Aigoo - R36 - Elementalist S/D - Tournament - PvP Gameplay Video
Nice, kinda makes me wanna undust my scepter and revive some old combos.
Nice video. Really enjoy the S/D playstyle. Are you willing to share your build?
Of course, I usually run one of these two variations:
25 Air -Quick Glyphs + Air Mastery
15 Water – Cleansing Wave
30 Arcane – Elemental Attunement, Elemental Surge, and Either Final Shielding (If I’m using Armor of Earth) OR Arcane Mastery (If I’m using Arcane Shielding)
OR
20 Air -Quick Glyphs + Air Mastery
20 Water – Cleansing Wave + Stop Drop and Roll
30 Arcane – Elemental Attunement, Elemental Surge, and Either Final Shielding (If I’m using Armor of Earth) OR Arcane Mastery (If I’m using Arcane Shielding)
Amulet: Either Soldier’s Amulet + Celestial Gem OR Valkyrie’s Amulet + Celestial Gem
Armor: 2 x HoelBrak + 2 x Strength + 2 x Fire
Weapons: Scepter (Bloodlust) Dagger (Battle)
The Concept: Since this combination of traits and items is fairly low damage I rely heavily on Might to make up the difference. This combination of traits and items will increase your might duration by 90% resulting in a 37 second might buff duration (this applies to might that you give to allies as well – making you a valued member in the big center node fights). If you watch the video closely you will notice in nearly every scene my might stacks are around 15 or greater. Secondly, since I run 30 arcane I am able to change attunements more often and each attunement change while in combat results in 3 might stacks (for 37 seconds) as a result of the “Battle” sigil on my dagger. Combine this with the natural might stacking capability of scepter/dagger (using blast finishers inside of ring of fire) and you got yourself a lot of might. Another huge bonus to this play style is the survivability making it very easy to reach max bloodlust and never lose it.
I will warn you though, even if you mirror this play style perfectly it does not melt down your opponents. To kill anyone you still have to land your combos correctly and play smart. I play tested a few hundred crazy ideas I had until I came up with this one and so far it fits my play style quite well…can’t say what I will be running in the next video though.
If you or anyone else reading this wants to theory craft with me you know how to find me in game (aigoo.8201) or you can message me on youtube and I will try to respond timely.
Please provide me feedback on the video and build and please “like” my video if infact you found it entertaining. I like to get a feel for what people want to see in these videos and the more people that watch them the more likely I am to continue to produce them.
Thanks for the info. My Trait allocation is different than yours, but I play very similarly in terms of Might stacking. I run the same combination of Runes as you do for the added Might duration, and the same Sigils as well.
Watching your vid, I noticed you had a very similar “rotation” to mine, in terms of dropping RoF first and then folowing up immediately with Phoenix and then DT / Arcane Wave for Might stacks. I frequently follow up with Fire Grab and then a quick switch to Earth for Earthquake to get in those last stacks of Might.
It’s true that you don’t completely melt people right off the bat, but once you’re up to 15-25 stacks of Might, you do really respectable damage. I think a lot of people who are new to the class miss this aspect of S/D gameplay, which is why they think it’s so weak compared to D/D.
Anyway, thanks for sharing your build and your video. Good stuff.
Great video. Nice job.
Great video. I run D/D Auramancer with Valk’s and boon duration runes. Very effective, and with a similar might-stacking style. Getting to 10+ makes those Fire Grab crits (with 100% Fury uptime) hurt pretty bad against non-bunkers. Mobility and the excellent healing abilities with good use of CC can keep me alive for extremely long durations even in 8v8.
I agree that a lot of new and old Eles alike simply miss the mark with their builds and playstyles. Spec for a bit more survivability and use your excellent boon maintenance abilities to make up the difference. I swapped from a Ranger/Thief main to Ele main and haven’t looked back. Truly outstanding class even with the bugs and problems.
I am still seeking a serious tournament team. Please contact me if you know any teams of similar skill looking for an s/d ele. Thanks.