电击光环 into 逆向转化闪电 图标逆向转化闪电 and 疾风升流 图标疾风升流 from Air are to be used with Quickness from . Make sure to use 能量汇聚 图标能量汇聚 and 风驰电掣 图标风驰电掣 before your CC.

大地突刺 图标大地突刺 and 地动山摇 图标地动山摇 from Earth with 大地翻腾 图标大地翻腾 used in between before swapping attunement.

Once in Fire you will want to use those skills as quickly as possible in this order

  1. 炽焰疾步 图标炽焰疾步
  2. 烈焰之攫 图标烈焰之攫
  3. 炙火之环 图标炙火之环

You can fully reset Fire cooldowns with 元素迅捷 图标元素迅捷 for a second burst.

You can use 秘法护盾 图标秘法护盾 to cover your burst and if broken by 3 hits it will also deal significant damage.

Defense

Almost all of your sustain comes from Water Attunement.

秘法绚爆 图标秘法绚爆 should always be used inside a combo field, including any jade sphere, 冰封爆裂 图标冰封爆裂 or 炙火之环 图标炙火之环.

风驰电掣 图标风驰电掣 is your main mobility skill but remember it isn't a Stun Break.

Your Stun Breaks are 秘法护盾 图标秘法护盾 and 大地护甲 图标大地护甲, they both also provide Stability.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
逆向转化闪电 图标逆向转化闪电1 secondAir Attunement
疾风升流 图标疾风升流200Air Attunement
大地突刺 图标大地突刺2 secondsEarth Attunement
地动山摇 图标地动山摇2 secondsEarth Attunement