Guild Wars 2

I’ve been doing the new fire elemental daily, and more often than not I go down, or just die several times. My main server isn’t a ‘high population’ server and when I only have a handful of people (5-8?) it’s doable, but we go down constantly, if we don’t just out right die.

If I damage to tag, and spend the rest of my time avoiding damage when I guest to a larger population server, then it’s okay. Other people go down, and they help take it out, but I’m not really pulling my own weight.

I don’t quite understand the best way to deal with it. It has been frustrating to figure out. Stun breakers are stability for knock downs, condition removal for the fire. But the invulnerable wisps have been seen as far as the central ‘core’ area of the reactor. The burn and blind range is so far. I’ve been chain knocked down (my body bounces like a ball) and surrounded by invulnerable wisps so other players can’t even help revive me without dying. This is on my level 80, when I tried this with a lower level alt, I expected to be down most of the time.

What’s the secret to being able to dps/revive others, without dying? Yes we can waypoint, I know and I do that, but the question is more about the most optimal way to dps without going down or needing help.

Thanks for any advice.

Assuming you have default controls.
Step 1: ranged weapons
Step 2: lock the target (click him so it is selected, dont let the auto target system do that cause you switch to embers too easy.)
Step 3: start hitting him, concentrate mostly on your #1 skill (auto-attack). use arrow keys (not wasd) to move around while your hitting him. Do not use any skills with an activation time that requires you tostand still.
Step 4: never stop. If you wanna help a downed person do it but never longer then 2-3 seconds. Defeated players should always waypoint (even if they are not interested in participating anymore, being dead on the ground scales the event up.

The whole event is bout staying alive and not bout DPS. As long as all keep hitting him with #1 you will get him down in time. The other dps skills are there so you have time to heal/down/etc.