Guild Wars 2

It is by far the most worthless elite in the game.

Unlike other transformations, it grants no stat buffs, offers no sustain and does NOTHING for the first 3 seconds. Before this meta, it was kinda useful when everyone dealt little damage allowing for safety stomps and rezzes but now you can be spiked down with very little focus during that 3 seconds.

It’s way beyond useless. Can Elementalists have something else please? I’d rather take Arcane Power as an elite, at least I can rely on that. Fiery Greatsword is used for movement, not battle. Glyph of Elementals is the poor mans version of Flesh Golem and Tornado offers nothing. Seriously, why the crappy elites? Do you not know how to elite bro?

nah, dun remove, buff it.

- triple base vitality
- double toughness
- lower recharge time
- 25% damage received

then its good to go.

Nova Stiker.8396:

Before this meta, it was kinda useful when everyone dealt little damage allowing for safety stomps and rezzes but now you can be spiked down with very little focus during that 3 seconds

When was tornado ever used for safe stomps? You’d just keep knocking it out of range.

Random Weird Guy.3528:

Nova Stiker.8396:

Before this meta, it was kinda useful when everyone dealt little damage allowing for safety stomps and rezzes but now you can be spiked down with very little focus during that 3 seconds

When was tornado ever used for safe stomps? You’d just keep knocking it out of range.

I was googling to see if this was the case, as i thought it only knocked targets back with the #3 ability, and i came across this.

“This skill has a chance of summoning and throwing a cow.”

I now think the skill is bad, this chance needs to be higher.

Elementalists need a rampage like tornado imo! amirite guize? guize…?

Tornado changed to Typhoon. Surround yourself in a large bubble of water forcing all those contained within to fight with their under water weapons.

Isn’t it great having warrior jumping around in rampage doing twice the damage of an ele with twice more hp? Give them tornado and let eles have rampage.

Atherakhia.4086:

Tornado changed to Typhoon. Surround yourself in a large bubble of water forcing all those contained within to fight with their under water weapons.

this would be hilarious, and kind of a neat idea

honestly tornado should reflect or atleast destroy projectiles,
you’re a freaking tornado! how do you shoot a tornado?!

Yeah, do something about this, or even remove it out of the game.
My Engineer POV.

Random Weird Guy.3528:

Nova Stiker.8396:

Before this meta, it was kinda useful when everyone dealt little damage allowing for safety stomps and rezzes but now you can be spiked down with very little focus during that 3 seconds

When was tornado ever used for safe stomps? You’d just keep knocking it out of range.

there’s that…. and you can’t stomp in tornado…. -.-°

I like tornado, of course it needs a buff and it’s very situational, but it gave the ele an option to get decaps, which most eles aren’t really strong at.

In stronghold, it’s definitely very useful, just because of the ability to channel with reapplying stability.

It’s also a somewhat decent counter to rampage/lich form, because of the blind. Yes, it’s not a very hard counter, but it helps you deal with them.

I think a slight buff to HP/toughness would be enough.

Liewec.2896:

you’re a freaking tornado! how do you shoot a tornado?!

Grenades are most effective when thrown at your own feet.

Machines can bleed and get poisoned

Can steal a lot of Life force from empty crates(could be filled with puppies, no coded corpses though)

I’m still playing this game.

A lot of weird kitten i don’t understand

Login.5102:

Grenades are most effective when thrown at your own feet.

Blast-deflecting boots obviously.

Login.5102:

Machines can bleed and get poisoned

With machinery, bleeding means to drain fluid. Vital fluids can therefore be drained to shut the machine down. Poison just means a substance that reduces the effectiveness of something.

Login.5102:

Can steal a lot of Life force from empty crates(could be filled with puppies, no coded corpses though)

Sometimes during the night, I kidnap asura and hide them inside those crates.

Ground Target AoE that you can now move like Ventari’s Tablet.

There, Tornado fixed.

Also, don’t tornados generally suck things in rather than knock them away?

Random Weird Guy.3528:

Also, don’t tornados generally suck things in rather than knock them away?

Both but it would be useful then.

I dunno, the current tornado certainly sucks…

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Random Weird Guy.3528:

Login.5102:

Can steal a lot of Life force from empty crates(could be filled with puppies, no coded corpses though)

Sometimes during the night, I kidnap asura and hide them inside those crates.

Loominazy confirmed.

Atherakhia.4086:

Tornado changed to Typhoon. Surround yourself in a large bubble of water forcing all those contained within to fight with their under water weapons.

Unfortunatly underwater combat is not balanced nor a part of pvp.

Ryld.1340:

Ground Target AoE that you can now move like Ventari’s Tablet.

There, Tornado fixed.

I like this.

If the movement speed was increased to the normal level and you could switch attunements (like with a conjure weapon) while transformed, I could easily make it work.

I do enjoy teleporting in to the middle of a big WvW zerg and using this, though I usually die very quickly afterwards.

How about…
“Create an Electrified Tornado and launch enemies away from target location. The tornado will reflect incoming projectiles for x seconds and will periodically send out arcing lightning bolts to damage nearby enemies.”
the skill will then chain to:
“Command your Tornado to periodically send out dust devils that blind nearby enemies instead”.

If this change takes place, then Elixir X will no longer be able to turn one into a tornado, but into a Lich, making Elixir X into a Power-oriented elite skill. I’ve been seeing a lot less power necros in sPvP lately (but also far fewer Tornado eles) so hopefully adding Lich to Elixir X won’t break things.

Engi getting to choose between either getting OP or stupidly strong as their elite? Great kittening idea.

I’d be more in line for Tornado either destroying projectiles or reflecting them(I mean it’s a tornado?), increase Vitality, and a boost in DPS. Then I’d consider it on par with other transformation skills.

It seems OP is getting rusty.

Chapell.1346:

It seems OP is getting rusty.

More like getting bored. My 0 key is the loneliest key on my Elementalist for nearly 3 years. If it wasn’t for other professions I wouldn’t even have my elite hotkey’ed.

But hey, we got ESPUUURTS