The Celestial Alacrity Specter build for Guild Wars 2 is a versatile Thief specialization designed for raids. It offers strong boon uptime, including Alacrity, Might, Fury, and Protection, while maintaining solid healing and support. This build is ideal for replacing a healer slot in most groups, providing crowd contro
[&DQUcGyw3Rz0VG4UACBszAQYbVwEvAS8BDgEOAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADVgA2AAkBAA==]The Celestial Alacrity Specter build for Guild Wars 2 is a versatile Thief specialization designed for raids. It offers strong boon uptime, including Alacrity, Might, Fury, and Protection, while maintaining solid healing and support. This build is ideal for replacing a healer slot in most groups, providing crowd control and barrier generation alongside its offensive capabilities. However, it requires resource management and careful execution to maximize effectiveness.
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| Scepter & Pistol | Default Keybind |
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Combining the concepts of Condition Alacrity Specter and Heal Alacrity Specter creates a rotation that has a good amount of damage and naturally-occurring sustain. Being familiar with either of these builds will make Celestial Alacrity Specter easier to learn!
While not necessary to execute the following rotation to the letter, doing so will maximize this build’s potential:
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卡拉科萨古物 provides a significant amount of this build's Healing output via frequent blasts from 
暗影削弱 and 
暗影抓攫. It is not recommended to swap it unless incoming damage pressure is low.
隐秘突袭 to give yourself Stealth and gain access to 
暗影急风, for additional burst healing around an ally you target.
超级瘫痪法印 instead of a Dagger in your secondary weapon set to increase your Defiance Break.Fill time with Auto Attacks whenever you are waiting for Initiative and 
进入暗影帷幕 is still unavailable.
This rotation will provide significant sustain naturally via Healing from Shadow Shroud skills, Regeneration, 卡拉科萨古物 Blast Finishers, and Barrier. Additional support can be found in the following skills:
阴暗法池 is burst Healing on cast and a persistent healing field.暗影削弱 instead of 
慎重射击 → 
无尽黑夜.
黎明之息 applies Barrier that scales per enemy hit at the end of the leap. Also applies Protection to allies and Fear to enemies.暗影抓攫 Cleanses two conditions around the targeted area with 360 Radius.暗影削弱 at the beginning and end of your Scepter/Pistol loop, before 进入暗影帷幕.无尽黑夜 in the loop as ally-targetted instead to upkeep Regeneration if delaying 
恩惠法池 for on-demand Stability.无尽黑夜 can be interrupted early by inputting other actions, so let it finish casting first.
虹吸, 进入暗影帷幕, and 
离开暗影帷幕 can interrupt other skill casts.
蜘蛛毒液 after the boon strip at the start of combat, and never cast it without allies nearby (except when practicing).
暗影箭. This will copy Auto Cast to your Shroud.
