Guild Wars 2

I come across this clip showing how an ele can solo Lupi without FGS.

I’m liking the method so far, which addresses some issues that I face as a ele when melee-ing Lupi. But I still have some questions:

1. The clip shows Luke (the poster) using Tornado at some points. What is the benefit of Tornado. Also I see some ‘evade’, is it right to assume that he also dodge in Tornado form?

2. The choice of his traits: Fire (III): Burning you apply last longer. Why not Fire (VI): Deal 10% more damage when attuning to Fire?
Also, why Arcane (VI):Move faster when wielding daggers over Arcane (II):Gain vigor when delivering critical hits? Personally I’d like to have both if possible because the lack of mobility really kills me at phase 3.

3. I notice that the poster almost had perma Vigor. Any ideas how he could sustain it?

Even if you don’t have a definite answer, feel free to chime in for the discussion

I believe thats a typo and he does actually have Arcane II. Hence the perma vigor.

I think you should look at a different build seeing as there have been quite a few trait changes. Id recommend 30/30/0/0/10 tbh. But the reason for not going for 10% in fire attunement is because you want 10% when in air and you want to be switching back to air as much as possible (fresh air) for the superior auto attack.

This video is old (sorry didnt bother to watch it, but its the only logical conclusion which one can come to).
Updates come and go.
Alot of traits got changed.
The Trait “Fire (III): Burning you apply last longer” didnt exist when this video was done.
Trait III was 5% more Dmg when the enemy is burning.

He is not using the Trait “Arcane (VI):Move faster when wielding daggers”, he is using “Arcane (II):Gain vigor when delivering critical hits” which was Trait VI before updates happened.

Yeah, I just noticed it was before the Dec 10 patch :/

@spoj and Alex: I see, so the burning gives an extra damage when he’s autoattacking in Air. For 30 points in Fire, what would the traits be?

No no I mean you could cast burning speed and switch to back to air imediately so that the rest of the ticks of damage recieve the 10% bonus while attuned to air.

For traits I would go:
III (II if using conjures), V, XI
VI, X, XII
II

But im not really an ele expert so dont take my suggestions as law. :P

if you’re having trouble getting back to lupicus after the AoE lifedrain i suggest swapping bolt to the heart for zephyrs boon. but this slightly increases your kill time. but you’ll at least not get domed to death. and yeah spoj that seems solid.

30/30/10/0/0 seems good with FGS and group support. But for the sake of learning, I think I go with something similar to 10/30/10/10/10. I’m liking it because soothing mist saves me whenever I’m in a pinch and vigor is just too good for bads like me. I can save an extra utility slot for arcane shield, signet of fire and lightning flash.

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if you’re having trouble getting back to lupicus after the AoE lifedrain i suggest swapping bolt to the heart for zephyrs boon. but this slightly reduces your kill time. but you’ll at least not get domed to death. and yeah spoj that seems solid.

I mostly have trouble getting out of the aoe life drain => hence the Lightning Flash/Arcane Shield. I would try Zephyrs Boon to see how it goes.