Guild Wars 2

I’ve tried all of the attunements under water and they all seem clunky to me. I’ve decided that air is my favorite but that’s not even that great.

Yeah… I don’t like the underwater fighting much on the Ele. I use air as well, it is the least clunky in my opinion.

Hm…I prefer water for water. Some heals/regeneration + good damage and cc if used right…still, i’m constantly changing my attunements, but water is my favorite…

I’ll use water if I have the room to use it properly, otherwise, if I’m doing a close-range kite, then it’s either fire or earth.
Both have pretty decent utility and damage output, but require that you circle strafe quite a lot, especially fire with the delayed detonation on the primary attack.

Air isn’t bad, but it’s not very strong offensively, but contains a lot of mobility stuff.

Air’s autoattack (the first skill) is normally a spread attack with 3 bolts, however if you are close (melee range) with your target all 3 bolts will hit, for very respectable damage, especially considering the fast cast time of the skill. This really makes up for the rest of underwater ele combat, which is frankly awful.

The cone earth bleed is also decent dmg, and earth has a good sink too.

The aoe sink/regen in water is good, as is the charge (#5) but only if you can get your target against a wall.

The steam aoe in fire is good, but otherwise fire is probably the worst element underwater.